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05BRASILIA2649	THE SURGING REAL HAS EXPORTERS SINGING THE BLUES [...] Summary. The Brazilian export sector is pressuring the Central Bank to curb the slide of the dollar (US$) against the Real (R$). As of September 29, the dollar was trading for Real 2.21, its lowest price since May 8, 2001. Exporters are concerned that if the devaluation of the US$ against the [...]	2005-10-04 15:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD

05BRASILIA2684	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN FINANCE [...] October 6, 2005, 5:00 P.M., Finance Ministry, Brasilia, Brazil. 2. Participants: United States: The Deputy Secretary Tom Shannon, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ambassador John Danilovich Phillip Chicola, Deputy Chief of Mission C [...]	2005-10-07 16:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETRD ECON
05BRASILIA2724	BRAZIL LOOKS TO THE IDB FOR HELP ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) On October 11, EconCouns met with Ministry of Planning International Affairs Secretary Jose Carlos Miranda at the latter's request. In that conversation, Miranda stated that the Brazilian government wanted to work closely with new IDB President Moreno so as to facilitate the flow of Ban [...]	2005-10-13 12:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ENRG
05BRASILIA2774	VISITING TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER [...] (SBU) Summary. The week of September 28 Robert J. Scavotto, Senior International Economic Advisor in the Comptroller of the Currency's International Banking and Finance unit and Oliver Taft, Financial Economist in the same office, visited Brazil to meet with a variety of government officials a [...]	2005-10-18 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV
05BRASILIA3141	BRAZIL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF 3+1 DELEGATION [...] (C) The Plenary Meeting of the 3 1 will provide an important benchmark for Brazil's willingness to increase cooperation with the United States on Counterterrorism, something the GOB has been reluctant to do. We do not expect a significant change in the GOB's position, which places great impor [...]	2005-11-30 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON BR US
05BRASILIA3162	BRAZIL - STEEL POLICIES; NAMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE TREAT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Introduction. The following information is provided in response to ref A's request for information on the Brazilian steel industry and related government policies. See paras 12 and 14 regarding FIESP views on WTO NAMA negotiatio [...]	2005-12-02 16:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND BR WTO
05BRASILIA317	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AGENDA WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. In a private February 1 meeting with Finance Minister Palocci, Ambassador emphasized the need for the GOB to continue making progress on its micro-economic reform agenda. Discussion, in particular, focussed on the GOB's recently-enacted Public- Private Partner [...]	2005-02-03 18:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV BEXP SENV BR
05BRASILIA3207	BRAZIL - ECONOMY CONTRACTS, CRITICISM EXPANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy contracted 1.2% in the third quarter of 2005, falling further than even the pessimists had predicted. Growth expectations for the year, therefore, are being downgraded to the 2.3% to 2.7% range. The unexpectedly abrupt fall in GDP has intensified criticism of [...]	2005-12-08 11:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EIND BR
05BRASILIA3252	NODEL ENGLISH BRAZIL MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Phil English, coordinator of the U.S. House of Representatives' Brazil Caucus, met on December 1 in Brasilia with Chamber of Deputies President Aldo Rebelo, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Furlan and participated in a dial [...]	2005-12-13 18:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL PGOV OREP KIPR BR
05BRASILIA521	BRAZIL - THE MICROECONOMIC REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to Brazil's recent outstanding macroeconomic performance, its progress on the microeconomic and structural reforms necessary to sustain healthy growth levels has been mixed. The GoB has a well- articulated reform agenda and continues to push key measures through [...]	2005-02-28 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR
05BRASILIA715	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S 14 MARCH MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Introduction. Ambassador was called for a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Amorim on the afternoon of 14 March. Amorim focused initially on reiterating his strong interest in meeting soon with Secretary Rice, in spite of unsuccessful efforts to schedule a Washington meeting in lat [...]	2005-03-15 18:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL BR ETRD MARR FTAA US
05BRASILIA785	ALLEGATIONS OF FARC FUNDING TO LULA'S ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent issues, Brazilian weekly newsmagazine VEJA ran stories outlining an alleged plan by Colombia's FARC to funnel US$5 million to the 2002 election campaign of Brazilian President Lula da Silva and his Workers' Party (PT). While the timing and sourcing of the VEJA stories [...]	2005-03-22 22:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR BR
05BRASILIA788	TERROR FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NUMBER 2 - BRAZIL [...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for an evaluation of the GoB's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. The answers below are keyed to questions in ref A paragraph 10. Question A - Amounts Frozen and Authorities ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2005-03-23 17:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS PREL BR
05BRATISLAVA236	RECENT POLLS: SLOVAKS MORE POSITIVE ON NATO [...] (U) 60.8 percent of Slovaks view the country,s NATO entry as a good decision. The OMV polling agency and the Institute of Political Science at the Slovak Academy of Sciences carried out the February 3-10 poll which had a sample of 2,221 respondents. The OMV polling agency indicated mostly un [...]	2005-03-21 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA242	DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) On March 1, the post delivered talking points per reftel to the Ministry of Finance's (MOF) Department of Coordination for Relations with the EU. Representatives of the MOF replied several weeks later and expressed a great deal of enthusiasm for a 100 percent debt relief program on all [...]	2005-03-23 14:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID LO
05BRATISLAVA31	SLOVAKIA LOSES USD 867 MILLION ARBITRATION WITH [...] Summary. An arbitration court has ruled in favor of the Czech bank Ceskoslovenska Obchodna Banka (CSOB) in its claim against Slovakia and ordered the GOS to pay the bank SKK 24.7 billion (USD 867 million). CSOB's claim dates back to 1993, when it provided a loan to a special state agency set [...]	2005-01-14 10:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN LO EZ
05BRATISLAVA319	RADICAL HEALTH CARE REFORMS? MAYBE NOT [...] (C) Summary. In October 2004, the Slovak Parliament passed six health care reform laws that the World Bank called some of the "most radical reforms in the world." The laws seek to reduce the GOS's role in health care and make Slovaks pay for medical services that were once free as a way of [...]	2005-04-21 16:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR LO
05BRATISLAVA38	SLOVAKIA - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] SINCE 1998, SLOVAKIA'S ONCE TROUBLED ECONOMY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A BUSINESS FRIENDLY STATE THAT LEADS THE REGION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH. IN ITS DOING BUSINESS IN 2005 REPORT, THE WORLD BANK NAMED SLOVAKIA AS THE WORLD'S TOP REFORMER IN IMPROVING ITS INVESTMENT CLIMATE OVER THE LAST YEAR, AL [...]	2005-01-20 17:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB LO OPIC USTR
05BRATISLAVA602	FINANCE MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS: POWER BEHIND THE [...] (C) Summary. The political team of Minister of Finance Ivan Miklos and Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda has succeeded in transforming Slovakia's political and economic fortunes in a short amount of time. Miklos has won acclaim for his flat tax policy, and he has also managed several years of [...]	2005-08-02 13:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR LO
05BRUSSELS1109	SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN: EU RESPONSE [...] (C) The EU broadly shares U.S. concerns over the IGAD peacekeeping plan. However, it prefers a low-profile approach which allows the plan to collapse under its own weight for lack of Somali support. The EU will not fund any peacekeeping operation that includes troops from frontline states. [...]	2005-03-18 09:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1239	MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION: EU [...] (U) At a two-day public hearing at the European Parliament, policymakers and experts exchanged ideas on harnessing international migration to help bolster European economies and populations. Their overarching call was for a legal and transparent immigration program, at the European level, whi [...]	2005-03-24 14:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2202	MAY 22 COASI WORKING DINNER ON SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, EAP A/S Chris Hill participated in a COASI working dinner on Southeast Asia with EU representatives from the Luxembourg European Presidency, the European Commission, the European Council, and the incoming UK EU Presidency. The participants discussed North Korea, in add [...]	2005-06-08 16:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2227	SCHENGEN TURNS TWENTY: BIGGER AND BOLDER THAN EVER [...] (SBU) Summary. The Schengen area has grown from six core countries in 1985 to fifteen at present, with eleven more -- including most recently Switzerland -- expected to be integrated by the end of 2007. Border-free travel within the zone has proved popular with the European public and is one [...]	2005-06-09 14:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS SMIG PREL CMGT KFRD KCRM PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS235	READOUT OF EU HIGHREP SOLANA'S TRIP TO MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. EU Middle East Envoy Marc Otte told USEU that, as a result of his January 9-13 trip to the region, EU High Rep Solana sees possibilities and opportunities for positive changes in the election of Mahmoud Abbas as the new leader of the Palestinian Authority. In particular, Solana [...]	2005-01-19 17:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4300	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...]	2005-12-06 11:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS478	SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEET IN BRUSSELS, 01/25/2005 [...] SUMMARY: Co-chairs agreed on a press statement emphasizing a strong link between tsunami reconstruction process and building confidence to strengthen the peace process, but without a direct link to resumed peace negotiations. The Co-Chairs agreed on the need for enhanced donor coordination, b [...]	2005-02-02 14:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM CE USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1158	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Romania's piecemeal approach to privatizations resulted in discontent from a number of foreign investors concerned over inequitable or dubious privatization proceedings. The current government is aware of the damaging impact of investment disputes on Romania's image, but lacks the techn [...]	2005-05-19 07:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV RO
05BUCHAREST1336	ROMA HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR HELD JUNE 1 AT EMBASSY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Government of Romania, NGOs, international institutions, and academia met in the Embassy Public Diplomacy auditorium June 1 for a half- day seminar on the progress of Roma human rights issues. Some seventy attendees interacted with panels addressing a wid [...]	2005-06-10 07:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1456	ROMANIA'S REDENOMINATED CURRENCY PREMIERS JULY [...] Romania officially and hopefully marks the end of its period of high inflation by introducing its redenominated currency, the "heavy" Leu, on July 1, 2005. Redenomination will slash four zeros off the existing currency, making one leu worth approximately 0.30 cents (U.S.). Although the upco [...]	2005-06-29 10:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO
05BUCHAREST1584	ROMANIA STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF FLOODS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent flooding in Romania's eastern regions have caused extensive damage to roads, suspended electricity and gas networks, submerged prime agricultural land and affected more than 14,000 households. This comes on the heels of prior spring floods in the southwestern areas that [...]	2005-07-15 13:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND EFIN RO
05BUCHAREST32	ROMANIA: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-07 06:32:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN SNAR KSEP ECON RO
05BUCHAREST836	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MARCH 30 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER CALIN POPESCU-TARICEANU [...] (C) Summary: In his March 30 meeting in Bucharest with Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu underscored the central importance the new Romanian government ascribes to strong bilateral relations with the U.S. Tariceanu requested as much information sharing and c [...]	2005-04-05 13:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ RO
05BUENOSAIRES141	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...]	2005-01-20 15:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
05BUENOSAIRES159	CODEL DODD VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] Summary: (C) During their 24-hour visit to Argentina January 12-13, CODEL Dodd, accompanied by Ambassador Gutierrez, held informative and wide-ranging discussions with President Nestor Kirchner, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez, Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, and Central Bank [...]	2005-01-21 18:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM AR
05BUENOSAIRES264	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY ALBERTO FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Fernandez told me that the GoA valued its good relationship with the U.S. and was grateful for the support of President Bush. Fernandez pledged that the GoA would cooperate with the U.S. to make the Summit of the Americas a success. He stressed that t [...]	2005-02-04 22:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
05BUENOSAIRES3119	HEALTH CARE IN ARGENTINA, A MIXED REVIEW [...] SUMMARY. The Argentine health care situation can be compared to a person who has one hand in a pot of hot water and the other hand in a pot of freezing water: on average, the water temperature is just fine. While Argentina ranks thirty-fourth in the United Nations Development Program's Hum [...]	2005-12-21 18:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON PREL PHUM AR
05BUENOSAIRES496	AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SALTA TO MEET WITH GOVERNOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the northern province of Salta February 24-25 to meet with Governor Romero, to review the current state of U.S.-Argentine counternarcotics cooperation on the northern border, and to exchange views with leading business executives in the provi [...]	2005-03-03 21:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR SNAR OFDA
05CAIRO2532	CODEL DREIER MARCH 23-25 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif, CODEL Dreier (consisting of Representatives Dreier, Diaz-Balart, Alcee Hastings, Doc Hastings, Gingrey, and Crenshaw) discussed the potential for political and economic reform in Egypt, links between economic development and the f [...]	2005-03-31 14:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP EG
05CAIRO2736	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-07 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2854	ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS [...] (C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...]	2005-04-12 16:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS
05CAIRO3807	THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the visit of First Lady Laura Bush to Egypt. This visit is an opportunity for the U.S. to emphasize for the Egyptian public and its leadership our concern over the essential societal issues of education and literacy. Egypt's first lady, Suzanne Mubarak, [...]	2005-05-18 18:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP OTRA PREL EG
05CAIRO3889	EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MARCH AND APRIL 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: Banking and Finance: Parliament considers amendments to the Banking Law and the first foreign medical insurer enters Egypt's market. Telecom and IT: The Government of Egypt (GOE) announces plans for a public offering of shares in Telecom Egypt, while the Minister o [...]	2005-05-22 16:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
05CAIRO4059	PDAS CHENEY CHALLENGES ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney SIPDIS pressed the Arab League to demonstrate its commitment to real political reform among its member states, and to support Gaza disengagement. Moussa insisted that the Arab Leagu [...]	2005-05-30 14:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG
05CAIRO4359	EGYPT: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] (C) Madame Secretary, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt and looks forward to the opportunity to advance U.S. interests. Political reform, Egypt's desire for a free trade agreement (FTA),Gaza disengagement, Iraq, and Sudan are likely to be the issues on the top of the agenda [...]	2005-06-09 17:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EG
05CAIRO4374	EGYPT'S FY2005/06 BUDGET: A MAKEOVER [...] (U) On June 7 the People's Assembly passed the budget for fiscal year (FY) 2005/2006. The new budget was drafted using the IMF Government Finance Statistics format, which allows for better use of fiscal tools and better assessment of the impact of fiscal policies on Egypt's economy. Total e [...]	2005-06-12 11:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
05CAIRO5083	PDAS CHENEY'S MEETING WITH GOE MINISTER OF [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin to discuss the Fund for the Future. The U.S. envisioned contributing $50 million to the Fund, Cheney explained, and would like Egypt to participate along with Morocco, which had already agreed in principle to [...]	2005-07-06 16:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG
05CAIRO5194	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant moment for reform in Egypt. You will be able to review a number of important internal and regional developments, discussed below, since the S visit, in your me [...]	2005-07-07 17:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5350	UPDATE ON EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Since taking office in July 2004, Prime Minister Nazif's administration has reinvigorated the GOE's program to privatize state-owned industries. Under the leadership of the new Ministry of Investment, the revitalized program aims to speed up privatizations by making public enterprises m [...]	2005-07-13 16:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
05CAIRO5447	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 2:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson D Special Assistant Eugenia Sidereas Ian McCary (Embassy Cairo Notetaker) [...]	2005-07-17 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG OVIP
05CAIRO5467	VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO EGYPT [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed Gaza disengagement, Palestinian security reform, and the Palestinian internal political situation with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on July 16. A/S Welch also asked the GOE to support the U.S. position on both the Magen David Adom (MDA) [...]	2005-07-18 09:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA
05CAIRO5524	VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S. [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...]	2005-07-19 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5544	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...]	2005-07-20 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG
05CAIRO6510	ARAB ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...] (SBU) Reftel requests financial information on Egyptian and other Arab contributions to the Palestinian Authority in order to assist the work of Special Envoy James Wolfenson. MFA officials responded to post's request with the following information, noting that the financial data had just been [...]	2005-08-24 10:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO6653	EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...]	2005-08-29 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
05CAIRO6703	THE NEW CABINET ONE YEAR LATER: REFORMS AND [...] (C) One year after the cabinet shuffle that placed Ahmed Nazif and other economic reformers into significant ministerial positions, President Mubarak (and in the background, his son Gamal) have gained strength from the concrete results of the economic reform agenda. Overcoming skepticism fro [...]	2005-08-31 13:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EAID EG ECON PGOV USTR
05CAIRO6953	CAIRO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: [...] (C) During an introductory meeting September 6, the Ambassador reviewed with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa reftel points ahead of an Arab League foreign ministers meeting scheduled for September 8 in Cairo. The Ambassador sought Moussa's and the League's support on Iraq's politic [...]	2005-09-08 10:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON KPAL EG IZ IS ICRC MEPN
05CAIRO6958	CODEL DAVIS SEPTEMBER 2-5 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...] (C) In an ebullient mood on the eve of the Egyptian presidential election, President Mubarak told visiting Codel Davis that the main reason he was running for president was because the process would fail without him, given the candidates that had chosen to run. While affirming the importance [...]	2005-09-08 11:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV EG OREP
05CAIRO7088	ARAB LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS: IRAQ, PALESTINE, [...] The following are unofficial embassy translations of Arab League resolutions on Terrorism, Palestine, Iraq, and the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom issue, approved by Arab Foreign Ministers during their meeting in Cairo on September 8. The documents were obtained in draft format but have re [...]	2005-09-12 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IZ IS ICRC
05CAIRO7369	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin on September 14. The Ambassador noted the positive progress on reform signaled by the recent presidential election, but noted concerns about heavy-handedness by the NDP. He suggested ways t [...]	2005-09-22 10:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO7423	RAFAH-GAZA BORDER: EGYPT STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) The recent chaos on the Rafah-Gaza border laid bare Egypt's dilemma of trying to balance its strong support for Palestinian statehood with its efforts to prevent extremism in Egypt. Clearly caught unprepared by the influx of people into Egypt from Gaza, Cairo's "humanitarian" response to [...]	2005-09-26 08:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO7450	AL-GHAD PARTY PUBLIC MELTDOWN CONTINUES: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: Public infighting among members of opposition Al-Ghad Party continued, with two members engaged in a shouting match on a popular satellite TV program on September 20. The same day, Al-Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour appeared on another TV program to accuse the government of trying to [...]	2005-09-27 07:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ GZ IS EG
05CAIRO7725	VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 08:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY
05CAIRO8134	VISIT TO EGYPT OF TREASURY ACTING A/S FOR [...] (C) Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met on October 1 with officials of the Egyptian Ministries of Social Affairs (MSA),Finance (MOF),Justice and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). At MSA, officials reviewed the Egyptian law regul [...]	2005-10-23 13:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER EG
05CAIRO8321	TAKING AL-MANAR OFF ARAB SATELLITES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Embassy Cairo has been engaging the GOE, the Arab League, and Cairo-based foreign diplomats, to take action to remove HizballahÂ´s Al-Manar TV from the GOE-owned Nilesat. Building on efforts already made by [...]	2005-10-31 08:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL EG
05CAIRO8937	PROGRESS WITH CUSTOMS AND TRADE REFORM IN EGYPT [...] This report outlines the major reforms undertaken by the GOE in the customs and trade areas since the appointment of the new Cabinet in July 2004, highlighting USAID's support for the process. It updates and expands on Cairo 00367 dated January 15, 2004 on customs reform. 2. Under the le [...]	2005-11-29 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EG EWWT ECON EAID ETRD
05CAIRO9055	SENATOR HAGEL'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting, President Mubarak discussed with visiting Senator Hagel Egypt's efforts to promote peace and reconciliation in Iraq and outlined some of the obstacles that stood in the way. Mubarak stressed his dim view of the Shi'a and opined that its ties to Tehran and their "d [...]	2005-12-06 06:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV OREP ECON EG
05CAIRO9302	2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR EGYPT [...] From January to August 2005, the U.S. trade surplus with Egypt reached $900 million. Exports to Egypt totaled $2.0 billion for this period, representing a 1.7 percent decrease over the same period of 2004. U.S. imports from Egypt for the same period totaled $1.1 billion, a 48 percent increas [...]	2005-12-15 12:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EG USTR
05CAIRO9314	2005 IN EGYPT: SERIOUS CHANGE RAISES SERIOUS [...] (C) Serious political and economic change in Egypt this year generated serious resistance to change. Mubarak has tolerated the former but yielded to the latter. Following the country's first ever Presidential election and nearly a month of parliamentary elections, Egypt's political landscape [...]	2005-12-15 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO9385	ECONOMIC MONTHLY REPORT: October-November 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) narrows the overnight interest rate band, and issues new checking regulations. Planners from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet with GOE officials to discuss the WEF meeting on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm el Sheikh in May 2006. [...]	2005-12-20 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CAIRO9546	EGYPT'S NEW IMPORT-EXPORT REGULATIONS [...] (U) The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry (MOFTI) recently implemented new, more transparent and liberalized import/export regulations to facilitate trade and further integrate Egypt into the global economy. These regulations were developed with the private sector to give indus [...]	2005-12-28 16:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EG WTRO
05CAIRO9583	STATUS OF EGYPTIAN BANK PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) An early December discussion between the Ambassador and Egyptian Central Bank Governor Farouk El Okdah focused on the USG-GOE Financial Sector MOU, specifically benchmarks for item three of the MOU, i.e., divestment of GOE shares in the four largest joint venture (JV) banks by 6/30/05 and [...]	2005-12-29 16:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EG
05CALCUTTA418	ASSAM'S INSURGENT GROUPS QUIET FOR NOW BUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: November 5-10, CG made an introductory visit to the State of Assam, the gateway to India's Northeast. Ethnic insurgencies, poverty, drugs and economic stagnation have plagued Assam in recent history. However, some positive trends have emerged in moderating ethnic tensions and [...]	2005-11-21 12:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EINV EMIN ASEC SNAR IN BG
05CALCUTTA69	WEST BENGAL COMMUNISTS ACCEPT GLOBALIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 21st triennial State Conference of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) concluded on February 12 after some lively debate on the Party's future road map - political and economic. The CPM expressed concern about the radical Left (Septel) and advised its cadre to begin pr [...]	2005-02-17 18:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI IN
05CALGARY643	URANIUM: THE REVIVAL OF ENERGY'S "OTHER WHITE MEAT" [...] The international media buzz generated by Alberta's booming oil and gas industries has overshadowed a revival of interest in western Canada's uranium resources. Seemingly destined to be the "other white meat" of Canada's energy industry, uranium's fortunes had been in decline for a quarter-cen [...]	2005-10-28 21:59:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ETRD PARM CH CA
05CANBERRA1453	AFGHAN FM VISITS AUSTRALIA: GOA MOVING TOWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Australia strongly supports the process of bringing stability and democracy to Afghanistan. During his August 17-20 visit to open the new Afghan embassy in Canberra, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah lobbied GOA offic [...]	2005-08-29 06:51:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC EAID XD AF NL AS
05CARACAS1188	SUMATE: PRESSURE CONTINUES [...] (C) Maria Corina Machado, Executive Vice President of the Venezuelan NGO Sumate, said April 11 that judicial and social pressure against Sumate leaders was growing. Machado told poloffs that Venezuelan electoral officials continue to violate electoral law, and said she could not recommend p [...]	2005-04-21 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
05CARACAS150	VENEZUELA: CODEL DODD MEETS BUSINESS, POLITICAL [...] (C) CODEL Dodd met January 9 with Venezuelan business leaders who noted their concern with increased GOV involvement in the private sector and recommended the USG emphasize multilateral cooperation in dealing with President Hugo Chavez. Meeting with the National Assembly leadership, the CODE [...]	2005-01-18 19:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON OVIP VE
05CARACAS472	REVOLUTIONARY JUSTICE: CHANGES IN VENEZUELA'S TOP [...] (U) The new Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) elected Justice Omar Mora President of the Court in its first plenary session February 2. Former TSJ President Ivan Rincon announced his resignation from the Court the same day. In his first public remarks as TSJ President, Mora said that those ju [...]	2005-02-11 14:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS VE
05CARACAS790	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR VENEZUELA [...] (U) Per Reftel, the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela is presented below. 2. (U) 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela Contents A. Openness to Foreign Investment A.1 The New Constitution A.2 Legal Framework: Decree 2095 A.3 Limitations under Decree 2 [...]	2005-03-16 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB ETRD PGOV VE OPIC USTR
05CARACAS847	CHAVEZ GOES INTERNATIONAL AGAIN [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Uruguay, India, Qatar, and France March 1-9 establishing Ministerial-level commissions and pushing for energy and commercial cooperation. In Uruguay, he pushed regional integration. While in India, he espoused a "new socialism" and supported his idea of a "mu [...]	2005-03-21 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON ENRG VE
05CASABLANCA1304	THE EXTREMIST CHALLENGE IN CASABLANCA'S SLUMS: THE [...] (C) Summary: Casablanca,s senior urban managers are increasingly active and focused in their efforts to deal with the challenges posed by poverty and hopelessness in the city,s poorest neighborhoods. Their strategy is to counter the active Islamist presence by providing increased services [...]	2005-12-19 17:39:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MO PGOV PINS
05CHIANGMAI214	CORRECTED COPY: THAI-CHINESE TRADE TALKS AIM HIGH - SOME [...] Summary. Thai and Chinese officials charted an ambitious five-year "strategic economic partnership" during the Second Meeting of the Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation in Chiang Mai September 21-23. While news accounts headlined "Chinese investment to surge", some [...]	2005-09-30 05:02:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN PREL CH TH WTRO ASEAN
05COLOMBO1039	PRESIDENT TELLS AMBASSADOR SHE IS UNDER PRESSURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga told Ambassador she intends to sign the Joint Mechanism, she hopes by end of the month. She believes the JVP will not leave the Government if she signs. She asked for strong Co-Chair support for the Joint Mechanism. She will discuss the Joint Mechanism wi [...]	2005-06-10 04:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1050	SEVENTH SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF SOUTH ASIA [...] SUMMARY. THE SEVENTH SARI/ENERGY SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING WAS HELD IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA ON JUNE 1-3, 2005. A SARI/ENERGY SPONSORED REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY REPORT PREPARED BY INDEPENDENT EXPERTS IN THE REGION LAID OUT RECOMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS FOR ADDRESSING REGIONAL ENERGY SHORTAGES AND [...]	2005-06-13 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG KSCA XD ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO1088	SRI LANKA'S JOINT MECHANISM: DEBATES OVER THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Political parties and citizens continue to debate the Joint Mechanism (JM) for tsunami relief, and although the President continues to express her determination to go forward with the JM, she has not yet done so. Various parties are criticizing the JM, and the longer she waits [...]	2005-06-20 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1112	NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON JOINT [...] (C) Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen told donors on June 23 that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will sign a controversial agreement to coordinate tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) early June 24. The so-called "joint mechanism" agreement is also exp [...]	2005-06-23 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1180	SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (JULY [...] (U) This cable provides information for the July 7, 2005 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Maldives Update --------------- 2. (SBU) Fathmath Nuzuha, Assistant Undersecretary of External Resources Management at the Ministry of Finance and Treasury has informed the embassy that the GORM wants to [...]	2005-07-07 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1218	SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (JULY [...] (U) This cable provides information for the July 13, 2005 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Maldives Update --------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Maldives (GORM) informed Econoff that Riluwan Shareef, Executive Director of the Ministry of Finance, met with the Ministry of Planning on July [...]	2005-07-13 13:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1224	LTTE CLOSES FIELD OFFICES AMID CEASE FIRE [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have ordered all political cadres to close field offices in the Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts of the Eastern Province and return to LTTE headquarters in Kilinochi, Northern Province. The LTTE has also ordered all 22 Tamil National Allian [...]	2005-07-14 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO125	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES - EARTHQUAKE AND [...] As of January 13, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,899 people in Sri Lanka. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted assessments in Ampara District and Trincomolee to view the damage caused by the earthquake [...]	2005-01-17 04:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1253	World Bank Report Details Weaknesses of Sri [...] Summary: The World Bank issued its long-delayed report on education in Sri Lanka at a conference in Colombo June 30, painting a grim picture of the state of education in a country once known for its relatively progressive and equitable system. The study, compiled in the past year by a team [...]	2005-07-18 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO1261	POST RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND PHASE 2 RENEWALS [...] Following is post review on the overall grant for Sri Lanka under the Global Fund. Due to limited time available for responses, this cable will provide general comments on the performance of the Global Fund for Tuberculosis and Malaria collectively, based on post discussion with key stakehold [...]	2005-07-19 03:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV TBIO CE COSI
05COLOMBO1366	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO1424	WB/ADB report highlights constraints in Sri [...] Summary: According to a recent Asian Development Bank (ADB)/World Bank (WB) investment climate assessment, Sri Lankan firms have identified sharply deteriorated infrastructure (electricity and transport) and cost of finance as major constraints for doing business. Urban firms also cite econ [...]	2005-08-15 05:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAID CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO147	MALDIVES - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] According to the Maldives National Disaster Management Center (NDMC),as of January 18, the earthquake and tsunamis killed 82 people and 26 residents are missing. A key priority is to re-equip and repair health centers. The U.S. Military's primary objective in Maldives is to provide potable [...]	2005-01-19 08:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1508	SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: JVP PONDERS [...] (C) Following the August 26 Supreme Court decision that presidential elections must be held by November 22 (Reftel),the nationalist Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is facing a fierce internal debate about whether to support Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate and current Prime M [...]	2005-08-29 13:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1562	Sri Lanka GSP Child Labor Update [...] PER REF A, BELOW IS AN UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION. THIS REPORT PROVIDES NEW DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE SUBMISSION OF THE LAST UPDATE IN 2004 (REF B). A DETAILED REPORT WAS SUBMITTED IN 2003 (REF C). A) LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR. [...]	2005-09-07 06:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
05COLOMBO1644	TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE: SRI [...] Per ref (A),information for Sri Lanka follows: - 2004 2005 - thru - June Total Industrial Prod. (USD MN) 6,889 NA Total text/apparel/leather prd(USD [...]	2005-09-19 05:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTEX ETRD EAID CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO1669	PROSPECTS FOR REFORM DOMINATE DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Econchief visited Maldives September 14 and 15 and found newly-appointed cabinet members eager to move forward with a bold reform agenda, while members of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)continue to regroup following the August 12-13 demonstrations and rel [...]	2005-09-21 11:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID MV

05COLOMBO1681	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION [...] This cable is for the first Tsunami Oversight Quarterly Mechanism Meeting 2. Summary: Tsunami reconstruction activity in Sri Lanka continues apace, with improvements in overall coordination, but bottlenecks due primarily to the 100/200 meter ?buffer zone.? There have been recent suggesti [...]	2005-09-22 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1795	Post-Tsunami Housing Update: Sri Lanka and [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. Summary: Overall, the housing process is going well in Sri Lanka and Maldives, with the recent announcement of relaxed buffer zone requirements in Sri Lanka possibly improving the outlook for construction of additional permanent housing. All IDPs w [...]	2005-10-12 08:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1929	SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) -- The distinct approaches to the peace process adopted by the two main candidates in the run-up to Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election pose different challenges for members of the international community, including the U.S., who hope to promote a permanent resolution of the eth [...]	2005-11-09 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2101	SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...]	2005-12-15 07:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2112	POST (AGAIN) RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 10. This is a follow-on to reftel, in which Post specifically requested USG efforts to investigate possible LTTE-linked fundraising in the US. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of reports of increased LTTE fundraising activities in Canada, France, U [...]	2005-12-19 08:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON EFIN KCRM CE LTTE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2119	Sri Lanka requests assistance to enforce [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action request in para 7 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A Computer Crimes bill will soon become law in Sri Lanka, and submission of an electronic transactions bill is anticipated for early 2006. Sri Lanka would appreciate USG technical assistance in developing [...]	2005-12-20 02:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINT ETRD PTER KCRM CE
05COLOMBO2145	MIXED RECORD CONFRONTS SRI LANKA, MALDIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the one year anniversary of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka has avoided the mass outbreak of disease and unrest that some feared early on, established a network of transitional shelters, begun to build permanent housing, elected a new President, establis [...]	2005-12-22 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO227	TSUNAMI INTERRUPTS SRI LANKA'S TOURIST SURGE [...] Summary: Sri Lanka's tourist industry suffered heavy losses in the tsunami due to damages to the coastline, beach hotels and tourist confidence. Ironically, Sri Lanka had just recorded its best year ever in tourism in 2004. The tsunami struck in the middle of the peak winter tourist SIPD [...]	2005-01-28 05:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CE
05COLOMBO228	Sri Lanka: Post-tsunami Political Landscape [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Sri Lanka begins to pick up the pieces one month after the tsunami, politicians are calculating the impact of the disaster on the bitterly divisive zero-sum game that is Sri Lankan politics. For now, the enormous sympathy generated for Sri Lanka-as well as repeated calls for [...]	2005-01-28 05:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AEMR EAID PTER CE
05COLOMBO301	TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION: REMEMBER MALDIVES [...] (U) Summary. The Maldivian government, aided by international agencies, has done an impressive job of identifying long-term tsunami reconstruction needs. The U.S. should do its part in funding this Maldivian effort. The upcoming visit to Maldives by former U.S. Presidents Bush and Clinton [...]	2005-02-07 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL MV
05COLOMBO310	DIFFERENCES IN REBUILDING COST ESTIMATES DISSIPATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent estimates of rebuilding costs by the Government's Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN) and the Multi-Lateral Development Banks (MDBs) seemed divergent following initial public statements, but further analysis has revealed greater commonality. Both the Government [...]	2005-02-08 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID CE
05COLOMBO322	DONOR'S DISCUSS RELIEF COORDINATION CONCERNS, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Donors in Sri Lanka are concerned about a lack of coordination on remaining emergency relief efforts. UNDP is providing assistance to the Ministry of Public Security, which has been charged with [...]	2005-02-10 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE EAID ECON EFIN
05COLOMBO326	COLOMBO PLAN: CONSENSUS MINUS ONE TOWARD THAI [...] (C) Summary: During the February 15 Colombo Plan Working Group meeting, all other member states present expressed their support for the Thai constitutional amendment proposal to address arrears. Among the several concerns voiced about the U.S. proposal, representatives from member states sin [...]	2005-02-10 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR AORC IR CE
05COLOMBO327	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 20-21 [...] (SBU) The December 26 tsunami, in spite of its cruel humanitarian toll and staggering financial costs, has provided the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a chance to re-engage after a near two-year hiatus in negotiations. The tragedy has mitigated [...]	2005-02-10 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO335	MALDIVES: SECENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FORMER [...] (SBU) Nearly one-third of the population of Maldives was affected by the December 26 tsunami. A preliminary assessment estimates total losses at about 55 percent of GDP, with the greatest negative impact felt by the crucial tourism industry. Entire populations on some islands were displaced [...]	2005-02-11 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID MV
05COLOMBO409	MALDIVES: FORMER PRESIDENTS BUSH AND CLINTON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 21 briefing and luncheon, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton heard about the tsunami's impact on Maldives and the Government of the Republic of Maldives' plans for on-going relief and long-term reconstruction. During the entire five-hour v [...]	2005-02-24 08:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MV
05COLOMBO421	Despite Tsunami, 5.5 percent growth forecast [...] Summary: The Central Bank of Sri Lanka expects the economy to grow by 5.5 percent in 2005 despite the extensive damage suffered in the tsunami. The bank is counting on key economic sectors and reconstruction activity to aid growth. The Central Bank forecast is higher than the post tsunami [...]	2005-02-25 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO464	SRI LANKA RELIEF TO RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. SIPDIS 2. (U) We are sending these various items in hope they will be helpful in this week's IAWG discussions. 3. (U) Summary: --The GSL has outlined its policy on housing and tourism industry rebuilding alo [...]	2005-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN CE
05COLOMBO500	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 - MALDIVES [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES FOR 2005. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2005 OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. Maldives is made up of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 87 are exclusi [...]	2005-03-09 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV ECON MV
05COLOMBO510	MALDIVES INVITES U.S. TO PARTICIPATE [...] On March 9, 2005, Post received a Diplomatic Note from the Republic of Maldives regarding the Maldive's participation in the March 17, 2005 ADB- sponsored Donors' Conference to be held in Manila, Philippines. The following is the text of the Dipnote. Begin text: Reference: (F2) CIR/200 [...]	2005-03-10 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON MV
05COLOMBO547	SRI LANKA: BISHOP OF JAFFNA SEES POPULAR [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with poloff in Colombo, Thomas Savundaranayagam, Catholic Bishop of Jaffna, reported that initial post-tsunami coordination among the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),NGOs and the Catholic Church ran smoothly. Since then, h [...]	2005-03-17 03:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO574	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MCC CEO PAUL APPLEGARTH [...] (SBU) Summary: MCC CEO Applegarth's visit comes as Sri Lanka begins the post-Tsunami transition from relief to reconstruction. With ample public and private funds available for tsunami reconstruction, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Embassy see MCA funding as an opportunity to addre [...]	2005-03-22 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA ECON EAID EFIN CE
05COLOMBO646	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] Organizations involved in the transitional shelter sector continue to encounter obstacles to shelter construction. These obstacles include the lack of available materials, specifically timber, on the local market; delays in the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) allocation and identification o [...]	2005-04-01 06:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO65	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 7, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis killed 30,718 people in Sri Lanka. On January 7, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and USAID SIPDIS Administrator Andrew Natsios, along with the U.S. Ambassador and USAID/Colombo Health [...]	2005-01-10 08:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO679	GWOT ASSESSMENT: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES [...] (S) We appreciate the opportunity to review the status of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in our two countries. In both countries we experience good counter-terrorism cooperation but could accomplish a great deal more with a relatively modest increase in resources. Sri Lanka --------- [...]	2005-04-07 04:43:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KJUS KISL MARR ASEC CE MV LTTE
05COLOMBO684	THE JAFFNA BLUES: NORTHERN TAMILS FEAR COLOMBO [...] (C) During a March 30-April 1 trip to the northern districts of Jaffna and Vavuniya, poloff and POL FSN met with local government officials, members of the judiciary, aid workers, human rights activists, Members of Parliament, university faculty and students, religious figures, members of the [...]	2005-04-08 07:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO837	MALDIVES BLACKLISTS FOREIGN NATIONALS FOR [...] (C) On May 2 Maldivian Foreign Secretary Abdul Hameed Zakariyya met with CDA in Colombo to advise him that the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) had blacklisted eight foreigners, including an apparent American citizen, from entering Maldives because of suspected links to a Maldivi [...]	2005-05-05 06:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC MV
05COLOMBO868	SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (MAY [...] (U) In Sri Lanka, reconstruction progress continues at a measured pace. The Government seems to be feeling less pressure on the transitional housing front and has announced that they have surpassed 22,000 transitional shelters and will achieve their goal of 30,000 shelters in place by June 3 [...]	2005-05-11 07:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO875	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 07:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO934	SRI LANKAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM EXCEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Government of Sri Lanka and the donor community met in Kandy May 16-17 to discuss Sri Lanka's post-tsunami situation, the country's development goals and the peace process. Hosted by the Ministry of Finance and organized in collaboration with the World [...]	2005-05-20 05:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN CE LTTE
05COLOMBO94	TFXO01: GOVERNMENT/LTTE RELIEF COORDINATION [...] (C) Coordination between Government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) relief efforts on the ground, especially in the east, remains adequate, according to UN and foreign diplomatic sources, despite recent allegations and counter-allegations in the local press of obstructionism and/o [...]	2005-01-12 14:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AEMR EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO956	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] From May 17 - 20, the USAID/OFDA Shelter Specialist, USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Information Officer (IO),and USAID/Colombo Project Management Assistant traveled to Ampara District to monitor USAID/OFDA- funded programs and visit tsunami-affected areas. The USAID team met [...]	2005-05-27 03:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO965	Post-MFA Challenges Twist Garment Sector Knickers [...] (U) Summary: Although, there was much concern in the last few months of 2004 about the end of the Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA) and the possible loss of up to 30,000 jobs, this problem paled in comparison with the enormous loss of over 30,000 lives from the tsunami on the eve of the MFA expiry [...]	2005-05-31 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
05DAKAR3213	SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is on the verge of entering a year-long election campaign leading up to the 2007 elections. The Senegalese are proud to be a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the U [...]	2005-12-29 12:57:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KMCA KPKO SG
05DAMASCUS2165	ASAD FIRES PRO-REFORM ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, President Bashar al-Asad sacked his French-educated and reform-promoting advisor Dr. Nibras al-Fadil. Asad himself reportedly convinced Fadil to return to Syria in 2003, after more than twenty years abroad, to assist in moving the country forward. However, rumors o [...]	2005-04-29 13:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS5791	Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria, [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers published the text of UN Security Council Resolution 1636 demanding full Syrian cooperation with the UN probe into the murder of former Lebanese PM Al-Hariri. They highlighted the fact that the resolution dropped the threat of sanctions and called on Syria to coopera [...]	2005-11-02 15:32:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6571	SARG TRUMPETS COSMETIC STEPS TO CRAFT AML/CFT [...] (SBU) In a further attempt to reach out to the international community and promote the Asad regime as reform-minded (ref A),SARG officials used a two-day regional conference last week on strategies to combat money laundering and the financing of terror (AML/CFT) to assert that the SARG alread [...]	2005-12-19 13:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER SY
05DAMASCUS6578	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported a lecture delivered by Dr. Mahdi Dakhlallah, Minister of Information, entitled "Propaganda Campaign Against Syria," in which he criticized the anti-Syria media and political campaign, saying that it seeks to incite disagreement between Syria and Lebanon and [...]	2005-12-19 14:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6624	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on 12/21 reported President Asad's meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak, which focused on Lebanon and Iraq. On 12/22 papers reported a press statement by British PM Blair expressing his government's readiness to start a positive and constructive dialogue with Syria ac [...]	2005-12-22 12:39:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6687	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Turkey, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today highlighted President Asad's interview with Turkish TV Sky News. President Asad said that Syrian-Turkish ties are progressing in a constant and firm way and there is a conviction among Turkish institutions, and many countries, that what is happening to Syria now i [...]	2005-12-28 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DARESSALAAM1205	NO SURPRISES IN TANZANIAN BUDGET SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Basil Mramba delivered the annual Budget Speech before the national Parliament June 8 in Dodoma. The speech outlines the economic progress during the 2004/05 fiscal year (which ends June 2005) as well as the targets for economic growth in the coming 2005/06 fis [...]	2005-06-21 04:29:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TZ
05DARESSALAAM432	INPUT FOR 2005 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA: TANZANIA [...] (SBU) Post submits input for the President's Report on AGOA, as requested reftel. Also, see additional comments in paragraph 6. Point of contact at post is Pol/Econ Officer Jefferson Smith, smithjd@state.gov. 2. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Barriers to U.S. Trade: Since e [...]	2005-02-28 04:01:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM PGOV ELAB EINV TZ
05DARESSALAAM77	TANZANIA: 2005 Investment Climate Statement [...] Per reftel, post submits the 2005 Investment Climate Statement below. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of Tanzania has taken significant steps to encourage foreign investment by creating an attractive package [...]	2005-01-14 08:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR TZ
05DHAKA1135	PMO PRINCIPAL SECRETARY SPEAKS CANDIDLY [...] (S) Summary. PMO Principal Secretary Siddiqui told Ambassador that continued USG pressure on the BDG is essential to bring to justice the killers of Awami League leader Kibria, implied that PMO Political Secretary Chowdhury is tied to the local BNP officials fingered for ordering the Kibria at [...]	2005-03-14 10:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD BG
05DHAKA1180	PM TO WORLD: DON'T TREAD ON US [...] (C) Summary. PM Zia, speaking in parliament, warned "foreigners categorically that Bangladesh will not be run by any diktats or orders of any foreign force." Her assertiveness reflects the BDG view that the geographical breadth of Bangladesh's economic and political ties insulates it from int [...]	2005-03-16 09:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA1296	Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments [...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "A Paradigm Shift in US Foreign Policy" Centrist English language newspaper "News Today" editorially comments (3/22): It seems that Condoleezza Rice, the new United States Secretary of State, is in the pro [...]	2005-03-22 09:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1477	Media Reaction: Dr. Rice's reported comments on [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 04:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2087	BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR A/S ROCCA [...] (C) Summary. We should acknowledge the surprising run of positive BDG actions since February, but push for more, especially against political and extremist violence. It is important to reiterate our concerns about terrorism, extremist Islam, minority rights, and a transparent and credible e [...]	2005-05-03 08:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KISL BG
05DHAKA228	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT 04-05 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-19 07:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG PHUM
05DHAKA2401	OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER [...] (U) On May 23, the BNP government appointed Justice M.A.Aziz as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to replace M.A. Syed whose tenure ended May 22. Aziz is the ninth Chief Election Commissioner since independence and a member of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. According to media r [...]	2005-05-24 07:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG BGD
05DHAKA2409	WIDENING SPLITS AMONG BANGLADESHI ISLAMIST GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. There is a widening, public split between mainstream Jamaat Islami and other, more extreme Islamist groups driven by ideological, personal, historical, and even material factors. While IOJ could drop out of the ruling coalition, the JI-BNP alliance -- grounded solidly in politica [...]	2005-05-24 10:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PGOV PTER BG
05DHAKA2748	AMBASSADOR PAYS FAREWELL CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) On June 12, Ambassador called on Finance Minister Saifur Rahman to discuss the latter's recent trip to Washington and other issues. He was accompanied by USAID Director George and econoff (notetaker). Septel reports Rahman's comments on the new BDG budget. 2. (C) Noting that he woul [...]	2005-06-13 09:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EAID BG
05DHAKA3132	BEPZA CLAIMS PROGRESS ON ELECTIONS AND RESOLVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. BEPZA, with a revised count of factories that need to have elections, said that elections will be completed within weeks, arbitrators will be hired to resolve labor-management disputes, and "conciliators" will train workers on labor issues after elections, While a number of all [...]	2005-07-05 07:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL BG BGD
05DHAKA3249	FIRST RAINS BRING FLOODS TO BANGLADESH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite record-breaking floods during last year's monsoon season, national and local Dhaka governments appear ill prepared to prevent floods this year. Prime Ministerial promises not-withstanding, media and BDG sources report that water pumps have not been upgraded or serviced, [...]	2005-07-11 09:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG SENV TPHY BG BGD
05DHAKA3375	BEPZA INVESTORS MEET TO DISCUSS WRWC AND OTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: BEPZA factory investors met with BEPZA Chairman Hossain on implementation of the EPZ law. Hossain told investors of the re-submission of the AFL-CIO's petition, candidly described the worker-management situation, stressing the problems are on both sides, and urged investors to [...]	2005-07-17 06:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PGOV ETRD BG
05DHAKA362	IMF REP FEARS BDG IS LETTING PRGF PROGRAM DIE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF rep says the BDG has decided that letting the PRGF die is cheaper than the political and huge financial costs of privatizing the first state-owned bank. He wants key embassies to urge the BDG to reconsider but is not hopeful that the PRGF can be saved. End Summary. 2. [...]	2005-01-29 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV BG
05DHAKA3628	CDA PAYS COURTESY CALL ON BOI EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Summary: BOI Executive Chairman and Energy Ministry Advisor Mahmudur Rahman discussed his new role in the Ministry of Energy, Power and Natural Resources and his plans for reforms with CDA Chammas. He also discussed large investment deals that the BDG is currently negotiating with Indian [...]	2005-07-28 07:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV BG
05DHAKA3853	CHARGE MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Education Minister Faruk discussed with CDA current BNP infighting, BNP's promising prospects for the next election, RAB, and Tariq Rahman's future in the party. His observations were exceptionally frank. END SUMMARY 2. (C) On August 7, CDA met for one hour with Minister of Ed [...]	2005-08-08 08:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA3884	FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES FACING [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Rahman told CDA he is satisfied with the economy's performance in FY05. He cited several factors, including continued high oil prices, which may adversely affect the economy going forward. End summary. 2. (U) CDA Judith Chammas paid a courtesy call on Financ [...]	2005-08-09 08:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KCRM KTFN BG
05DHAKA4293	Bangladesh Finance Minister To Lead World [...] Bangladesh Finance Minister Saifur Rahman will lead the Bangladesh delegation to the annual meeting of the World Bank-IMF. During this visit, the delegation will also attend the High Level Plenary Meeting of 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the MDG's Developmen [...]	2005-08-30 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON BG
05DHAKA4413	COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY AND EXPORT PROMOTION EFFORTS JULY [...] (U) This cable catalogs Embassy actions in promoting U.S. exports to Bangladesh and to assist U.S. businesses win tenders and contracts or settle trade and investment disputes during July 2004 to June 2005. Eexamples of Embassy "success stories" in expanding market opportunities for American [...]	2005-09-07 08:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD BEXP ECON AMGT BG
05DHAKA4643	REPLY TO STATE 146213 [...] Summary: Post collected data on textile and apparel labor and production statistics of Bangladesh per ref B. request. Information sources included trade associations and government data. There is no consistent, reliable, current source of data for the information requested. Early indicati [...]	2005-09-15 09:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD
05DHAKA4652	BANGLADESH TEXTILE AND APPAREL STATS AND [...] Summary: Post collected data on textile and apparel labor and production statistics of Bangladesh per ref B. request. Information sources included trade associations and government data. There is no consistent, reliable, current source of data for the information requested. Early indicati [...]	2005-09-15 10:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD
05DHAKA4796	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN BANGLADESH ONLY A MATTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is currently no indication of avian influenza (AI) in Bangladesh. Conditions, however, are ripe for the emergence of AI: Almost no general public awareness of the problem; very poor public health infrastructure; a government without the political will to make and enforce [...]	2005-09-23 02:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON ETRD PREL SENV BG CDC EPA FAO FEMA FDA
05DHAKA4797	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN BANGLADESH ONLY A MATTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is currently no indication of avian influenza (AI) in Bangladesh. Conditions, however, are ripe for the emergence of AI: Almost no general public awareness of the problem; very poor public health infrastructure; a government without the political will to make and enforce [...]	2005-09-23 02:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON ETRD PREL SENV BG CDC EPA FAO FEMA FDA
05DHAKA5592	13TH SAARC SUMMIT CONCLUDES; AFGHANISTAN INVITED [...] Summary: SAARC leaders concluded a successful 13th summit on November 13 with decisions to admit Afghanistan to membership, create a South Asia Poverty Alleviation Fund, implement SAFTA on schedule and implement the additional protocol on terrorism. Preparation paid off; the summit ran sm [...]	2005-11-14 08:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PTER BG SAARC AID
05DHAKA5698	BANGLADESH DONORS CONFERENCE [...] Summary. The BDG and donor community, aka Local Consultative Group (LCG),met under the chair of the BDG Minister of Finance on November 15-17. This was the annual development forum meeting with three key changes. First, the BDG chaired whereas in the pass they co-chaired with the World Bank [...]	2005-11-22 10:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ECON BG
05DHAKA6292	SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ENERGY MEETING, DHAKA, [...] THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE USAID SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/ENERGY) WAS HELD IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH ON DECEMBER 6-7, 2005. THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ACCESS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 115 PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE AN [...]	2005-12-21 03:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG US IN NP CE PK AF TH
05DJIBOUTI1006	INAUGURATION OF HODANE CITY, AN 842 [...] (U) Summary: President Guelleh inaugurated October 11 Djibouti's first social housing complex designed to greatly improve the housing situation in Djibouti. The 842 residences, consisting of apartments and villas cost USD 24 million and was co- financed by the Arab Fund for Economic and Soci [...]	2005-10-10 12:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD EFIN DJ PGOG
05DJIBOUTI103	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - DJIBOUTI [...] Summary: Lacking natural resources, Djibouti's economy is service-based, with the country's seaport and a railroad linking it to Addis Ababa accounting for the bulk of economic activity. Almost all food and many other goods are imported from Ethiopia, the Gulf, or France. The services and co [...]	2005-01-31 11:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ
05DJIBOUTI1266	DJIBOUTI ENGAGES SAUDI INVESTOR FOR USAID [...] (C) Summary: With a claim of dissatisfaction with technical aspects of construction and progress of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Livestock Export Facility in Djibouti, the Government of Djibouti has advised Embassy and Regional Economic Development Services Offi [...]	2005-12-28 09:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DJ SA
05DJIBOUTI245	READ-OUT FROM MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON VISIT TO [...] (U) Ambassador and USAID directly called February 23 on Minister of Education Abdi Ibrahim Absieh to obtain a read-out of his February 8-13 visit to the United States. Senior Advisor and Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Aideed Aden Guedi, who traveled with Absieh, and Secretar [...]	2005-03-07 13:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI269	DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINATION -- ADDENDUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti proposes Hasna Barkat Daoud for the September MRP U.S. Judicial System II. This is an addendum to Djibouti's original slate of 2004 candidates. END SUMMARY. NOMINEE 2. (U) Program: U.S. Judicial System II, September 22, 2005 - October 13, 2005 A. Nominee's Full Nam [...]	2005-03-13 11:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL DJ
05DJIBOUTI271	DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINATION -- ADDENDUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti proposes Hasna Barkat Daoud for the September Judicial System II. This is an addendum to Djibouti's original slate of SUMMARY. NOMINEE 2. (U) Program: U.S. Judicial System II, September 22, 2005 - October 1 A. Nominee's Full Name Hasna Barkat Daoud B: Home Address: P [...]	2005-03-13 11:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL DJ
05DJIBOUTI326	STAFFDEL CHAKA GETS STATISTICS ON DJIBOUTI'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 31, HIRC Staff members Malik Chaka and Dr. Pearl Alice Marsh met with Commandant Mohamed Moussa Abar, the Harbor Master and Director of Maritime Security at the Port of Djibouti (see para 9 for bio). Abar explained to the Staffdel how the current port operates, the problem [...]	2005-04-06 14:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL OREP PINR ECON DJ
05DJIBOUTI529	BIOS AND COMMENTARY ON NEW DJIBOUTIAN CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The following is current bio data on the new Ministerial cabinet, announced May 22nd, as well as on reasons behind the appointment/change/removal. An outline of Guelleh's policy "road map" for his new six-year term will follow septel. End Summary. 2. (C) Prime Minister Dileita [...]	2005-06-05 13:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI559	INDUSTRIAL PARK TO BE BUILT IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: New American investment has come to Djibouti. Ali Toubeh, assistant to Saad Ahmed Cheikh - late owner of COMAD and a prominent figure in Djiboutian business - is carrying on Cheikh's last business venture. North Holding Investment Share Company was created as a subsidiary of the V [...]	2005-06-09 13:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EINV EIND ETRD ECIN ELTN ECON DJ
05DJIBOUTI626	OPPOSITION SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE IN PROMOTING [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of heads of Djibouti's opposition met, at their request, with Ambassador on June 8. They expressed to her their concerns about what they described as a lack of cooperation of the Guelleh government with the opposition and the high level of frustration existing among [...]	2005-06-30 14:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SCUL KDEM DJ
05DJIBOUTI760	DECENTRALIZATION FORUM: FOLLOW-UP WITH DIRECTOR OF [...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (reftel B and septel to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the Director of Decentralization in the Ministry of Interior, Siradj Omar Ali. Wh [...]	2005-08-07 11:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI8	MINISTER OF COMMERCE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR TRADE ROUND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, January 2, the Ambassador met with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, at his request. The main purpose of the meeting was to solicit the Embassy's financial support for a Round Table to promote trade. In addition, the Minister requested th [...]	2005-01-02 14:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN DJ SZ
05DJIBOUTI954	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN DJIBOUTI [...] (S) Djibouti's religious and cultural climate has been shaped by more than 150 years of French colonialism and traditional nomadic roots. The transitory nature of the Horn of Africa, the remnants of French culture, and the routine influx of foreigners from the region through the port has made [...]	2005-09-26 13:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	KDEM KPAO PREL EAID PHUM DJ
05DJIBOUTI989	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (c) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ragsdale and DCM Ball called September 29 on Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. Topics raised by the Ambassador included President Guelleh's trip to UNGA and Baltimore; Djibouti's national debt; renewable energy, including geothermal; strikes at the Port [...]	2005-10-04 14:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ECON ETRD DJ
05DOHA1809	QATAR ECONOMY HEATS UP [...] Summary. Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce, Sheikh Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Thani, has highlighted the country's bright economic prospects in interviews with local press and in a front- page story in the recent Middle East Economic Digest. The economy is expected to grow by 25 to 27 percent, [...]	2005-11-02 12:33:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV PGOV QA
05DOHA85	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: 3. The Government of Qatar, under the leadership of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa [...]	2005-01-12 11:10:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR
05DUBAI126	DUBAI'S PROPERTY MARKET PART THREE -- BOOM OR BUST? [...] (SBU) Summary: Dubai's property market has been growing too big, too fast, according to many observers. Others, concerned that currently skyrocketing property prices in Dubai are not good for business, look to the construction surge to assuage this demand. Since the 2002 advent of property sal [...]	2005-01-09 13:42:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV EFIN TC
05DUBLIN1359	IRELAND CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL PAKISTAN PLEDGES [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-04 15:37:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK PREL EI
05DUBLIN1387	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALEX YATES AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Alex Yates and Bernard Rogan to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 2 to 6, 2005. Purpose of visit is to assist in implementing the classified web publishing initiative known as Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 2. Embassy control officer [...]	2005-11-14 09:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF PGOV PINR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1418	IRISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER INFLEXIBLE ON EU DOHA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan reiterated GOI inflexibility on the EU agricultural proposal for the Doha negotiations. She remarked that Irish farmers would not allow further concessions on agriculture, as they faced an uneven p [...]	2005-11-21 08:35:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD EI WTO
05DUBLIN1427	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK E. YOUNG [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Mark E. Young to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 5 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is review FBU operation in Dublin. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is FBU David Lee, office telephone 353 1 668-8777 x2115, e- [...]	2005-11-23 10:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	CFED
05DUBLIN1428	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SYNERGY VISITS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Terry Carraway to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 3 through December 10, 2005. Purpose of visit is to provide on site consultation, training and assistance to post in implementing 6 FAM requirements. 2. Embassy Control Officer for [...]	2005-11-23 10:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT KSAF ACOA
05DUBLIN1429	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO ROBERT MCMURRY AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Robert McMurry and Sam Faulds to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 28 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is for technical security services 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 [...]	2005-11-23 11:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA KSEO
05DUBLIN1430	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO ROBERT MCMURRY AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Robert McMurry and Sam Faulds to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 28 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is for technical security services 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 [...]	2005-11-23 12:12:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA KSEO
05DUBLIN1432	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO/FAC HENRY INGRAM AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Henry Ingram and Terence Warren to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 29 through December 12, 2005. Purpose of visit is to develop the project requirements and technical documentation for the CMR and OBC physical security upgrades to be ca [...]	2005-11-23 12:43:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT ASEC KWPR KRIM
05DUBLIN1434	IRELAND INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] On November 21, Emboffs reviewed reftel with Brian Mullen, Principal Officer for Community Health in the Department of Health and Children and also the GOI point-of-contact on avian flu issues. The following information, drawn principally from our discussion with Mullen, is keyed to reftel's [...]	2005-11-23 13:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL EI
05DUBLIN1441	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH DR. KATRINA [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, Program Director, National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 5 to 9, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to speak at an Amyortophic Lateral Sclerosis Symposium. [...]	2005-11-28 10:48:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA UK EI
05DUBLIN1450	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO - NIH/FIC DR. SEGAL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. David Segal, Senior Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 7 to 10, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to conduct a site review at Trinity College for the Science Foundation Ireland. [...]	2005-11-30 08:43:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1457	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO PERSONNEL, CLARK, [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ronald Clark, Michael Stevens, Douglas Logothety, James Deuel and Peter Boden to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 4 through January 5, 2006. Purpose of visit is to perform the IPC Upgrade project. 2. Embassy Control Officer for thi [...]	2005-12-01 08:51:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD ACOA AMGT ASEC KIRC KLBO KRIM
05DUBLIN1462	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DRS. CAI AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Huaibin Cai, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, HIH; and, Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, HIH to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 6 to 11, 2005. Purpose of the visit [...]	2005-12-02 10:05:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1481	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. MERIKANGAS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kathleen Merikangas, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 3 to 12, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to attend and give a presentation at the 16th International Symposium on AL [...]	2005-12-07 13:07:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1482	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAULINE LOGAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Pauline Logan, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Galway, Ireland, from December 16 to 31, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to inspect one medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing Practice [...]	2005-12-07 13:07:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA US EI DA

05DUBLIN1483	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DRAGANA BRZAKOVIC [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation official, Dragana Brzakovic, Senior Staff Associate in the Office of Integrative Activities to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 11 to 19, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to serve as a chairman to the Alimentary P [...]	2005-12-07 13:07:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY OTRA KSCA NSF EI
05DUBLIN1484	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL - [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Kathie R. Dorick to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from December 15 to 16, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance on World Airways in accordance with National Flight Standards Work Program [...]	2005-12-07 13:07:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1509	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL - JOSE [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Jose E. Gueits to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from December 27 to 28, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance eon World Airways in accordance with National Flight Standards Program. 2 [...]	2005-12-09 17:17:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1512	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GEORGE H. WALKER [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador George H. Walker and Mrs. Carol Walker to travel to Cork and Adare, Ireland from December 22 through December 27, 2005. Purpose of visit is personal travel. 2. Embassy point of contact for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office [...]	2005-12-13 11:53:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA APER EI HU
05DUBLIN1520	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA DOREEN VAZQUEZ [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Doreen Vazquez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Waterford, Ireland, from January 13 to 20, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform Regulatory Inspection at Bausch & Lomb Ireland, Ltd. 2. Per reftel, post und [...]	2005-12-14 10:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1527	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EPA OFFICIAL JIM [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official, Jim Willis, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 21 to 25, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) Europe meeting. 2 [...]	2005-12-15 16:51:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA EI
05DUBLIN1536	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Personnel, Richard John Hermanns, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector, and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from Janua [...]	2005-12-20 08:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1537	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Personnel, Richard John Hermanns, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector, and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from Janua [...]	2005-12-20 09:09:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN1541	COUNTRY CLEARANCE G/TIP'S JENNIFER S. DONNELLY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Schrock Donnely, Reports Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 18 to 20, 2005. Purpose of visit is to seek to learn from NGOs, IOM and government officials the sc [...]	2005-12-20 15:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM PREL EI
05DUBLIN1556	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA EMPLOYEE GARY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee, Gary A. Wagoner to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from January 10 to 11, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform validation flight for a Part 135 Operator to conduct flights in North Atlantic airspace. [...]	2005-12-28 13:09:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OTRA EI
05DUBLIN300	SCENE-SETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER AHERN'S [...] (C) Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern will visit the White House for the annual St. Patrick's Day events on March 17 at a time of uncertainty in the Northern Ireland peace process, but also at an opportune moment to advance trans-Atlantic dialogue. Snowballing evidence of Sinn Fein/IRA [...]	2005-03-10 14:44:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAIR
05DUBLIN360	IRISH VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] Summary: Irish aid officials support the general principal of debt relief/forgiveness for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs),but question whether resources would be sufficient to implement the U.S. debt relief proposal. Irish officials believe that the most effective approach to develop [...]	2005-03-23 17:27:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID
05DUBLIN40	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: IRISH VIEWS ON [...] Following is Post's rating for the service sectors listed reftel, based on priorities for U.S. service suppliers and market openness. For service sector priorities, we gave the most weight to growth potential. The market access ratings reflect Ireland's status as one of the world's most glo [...]	2005-01-13 16:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO
05DUBLIN47	IRELAND - 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Over the past twenty years, Irish governments have actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has helped Ireland to achieve unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in [...]	2005-01-14 16:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
05DUBLIN48	IRELAND OPPOSES BROADENING GLOBAL FUND ELIGIBILITY [...] Summary: Ireland does not favor broadening Global Fund eligibility criteria to ensure that Upper-Middle Income (UMI) countries have access to Fund-related technical assistance and financing. Due to the Fund's resource constraints, Ireland supports a prioritization of assistance to countries [...]	2005-01-14 17:00:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KHIV TBIO
05DUBLIN927	CODEL LANDRIEU COUNTRY CLEARANCE AUGUST 1-3 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Mary Landrieu, Norma Jane Sabiston, and Jason Matthews to travel to Limerick, Ireland, from August 1 to 3, 2005. Purpose of visit is to attend a conference on interoperable communications at the University of Limerick. 2. Embassy contr [...]	2005-07-26 15:13:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN SASEC
05DUBLIN942	IRISH THANK USG FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) Dermot Gallagher, DFA Secretary General, asked to meet with the ambassador July 28 to discuss the IRA statement. Gallagher said that in the view of the GOI, the IRA statement of July 28 showed "a clarity that was not in previous statements" and is "as good as you can get." He hoped the Ir [...]	2005-07-29 07:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR EI UK
05DUBLIN948	STAFFDEL FARRELL COUNTRY CLEARANCE AUGUST 1-3 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Alycia Farrell to travel to Limerick, Ireland, from August 1 to 3, 2005. Purpose of visit is to meet with representatives of the Northern Command involving security issues and attend the Forum on Public Safety in Europe and North America at t [...]	2005-07-29 14:10:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
05DUSHANBE1897	AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF [...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...]	2005-11-30 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE1898	AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF [...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...]	2005-11-30 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI
05DUSHANBE2013	TAJIKISTAN'S HYDROPOWER: GEOPOLITICAL GAME OR GOOD [...] (SBU) President Rahmonov hosted a December 11 meeting to discuss Tajikistan's hydropower projects. Tajikistan is one of the world's leading countries in hydropower potential, and increasingly feasibility studies point to domestic and foreign markets that could help Tajikistan realize the eco [...]	2005-12-12 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA
05DUSHANBE2090	"WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...]	2005-12-23 10:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA
05DUSHANBE2094	"WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...]	2005-12-27 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG TI RS AF
05FRANKFURT2671	Structures and Trends in German Banking Industry: [...] (SBU) Summary: There is a lively debate about whether the relatively poor performance of the German banking sector is related to its "three pillar" structure of (1) private commercial, (2) public state and savings, and (3) cooperative banks. The discussions were triggere [...]	2005-04-05 13:08:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT4005	Frankfurt Worries About Its Economic Future [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments including the failure of the Frankfurt-based German Stock Exchange to take over its London counterpart have sparked concerns over the economic future of the Frankfurt/Rhein-Main area in comparison to other European metropoles. With slow growth in the area's [...]	2005-05-25 14:55:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PINR GM
05FRANKFURT5048	German Finance Agency Issues USD Bond [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Finance Agency made news with its first borrowing in US dollars since World War II, a cool USD 5 billion. The move was taken in response to Asian demand and to save money, but does not mark the beginning of a regular dollar-borrowing program by [...]	2005-07-05 13:30:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EUN
05FRANKFURT549	Germany's Economy Grows in 2004: Break Out the [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported that Germany's economy grew 1.7% in real terms last year. Even taking into account that 0.6 percentage points of that growth came from extra working days, the growth was higher than any experienced since 2000. The cause for celebr [...]	2005-01-21 09:36:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
05GABORONE1454	BOTSWANA ANNUAL AGOA ELIGIBILITY UPDATE [...] Post recommends renewal of Botswana's AGOA eligibility status based on its continued compliance with the stipulated criteria. As described below, during the year, Botswana took steps to strengthen its private sector, improve its capacity to combat the financing of terrorism, and prevent child [...]	2005-10-07 14:26:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BC AGOA
05GABORONE257	A PAPER TOO FAR: U/BOTSWANA ACADEMIC SERVED [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB served a 48-hour deportation order to U/Botswana academic and Australian citizen Prof. Kenneth Good on February 18. Good is a 15-year Botswana resident and critical observer of its politics. His attorneys obtained a stay of execution from the High Court on February 19 [...]	2005-02-22 14:59:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BC
05GABORONE561	BOTSWANA ASSESSES POST-ELECTION ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Summary: During a meeting between AF/S Director Dan Mozena and Botswana's MFA PermSec Mpofu on April 7, the latter was frank in airing the frustration the GOB feels regarding Zimbabwe. The deterioration of trade and the dislocations border jumpers cause for Botswana are two major problem [...]	2005-04-21 12:18:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BC IBB
05GABORONE749	SCENESETTER FOR BOTSWANA PRESIDENT MOGAE'S JUNE 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Botswana President Festus G. Mogae's June 13 meeting with President Bush provides an opportunity to affirm and advance Botswana's role as a partner in promoting peace, democracy and human rights in Africa, increasing economic growth through trade, and combating HIV/AIDS. Botswan [...]	2005-06-02 14:48:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KHIV BC
05GENEVA1287	UNHCR FORUM: ONE BRIDGE, ONE DEAD END [...] (U) Summary: The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Forum (UNHCR/Forum) met May 20, with Deputy High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and Director of International Protection Erika Feller on the podium for an all-day session attended by approximately one hundred representatives from Geneva missio [...]	2005-05-25 13:28:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG UNHCR
05GENEVA1743	ADDITIONAL FY 2005 WIPO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050700000029 EFT DATE: 06-JUL-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 04251.048708081000 NAME OF BANK: CREDIT SUISSE ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND [...]	2005-07-19 06:46:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC AFIN WIPO
05GENEVA1755	WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: MINISTERIAL [...] SUMMARY. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, invited the Ministers of Health from the fifteen focus countries of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to meet with them during the 2005 World H [...]	2005-07-19 10:54:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA AORC WHO
05GENEVA1817	FY 2005 IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050700002310 EFT DATE: 27-JUL-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.2 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOU [...]	2005-07-29 12:55:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GENEVA1853	FY 2005 IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 0508000000199 EFT DATE: 03-AUG-2005 NAME OF PAYEE: IUCN ACCOUNT NO: 335035.60Y NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1202-LAUSANNE - SWITZERLAND AMOUNT PAID: USD 1 [...]	2005-08-04 12:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC IUCN
05GENEVA1854	FY 2005 WIPO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000021 EFT DATE: 03-AUG-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 04251.048708081000 NAME OF BANK: CREDIT SUISSE ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND [...]	2005-08-04 12:35:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC AFIN WIPO
05GENEVA1894	FY 2005 WTO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000051 EFT DATE: 08-AUG-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.1 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOU [...]	2005-08-09 08:39:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GENEVA2179	MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE (TNC) [...] On September 14, 2005, the new WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy, convened his first meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee to outline a process for advancing the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and ensuring that the upcoming Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China is a success. Lamy b [...]	2005-09-15 12:18:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2471	WHO: FIFTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 52-member WHO Regional Committee for Europe (EURO) met from September 12-15, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania. WHO Director-General J.W. Lee participated in the opening session. In his remarks he focused on avian influenza, universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, recalling the G8 g [...]	2005-10-14 03:57:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL EAID SOCI WHO
05GENEVA2515	SEMINAR ON SPECIAL PROCEDURES OCTOBER 12 - 13, 2005 [...] On October 12-13, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a seminar entitled "Enhancing and Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Special Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights." The seminar was divided into four sections, each focusing on a specific aspect of the [...]	2005-10-18 09:02:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNCHR
05GENEVA2593	Meeting of the WTO General Council - October 19, 2005 [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. The General Council meeting on October 19, 2005 was shorter than usual in light of other DDA-related developments taking place simultaneously. Director-General Lamy began by recapping his comments at recent meetings of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and added that he wo [...]	2005-10-25 11:50:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2626	INITIAL FY 2006 WTO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 0510000000887 EFT DATE: 28-OCT-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.1 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMO [...]	2005-10-31 04:23:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR AORC AFIN WTO
05GENEVA2655	UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...]	2005-11-01 14:12:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR
05GENEVA2765	INITIAL FY 2006 WMO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050110000391 EFT DATE: 11-NOV-2005 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240.CO191516.0 NAME OF BANK: UBS, SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA-11 S [...]	2005-11-10 10:38:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN KUNR AORC WMO
05GUATEMALA218	GUATEMALA: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-31 13:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT USTR OPIC
05GUATEMALA2469	GUATEMALA'S CABLE SUBMISSION FOR THE 2005 REPORT TO [...] Below is Post's cable submission of the email version sent to USTR for the 2005 Report to Congress on the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). STATISTICS Population statistics are drawn from the 2005 edition of the CIA World Fact Book. Per capita income figures [...]	2005-10-27 21:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON GT
05GUATEMALA2658	ECLAC ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE STAN'S DAMAGE TO GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY. An ECLAC study of the impact caused to Guatemala by Tropical Storm Stan estimates the total damage and losses to be just shy of US$1 billion ($983 million) and suggests that while the Storm's impact may have been marginal in macroeconomic terms, the impact was devastating for the tho [...]	2005-11-22 22:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT
05GUATEMALA2684	PROPOSAL FOR REBUILDING LIVELIHOODS IN STAN- [...] SUMMARY. Post requests State and USAID support for a two-year program "Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods in Western Highlands" to respond to U.S. national interests and assist the GOG in the recovery and reconstruction from damages caused by Hurricane Stan. This program responds directly to impo [...]	2005-11-29 17:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT
05GUATEMALA2693	Views on CAFTA's "human" face [...] (SBU) Summary: Judging from a November 23 conference, views on the social and human aspects of CAFTA by top opinion makers are mixed. Concerns range from including the poor in CAFTA's benefits, to the asymmetries between Guatemala and the US and Guatemala's ability to compete. Supporters foc [...]	2005-12-01 15:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV SOCI PGOV PREL GT CAFTA
05GUATEMALA888	IMMIGRATION IN U.S.-GUATEMALAN RELATIONS: [...] This is an action request: See paras 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary: Supported by civil society and the mainstream media, the Guatemalan community in the U.S. has from the outset of the Berger administration brought acute pressure on the Government of Guatemala to be assertive with us on t [...]	2005-04-08 16:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG ELAB PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN CVIS KPAO GT
05HANOI1034	VIETNAM - AVIAN FLU: RECENT MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: This week new information emerged about Avian Influenza H5N1 (AI) in meetings with CDC Influenza Epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Donor Group. Experts now believe that the virus may be changing in the north of Vietnam, but [...]	2005-04-29 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI1047	VIETNAM'S UNHEALTHY BANKING SECTOR [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's banking sector is underdeveloped and dominated by state owned commercial banks, many of which would be insolvent by international standards. Joint stock banks comprise the fas [...]	2005-05-05 10:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD VM FINREF
05HANOI1114	CENTRAL HIGHLAND ETHNIC MINORITIES LEFT BEHIND IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has experienced rapid economic development since beginning its Doi Moi (Renovation) reforms in 1986 and achieved rapid poverty reduction throughout the 1990s. But between 1998 and 2002, while other regions continued to show reductions in poverty, the Central Highlands [...]	2005-05-13 06:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID VM ETMIN HUMANR
05HANOI1115	INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGY AND DELIVERY IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ongoing poverty and political unrest in 2001 and 2004 have led many international donors to develop a new plan of engagement in the Central Highlands. The Group of 4 (G4) (Canada, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland),the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) agenci [...]	2005-05-13 06:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID VM HUMANR ETMIN
05HANOI1172	VIETNAM: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On May 5, Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick met with Minister of Planning and SIPDIS Investment Vo Hong Phuc. The Deputy Secretary advocated in favor of broadening the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. He identified HIV/AIDs and education as areas of good collabor [...]	2005-05-19 03:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SENV TBIO VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO BTA ETMIN SOE
05HANOI1285	Vietnam Wants to Conclude WTO Negotiations Before [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting June 1, speaking on behalf of Prime Minster Phan Van Khai, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Vu Dung told Charge the GVN hopes to conclude WTO negotiations or achieve a "breakthrough" with the United States during the bilats June 13-16 in Washington. To that end, Vietna [...]	2005-06-02 05:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL VM WTRO WTO
05HANOI1310	VIETNAM: HANOI'S ECONOMIC RESEARCH FORUM [...] (SBU) Among the biggest challenges in Vietnam's transition to a market economy is the lack of Western trained economists capable of analyzing policy choices for the Government. One attempt to address this challenge is the year-old Vietnam Economic Research Consortium (VERCON) which held its f [...]	2005-06-06 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VM
05HANOI1321	VIETNAM'S ECONOMY IN 2004: HIGH GROWTH, INFLATION [...] Summary: The Vietnamese economy achieved a growth rate of 7.7 percent in 2004. Foreign direct investment and exports recorded the highest growth rates in the last seven years (37 percent and 28.9 percent respectively). Nonetheless, the economy is faced with increasing inflation primarily resu [...]	2005-06-07 07:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VM EB AFLU FINREF
05HANOI1325	VIETNAM'S ECONOMY IN 2004: HIGH GROWTH, INFLATION [...] Summary: The Vietnamese economy achieved a growth rate of 7.7 percent in 2004. Foreign direct investment and exports recorded the highest growth rates in the last seven years (37 percent and 28.9 percent respectively). Nonetheless, the economy is faced with increasing inflation primarily resu [...]	2005-06-08 01:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VM
05HANOI1430	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION FOR VIETNAM FOR 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam has made substantial progress on the key metric of opium poppy cultivation and heroin production. Interagency Mission consensus is that Vietnam now has less than 200 hectares of opium under cultivation, and that represents a shifting patchwork of small fiel [...]	2005-06-15 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
05HANOI1444	Vietnam Mid-Term Consultative Group Meeting [...] SUMMARY: The mid term consultative group meeting was held on 2-3 June in Can Tho. Presentations were made on a range of topics including corruption, development of Vietnam's new five year development plan and financial reform. Overall, however, the meeting was hampered because a draft five yea [...]	2005-06-16 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	WTO IPROP HIV AIDS FINREF SOE
05HANOI17	Vietnam: USAID STAR Technical Assistance for Key [...] (SBU) The National Assembly (NA) recently finalized its legislative agenda for 2005. The agenda encompasses laws and ordinances that will be reviewed and/or passed in 2005, but not decrees and other lower level implementing regulations that are also in progress. At the request of the GVN and [...]	2005-01-04 08:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM
05HANOI1729	VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam has seen some new human cases of Avian Influenza appear into the summer months, but there is no evidence that the Avian Influenza (AI) strain, H5N1, has mutated to allow human-to-human transmission. Vietnam is preparing for animal vaccination trials and developing a mul [...]	2005-07-06 09:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI2163	US SUPPORT FOR MARINE SCIENCE AND INTEGRATED [...] Summary. USAID's US-Asia Environmental Partnership (US- AEP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) have supported a program for cleaner air quality in Vietnam for several yearssince 1999. Thise program, which ends in September, has been an example of strong bilateral support betwe [...]	2005-08-22 03:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO VM
05HANOI2192	A/S SIMONSON DISCUSSES COOPERATION ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary (A/S) Stewart Simonson of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) visited Vietnam on August 14-17 to discuss a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation between HHS and the Ministry of Health (MOH),as well as to discuss Vietnam's efforts to [...]	2005-08-24 07:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI2221	STATUS OF VIETCOMBANK EQUITIZATION [...] This cable contains sensitive information and should not be placed on the internet. 2. (SBU) Officials at Vietnam's largest State-owned commercial bank (SOCB),Vietcombank, intend to finish "equitizing" (i.e. issuing shares) by the end of 2006, and may even have listed on the Ho Chi Minh Cit [...]	2005-08-26 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN VM FINREF
05HANOI2324	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human cases of Avian Influenza (AI) since Mission Vietnam's last reporting. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is continuing its poultry vaccination program and the Ambassador attended a Donors' Chief of Mission Meeting on September 5 to discuss AI and the GV [...]	2005-09-08 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI2398	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOH VM ON PEPFAR [...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Ambassador met September 9 with Vice Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Xuyen to discuss the progress of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Vietnam, the activities leading to the development of the 06 Country Operational Plan (COP),the development of a p [...]	2005-09-14 10:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM HIV AIDS
05HANOI2547	EAP DAS Eric John Meets AmCham and MOT Vice Luong [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 27 luncheon with AmCham Board members and a separate meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed Vietnam's WTO accession and BTA implementation. AmCham members expressed growing concern about the draft investm [...]	2005-09-30 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP VM WTO
05HANOI2555	VIETNAM'S EXTRA-BUDGETARY FINANCING [...] (U) Summary: The Development Assistance Fund (DAF) and the Vietnam Postal Savings Company (VPSC) are responsible for an increasingly large share of the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) policy lending efforts. The VPSC raises funds from ordinary citizens through its deposit and transfer [...]	2005-10-03 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM SOE FINREF
05HANOI2762	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new cases of human Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 13 (reftel). The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is showing increasing commitment to deal seriously with AI. The level of direct involvement in dealing with a p [...]	2005-10-20 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI2894	PORT DEVELOPMENT AND COAL MINING IN QUANG NINH [...] (SBU) Summary: On his recent trip to Quang Ninh Province, the Ambassador inspected Cai Lan Port and Cao Son coal mine in order to advocate on behalf of U.S. firms seeking business in the province. The transport and mining industries in Quang Ninh clearly believe that WTO accession will be hug [...]	2005-11-01 07:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM WTO SOE BTA
05HANOI2923	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new cases of human Avian Influenza (AI) reported since Mission Vietnam's last weekly update on October 27 (reftel). Two suspected cases of AI are currently under investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO). The United Nations Development Program (UND [...]	2005-11-03 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI3015	VIETNAM WTO BILATERALS: THE VIEW FROM HANOI [...] (SBU) Summary: Our bilateral negotiations on Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization have not moved forward since September. Senior GVN officials, including DPM Vu Khoan, have recently begun expressing their frustration publicly in the press and laying the blame on the United Stat [...]	2005-11-13 23:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD VM WTRO WTO APEC
05HANOI3038	AVIAN INFLUENZA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM - [...] (U) Summary. This cable examines the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) overall strategy toward Avian Influenza (AI) and recent actions taken by GVN to plan for and respond to a potential AI pandemic in Vietnam. The GVN has developed a broad, multi-agency approach following the advice of the Worl [...]	2005-11-16 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI3096	SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ON [...] Summary: In a speech to the AmCham Madame Pham Chi Lan, a senior advisor to the Prime Minister, said that despite Vietnam's progress in economic reforms it is falling behind its international competitors. Vietnamese businesses are mainly small to medium-sized and lack experience and resourc [...]	2005-11-23 07:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD VM WTRO ASEAN WTO SOE FINREF
05HANOI3099	VIETNAM: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) Ambassadors were briefed by the Head of the Counterterrorism Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and later met privately with representatives from Australia, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drug [...]	2005-11-23 07:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR VM CTERR
05HANOI3190	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed Vietnam's 66th human AI case on November 25 after a 15-year old boy contracted H5N1. During an informal donors' meeting chaired by the World Bank [...]	2005-12-02 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI3337	VIETNAM'S 2005 BUSINESS FORUM AND CONSULTATIVE [...] Summary: The 2005 Vietnam Business Forum and Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting took place December 5-7, 2005 in Hanoi. Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Klaus Rohland co- chaired the meetings, in which a wide range of donors and Vie [...]	2005-12-21 06:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM AFLU HIV AIDS SOE WTO FINREF
05HANOI3342	VIETNAM'S NEW COMMON INVESTMENT LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) passed fourteen pieces of legislation during its final 2005 session (October 18-November 29). Of the fourteen, none were as controversial as the Common Investment Law (CIL). Approved only in the final hours of this session, the official CIL is [...]	2005-12-21 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM WTO
05HANOI3353	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The number of animal AI affected provinces in Vietnam continues to drop from a high of 21 in mid-November to 13 this week. With AI "in check" in recent weeks and consumer confidence rebounding [...]	2005-12-23 02:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI3355	CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN [...] (SBU) Summary. A delegation of seven U.S. Senators, led by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) and accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. Dzung warmly welcomed the senators and thanked the United States for its assistance in the fights against HIV/AIDS and A [...]	2005-12-23 06:59:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL OREP VM WTRO AFLU HIV AIDS WTO IPROP BTA
05HANOI3358	VIETNAM: 2005-2006 INCSR RESPONSE PART II FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request (reftel). 2. (U) Summary: In addition to Vietnam's underdeveloped financial sector, its large black market economy, weak customs controls, and substantial remittances make it an easy place to launder money. While the Government of Vietnam [...]	2005-12-23 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM CNARC FINREF CTERR
05HANOI3383	VIETNAM'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Throughout this year, formal meetings and informal exchanges with officials from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),the State Securities Commission, the World Bank, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC),and other international agencies in Hanoi have mad [...]	2005-12-29 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM ECON PREL PINR CTERR FINREF BTA
05HANOI3385	VIETNAM'S FISCAL POLICY: STILL MUCH ROOM FOR [...] (U) Summary: After two years of implementation, it id clear that the 2002 "Law on State Budget," which came into effect on January 1, 2005, has significantly improved Vietnam's budgetary fiscal transparency. Other new laws and regulations have helped modernize Vietnam's revenue collection and [...]	2005-12-29 23:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD VM FINREF SOE
05HANOI3392	A DOLLAR HERE, A DOLLAR THERE: THE ECONOMIC COST OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The cost of Avian Influenza (AI) both in human and agriculture terms has been greater in Vietnam than in any other country. AI has killed 42 people in Vietnam and over 50 million poultry have been culled to prevent its spread since December 2003. The World Bank estimates that [...]	2005-12-30 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI468	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO
05HANOI536	HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: SITUATION AND RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SENSITIVE: Please do not post on internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: In June 2004, Vietnam was selected as the fifteenth focus country under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan). While HIV/AIDS in Vietnam is a relatively recent phenomenon compared with nearby Th [...]	2005-03-04 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OSCI VM HIV AIDS
05HANOI560	HIV/AIDS IN VIETNAM: SITUATION AND RESPONSE [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive information and should not be posted on the internet. This cable is a corrected copy of Hanoi 536. 2. (SBU) Summary: In June 2004, Vietnam was selected as the fifteenth focus country under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan [...]	2005-03-08 03:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OSCI VM
05HANOI575	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 04:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN
05HANOI579	VIETNAM: ECONOMIC REFORM SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a breakfast on March 4 for a number of Ambassadors as well as representatives of the UNDP, IMF and World Bank to discuss the economic reform situation in Vietnam in advance of the mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting in early June. IMF Representative [...]	2005-03-09 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD VM FINREF SOE WTO
05HANOI585	Vietnam: Implementation of BTA Customs Valuation [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has made strong efforts to implement the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) obligation to adopt a system of customs valuation based on the transaction value of the imported merchandise - in accordance with the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement (CVA). The GVN is [...]	2005-03-10 10:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON VM
05HANOI719	Pragmatic Diplomacy: Vietnam's Relations with [...] (SBU) Vietnam's relations with post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Mongolia have shown the GVN's willingness to move beyond ideology and politics to satisfy practical foreign policy, economic and security needs. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of C [...]	2005-03-24 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PGOV SOCI RS EZ PL HU MG VM
05HANOI742	Millenium Science Initiative Delegation Urges [...] Summary: The DCM accompanied a visiting delegation of prominent American scientists to call on Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem March 23 regarding establishing Centers for Excellence under the Millenium Science Initiative (MSI) in Vietnam. The delegation, led by Dr. Harold Varmus, Nobel [...]	2005-03-29 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	VM PREL KPAO ESCI
05HANOI767	EXILED BUDDHIST LEADER RETURNS TO VISIT HOMELAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Exiled Buddhist leader Thich Nhat Hanh (TNH) completed a "successful" two-and-a-half-month visit to Vietnam, his first in almost forty years. In a private meeting with the Ambassador March 26, he described the Buddhist community in Vietnam as split and weakened due to Governme [...]	2005-03-31 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
05HANOI875	VIETNAM - AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] (U) Summary: The representatives of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization have provided an Avian Influenza update to major donor missions in Hanoi. They also revisited an outstanding GVN-WHO-FAO request for donor assistance for an "Avian Influenza Technical [...]	2005-04-14 03:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI993	VIETNAM: DAUSTR BRYAN AND VICE MINISTER OF TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting April 11 with Deputy Assistant USTR, Elena Bryan, Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu highlighted efforts Vietnam has made to implement its obligations under the U.S. - Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA),suggested holding the BTA JC Chairman's meeting in [...]	2005-04-29 01:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EFIN VM WRTO BTA IPROP FINREF WTO
05HARARE1006	RESTORE ORDER UPDATE: DEMOLITIONS CONTINUE, [...] (S) Despite the Government,s announcement of the suspension of Operation Restore Order, demolitions continue sporadically in Harare, including the destruction of an industrial complex on July 18. The police are reportedly waiting for word from President Mugabe himself before agreeing to suspe [...]	2005-07-22 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON ASEC ZI
05HARARE1155	AMBASSADOR HALL SURVEYS EMPTY BREADBASKET [...] (C) During his August 11-13 visit to Zimbabwe, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed firsthand the food insecurity caused by the GOZ,s misguided agricultural policies and recurring drought, and the destruction caused by Operation Restore Order. UN representatives told Ambassador Hall a GOZ appeal f [...]	2005-08-19 09:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL ZI

05HARARE1238	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS SAIL THROUGH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Parliament passed the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (17) Bill on August 30 by a vote of 103 to 29. The immediate impact of the 17th revision to the 1979 Lancaster House constitution will be: to cement the GOZ,s acquisition of commercial farmland; to grant the government authority to [...]	2005-09-02 10:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
05HARARE125	BIG MANUFACTURER HALTS U.S. FURNITURE EXPORTS [...] (C) Once Zimbabwe's largest exporter to the U.S., local furniture manufacturer Wilson International's head recently told Econoff that he now considers his firm uncompetitive in the U.S. market. Due to an overvalued zimdollar and the GOZ,s revocation of export incentives, Wilson currently ships [...]	2005-01-24 13:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ZI
05HARARE1269	CENTRAL BANK SWEEPS FOREX ACCOUNTS TO PAY IMF [...] (C) Summary. In yet another blow to investor confidence, and a reflection of the depth to which monetary probity has sunk, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) appears to have raided private foreign currency accounts to help finance its unexpectedly large recent arrears payment to the IMF. The [...]	2005-09-08 15:49:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
05HARARE1292	MINISTER SUGGESTS TAKEOVER OF WHITE FIRMS [...] (SBU) Transport and Communications Minister Chris Mushohwe told the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) at its September 7-9 annual congress that the GOZ could decide to take over all white-owned and controlled firms. His remarks, reported in the international press, sent a shudder thr [...]	2005-09-15 15:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM ZI
05HARARE1362	ZIMBABWE NOT COMPLIANT WITH AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 15:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINT ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
05HARARE168	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] The Zimbabwean economy remains very weak, making it unlikely to attract or absorb signficiant foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2005. In recent years, FDI has been less than US$10 million annually, down from US$300-500 million in the mid-1990s. As we note in the more extensive Country Comme [...]	2005-02-02 05:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
05HARARE395	IS THE NGO BILL DEAD? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The controversial NGO bill (reftel),passed by the Parliament in December, appears to have effectively expired due to President Mugabe's failure to sign it by the constitutionally prescribed deadline. Some NGOs remain concerned that Mugabe may yet sign the bill into law and ar [...]	2005-03-11 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL ZI
05HARARE474	HOUSE STAFF DELEGATION VISITS ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Majority Staffer Malik Chaka and Minority Staffer Pearl-Alice Marsh from the House of Representatives International Relations Committee (HIRC) visited Zimbabwe March 20-25, traveling to Bulwayo March 21-22. In Bulawayo the Staff Delegation met renegade independent candidate Jonathan Moy [...]	2005-03-30 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI VIP
05HARARE656	ZIMBABWE'S BELEAGUERED ECONOMY: CAN IT EVER BOUNCE [...] (C) Summary: Amembassy Harare's departing econchief offers some reflections on Zimbabwe's dismal economy, which has been in freefall since 1997. At each policy crossroads, the GOZ has chosen and rarely retreated from the interventionist path. Output in nearly every productive sector has falle [...]	2005-05-06 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ZI EFIN
05HARARE911	PROCEDURES FOR ZIMBABWE,S SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (SBU) As the USG prepares to adjust the Zimbabwe sanctions list, Post offers the recommendations below concerning classification of the visa sanction list, notifications of sanctioned individuals, and entry of names into the visa lookout system. Post will send via septel suggested additions/d [...]	2005-07-05 09:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR CVIS ZI
05HARARE976	STAFFDEL SIMPKINS ENGAGES ON RESTORE ORDER [...] (C) On a visit to assess and discuss the effects of Operation Restore Order, Majority Staffer Gregory Simpkins and Minority Staffer Pearl-Alice Marsh from the House of Representatives International Relations Committee (HIRC) traveled to Harare and Bulawayo, July 2-6. The staffdel saw first ha [...]	2005-07-15 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EFIN SOCI ZI VIP
05HARARE991	OPERATION RESTORE ORDER IN BULAWAYO [...] (SBU) Operation Restore Order has had a profound effect on Bulawayo, Zimbabwe,s second largest city, much as it has in other cities around the country. During a visit to Bulawayo with Staffdel Simpkins on July 3-4, embassy staff viewed scenes of devastation and relief efforts at sites for dis [...]	2005-07-20 14:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ECON ZI
05HELSINKI1137	Finland Prepares for EU Presidency and CSD 14 - [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for Finland's upcoming presidency of the EU, OES representatives Jonathan Margolis and Griffin Thompson visited Finland to discuss areas of cooperation and to share views on the current cycle of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). Margolis and Tho [...]	2005-10-26 10:51:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY TSPL XG FI
05HELSINKI160	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER [...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...]	2005-02-04 15:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN
05HOCHIMINHCITY1043	BINH DINH PROVINCE: GETTING IT RIGHT [...] (U): Binh Dinh Province, on Vietnam's central coast, is significantly out-performing its neighbors. Despite the poor resources and traditional poverty of the central region, Binh Dinh ranked 21st out of 61 provinces in the UNDP 2003 Vietnam Millennium Development Goals Index, and 12th out of [...]	2005-10-04 06:16:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV SOCI ETRD PHUM SENV VM HIV AIDS SOE
05HOCHIMINHCITY1091	CENTRAL VIETNAM'S TALE OF TWO PROVINCES: POLITICS, [...] (SBU): The Consul General led a team to Danang and Quang Nam provinces October 4-7 to broaden U.S. engagement in central Vietnam and to promote U.S. economic, human rights and religious freedom interests. The style and substance of our interaction with the province's two Party Secretaries and [...]	2005-10-20 10:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM PINR VM DPOL HUMANR RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY1146	VIETNAM TEXTILES: COMPETING IN A QUOTA-FREE WORLD [...] (SBU): Vietnam's apparel exports to the United States have boomed since the entry-into-force of the BTA. However, the Vietnamese garment industry is beginning to feel the pinch of being one of the only countries still subject to textile quotas. Vietnam is not reaping any benefit from safeguard [...]	2005-11-02 08:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX VM BTA WTO LABOR
05HOCHIMINHCITY1151	COMMUNIST PARTY REFORMERS PUSH FOR CHANGE [...] (SBU): Former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, senior statesman of the Party in southern Vietnam, has reportedly emerged in recent months as the de facto spokesman of the Party's reformist wing. According to a Party insider close to Kiet, his critique of the draft political report of the 10th party [...]	2005-11-03 10:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV PREL SOCI VM DPOL
05HOCHIMINHCITY1238	FOREIGN BANKER EVALUATES VIETNAM'S FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Vietnam's financial markets are evolving, but the pace of evolution is slow and access to capital is limited for all except state-owned enterprises (SOEs),according to one of the leading foreign bankers in the country. At a recent investment conference hosted by the Ho Chi Minh Cit [...]	2005-11-29 06:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM WTRO BTA WTO SOE FINREF
05HOCHIMINHCITY516	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HCMC: CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on May 6, the Deputy Secretary focused on the economic challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for HCMC, Vietnam's economic and financial locomotive. The U.S.-educated Vice-Chairman of HCMC's People's Committee told the Deputy Sec [...]	2005-05-18 13:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EAID PINR OVIP VM WTO SOE LABOR IPROP
05HOCHIMINHCITY528	DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH HCMC ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion with HCMC entrepreneurs and government representatives, the Deputy Secretary discussed the current state of Vietnam's economy and future prospects, including accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). HCMC business representatives voiced con [...]	2005-05-20 12:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV BEXP PREL VM WTO IPROP BTA
05HOCHIMINHCITY667	PAROCHIALISM AND THE STATE SECTOR LIMIT HUE'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Party and local government leaders of the central Vietnam province of Thua Thien Hue extolled the economic potential of the province to Consul General May 23-24. The potential is clearly there -- Hue has the attributes to become a tourism and knowledge-based economy leader. Ho [...]	2005-06-16 10:23:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM SOE
05HOCHIMINHCITY894	AMBASSADOR'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a mid-August visit to Vietnam's central coastal provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Danang, the Ambassador told provincial leaders that continued reform and privatization were essential for strong economic growth. The Ambassador also focused on MIA issues and lo [...]	2005-08-24 10:12:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KIRF PREL SOCI KHIV SNAR PHUM VM
05ISLAMABAD16051	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...]	2005-10-25 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK
05ISLAMABAD16138	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...]	2005-10-28 01:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16139	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...]	2005-10-28 01:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16474	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 30 to 31, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) Economic and Livelihoods Advisor (ELO),Program Officer (PO),Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO),Shelter and Settlements Advisor (SSA),Earthquake Expert (EE),Military Liaison Officer (MLO),Field Officer (FO),[...]	2005-11-04 02:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16643	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF [...] As of November 2, approximately 981,800 affected beneficiaries in Pakistan are receiving food aid. This is 98% of the 1 million caseload identified by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP). WFP's recent assessment estimates more than 2.3 million people are in need of food aid. Various non-gove [...]	2005-11-09 06:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC EAGR PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17267	SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...]	2005-11-21 21:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PK PREL SENV
05ISTANBUL1080	DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE COMES TO LIFE IN [...] (U) Summary: A June 20-21 Istanbul symposium within the framework of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) focused on "Empowering Women in Public Life and Democratic Development in the BMENA Region." At this first issue-focused DAD activity, nearly 100 NGO and government representatives e [...]	2005-06-23 16:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL TU XD XF XI
05ISTANBUL1729	Steering Group for Middle East and North Africa [...] (SBU) Summary: The steering group of the MENA OECD program met on October 3-4 in Istanbul. Key developments included advancing work on a ministerial declaration, discussing individual national reform agendas that would be presented at the ministerial, reviewing funding needs for the program [...]	2005-10-05 14:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV TU OECD
05ISTANBUL1888	ISTANBUL MEZZES: SLICES OF LIFE FROM TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is the second in a series of cables offering a sampling of political, economic and human rights topics circulating in Istanbul; herewith, a special "Ramazan" edition. Istanbul Iftars --------------- 2. (U) "Iftar," or the traditional breaking of the Ramadan ("Ramazan," in Tur [...]	2005-10-31 15:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ISTANBUL1941	INVESTMENT CONFERENCE PRAISES TURKEY'S PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 8-9 investment conference organized by Turkey's Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) offered GOT policymakers a chance to highlight progress registered in recent years and to underline their readiness to accept foreign investment, whatever its source. Business part [...]	2005-11-14 13:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL218	YAPI KREDI DEAL WILL VAULT KOC INTO BIG LEAGUES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 31 deal to purchase Yapi Kredi Bank from the embattled Cukurova Group will vault Koc Financial Services into the front rank of Turkish banking, fulfilling a long-standing goal of the Koc Group. More critically, it will remove a major cloud hanging over the Turkis [...]	2005-02-11 06:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
05ISTANBUL526	CORRUPTION: TURKEY'S 800-POUND GORILLA? [...] (SBU) Summary: Public attention has returned to the subject of corruption in Turkey in recent weeks with publication of a country survey by the "Economist" magazine blaming the problem for Turkey's failure to attract more foreign investment. The survey coincided with the publication of Trans [...]	2005-04-08 05:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL692	INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL PRAISES TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's second annual Investment Advisory Council Meeting on April 29 in Istanbul brought recognition of the economic and political strides Turkey has made over the past year, including most notably macroeconomic stability and a date for beginning of accession negotiations with [...]	2005-05-06 15:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL97	YAPI KREDI END GAME NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move that marked the first official step forward towards realization of its long-rumored desire to buy Yapi Kredi Bank, Unicredito-Koc Holding on January 17 announced that it had signed an agreement with the bank's dominant shareholder, the controversial Cukurova Group, for [...]	2005-01-21 09:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
05JERUSALEM3791	DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 17, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: At a trilateral crossings meeting August 17, USG representatives tabled a proposal for spending the USD 50 million in supplemental assistance to upgrade four of the crossings between the West Bank/Gaza Strip and Israel and asked for PA and GOI responses within the next few days. [...]	2005-08-17 17:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05JERUSALEM5669	HAMAS AND FATAH OFFICIALS REJECT HOUSE RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah and Hamas spokesmen reacted strongly to the U.S. House of Representatives resolution against Hamas participation in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. While most of the official Hamas statements focused on U.S. "interference" and "hypocrisy," Ga [...]	2005-12-20 17:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS
05KABUL4967	KARZAI DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE BUDGET WITH [...] (SBU) President Karzai and AID Administrator Natsios on November 17 ran through a tour dhorizon of the progress of U.S. assistance programs, Afghan needs, U.S. budget realities, and plans for counter-narcotics work in the coming year. While Karzai continues to believe a twenty percent reduct [...]	2005-12-07 12:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5024	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...]	2005-12-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5052	FINANCE MINISTRY DEFLECTS CUSTOMS REFORM [...] (C) Afghan customs reform is lagging due to weak GoA commitment and systemic corruption at all levels. In discussions between USAID and its implementing partner Bearing Point (BP) and with the UK,s DFID and its implementing partner Adam Smith International (ASI),there was broad agreement th [...]	2005-12-14 09:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV AF
05KABUL5185	URGENT RESOURCE REQUEST TO SUPPORT AFGHAN BORDER [...] (SBU) We have long recognized the Border Management Initiative (BMI) as a top USG priority for mission success in Afghanistan givendue to its links to GoA revenue generation, security, and counter-narcotics initiatives. Reftel laid out the basic elements of a BMIn approach that we now make mor [...]	2005-12-20 18:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ECON EFIN AF
05KABUL5260	AFGHANISTAN'S WINTER FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) A diesel fuel shortage in Afghanistan threatens to leave Kabul, Kandahar and other regions cold and in the dark this winter. USAID currently provides the GoA with diesel fuel for power generation that is both expensive and logistically challenging to supply. Recent losses of diesel fu [...]	2005-12-27 13:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF
05KATHMANDU1295	VICE CHAIRMAN TULSI GIRI AND WIFE ON BANK BLACKLIST [...] (C) After the public revelation that Dr. Tulsi Giri, two-time Prime Minister under the Panchayat system and current Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and his wife Sahara Giri, were on the list of major loan defaulters, Nepal's Ministry of Finance put on hold its request that all gover [...]	2005-06-14 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2206	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth I. Millard. Her phone number is 977-1-441-1179; classified e-mail: MillardEI@state.sgov.gov; unclassified e-mail: MillardE@state.gov. Deputy TFCO is Pol/Econ Officer Natasha Basley un [...]	2005-10-07 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2210	NEPAL FACES LOOMING CRISIS IN PETROLEUM SUPPLY [...] (SBU) The state-owned monopoly oil importer, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC),is experiencing a serious financial crisis. Unable to collect payment of the balance owed by NOC, the NOC's supplier, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),has threatened to stop providing petroleum products to Nepal. The [...]	2005-10-07 11:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2547	KING SHOULD SEIZE INITIATIVE AND CALL CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 21, the Ambassador suggested to Vice-Chairmen Kirti Nidhi Bista and Tulsi Giri that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) call for a cease-fire with international monitoring. If the Maoists accepted, Nepal would be closer to peace. If the Maoists refus [...]	2005-11-22 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EINV NP
05KATHMANDU2723	WORLD BANK LOAN IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) has failed to meet four critical commitments on economic reform that it promised the World Bank by the end of November 2005, putting the status of the USD 100 million Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit II (PRSC II) loan in jeopardy. The four condit [...]	2005-12-06 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV ELAB NP
05KATHMANDU2820	FINANCE MINISTER WANTS TO ENSURE NEPAL QUALIFIES [...] (C) On December 14, newly-appointed Finance Minister Roop Jyoti agreed with the Ambassador that everyone should be worried about Nepal meeting its World Bank commitments to prevent Nepal's USD 100 million Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit II (PRSC II) loan from being jeopardized. He said that [...]	2005-12-16 05:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EFIN EAID NP
05KATHMANDU2827	PARTY CLOSURE OF KATHMANDU VALLEY WIDELY [...] (C) Students and the seven political parties' cadre enforced the seven-party-alliance-called December 16 bandh (closure) of Kathmandu Valley to protest the December 14 indiscriminate killing of civilians by a Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) soldier in Nagarkot (reftel). Emboffs observed that most s [...]	2005-12-16 10:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC NP
05KINGSTON1055	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE APRIL 17-19 VISIT TO [...] Post welcomes the 17-19 April visit to Jamaica of CoDel Kolbe. Jamaica, which has enjoyed a strong democratic tradition since independence from Britain in 1962, is undergoing a significant period of transition as longtime political leaders retire, or prepare to do so. P.J. Patterson, Jamaica's [...]	2005-04-15 21:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS JM
05KINGSTON1062	REMITANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR [...] (U) A steadily increasing number of Jamaican breadwinners no longer live in Jamaica, choosing instead to work overseas and support extended families through payments wired home from abroad. Remittances sent by overseas Jamaican workers remained the most prominent source of external funding fo [...]	2005-04-18 15:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1256	GOJ PROPOSES BALANCED BUDGET FOR 2005/06 [...] (SBU) Finance and Planning Minister Omar Davies proposed Jamaica's 2005/06 fiscal budget on April 14, 2005. The budget, which is formulated within a medium term program aimed at eliminating the fiscal deficit, increasing growth and reducing the debt to GDP ratio, is forecast at USD 5.7 billi [...]	2005-05-12 20:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1363	WHA/CAR DIRECTOR BRIAN NICHOLS GETS DOWN TO [...] Summary: On May 11, Director of Caribbean Affairs Brian Nichols, accompanied by Econoff, met with American Chamber of Commerce President Anthony Jenkinson to discuss the business climate in Jamaica. While citing the ongoing difficulties caused by the high crime levels and the GOJ's heavy debt [...]	2005-05-31 11:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCRM JM
05KINGSTON176	INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-21 13:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	JM NOTAG
05KINGSTON188	INVESTMENT CLIMATE - JAMAICA 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-21 20:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD EIND EAGR EMIN KTDB JM
05KINGSTON2332	USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]	2005-10-13 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2333	USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]	2005-10-13 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2680	PRC ACTIVITIES IN JAMAICA [...] (U) This message responds to Ref A Tasking. Post regrets the lateness of submission. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) It is not surprising that both economic and political calculations underlie the GOJ's efforts to enhance ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC),while Beijin [...]	2005-12-09 12:28:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG PHUM CH JM
05KINGSTON2682	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- JLP Holds Annual Conference -- Poverty Cut in Half -- GOJ Increases Social Benefits -- Brazilians to Invest in Sugar Industry -- Chinese Government to Finance Mega Projects -- Tourist Arrivals to Surge -- Police Officers on Trial -- Crime Statistic [...]	2005-12-09 19:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
05KINGSTON2730	JAMAICA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] As requested reftel, Embassy Kingston's 2005 annual terrorism report for Jamaica follows in paragraph 2. Post point of contact is Natasha M. Henderson (HendersonNM@state.gov). ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. There are strong public and private statements of [...]	2005-12-19 19:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON386	JAMAICA COMMITTED TO STRONGER TIES WITH CHINA [...] (C) Eager to attract Chinese investment in Jamaica's economy and tourists to its beaches, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Foreign Minister K.D. Knight rolled out the red carpet for Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and his 150-member Chinese trade delegation, which visited Kingston Februa [...]	2005-02-11 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BTIO EAID KPAO CH JM
05KINGSTON832	JAMAICA: A NATION SADDLED BY DEBT [...] (U) Summary: Despite GOJ efforts to lower its gargantuan public debt, Jamaica still has the unenviable record of being the second most indebted country in the world, after Lebanon, in terms of its debt-to-GDP ratio. At the end of 2004, Jamaica's stock of public debt stood at USD 12.5 billion [...]	2005-03-24 11:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
05KINSHASA1031	CONGO/B: Reclamma for Loss of Crucial USDA Food [...] Post understands that recipient countries for USDA's 2005 Food for Education program have been selected and, that Republic of Congo (ROC) is not slated to receive funding or have its program renewed (Ref A). The Embassy would again like to submit as a reclamma the importance of this program [...]	2005-06-23 05:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID CF
05KINSHASA1039	DRC ATTEMPTS TO KEEP PORTS AFLOAT [...] (U) Summary: The GDRC is increasing its efforts to bring its maritime ports into compliance with international security standards in response to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sanctions that became effective May 23. The USCG now requires inspection of all ships that enter U.S. ports within five port [...]	2005-06-24 11:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
05KINSHASA1141	CONGO/B: U.S.-Congo Debt Reduction Agreement [...] As per authorization in reftel, Ambassador signed on July 8, 2005, the U.S.-Congo debt reduction agreement with ROC Minister of Economy, Finances and Budget, Pacific Issoibeka. The ceremony was covered by national press and television. 2. During the ceremony, remarks were made by both th [...]	2005-07-14 12:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTIA CF
05KINSHASA1345	CONGO-B: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICAL STYLE AND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A product of years of strife, struggle, and coalition building to gain and retain power, Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has emerged as the uncontested and unquestioned leader of government, chairman of the corp [...]	2005-08-22 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM ASEC ETRD EINV CF
05KINSHASA1433	MUSEVENI LETTER TO AU ON DRC [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni has written several letters in recent months (to DRC President Joseph Kabila, the UNSC and President Bush) complaining about the alleged threat to Uganda's security posed by the continuing presence of some ADF elements in Orientale Province in eastern Congo. In [...]	2005-09-07 13:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CG UG
05KINSHASA1447	SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: MOVING - WITH DIFFICULTY [...] (C) Summary: Several meetings in the past week have featured significant discussions at senior levels regarding critically important Security Sector Reform programs. The Ambassador and President Kabila reviewed the subject September 2, a long September 6 CIAT/Espace Presidential underscored t [...]	2005-09-08 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA148	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CONGO-KINSHASA [...] Summary: The Congolese Government (GDRC) has completed over one year of its transition from war to peace with only limited impact on the investment climate. The inclusion of former rebel groups in the GDRC has provided a modicum of political stability. Additionally, IMF and World Bank reform [...]	2005-01-27 14:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC
05KINSHASA1605	MEDIA PLACEMENT OF WASHINGTON FILE ARTICLES, [...] The September 24th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Palmares" dedicated two full pages (13 and 14) to the September 20th "Washington File" article entitled "The Beginning of 2007 D.V. Lottery Registration." It was credited to L.P./Usia. 2. The English version of same article, edited to one [...]	2005-09-28 14:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CG
05KINSHASA1614	CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA: EXPANDING IN THE DRC [...] (C) As is the case in many African nations, China is working hard to expand its ties with the DRC. Chinese interest in the DRC comes at a moment when the GDRC is itself searching for significant investment to assist with social and economic development, as well as equipment (such as boots and [...]	2005-09-29 08:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ETRD PREL CG CH
05KINSHASA1672	TEACHERS' STRIKE: AN EMERGING DEAL, OR STILL [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC continues difficult negotiations with teachers' unions to try to end the month-long teachers' strike and quell rising tension throughout the DRC, even as private and parochial school leaders call for their students to return to school. The Government continues to face pre [...]	2005-10-06 15:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG
05KINSHASA172	CONGO/B: MEETING WITH NEW FINANCE MINISTER, PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-02 06:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CFED IMF
05KINSHASA1757	SOUTH KIVU NON-KIDNAPPING [...] (C) Reports of armed Mai Mai troops taking UNDP hostages in South Kivu October 19 were discounted October 20 by MONUC Poloff. Disgruntled due to lack of promised pay, eight soldiers (out of more than 500 awaiting demobilization) temporarily locked an undetermined number of demobilizing soldier [...]	2005-10-20 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1783	ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS AGAINST MILITIAS "BEARING [...] (C) Summary. Recent joint operations by MONUC and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against militia groups in the Ituri district have seen promising results, according to MONUC officials. Nearly 1,000 militia members have turned themselves in during the past month and mo [...]	2005-10-26 16:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1870	LARGEST CONGOLESE BANK CLAIMS GROSS INJUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC's largest and oldest bank has launched a lobbying campaign in opposition to a Supreme Court decision that upheld a USD 5.7 million judgment against it. The Commercial Bank of the Congo (BCDC) claims that the October 28 decision is a gross miscarriage of justice and yet [...]	2005-11-09 11:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KJUS CG
05KINSHASA243	CONGO/B: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] As requested in Reftel, here is the 2004-5 report on Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record for the Republic of Congo (Congo/Brazzaville). 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Republic of Congo is ruled by a government in which most of the decision-making authority is vested directly in th [...]	2005-02-11 11:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP CF HURI
05KINSHASA283	CONGO-KINSHASA NIV FRAUD OVERVIEW [...] Nonimmigrant visa (NIV) fraud in Congo-Kinshasa is commonplace, but on the whole not highly sophisticated. Fake or falsified documents from private and government applicants are its main sources. The ease with which passports and other state-issued documents such as birth certificates and di [...]	2005-02-17 14:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT CG
05KINSHASA292	USITC STUDY ON EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel request for additional information on major economic sectors with export potential and major barriers to trade growth in AGOA-eligible countries. The DRC has significant natural resources and an ample employment base. As the DRC continues its transition [...]	2005-02-22 06:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA ASEC ELAB CG
05KINSHASA322	Congo/B: 2005 AGOA Report [...] The Republic of Congo (Congo/B) leadership is committed to meeting the eligibility requirements of AGOA. See para 3 for Government and Post public diplomacy programs 2. Post's 2005 responses are kept to template outlined in reftel: A) Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of barriers [...]	2005-02-25 07:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA KPAO CF
05KINSHASA352	DEM. REP. OF CONGO 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa provides the following information in accordance with instructions in reftel. Responses are keyed to reftel's numbered paragraphs (18-21). Begin responses: OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (para 18): A. The DRC is not generall [...]	2005-03-01 16:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN EAID SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
05KINSHASA52	LABOR SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) From Nov-Dec 2004, a series of civil servant strikes to claim salary payments and raises occurred in both government organizations and state-owned enterprises. In 2003-2004, the GDRC negotiated a civil service restructuring plan with the World Bank without union involvement. The GDRC desig [...]	2005-01-11 14:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV SOCI CG
05KINSHASA581	REQUEST FOR POST INPUT ON GWOT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Although there is no evidence of current terrorist activity in the DRC, factors that could increase future risks include widespread corruption, lack of effective government authority around the country, weak state institutions, and abundant mineral resources including uranium. The areas ou [...]	2005-04-07 14:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CG
05KINSHASA731	CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...]	2005-04-29 16:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA76	CONGO/B: CONGO BASIN FOREST PARTNERSHIP - [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Brazzaville obtained the program for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership - COMIFAC Heads of State Summit scheduled for February 1-7, 2005. The host government has provided a list of U.S. Government officials to whom invitations have been sent. Hotel space during the week of t [...]	2005-01-14 11:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ECON AMGT CF
05KINSHASA769	CONGO/B: MEETINGS WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CF CU IMF
05KINSHASA80	CONGO/B: A LOOK AT THE NEW GOVERNMENT, REACTIONS TO [...] (U) POST HAS NO ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED SYSTEM AT THIS TIME, THEREFORE MORE DETAILED ANAYLSIS WILL BE PROVIDED WHEN POSSIBLE. 2. (U) SUMMARY: IN A FOLLOW-UP TO CONGO/B PRESIDENT DENIS SASSOU NGUESSO'S NEW YEAR'S DAY SPEECH HIGHLIGHTING HIS DESIRE FOR A NEW, MORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND SMALL [...]	2005-01-17 10:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CF
05KINSHASA880	DRC PLEDGES ADVANCES IN MINING TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary. Vice - President Jean-Pierre Bemba has inaugurated the DRC's participation in an international effort to promote transparency in extractive industries. Bemba claims real commitment to promoting mining industry transparency, but his actions may be merely politically motivated. Se [...]	2005-05-29 15:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EPET EFIN CG
05KINSHASA911	WORLD BANK PLANS FUNDING SHIFT IN DRC [...] (C) Summary. World Bank (WB) representative Pedro Alba told emboffs that the Bank intends to shift its funding in the DRC from emergency rehabilitation projects to sectoral projects. The Bank is considering providing support for Rwanda's gas exploitation of Lake Kivu, but will insist that Rw [...]	2005-06-02 16:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EFIN EAID SENV CG
05KUWAIT1077	SUPPORTING KUWAITI CANDIDATE FOR UNDP ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) I strongly recommend that the U.S. endorse Kuwait's candidate for UNDP Administrator, Fawzi Sultan. A former long-time President of the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development and Executive Director of the World Bank, Sultan is an eminently qualifed candidate for this positio [...]	2005-03-15 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU UNDP
05KUWAIT113	KUWAIT 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, included below is the full text of Embassy Kuwait's 2005 Investment Climate Statement. 2. ---------------------------- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approv [...]	2005-01-09 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB KU OPIC USTR
05KUWAIT1295	U.S.-KUWAIT "MINI-TIFA" TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On March 16-17, USTR's John Fennerty met with members of Kuwait's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) team (participant list in para 31) in a series of "mini-TIFA" meetings, to assess Kuwait's progress since the May 2004 inaugural TIFA Council meeting in [...]	2005-03-30 07:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON EINV KU
05KUWAIT1631	NEW FINANCE MINISTER EMBRACES PORTFOLIO, PROMISES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Finance Bader Al-Humaidhi on April 20 and raised a number of issues of concern, including: cracking down on terror financing and tightening up Kuwait's money-laundering laws; IPR enforcement; Iraqi debt; and a tax case involving a U. [...]	2005-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR KU
05KUWAIT1756	KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE: AN INSIDE VIEW [...] (U) Summary: Econ Officer met on April 27 with Kuwait Stock Exchange Manager of the Technical Bureau Department Ms. Wafa Mohamed Al-Rasheed for an overview and tour of the Exchange. Al-Rasheed described the modernization and upgrading of the Exchange, including the installation of a new ele [...]	2005-05-01 04:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BEXP PINR KU
05KUWAIT1879	KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY: DOING FINE BUT [...] (C) Summary: During a May 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwait Investment Authority Managing Director Bader Al-Sa'ad said that KIA's assets had grown "substantially" over the previous year, but noted that recently KIA's U.S. investments had been a "drag on overall performance." He also said [...]	2005-05-07 12:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PINR KU
05KUWAIT1883	KUWAIT FUND: SPREADING GOODWILL WITH THE OIL MONEY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: During a May 4 meeting with newly appointed Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Abdulwahab Al-Bader and Deputy DG for Operations and Disbursement Hisham Al-Waqayan, the Ambassador thanked the Kuwait Fund for its work in places of need around [...]	2005-05-08 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PINR KU
05KUWAIT1976	BACKGROUND ON KEY ISSUES FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will arrive in Washington May 17, in advance of an anticipated July visit by the Prime Minister. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed's visit follows his participation in the Arab-South America Summit held in Brazil, and planned [...]	2005-05-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS IZ KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT208	KUWAITI CHARITABLE DONATIONS FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS [...] Following a slow start and feeling the sting of accusations that it has been stingy toward countries hit hard by last month's tsunami, Kuwait has dramatically upped its assistance pledges this week (Ref A). In addition to the $100 million promised by the Government of Kuwait (GOK) on January [...]	2005-01-12 11:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PGOV PREL KU

05KUWAIT2197	KUWAIT'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES ADVANCING ON [...] (U) Summary and Key Findings: During May 2005, Ambassador met with the leading figures in the Kuwaiti private investment sector. The Ambassador encouraged continued investment in the U.S. and new investments in Iraq and in other countries of U.S. interest. The Ambassador encouraged the inve [...]	2005-05-23 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV KU KGCC
05KUWAIT2732	MEPI KUWAIT: QUARTERLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Post's MEPI committee -- comprising representatives from the Front Office and Commercial, Economic, Political and Public Diplomacy sections -- convened June 12 to review the current quarter's accomplishments and discuss potential projects for the upcoming period. During the April- [...]	2005-06-21 08:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI ECON KDEM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT2931	PDAS CHENEY IN KUWAIT: WOMEN'S POLITICAL RIGHTS, [...] (C) During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney congratulated Kuwait's first female minister, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak, on her appointment and discussed with her the political reforms and education needed to help Kuwaiti women enter the political arena [...]	2005-06-30 19:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
05KUWAIT3393	CHARITY OVERSIGHT DIRECTOR DESCRIBES HIS WORK; [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Econ Officer met July 27 with Ministry of Social Affairs Charitable Organizations Oversight Department Director Nasser Al-Ammer and Undersecretary Adnan Al-Omar to learn more about the day-to-day operations of th [...]	2005-07-31 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN PINR KU
05KUWAIT3809	NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT CEO DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 22, Ibrahim Dabdoub, the CEO of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK--largest Kuwaiti bank and third largest in the Middle East),made the following key points: (1) NBK has outgrown the Kuwaiti market and continues to expand worldwide; (2 [...]	2005-08-24 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PINR CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT3831	KUWAIT CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW [...] (C) Summary. In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait made the following key points: (1) GOK remains committed to enacting comprehensive legal reform on terror finance and money laundering; (2) an independent auditing [...]	2005-08-27 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER PINR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3850	KUWAIT FUND DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES AID TO [...] (U) Action request at para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, the Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED),Abdulwahab Al-Bader, made the following key points: (1) GOK has donated 25 million USD in grants to the [...]	2005-08-28 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PINR PTER KU AF IZ GZ CH WB TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT3977	POINTS DELIVERED ON PRESIDENT'S G-8 AFRICAN [...] (U) Begin Summary: On September 4, Econoff delivered reftel points to representatives from the Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development (a government entity) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. While neither organization deals strictly in humanitarian projects associated [...]	2005-09-07 12:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KU XA
05KUWAIT4033	TFUS01: ISLAMIC CONFERENCE MAKES APPEAL FOR AID TO [...] (U) Summary. In a sign of solidarity with the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the International Islamic Council for Dawah and Relief (an-Egyptian based pan-Islamic organization),has issued a statement on the final day of its annual conference in Kuwait, urging all its international affiliate o [...]	2005-09-13 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US ISCON
05KUWAIT417	MILITANT CLASHES PROVOKE COLLECTIVE SOUL [...] (C) Summary: Reeling from four separate shootouts between security forces and extremists in the past month, two of them in as many days, Kuwaitis are engaged in collective soul searching to determine what went wrong and how to prevent future acts of violence. Spurred into action, the GOK has [...]	2005-01-31 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4185	COMMERCE MINISTER ON TIFA PROGRESS, ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During a September 24 meeting, Commerce Minister Abdullah Al-Taweel told the Ambassador that Kuwait would like another TIFA Council Meeting, and that the U.S. "must understand that changing laws in Kuwait takes time." He said that he would soon be sending a letter t [...]	2005-09-26 10:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR PREL KU
05KUWAIT4230	TERRORIST FINANCE: SUMMARY OF OFAC DIRECTOR [...] (U) Summary. On September 22, OFAC Director Robert Werner met separately with officials from the National Bank of Kuwait, the Union of Kuwaiti Banks and the Kuwait Finance House to discuss ways in which OFAC and the Kuwaiti banking sector can further cooperate on combating terrorist financing [...]	2005-09-28 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT4378	STUDENT UNION ELECTIONS: A MICROCOSM OF POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Islamic Alliance, a partnership between two student parties affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, swept Kuwait University's (KU) Student Union elections held in October. The Muslim Brotherhood has dominated the influential Student Union, which [...]	2005-10-11 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KDEM KWMN SOCI KU
05KUWAIT4459	KUWAIT FUND UPDATE ON GOK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) EconOff met on October 16 with Marwan Al-Ghanem, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED),for an update on the latest GOK figures on economic assistance to Palestinians. Al-Ghanem provided the following breakdown of GOK economic assistan [...]	2005-10-17 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT4546	FINANCE MINISTRY ON TAX REFORM AND THE REJUVENATED [...] (U) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance confirmed the resumption of the Offset Program and the GOK's efforts, spearheaded by the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),to establish a private company tasked with administering [...]	2005-10-23 07:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU KFIN
05KUWAIT4552	KUWAIT'S STOCK EXCHANGE EYES REGIONAL ROLE, FEMALE [...] (U) Summary. In an October 19 meeting with Econoff, the Director of Public Relations at the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange (KSE) applauded the increased number of Kuwaiti female investors, expressed confidence in the continued rise of the Kuwaiti stock market, and underscored the importance of ensuri [...]	2005-10-24 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PINR KU
05KUWAIT4672	FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI DEBT, ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Al-Humaidhi explained that there had been no renewed contact with the Iraqi government on debt relief since Ambassador Jeffrey's visit in October and that reconstruction assistance was proceeding slowly. He expressed [...]	2005-11-01 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL IZ KU
05KUWAIT4741	HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK'S AML UNIT ON MENA/FATF, [...] (C) Begin Summary. On November 10, Emboffs met with Talal Al-Sayegh, head of the Kuwait Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering unit, to discuss the latest MENA/FATF developments, get an update on the new terror finance legislation, and reaffirm USG technical assistance offers in support of Kuw [...]	2005-11-13 08:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT4979	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WORLD BANK ON-SITE PRESENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-03 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KU
05KUWAIT5063	NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...]	2005-12-10 07:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU
05KUWAIT5082	TERRORIST FINANCE: AMBASSADOR OPENS ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) On December 11, Ambassador delivered remarks at the opening of an anti-money laundering and terror finance conference hosted by Kuwait General Administration of Customs (KGAC) and DHS's U.S. Custom's Advisory Team. The Ambassador's remarks praised ongoing cooperation between the GOK and t [...]	2005-12-11 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5231	SCENESETTER FOR A/S TONY WAYNE'S JANUARY 7, 2006 [...] (SBU) We look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Over the past three years the GOK has embarked on an ambitious program of economic and political reform, with some successes and some frustration. There are significant opportunities for U.S. businesses in Kuwait, which will continue to incr [...]	2005-12-21 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KU
05KUWAIT638	KUWAIT'S COMMERCIAL BANKS: SURVEY OF RESULTS, IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Following up on his December 2004 meeting with the Central Bank Governor (Ref B) Ambassador met during January and February with the top executives of the leading Kuwait banks. The bank executives were generally positive about the Kuwaiti economy and the strength o [...]	2005-02-13 12:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER KU IZ
05KUWAIT656	ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING, [...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...]	2005-02-14 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT76	KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE: A GROWING ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANK [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC KU
05LAGOS1047	UPDATE ON LAGOS STATE AIDS CONTROL AGENCY [...] Summary: Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) continues to work with 11 state ministries, 20 local governments, and over 400 organizations to reduce the incidence and mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in Lagos State. Achievements in 2004 included the expansion of voluntary counseling and t [...]	2005-07-06 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KHIV PGOV NI
05LAGOS1050	NIGERIA SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MUSE ABOUT NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu and Anambra Governor Chris Ngige downplayed the lasting import of the on-going National Political Reform Conference (NPRC),sponsored by President Obasanjo. Neither being allies of the President Obasanjo they both took thorough d [...]	2005-07-06 15:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL
05LAGOS1064	WORLD BANK STRATEGY FOR DEBT RELIEF IN NIGERIA MAY [...] (U) On July 5, 2005, the Lagos Business School held its usual monthly breakfast for Nigerian business leaders. Different from the usual, however, this month's meeting focused on Nigeria's recent triumph in securing debt relief from Paris Club donors. Hafez Ghanem, the World Bank (WB) Country D [...]	2005-07-07 17:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS1340	NIGERIA TO CONCLUDE 2005 BID ROUND FOR 88 BLOCKS; [...] (C) On August 26, Nigeria will hold a bid round for 88 oil blocks. Bidders will be judged on both commercial and technical bids in a Brazilian style competitive process. Changes to the Deep Offshore fiscal regime include the introduction of a royalty as well as an 80 percent cost recovery [...]	2005-08-26 12:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV NI
05LAGOS1376	NIGERIA: FUEL PRICE HIKE AND NATIONAL STRIKE UPDATE [...] (SBU) On August 26, the Petroleum Products Regulatory Agency (PPPRA),citing increased international oil prices, raised gas prices from 50 Naira/liter to 65 Naira/liter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) requested the increase, claiming it could no longer shoulder the financ [...]	2005-09-01 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ELAB KDEM PGOV NI
05LAGOS1378	CHEVRON MD DISCUSSES 2007 ELECTION AND GON [...] (S/NF) In a wide-ranging discussion with Ambassador Campbell, Chevron Nigeria Managing Director (MD) Jay Pryor expressed deep concern regarding "an underground PR campaign" by the GON against the petroleum industry. He specifically mentioned public attacks by Minister of Solid Minerals Ezek [...]	2005-09-01 18:06:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV EINV ECON NI
05LAGOS1463	LONDON POLICE ARREST BAYELSA GOVERNOR, IJAW YOUTH [...] (C) The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirmed its cooperation with UK authorities on Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyesiegha's September 15 London arrest in connection with allegations of money laundering. The London Metropolitan police have reportedly released t [...]	2005-09-20 17:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC NI
05LAGOS1761	NIGERIA: WATER AND WASTE-WATER MANAGEMENT, [...] Summary. The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment named solid waste management as the state's most pressing environmental problem. Lagos, a state of an estimated 15 million people, produces approximately 10,000 metric tons of solid waste per day with virtually no capacity for its di [...]	2005-11-16 15:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV SOCI PREL NI
05LAGOS563	SHELL SAYS NIGERIA NEEDS OVERHAUL [...] (C) Summary: Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) Managing Director (MD) Basil Oyimi told Ambassador he is concerned with President Obasanjo's "over-personalization" of reform. The lack of institutional underpinnings means Nigeria will be "back to square one" in 2007. Oyimi argued [...]	2005-04-14 08:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL EPET
05LAGOS629	NIGERIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT: A SILENT EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: According to the GON Federal Office of Statistics (FOS),Nigeria's unemployment rate for 2003 was 14.8 percent. (Note: Statistics have not been released for 2004. End note.) The actual unemployment rate likely is considerably higher than what FOS reports. Nigeria's informal s [...]	2005-04-27 14:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI PGOV NI
05LAGOS630	Nigeria's 2005 Special 301 Review: Special [...] Summary. While awareness of intellectual property rights (IPR) is increasing in Nigeria, IPR compliance has improved only slightly. Inadequate funding of relevant agencies and the inability to sustain public and government attention to IPR violations remain concerns. Optical media piracy is [...]	2005-04-27 14:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR NI
05LAGOS747	CBN'S NEW CAPITALIZATION DEADLINES CAUSE BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Eschewing prior consultation with the industry, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unexpectedly promulgated a new set of deadlines to spur banks to meet its recapitalization requirement: April 30 for pre-merger consent, August 31 for preliminary merger approval, and October 31 for [...]	2005-05-19 08:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS924	NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary. Since digital mobile licenses were awarded in 2001, Nigeria has improved from 400,000 telephone lines -- the world's third lowest telephony per capita rate -- to 10 million lines. This expansion has moved the country from a telecom emerging market to a quickly maturing market. T [...]	2005-06-15 12:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON NI
05LILONGWE1018	MALAWI LAND REFORM STALLED [...] Malawi's informal system of land administration continues to hinder economic development. A land reform program adopted last year proposes across-the-board reforms, but resistance from local chiefs is stiff. There has been some progress putting a land bureaucracy in place, but the current GO [...]	2005-12-05 09:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV MI
05LILONGWE1043	MALAWI TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRIVATIZED AT LAST [...] (SBU) After a delay that started last August, Malawi's telecom provider has been sold to a consortium of local companies for $29 million. President Bingu wa Mutharika had stopped the deal out of concern that the privatized company might disconnect the two state-owned television broadcasters. [...]	2005-12-15 08:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ECPS KCOR MI
05LILONGWE1058	MALAWI TELECOM BOARD HOLDS UP PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) At what should have been a largely pro-forma meeting on 15 December, the board of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. (MTL) voted down a proposal to privatize itself. The GOM, its sole shareholder, signed the deal on 14 December, together with all the other interested parties. Although MTL' [...]	2005-12-19 07:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR ECPS ECON MI
05LILONGWE1062	RE-ENERGIZED MUTHARIKA LAUNCHES IRRIGATION DRIVE [...] (U) Summary: Fresh from his party's by-election victory, a newly confident President Mutharika has launched a major GOM initiative to expand irrigation and improve food security. In a wide-ranging donor briefing on December 16, the president talked of plans for commercial farming, new dams and [...]	2005-12-20 09:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EAGR PGOV MI
05LILONGWE128	MALAWI CONSIDERS NEW DEVELOPMENT AGENDA [...] (SBU) As Malawi's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) reaches the end of its three-year life, the GOM has floated the idea of taking a new tack as it develops its next PRSP. The proposed new agenda would be based on the Malawi Economic Growth Strategy, essentially a plan for removing constr [...]	2005-02-09 10:57:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV PREL KMCA MI
05LILONGWE175	MALAWI UPDATE FOR PRESIDENT'S AGOA REPORT [...] Following is Embassy's update for the President's AGOA Report, as requested in reftel. Embassy has also submitted this update via e-mail to AF/EPS Mary Fleming. 2. Status: AGOA eligible, including for textile and apparel benefits. 3. AGOA Trade and Investment: Malawi's exports under AGO [...]	2005-02-24 14:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN MI AGOA
05LILONGWE302	PREACHING FREE MARKETS IN MALAWI [...] Over the past several months, Mission Lilongwe's economic team has undertaken a concerted effort to promote the virtues of free markets among Malawi's key decision makers. The country has made halfhearted efforts toward market reforms in recent years, and the new president is pressing a pro-gr [...]	2005-04-06 11:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EAGR KMCA MI
05LILONGWE402	SUCCESS OF AN ARV PROGRAM: IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT [...] Summary: Malawi has been making remarkable progress in the roll-out of its Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) funded Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Program. It appears that treatment goals will be met and testing goals exceeded. Some government officials are now asking why Malawi cannot r [...]	2005-05-11 12:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO ECON PGOV MI HIV AIDS
05LILONGWE406	IMF ON MALAWI: STRONG PERFORMANCE, BUT RISK AHEAD [...] (C) Following a recent visit from the IMF's country team, the Resident Representative confirms that fiscal performance was strong in the last quarter, despite much weaker than expected donor inflows. The IMF and GOM have reached a tentative agreement for a new Poverty Reduction and Growth Fac [...]	2005-05-13 10:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON MI
05LILONGWE409	MALAWI'S BUDGET CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) In preliminary budget consultations with donors, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe sketched an FY 2005/06 budget that would include some tax reform, allocations for humanitarian food relief, and a comparatively modest fertilizer subsidy. The budget for development will be increased by 35 pe [...]	2005-05-13 11:56:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KMCA BUD FIN
05LILONGWE447	RURAL LOAN PROGRAM ENDANGERS MICROFINANCE SECTOR [...] Summary: Against the advice of donors and banking experts, the GOM has launched a controversial rural loan program with subsidized interest rates, administered by a state-owned bank that has no experience in microfinance. The U.S. and other donors have expressed our concerns, but the GOM is de [...]	2005-05-26 06:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EAGR KMCA MI BUD FIN
05LILONGWE496	MALAWI REOPENS FINANCE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Bank of Malawi was allowed to reopen under Reserve Bank curatorship. The bank is experiencing a mild run, as Reserve Bank imposed restrictions curb withdrawals for the moment. With Finance Bank's shady customer base, liquidation seems a more likely outcome than a recov [...]	2005-06-10 11:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC EINV ECON MI BUD FIN
05LILONGWE579	PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S LEADERSHIP STYLE [...] Despite a year of solid success in imposing discipline on government spending and launching a strong anti-corruption campaign, President Mutharika has been frustrated in his reform agenda by an increasingly militant opposition and a weak civil service. A series of negative media stories has p [...]	2005-07-08 09:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMCA MI
05LILONGWE709	MALAWI TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ON HOLD [...] (C) The GOM has suspended the privatization of Malawi's parastatal telecommunications monopoly at the last moment. The privatization is a condition of two large World Bank programs in Malawi. The President apparently made the decision out of fear that the privatized company might sabotage sta [...]	2005-08-18 10:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ECPS KPRV PGOV PREL MI
05LILONGWE750	SACHS AND FERTILIZER IN MALAWI [...] (C) The UNDP's recently issued Flash Alert on Malawi's food crisis contains a plan for providing free fertilizer and seed for 2 million farmers this growing season. The plan has received practically no support among local agriculture and food experts in Malawi, for reasons that Embassy views a [...]	2005-08-31 14:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EAID MI
05LILONGWE913	MALAWI SITUATION REPORT AND FY 2006 DISASTER [...] This cable re-declares a disaster for FY 2006 in Malawi due to food insecurity and provides an update on the situation. Per reftel, it is estimated that over four million Malawians (more than one-third of the population) will be unable to meet their food needs over the next six months, until [...]	2005-10-19 13:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR MI
05LILONGWE927	MALAWI CONTINUES STRONG FISCAL PERFORMANCE [...] (U) The Reserve Bank of Malawi recently published its mid-year economic and fiscal report, showing strong performance across the board. Higher than projected domestic revenue and sharply lower expenditures compensated for lower revenues from external grants. Macroeconomic performance at the [...]	2005-10-25 05:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN MI
05LILONGWE994	IMF MALAWI REVIEW: ANOTHER GOOD QUARTER [...] (SBU) The IMF's country team today delivered its first quarterly review of Malawi's new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Malawi has met substantially all of its targets, although it appears headed to miss its net asset target next month. The IMF is recommending a looser foreign [...]	2005-11-22 11:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MI
05LIMA1346	Peru: 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report [...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2005 ATPDEA Eligibility Report, as requested in reftel. Effect of the ATPA/ATPDEA ------------------------- 2. The growing importance of the U.S. market for Peruvian exporters is reflected by the fact that the U.S. share of Peru's total expor [...]	2005-03-21 16:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV PE OPIC USTR
05LIMA2235	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FREE TRADE IN PIURA [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 5-6 trip to Piura in northern Peru, the Ambassador met with local dignitaries to discuss free trade and economic development, inaugurated a new AID-sponsored small business center, toured a local textile plant, and visited Peace Corps volunteers. Although the Wor [...]	2005-05-18 18:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PE
05LIMA2523	PERU'S TEXTILE EXPORTS INCREASE 13 PERCENT IN Q1 [...] (U) Summary. Peru's textile industry witnessed a 13 percent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2005 year-on-year, despite local fears that the end of the Multi- Fiber Agreement (MFA) would limit the Peruvian textile industry's ability to compete internationally. The GOP, noting [...]	2005-06-06 22:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA2600	VISIT OF STAFFDEL WALKER TO PERU [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) During a busy two-day visit, Staffdel Walker raised pending U.S. company commercial disputes, trafficking of narcotics and persons, and the benefits of an U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in discussions with Members of Congress, high-ranking government officials, and pri [...]	2005-06-10 14:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON SNAR EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PE
05LIMA2601	PERU PONDERS DANINO OR OTHE... [...] (SBU) At least five major Peruvian dailies, plus "The Economist," have speculated over the last week that the GOP will make a major push for the candidacy of a Peruvian to replace IDB President Enrique Iglesias, who announced his resignation May 31. (Note: Iglesias will leave his post Septem [...]	2005-06-10 14:54:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE
05LIMA2686	UPDATE ON PERU NOMINATION FOR IDB PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Ambassador Struble spoke June 14 to Hector Quintero, Colombian Ambassador to Peru, regarding the visit of Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Alberto Moreno to Lima. Quintero explained that Ambassador Moreno had met with President Alejandro Toledo that morning to seek Peruvian support f [...]	2005-06-16 14:31:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE
05LIMA2751	VENEZUELAN EMBASSY'S SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) On 6/15, Political Section FSN Assistant attended a "Participative Forum/Workshop" sponsored by the Embassy of Venezuela in Lima entitled "The Social Charter of the Americas (SCA)." Summaries of the interventions by the scheduled speakers are provided below. 2. (U) Ambassador Jorge V [...]	2005-06-21 17:03:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI VE PE
05LIMA3006	FINANCE MINISTER NOMINATED FOR IDB PRESIDENCY [...] On July 8, the Foreign Ministry convoked the diplomatic corps to announce the GOP's nomination of Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) as its candidate to replace Enrique Iglesias as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). At the end of the day, Post received a diplom [...]	2005-07-11 15:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA3548	NEW PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEFENSE [...] (C) New Prime Minister-designate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) phoned the Ambassador on the morning of 8/16 to confirm press reports that he would be sworn-in later that day as Prime Minister. The Ambassador inquired as to other Cabinet changes that might affect upcoming meetings with SECDEF. P [...]	2005-08-16 21:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MARR PE
05LIMA3593	NEW HOUSING MINISTER RUDECINDO VEGA [...] Summary. New Housing Minister Rudecindo Vega has served the last three years as Chief of Staff to outgoing Housing Minister Carlos Bruce. Since 2003, he also served as Technical Secretary to the GOP Interministerial Commission on Social Issues. Vega is a respected technocrat. He has had s [...]	2005-08-18 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PE
05LIMA4139	PERU AMONG WORLD'S MOST INFORMAL ECONOMIES [...] Summary: The World Bank ranks Peru as the world's fifth most informal economy. In urban Peru, nearly 70 percent of workers (62 percent in Lima) are employed informally, the third highest rate in Latin America. Bureaucratic barriers largely account for Peru's informality, generating problems [...]	2005-09-22 22:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV ETRD PE
05LIMA4184	PERU: UPDATED TEXTILE AND APPAREL INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Peru's textile and apparel sectors have grown rapidly in the past few years, due primarily to benefits under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). While textile and apparel exports values increased from $823 million in 2003 to $1.09 billion in 2004, thi [...]	2005-09-27 13:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ETRD ECON EINV PE
05LIMA4265	FINALLY, AN OMBUDSMAN [...] After almost five years of frustrated attempts to reach a consensus on a candidate, the Peruvian Congress selected former Prime Minister Beatriz Merino on 9/29 to be the country's next Public Ombudsman (Defensora del Pueblo). Merino replaces the "interim" incumbent Walter Alban, who had been [...]	2005-09-30 16:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PE
05LIMA4775	PROGRAM EVALUATION: FY-2005 RP: "THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IV Luis Miguel GONZALEZ participated in subject program to examine the role of the media in the U.S., to explore how freedom of the press and freedom of speech are translated into reporting on activities of the government, public institutions and officials, busines [...]	2005-11-08 20:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO PE
05LIMA4962	Peru's 2006 National Trade Estimate Report [...] The following is Post's submission of the National Trade Estimate, as requested in reftel. Trade Overview -------------- 2. The U.S. trade deficit with Peru was $1.6 billion in 2004, an increase of $895 million from the 2003 trade deficit of $710 million. U.S. goods exported in 2004 t [...]	2005-11-22 19:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
05LIMA68	Textile Industry Fears End of MultiFiber Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary. The Peruvian Government fears that the termination of the World Trade Organization's MultiFiber Agreement (MFA) on January 1 will limit the Peruvian textile industry's ability to compete on both the domestic and international markets. The textile industry accounted for approxi [...]	2005-01-05 20:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE
05LJUBLJANA509	LUNCH WITH SLOVENE PRESIDENT JANEZ DRNOVSEK: [...] (SBU) Summary: At Lunch with COM July 18, President Drnovsek focused largely on domestic issues including the Government of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and what seems to be the biggest obstacle (his coalition partners) to needed economic reform and potential foreign investment; the current d [...]	2005-07-20 05:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA80	COM MEETS WITH FORMER SLOVENE PM ANTON ROP [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with COM, former PM Anton Rop was forthcoming on his views for the future of his party, the challenges faced by the current government and Slovenia's close ties to Europe. He views his new role as leader of the main opposition party as an opportunity to reg [...]	2005-02-04 11:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI
05LJUBLJANA894	SLOVENIA ON EIB IN SYRIA: PUSH THE BIG PLAYERS [...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A points 30 December to Sibil Svilan, CEO of the Slovene Export Corporation and Slovenian representative to the European Investment Bank. A former senior Finance Ministry official and long time EIB board member, Svilan said he was not aware of the USG position on the [...]	2005-12-30 05:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV
05MADRID100	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March, 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish l [...]	2005-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB SP OPIC USTR
05MADRID1349	GWOT ASSESSMENT: MADRID FEEDBACK [...] (C) Summary. We appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on issues related to the Global War on Terrorism per reftel action request. Overall, counterterrorism cooperation between the U.S. and Spain is excellent, remaining a cornerstone of the bilateral relationship despite friction on other important [...]	2005-04-07 12:04:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID1786	UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE IN SPAIN [...] (U) Summary. Meetings with Spanish contacts suggest that Spain remains serious about fighting terrorism finance. The GOS conducts searches for funds from all individuals and organizations listed in prenotifications and notifications from the U.S.; no such funds have been found in Spanish acc [...]	2005-05-10 15:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV PREL EU SP EUN
05MADRID1854	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID E&E/EG/EI ROBERT [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Robert Archer, Physical Scientist, USAID/E&E/EG/EI, to travel to Madrid, May 31-June 5, to review energy regulatory distance learning program financed by the World Bank and developed and managed by Comillas University; meet with Union Fenosa re [...]	2005-05-16 15:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OTRA SP AID
05MADRID1865	SPAIN'S COMPETITION TRIBUNAL TRAVESL TO WASHINGTON [...] Summary: The President of Spain's Competition Tribunal Gonzalo Solana Gonzalez travels to Washington next week to meet with U.S. Foreign Trade Commission officials, the Department of Justice and International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Solana's goal is to discuss proposed reforms to compe [...]	2005-05-16 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON SP
05MADRID2172	CORRECTED COPY: SPAIN: DELIVERABLES FOR THE US-EU [...] Summary: Charge delivered reftel talking points to MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar. Dezcallar said Foreign Minister Moratinos would attend the conference and that this meeting would be high profile for Spain. Dezcallar said the Spanish government cannot guarantee that its USD 20 milli [...]	2005-06-07 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON SP
05MADRID2248	GOS SUGGESTED COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON TERRORISM [...] (C) During the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counterterrorism Experts Working Group on May 16-20 in Madrid (reftel),Spanish judicial officials proposed a joint investigation into the finances of the Islamic Cultural Center. The Center is a prominent Islamic institution l [...]	2005-06-10 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2523	DRUG TRAFFICKING AND POSSESSION TRENDS CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) The Government of Spain's National Drug Plan (PND) latest Annual Statistical Report on Drugs reports increases in total drug seizures (29%),trafficking arrests (11%),and arrests for drug possession (22%) between 2003 and 2004. Officials consider these statistics to be an indication tha [...]	2005-07-05 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KSEP PINR PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID2731	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECOND VICE PRESIDENT [...] Summary and introduction: The Ambassador met with Second Vice President and Minister of Finance and the Economy Pedro Solbes July 20. Solbes was accompanied by Chief of Staff Soledad Abad Rico and Secretary of State for the Economy David Vegara. Solbes provided a fairly comprehensive tour [...]	2005-07-21 14:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SP
05MADRID645	THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN SPAIN [...] SUMMARY. This message is the first of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community that stems from Poloff's discussions with leading members of the Muslim community in Madrid. Islam has long been a force in Spanish history dating back to Moorish rule from the eighth to f [...]	2005-02-17 17:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI KPAO KISL SP
05MADRID649	SPAIN: GROWING PAINS IN LIBERALIZED NATURAL GAS [...] SUMMARY: Rapid growth in domestic consumption has made Spain the world's fifth largest natural gas market. Market liberalization, combined with growing demand and environmental concerns, has given rise to potential supply problems that could jeopardize Spain's energy grid. Spain is strengthe [...]	2005-02-18 12:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PGOV SP
05MANAGUA1867	NICARAGUAN IMF PROGRAM ON THE ROPES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, President Bolanos broke the two-month standoff over fiscal reform legislation intended to close the spending gap created by the National Assembly's 2005 budget. He yielded to the Assembly's refusal to accept or override his partial veto and sent the measure for public [...]	2005-06-22 21:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NU IMF
05MANAGUA2140	NICARAGUA UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable is submitted in response to reftel A request for information on Government of Nicaragua child labor practices for compliance with Trade and Development Act provisions. Because post submitted reports in response to similar DOL tasking cables in 2003 and 2004 (reftels B and C),and b [...]	2005-07-26 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU
05MANAMA103	BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] The following is post's Investment Climate Statement submission for 2005. 2. Begin text: INVESTMENT CLIMATE OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The government of Bahrain has a generally liberal approach to foreign investment and is eager to improve Bahrain's attractiveness to internati [...]	2005-01-25 04:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD BA
05MANAMA1183	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: UPDATES FROM THE GOB AND [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister confirmed the September 9 planning meeting in London for the November G8-BMENA Forum for the Future in Bahrain. He stressed the need for real achievements at the Forum to fend off potential criticism from the Arab League and the peoples of the region, and to [...]	2005-08-16 15:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI KPAO BA
05MANAMA1385	OECD-MENA INVESTMENT PROGRAM: BAHRAIN MEETING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Working Groups 1 (Open and Transparent Investment Policies - WG 1) and 2 (Investment Promotion Agencies and Business Associations as Drivers of Reform - WG 2) of the OECD-MENA Investment initiative met in Bahrain September 12-14 to review and approve their contributions to a sto [...]	2005-09-26 08:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD BA OECD
05MANAMA1403	COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN [...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]	2005-09-29 08:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA1727	BAHRAIN: 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Post's update for the 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) is included as follows. Electronic copies of the NTE update and the Arab League chapter update, have been provided to USTR in electronic format, per reftel instructions. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. (U) The Ki [...]	2005-11-23 13:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN BA ECTRD
05MANAMA1811	ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2 [...] (C) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Abdalla Rashid Al Noaimi December 2 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. APH [...]	2005-12-10 12:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA AE CTR OFFICIALS REGION
05MANAMA24	KING FOCUSES ON RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA IN [...] (C) King Hamad, in a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, expressed his appreciation for his November 29 meeting with the President and reaffirmed Bahrain's friendship with the United States. The Ambassador thanked the King for the GOB's continued surveillance of the four terrorist suspect [...]	2005-01-04 15:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET BA
05MANAMA297	BAHRAIN: U.S. VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-02 13:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID BA
05MANAMA429	BAHRAIN: WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION FOR WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-21 15:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV PREL BA TAGS
05MANAMA430	UK TAKING LEADERSHIP ROLE IN G8/BMENA INITIATIVES [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-21 15:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA564	BAHRAIN: G8 BMENA/OECD MENA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-17 08:25:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PREL BA
05MANAMA680	TREASURY DAS GLASER CONGRATULATES BAHRAINI [...] (S) Summary. Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser and a US delegation congratulated the Minister of Finance, Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed al Khalifa, the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA),Rasheed Mohammed al Maraj, and the Finance Ministry Undersecretary, Sheikh Ebrahim Bin Khalifa al Khali [...]	2005-05-11 14:05:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA

05MANAMA684	MENA FATF PLENARY - OFF TO A GOOD START [...] (U) Summary. The first plenary meeting of the newly created Middle East and North African Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) was held in Manama, Bahrain April 11-14. The United States is an observer country to the MENA FATF and Treasury DAS Glaser attended as the USG representative. Repr [...]	2005-05-14 05:30:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA
05MANAMA705	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE MAY 10 STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Bahrain hosted a meeting of the G8/Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future (FfF) Steering Committee May 10 that included representatives of the U.S., UK, Russia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt. The parties discussed preparations for the FfF meeting, to be co-chair [...]	2005-05-17 11:29:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KMPI ECIN BA XF XG CA JA
05MANAMA747	ISLAMIC BANKING, SHARIAH BOARDS, AND INVESTMENTS [...] (U) Islamic banking is a growth industry worldwide and represents a sector for which Bahrain holds a comparative advantage and would like to expand and solidify as a regional center in the Middle East. Bahrain has a strong reputation for transparency and regulation of its financial sector in [...]	2005-05-25 11:56:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	EINV ECPS EFIN ECON ETRD PREL BEXP BA
05MANAMA835	ARCAPITA ENDORSES SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WITH USG [...] (C) Arcapita Director for Legal Affairs Henry Thompson told the Ambassador June 8 that his company is willing to enter into security arrangements with the USG to gain approval for its proposed acquisition of Atlanta-based Cypress Communications. He said that Arcapita would keep all of Cypres [...]	2005-06-12 11:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECPS EFIN ECON ETRD PREL BEXP PTER BA
05MANILA1059	DEFENSE SECRETARY FOCUSED ON PDR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz has made Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) the centerpiece of his tenure, and is also focused on ending the country's multiple insurgencies within the first six years of the 18-year PDR program. His new approaches include the "500 barangay" program, which wi [...]	2005-03-07 08:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER AS NZ JA RP
05MANILA1098	MARAWI CITY: ISLAMIC PRIDE IN THE TROUBLED SOUTH [...] (U) Summary. Marawi, the capital of Lanao del Sur Province in Central Mindanao, is officially an "Islamic city" under municipal law, the only such city in the Philippines. The city of 125,000 is 96-percent Muslim. The main campus of Mindanao State University, located in Marawi, is a nonethe [...]	2005-03-09 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL PINS KCRM SNAR SA RP
05MANILA1817	GRP'S NSC GROPES FOR ANSWERS TO "ISLAMIST [...] (C). Summary and Comment: National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales provided Ambassador with a copy of a report he presented to the Philippine National Security Council on March 29 regarding Islamist extremism in the Philippines. Gonzales has asked us to treat it with due discretion but ha [...]	2005-04-21 03:07:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RP
05MANILA1853	INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT CAPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf's state visit produced a new counterterrorism cooperation agreement that will regularize and expand intelligence exchanges between Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Musharraf [...]	2005-04-22 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL PK IN RP
05MANILA2356	ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate in the Philippines but under increasing scrutiny. Police and immigration authorities have lamented the lack of resources and enforcement mechanisms to keep [...]	2005-05-23 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP
05MANILA2555	CHILD PRISONERS HELD IN ADULT FACILITIES IN THE [...] (U) Summary: According to official and NGO sources, approximately 1,500 children are currently incarcerated among the adult inmate population in the Philippines. NGOs strongly advocate that the GRP work to segregate children from the general prison population. The GRP says it is trying to d [...]	2005-06-01 06:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KOCI SOCI ELAB RP
05MANILA3045	LITTLE ECONOMIC IMPACT SO FAR FROM ARROYO'S WOES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Peso broke the PhP56/$1 mark on June 29, but has marginally recovered. The stock market continued to slide lower on concerns about the President's future, but most local analysts said that the situation remains manageable. The Philippine business community appears to be [...]	2005-07-01 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3156	PHILIPPINE MARKET JITTERS HEIGHTENING [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the Philippine Supreme Court's July 5 decision to move up the date of a hearing on the implementation of the recently-passed Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT),the country's currency, equities, and bond markets remain shaky. Markets are showing increasing signs of strain [...]	2005-07-08 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA3811	USGS DISCUSSES JOINT MINERAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) In meetings in Manila with senior GRP officials, USGS Acting Director Leahy confirmed the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) intentions to develop a work plan with the GRP to conduct the first phase of a mineral resources assessment of the Philippines. Department of Environment and Natura [...]	2005-08-18 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN SENV EINV ECON BEXP RP
05MANILA3955	NEW TERMINAL FACES LEGAL AND FINANCIAL HURDLES TO [...] (SBU) Eight months after government took possession, the new airport terminal in Manila continues to languish unopened. A temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court at the GRP's request continues to block a lower court order on the GRP to begin paying "just compensation" to the [...]	2005-08-25 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON RP
05MANILA4109	CHARGE CALLS ON KEY GRP FINANCIAL OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with the Charge, both Central Bank Governor Tetangco and the Finance Secretary Teves described what they see as good prospects for steady economic growth, financial stability, and continued progress on fiscal reforms. Tetangco, in particular, downplayed recent "po [...]	2005-09-01 08:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EINV RP
05MANILA4111	TRADE SECRETARY FAVILA SUPPORTS MORE CONSISTENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call by Charge, Secretary of Trade and Industry Peter Favila expressed SIPDIS support for more consistent and transparent policies to promote trade and investment. The Charge raised questions regarding inconsistent customs and tax policies as well as court [...]	2005-09-01 08:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP RP WTRO JP
05MANILA4338	GROWING FRENZY TO MITIGATE RISING OIL PRICE [...] (SBU) In its latest scramble to temper the impact of escalating oil prices (reftel),the Philippine Government has stepped up its campaign to conserve energy, promote bioethanol as a gasoline additive, and push passage of a renewable energy bill to reduce the country's dependence on imported [...]	2005-09-14 09:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON RP
05MANILA4639	Prospering from the Remittance Gusher [...] Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) remittances grew by 22% for the first seven months of 2005, and should approach $10 billion for the year, equal to 10% of GDP. Two-thirds of remitters from the U.S. use the banking system while others go through informal channels. Surveys show recipients apply m [...]	2005-09-28 08:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA4935	Supreme Court Clears Expanded VAT Law [...] (SBU) The Philippine Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law, the key element in President Arroyo's revenue-enhancement agenda, boosting the credibility of her economic reform efforts. This measure could reduce debt accumulation and fund increases in soc [...]	2005-10-18 10:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RP
05MANILA5019	GRP-MILF PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK BUT POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators made a breakthrough on ancestral domain during their 9th Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur, September 15-16. Though both sides agreed to keep details of the talks confidential, a leak to the Philippine press disclosed an [...]	2005-10-25 08:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP
05MANILA5068	USTR VISIT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR JANUARY SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR, Department of Commerce (DOC) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) officials, accompanied by econoffs, met with congressional leaders and GRP officials to discuss IPR protection and the upcoming Special 301 Out-of-Cycle review (OCR). The GRP is keen to get off t [...]	2005-10-27 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR RP
05MANILA5457	USGS PREPARES WORK PLAN FOR SURVEY OF MINERALS [...] In meetings in Manila with the GRP's senior geologists, a team of experts from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) drafted a work plan for the first phase of a mineral resources assessment of the Philippines. Phase one involves gathering existing data in digital format for release to the publi [...]	2005-11-22 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN SENV EINV ECON BEXP RP
05MANILA5458	AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] This cable responds to questions in Ref A. Post previously reported on avian influenza preparedness (ref E),the GRP's limited surveillance capacity (ref D),the appointment of an Anti-Avian Flu Czar (ref C) and rising public concern in the Philippines over Avian Flu (ref B). --------- SUM [...]	2005-11-22 09:42:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL RP
05MANILA5505	FINANCE SECRETARY NONCOMMITAL ON DOHA ROUND; [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Teves acknowledged to Charge that the GRP needs to do more to address public skepticism over the benefits of lower tariffs and progress in the WTO Doha Round. Teves was grateful for U.S. assistance and advice on improving the efficiency of revenue collection, a key are [...]	2005-11-28 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EINV RP
05MANILA5637	MILF REPRESENTATIVES UNVEIL ISLAMIC ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Three executives from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's (MILF's) development arm -- the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) -- represented MILF Vice-Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar during a November 23 special closed door session of the Philippine Business Leader [...]	2005-12-02 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER RP
05MANILA84	LATEST PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's new anti-corruption czar has requested Embassy's cooperation, which Embassy officers will provide in addition to ongoing coordination with the Office of the Ombudsman. The GRP is making progress on some new high profile corruption cases, most recently charging an [...]	2005-01-06 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP
05MAPUTO1	MOZAMBIQUE - DECEMBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. -------- BUSINESS -------- 2. (U) KPMG's annual ranking of the top 100 revenue- producing companies in Mozambique found Mozal, the Australian-owned aluminum smelter, again to be number one. Mozal's re [...]	2005-01-03 11:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
05MAPUTO1099	BIO INFORMATION ON NEW SADC EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] (U) Under former President Chissano, Tomas Salomao served as Mozambique's Minister of Transport and Communication (2000-2005) and Minister of Planning and Finance (1994-1999). Salomao is a member of the powerful 15-person FRELIMO Political Commission. In the December 2004 general elections he [...]	2005-08-26 08:34:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL MZ SADC
05MAPUTO115	MOZAMBIQUE: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-24 16:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAGR ETRD BTIO BEXP EAID KTDB MZ USTR OPIC
05MAPUTO1176	MOZAMBIQUE - AUGUST ECONOMIC DIGEST [...] (U) The following is a brief summary of significant economic issues in Mozambique in August 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. 2. (U) Index: - Labor Arbitration Centers Planned by End of Year - Government Reorganizes Anti-Corruption Office - Audit of Alleged Crimin [...]	2005-09-14 06:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KCOR ETRD SENV KHIV EINV MZ
05MAPUTO1404	MOZAMBIQUE - SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC DIGEST [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique in September 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. This issue of the Digest contains, mainly, information on new assistance flows. The items discussed are as follows: -- USG Title I Grant -- [...]	2005-10-27 13:54:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID EINV ETRD EMIN ENRG MZ
05MAPUTO150	MOZAMBIQUE: WHO IS INCOMING PRESIDENT GUEBUZA? [...] (U) The following is a brief sketch of incoming Mozambican president Armando Guebuza, who will be inaugurated on February 2 to succeed President Joaquim Chissano. This analysis was drawn by our political LES. We offer it as a preliminary glance at Guebuza, only part of a composite picture we w [...]	2005-02-01 15:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO1528	MOZAMBIQUE - OCTOBER ECONOMIC DIGEST [...] This is a brief summary of significant economic developments in Mozambique during October 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. The items discussed are: 2. 800,000 people face food shortages due to drought 3. Water projects planned 4. Fuel prices rise 5. Dea [...]	2005-11-21 07:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON EINV ETRD MZ
05MAPUTO155	ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mozambique large Muslim minority has long been a bastion of moderate faith, both in the native African and South Asian immigrant communities. The country has no tradition of militant, anti-western Islamic thought, and post sees no substantial evidence of any Islamic organizations [...]	2005-02-02 12:07:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL MZ PHUM PTER SCUL KNAR
05MAPUTO184	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART I) [...] (U) This message provides biographical data for key cabinet ministers sworn in on February 5 by President Guebuza. Biodata on additional cabinet members will be provided in septels. Sources include official ministerial biographies, local media reports, and information obtained from Embassy con [...]	2005-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO232	MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will give you an opportunity to meet leading members of the new Guebuza government and convey to the government and the public our support for Mozambique's development and HIV/AIDS efforts. You also may wish to encourage continued movemen [...]	2005-02-18 10:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO255	MOZAMBIQUE: PRESIDENT CHISSANO RETROSPECTIVE [...] (C) On February 2 President Joaquim Chissano stepped down as leader of the Republic of Mozambique after 18 years in power. He took over from Samora Machel in 1986, after Mozambique's first president was killed in a airplane crash. In 1994 Chissano was elected president in Mozambique's first mu [...]	2005-02-25 09:05:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO275	INPUT FOR 2005 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] AGOA Trade and Investment: Mozambique made limited progress in expanding trade and investment under AGOA during 2004, but has potential to expand AGOA-related exports next year, particularly in the agriculture and fisheries sectors. There were AGOA success stories in 2004, such as Indian Ocean [...]	2005-03-01 10:52:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD MZ AGOA
05MAPUTO388	MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit to Mozambique will provide you an opportunity to gain a better understanding of issues surrounding port and coastal security in Mozambique, as well as insight into Mozambique's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. The trip will also give you i [...]	2005-03-23 15:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO653	MOZAMBIQUE - RIVAL AIRLINES VIE FOR DOMESTIC MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing fare war between government-owned Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM) and upstart private airline Air Corridor has quickly turned Mozambique from one of the most expensive places in Africa for domestic flights to one of the cheapest. While consumers benefit, the highly [...]	2005-05-26 09:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD MZ
05MAPUTO702	MOZAMBIQUE: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S [...] (SBU) Newly elected Mozambican President Armando Emilio Guebuza is one of five African heads of state to visit Washington on June 13 to participate in a joint meeting with President Bush. We understand the Department is considering a separate meeting for President Guebuza with Secretary Rice. [...]	2005-06-06 15:41:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL ETRD ECON MZ
05MAPUTO829	BUDGET SUPPORT DONORS OBJECT TO DEDICATED MCC [...] (U) On June 30, the Dutch Ambassador and the Finnish Charge, the incoming and outgoing heads of the Group of 17 donors who provide budget support to the Mozambican government (GRM),called on Charge to deliver a letter expressing concern over the GRM's decision to set up a unit in the Planning [...]	2005-07-05 13:00:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON MZ MCC
05MAPUTO89	FY05 SPECIAL SELF-HELP (SSH) FUNDING REQUEST - [...] Post requests USD 65,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund in FY05. 2. Mozambique has experienced rapid economic growth for the past decade, registering an 8-10% increase in GDP per year. Further, the country's lead political parties, Frelimo and Renamo, on opposite sides during a [...]	2005-01-18 08:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MZ SSH
05MASERU214	LESOTHO FACES UP TO ITS DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Lesotho and the country's private sector held a three-day World Bank-sponsored Private Sector Development Forum from April 6-8, 2005 to identify and map out modalities for eliminating infrastructure, training, administrative and legal impediments to private sector g [...]	2005-04-26 12:59:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD LT AGOA
05MINSK1040	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 31, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliamentarians Extremely Critical of USG Response to Hurricane Katrina On September 1, Chairman of the Commission for [...]	2005-09-02 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1146	Who's Taking over Djem Bank? [...] Summary: Since late July the GOB has been exerting heavy pressure on foreign owned Djem Bank. The National Bank of Belarus admitted it misused the law to take control of the bank. It then revoked a number of Djem's licenses, demanding the bank return USD 16.5 million it loaned abroad to Belar [...]	2005-09-20 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV BO
05MINSK1159	Minsk Wants Bilateral WTO Negotiations [...] (U) Summary: Econoff met September 13 with MFA representatives Anton Kudasov, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Foreign Trade, and Sergey Gulevich, Deputy Head of the Division of Foreign Trade Policy, to discuss Belarus' accession to the World Trade Organization. Kudasov argued strongly fo [...]	2005-09-23 05:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN WTRO BO
05MINSK1177	Largest Private Bank Offers Foreign Policy Advice [...] (SBU) Summary: The chairman of the Austrian holding company that owns Priorbank, the largest and most internationally recognized private bank in Belarus, recently stated his company has been seeking a change in EU policy vis-Q-vis Belarus. Dr. Herbert Stepic, the Chairman of Raiffeisen Inter [...]	2005-09-28 10:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV BO
05MINSK1391	Mozyr Refinery Highly Profitable [...] (SBU) Summary: Belarus has two oil refineries, in Mozyr and Novopolotsk. The GOB owns the Novopolotsk refinery and 43% of the Mozyr refinery, but is trying to take ownership of another 12% from an employee association. The Mozyr Oil Refinery (MOR) can refine 10 million tons of oil per year. [...]	2005-11-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1432	Avian and Pandemic Influenza Information from [...] This is a response to ref A action request. All information is from Emboff meetings (ref B) with Belarusian Ministry of Health (MoH) officials, public briefings, and press statements. A Plan for Avian Influenza -------------------------- 2. The GOB has a preparedness plan/strategy for [...]	2005-11-25 12:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BO
05MINSK1433	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 25, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church's Building is NOT a Cow Barn On November 17, the New Life Church filed its third application for registration at the address of the forme [...]	2005-11-25 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1464	LUKASHENKO STANDS ON HIS SOAPBOX FOR RUSSIAN [...] Summary: President Lukashenko spoke at a November 23 press conference with approximately 100 visiting Russian reporters from provincial media outlets. With his characteristically bizarre statements, Lukashenko criticized the Russians for stalling the creation of the union state, not helping B [...]	2005-12-05 15:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1525	WORLD BANK IN BELARUS: FUTURE ENGAGEMENT RESTS ON [...] SUMMARY: Increasing GOB impediments to the provision of foreign assistance and further resistance to outside advice call into question the future of World Bank operations in Belarus. The Bank is pinning its hopes on realization of a proposed $50 million project in energy conservation and gas [...]	2005-12-22 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ENRG SENV UNDP BO
05MINSK1528	World Bank Rep Skeptical of Belarus' Continued [...] (C) Summary: World Bank Permanent Representative Vladimir Voronin discussed with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief the general state of the Belarusian economy, stressing the opportunity for Belarus to make badly needed economic reforms is now. Referring to the World Bank's recently published economic a [...]	2005-12-22 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
05MINSK1549	Russia Gives the Gift of Cheap Gas [...] Summary: At a time when Gazprom is abrogating its supply contracts with other countries and raising gas prices for the recently democratic (Ukraine, Georgia),Belarus remains on the Gazprom gravy train for another year. On December 27, Gazprom and Beltransgaz (Belarus' domestic gas monopoly) s [...]	2005-12-29 07:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD PGOV BO
05MINSK1558	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ No Protection from Triple Jeopardy in Belarus 2. On December 20, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) overturned its own previous ruling and decided that the Belarusian Helsinki [...]	2005-12-30 09:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK826	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Students to Serve State On July 19, the Gomel Regional Soviet adopted a 2005- 2007 program to engage youths in ideology, [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK956	Minsk's Deepening Relations with China [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' relationship with China continues to strengthen. China has invested and plans to invest millions of dollars in Belarusian companies while Belarus is contemplating opening a bank in China. Both countries have exchanged military delegations and have signed military accord [...]	2005-08-16 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO CH
05MUSCAT1199	TOURISM PROJECTS PROLIFERATE [...] (U) With Oman aggressively marketing itself as an environmentally conscious tourist destination, international investors are taking advantage of significant improvements in local infrastructure to develop ambitious new tourist projects. U.S. construction and financial firms are joining a slew [...]	2005-07-30 08:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EIND MU
05MUSCAT1291	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA [...] Essa bin Mohammed al-Zedjali, owner of the Arabic daily "al- Shabibah," penned an op-ed piece in the August 21 issue (which was translated and reprinted in its sister English-language daily "Times of Oman") entitled "Sharon Replaces Gaza With West Bank": "The dismantling of the settlements in [...]	2005-08-22 07:30:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT1475	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN OMAN [...] (S) The Embassy's outreach and public diplomacy efforts, filtering down into every social strata and region of the Sultanate, have promoted a consistently positive image of U.S. society and culture that have complemented the Omani government's own effective actions to counter or prevent extrem [...]	2005-10-04 04:46:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	KDEM KPAO KMPI PREL EAID PHUM PGOV ASEC MU
05MUSCAT597	MEDIA REACTION: SETTLEMENT EXPANSION IN PALESTINE, HATE [...] On April 7, the government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" carried an editorial entitled, "Sharon's Projects to Where?" "Despite the Palestinian leadership's insistence that Sharon withdraw from the Gaza strip, it appears that he will once again ignore their requests and go against his previously c [...]	2005-04-12 02:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05MUSCAT615	OMAN FM SPEAKS OUT ON IRAQ, PALESTINE, REFORM [...] (C) Despite not having made a public statement of support following the January 30 parliamentary elections in Iraq, Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi praised democratic developments in Iraq in an April 12 press interview in Qatar. Speaking on the margins of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, t [...]	2005-04-13 10:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC KISL KPAL IZ XF MU
05MUSCAT68	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR OMAN [...] Following is the text of the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for the Sultanate of Oman. 2. ECONOMIC OVERVIEW Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum, which accounted for about 66.9 percent of government revenue by October of FY 2004. Oman's proven recoverable oil reserves are e [...]	2005-01-13 10:09:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB MU
05MUSCAT792	COUNTRY DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN [...] (C) Oman stands ahead of many Arab states on broad issues of democratic reform. Its constitution was promulgated in 1996 and enshrines human rights protections and judicial independence. The lower house of its bicameral parliament (the Majlis al-Shura, or Shura Council) has been an elective [...]	2005-05-16 13:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO KMPI AMGT ECON PREL PGOV MU
05MUSCAT929	DR. EDWARD GRAHAM: A WISE INVESTMENT FOR OMAN [...] PA Muscat organized a one-hour digital videoconference (DVC) with Dr. Edward Graham, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Economics, on June 7, 2005 at the Embassy. Revolving around the topic of foreign direct investment (FDI),and optimally timed to take advantage of the anticipate [...]	2005-06-10 10:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP MU
05MUSCAT988	MEDIA REACTION: RICE'S VISIT, DOHA SUMMIT [...] "Oman," the government-owned Arabic-language daily, published an editorial on June 20 under the headline "Rice's Visit And The Importance Of The Peace Process": "Secretary Rice's visit to the region is important not only for moving the peace process forward, but also for further developing U [...]	2005-06-21 02:24:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP MU
05NAIROBI1517	KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The kingpins of corruption who fleeced Kenya under the previous administration went about "business-as-usual" with officials in the current Kibaki government, acknowledged David Mwiraria, Kenya's Finance Minister, in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 6. In this regard, th [...]	2005-04-13 04:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCOR PINR KE
05NAIROBI1756	BUDGET REFORM: A KEY TO BETTER GOVERNANCE IN KENYA [...] (U) This is a joint State-USAID cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's system for allocating its scarce national resources though the national budget process is broken and has long been a factor in the country's slow economic decline. Recognizing this, the government, spearheaded by the Minist [...]	2005-04-26 13:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI2471	WHERE KENYA FITS INTO G-8 DEBT RELIEF PROPOSAL [...] Summary: News that the new G-8 debt forgiveness plan excludes Kenya as a recipient has been met with public dismay. Complaints about unfairness and concerns about a heavy external debt burden appear misplaced, however. The numbers indicate Kenya's existing stock of external debt is in fact [...]	2005-06-15 12:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV KE
05NAIROBI2571	KENYA ARTICLE 98: ANTI-U.S. CENSURE MOTION MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kenyan newspapers reported during the week of June 13 that MP Paul Muite had filed a motion in Parliament to censure the U.S. for attempting to arm-twist Kenya into signing an Article 98 agreement. A reliable source in Parliament reported, however, that, as of June 21, no such m [...]	2005-06-22 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SOCI SENV PGOV EAGR PINS MASS KE
05NAIROBI2651	KENYA'S IMF PROGRAM: PROGRESS HINGES ON [...] This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya performed reasonably well in meeting the quantitative and structural targets of its IMF program during the current, second review period, and the government and the IMF have reached broad agreement for targets in the next revi [...]	2005-06-28 15:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI2691	KENYA'S BUDGET: MORE SPENDING, BUT BETTER FOCUSED [...] (U) This is a joint State-USAID cable 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's new budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 foresees a 34% nominal increase in spending, but proposes to spend proportionally more money in areas deemed crucial to economic development and poverty reduction, namely healt [...]	2005-06-30 12:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID KMCA KE
05NAIROBI3072	KENYA HOPES TO SAVE AGOA APPAREL GAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Apparel and garment exports to the United States under AGOA have been one of Kenya's few economic bright spots in recent years. However, faced with new competition stemming from the end of the Multi Fiber Agreement, an estimated 11,000-plus jobs have already been lost. The G [...]	2005-08-01 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EINV ELAB PREL TBIO KE AGOA
05NAIROBI3129	IMF BRIEFS KENYA'S "LIKE MINDED" POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya IMF Resident Representative Jurgen Reitmeier briefed a small gathering of "Like-Minded Donors/Political" (LiMiD/P) on July 12. In addition to outlining Kenya's progress on its PRGF, as reported in reftel, Reitmeier offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of Kenya's cu [...]	2005-08-04 04:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE
05NAIROBI3188	Kenya's Energy Future [...] Summary: Kenya is facing a significant power shortage and is being forced to turn to more expensive sources of energy. Future production will come from increased electricity generation from geothermal sources and likely new coal-fired plants. A World Bank-promoted East African regional ele [...]	2005-08-05 11:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV BTIO SENV KE ENGR
05NAIROBI3287	KENYA PASSES TWO MAJOR ECONOMIC REFORM BILLS [...] (U) This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed two pieces of economic reform legislation, the Public Procurement Bill and the Privatization Bill. Both are important in the long march towards a stronger, faster growing economy and improved gover [...]	2005-08-12 08:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI3638	SOMALIA -- GERMANY EXPRESSES CONCERNS TO ROME RE: [...] (C) The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) has demarched the Italian MFA in Rome regarding difficult working relations and differences in principle with the Italian Delegation to Somalia in Nairobi. It appears that the frustrations the FRG expressed in Rome are shared by a number of other EU me [...]	2005-09-06 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3927	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: More than six months after the Government of Kenya's anti-graft credentials all but disappeared, the country is at a crossroads in the war on corruption. On the one hand, senior civil servants are driving a series of systemic reforms and improvements in the country's legal and i [...]	2005-09-22 06:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KCOR PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4599	IMF BRIEFS DONORS ON KENYA'S ECONOMY AND PRGF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IMF Mission Chief for Kenya Godfrey Kalinga briefed donors on the results of a 10-day IMF mission examining Kenya's progress on the second review of its three-year $326.7 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Kalinga was generally optimistic on Kenya's near-te [...]	2005-11-07 11:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE
05NAIROBI4829	KENYA INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) Mission Nairobi responses to reftel follow: A) Preparedness/Communication ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Kenyan government has established an inter- ministerial taskforce to create an action plan to address the threat of avian flu. The taskforce is nominally headed by Mr [...]	2005-11-18 07:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4903	SOMALIA PIRACY -- JOWHAR-TFG MEMBERS LET CONTRACT [...] (C) Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed that members of the TFG allied with President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed signed on November 25 a contract with a U.S.-origin company to provide coastal security and training services. The primary goal see [...]	2005-11-29 01:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI5019	SOMALIA POLICY CONSIDERATIONS [...] (C) As the Department develops new approaches to Somalia, Post recommends the USG seek a role in bringing into being -- and sustaining -- a coalition of Somalis that can rule Somalia and combat the violent Islamists. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the opportunity to forward [...]	2005-12-05 13:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI5102	Kenya and Uganda Privatize the Railroad [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Uganda are at last moving to revive the storied 1,500 mile rail line from Mombasa to Kampala by concessioning the railroad on both sides of the border to a private sector consortium led by a South African firm. This form of privatization is a welcome attempt to fix a [...]	2005-12-13 08:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPRV EAID ELAB ECON KE UG
05NAIROBI5171	Transport Ministry Seeks Cooperation on Somalia [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary Ikiara told the DCM December 7 that Kenya seeks SIPDIS an international response to piracy off the Somali coast, and may call a meeting of concerned nations to coordinate. Ikiara will chair an interagency meeting next week to deter [...]	2005-12-19 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAIR PTER PGOV MASS KE
05NAIROBI5177	GOVERNMENT OF KENYA'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya has started a comprehensive response to the threat of avian influenza. A multi- sectoral National Task Force has been established with high-level representation from the ministries responsible for human and animal health. Many of Kenya's international partners are repre [...]	2005-12-20 01:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED SEC EAID PREL CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO ECON
05NAIROBI5180	KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...]	2005-12-20 01:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE
05NAIROBI5184	GSP/AGOA LABOR COMPLAINT ON UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials, unions, and some employers are anxious to address the worker rights issues raised in the GSP complaint against Uganda to protect AGOA trade benefits. President Museveni and the Cabinet sent four labor reform bills to Parliament and the GOU referred plant mana [...]	2005-12-20 03:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG
05NAIROBI660	DONORS: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, World Bank Kenya hosted the quarterly meeting of the Donor Coordination Group (DCG) at which near consensus was expressed that the planning for the April 11-12 annual Consultative Group Meeting (CG) for Kenya could not be "business as usual" in light of the resi [...]	2005-02-14 12:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KCOR KMCA PGOV KPAO KE
05NASSAU1071	CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS CLOSE MEETING [...] Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),meeting as COFCOR (Council for Foreign and Community Relations),concluded a series of meetings in Freeport, Grand Bahama, on June 4 (reftel). In their discussions, the ministers focused on relations with third countries (the U.S., Can [...]	2005-06-06 16:58:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD BF CARICOM
05NASSAU1601	CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese presence in The Bahamas has been steadily expanding since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1997. The PRC and the GCOB have exchanged high-level delegations to discuss the full range of international political issues, explore economic opportunitie [...]	2005-09-08 18:46:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH BF ESENV
05NDJAMENA1015	CHAD INQUIRES ABOUT G8 DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) The following message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance is very concerned that, despite oil revenues, Chad is facing intense financial pressures and needs to be considered for G8 debt relief proposals. In a recent mee [...]	2005-06-27 06:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA115	CHAD: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Summary: Chad continues to be a strong partner in the global war against terrorism. Chad was not covered in the 2003 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Post responses are keyed to reftel paragraph 15. A. The Government of Chad continues to take significant actions to support the globa [...]	2005-01-25 09:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU PTER
05NDJAMENA1150	IFI'S WELCOME TREASURY ADVISOR, DISCUSS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank and International Monetary Fund resident representatives in Chad welcomed the prospect of a resident Treasury Advisor for the Revenue Management College during meetings with a visiting Treasury team, which included the prospective candidate for the mission. The [...]	2005-07-20 17:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1228	CHAD,S MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEVELOPS PLAN TO [...] This message contained information that is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. SIPDIS 2. This message is being retransmitted due to technical errors on two previous occasions. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Finance has developed, in consultation with the Wor [...]	2005-08-07 14:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1356	CHAD-CAMEROON PIPELINE PROJECT: OVERVIEW OF HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: With oil flowing, the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project and the conventions that govern it are now being tested. Human rights groups in Chad and their international partners continue to monitor and raise compensation, environmental, social, and security issues. While recognizin [...]	2005-09-03 07:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA1357	CHAD'S OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT PROCESS: SHOWING [...] (C) Summary: The recently released report of Chad's Oil Revenue Management College's verification of projects highlights some of the issues now arising over the use of petroleum funds. The College found numerous deficiencies such as non-delivery or significant delays in delivery of items, p [...]	2005-09-03 07:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1395	CHAD: IMF-WORLD BANK MISSION PRESENTS POSITIVE [...] SUMMARY: The latest IMF-World Bank Mission has presented a fairly positive assessment of Chad's economic prospects, but has also noted the need for progress in non-oil sectors, particularly cotton, agriculture and livestock, and telecommunications. While the country received a passing grade [...]	2005-09-14 14:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1431	CHADIANS SEEK GREATER FLEXIBILITY WITH NEW OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has formally asked Esso to deposit revenues from its new satellite field directly into the Government's Public Treasury, rather than follow the existing revenue management process, which stipulates placement in an escrow account. Esso has declined to adhere to this reques [...]	2005-09-23 17:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1500	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW FOR CHAD [...] Post recommends that Chad continue to be deemed compliant with AGOA eligibility requirements. The government continues to support the Revenue Management Process, and is taking measures to improve the human rights situation, reform the military, and curb corruption. The country also continues [...]	2005-10-05 11:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ELAB PHUM CD AGOA USTR

05NDJAMENA1521	ESSO IN CHAD: CURRENT TRAVAILS, AND CONCERNS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso's labor, transportation and royalties issues with the GOC continue to brew. The company has attempted to improve relations with the Government by sponsoring the visit of GOC officials to oil market operations in London and Washington. However, GOC officials continue to cr [...]	2005-10-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1522	ESSO IN CHAD: CURRENT TRAVAILS, AND CONCERNS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso's labor, transportation and royalties issues with the GOC continue to brew. The company has attempted to improve relations with the Government by sponsoring the visit of GOC officials to oil market operations in London and Washington. However, GOC officials continue to cr [...]	2005-10-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1560	CHAD: GOVERNMENT LOBBYING FOR CHANGES TO OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a chilly reception in Washington by the Bretton Woods Institutions, the Government of Chad (GOC) is reaching out to development partners and civil society in Chad on the need to modify the law governing management of petroleum revenues, with the hope of persuading the [...]	2005-10-21 09:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1592	CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES PROPOSED OIL [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations October 21 to announce that the Government of Chad (GOC) intended to submit a 2006 budget to the National Assembly which would reflect changes to the oil revenue man [...]	2005-10-27 14:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EFIN ECON EPET CD
05NDJAMENA1593	CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES PROPOSED OIL [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations October 21 to announce that the Government of Chad (GOC) intended to submit a 2006 budget to the National Assembly which would reflect changes to the oil revenue man [...]	2005-10-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EFIN ECON EPET CD
05NDJAMENA1615	CHAD: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The United States has important interests at stake and a potentially decisive role to play in promoting democracy in Chad. Earlier this year, President Deby succeeded in removing presidential term limits in a constitutional (but questionable) process, and is now on the path to [...]	2005-11-01 12:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1656	CHAD: GOVERNMENT MOVING AHEAD WITH OIL REVENUE [...] (C) Summary: The Government is moving ahead with its plans to amend the revenue management law despite concern among various donors, diplomatic missions, civil society groups, and opposition parties. On November 9, the Council of Ministers sent the revisions to the law to the National Assem [...]	2005-11-09 16:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1662	PRIME MINISTER AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji and National Assembly President Nassour defended proposed revisions to the oil revenue management law in meetings with the Ambassador on November 10. Yoadimnadji said the Government has moved forward with the revisions and remains open to dial [...]	2005-11-10 17:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1707	CHAD READY TO ACCEPT WORLD BANK TEAM, PUSHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC is willing to welcome a World Bank/IMF team to explore the Bank's proposed compromise, but is skeptical about the World Bank's ability to assist the government's budget process. Following internal disagreements among ruling-party deputies in the National Assembly, two c [...]	2005-12-06 07:28:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1760	GOC-WORLD BANK STILL DUKING IT OUT ON OIL LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even though some Chadian ministers remain optimistic about a compromise with the World Bank, President Deby reiterated the GOC's right to move forward with revising its oil revenue management law in a combative speech at ceremonies in Fada in northern Chad on December 10. Becau [...]	2005-12-12 15:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1761	THE MANY FACES (AND LIVES) OF PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Idriss Deby at year's end is perhaps more besieged than he has ever been in his fifteen years in power. He is confronting a rash of desertions, raids on military targets, and violent student demonstrations. Even his most respected family members are joining the oppo [...]	2005-12-13 11:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1851	CHAD: OIL REVENUE LAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chad (GOC) has formally invited a World Bank team to come to Chad to discuss the Government's proposed amendments to the Oil Revenue Law and strengthening of the Public Finance System. Some donors have expressed concern that continued disagreement between the [...]	2005-12-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1875	CHAD ASSEMBLY AMENDS OIL LAW;BILL AWAITS [...] SUMMARY: Following a four-hour delay, the Government of Chad-proposed legislation to amend the existing Revenue Management Law passed resoundingly in the National Assembly on December 29. The legislation now goes to the desk of the Head of State for promulgation (ratification). The rapid de [...]	2005-12-29 18:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA306	2005 AGOA REPORT FOR CHAD [...] Summary: Post submits the following for the 2005 AGOA Report to the President. End Summary. 2. Status: AGOA Eligible. 3. AGOA Trade and Investment: In 2004, Chad,s GDP was $4.6 billion and per capita income was $536. Petroleum now dominates Chadian exports to the United States. The [...]	2005-02-28 22:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PHUM CD
05NDJAMENA326	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 11:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA329	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA330	FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...]	2005-03-03 14:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD
05NDJAMENA454	NEW FINANCE MINISTER ON FUTURE OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad would like to use new oil revenues to enhance public security and protect vulnerable groups as well as reduce poverty, according to Chad's newly-appointed Minister of Finance. In a meeting with the Ambassador March 25, the new Minister also supported an independent panel [...]	2005-03-29 06:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD
05NDJAMENA866	CHAD'S OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT: DEALING WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with visiting Treasury advisors May 23, Chad's Minister of Finance explained his commitment to implementing Chad's oil revenue management system, but expressed concerns over the need to designate new priority sectors eligible for oil revenue financing. He welcom [...]	2005-05-31 06:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD
05NEWDELHI1074	INDIA EXPRESSES QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR A TSUNAMI [...] Mission presented reftel points on the formation of a tsunami coordination group to the MEA which, on February 10, SIPDIS responded with a non-paper (the text of which is in paragraph two) in support of such a group, provided its approach is multilateral, and focused on organizing a donor c [...]	2005-02-10 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID EFIN CE IN
05NEWDELHI1113	NATWAR SINGH TO RESTART INDO-PAK DIALOGUE IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: FM Natwar Singh's February 15-17 trip to Islamabad will be an opportunity for the two governments to re-engage at a high level after a hiatus of nearly two months, during which the most important bilateral stories -- Islamabad's request for World Bank assistance to resolve the Ba [...]	2005-02-11 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1480	BAGLIHAR, OTHER J&K HYDEL PROJECTS COMPLICATE INDO-PAK CALCULUS [...] (C) Summary: The Indian government recently offered new evidence of its benign intentions for the Baglihar hydel project by noting that, if its dam were used to inundate Pakistan, one of its own existing downriver projects would be the first casualty. Although the MEA continues to exude conf [...]	2005-02-25 13:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC ECON IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1521	KARZAI IN NEW DELHI: FUNDING FOR PUL-I-KHUMRI LEADS INDIA'S COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's prior trip to Kabul were ""immensely successful,"" MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun Singh told PolCouns on February 28. In connection with Karzai's visit, India [...]	2005-02-28 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EAID MASS IN AF IR PK
05NEWDELHI1546	MEA CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 conversation with PolCouns and Poloff, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was generally upbeat about short-term Indo-Pak rapprochement, and expressed cautious optimism about long-term sustainability of this trend. After shari [...]	2005-03-01 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS KNNP IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1764	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...]	2005-03-08 05:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI1854	INDIA'S COMMUNISTS - CONTENT TO SUPPORT THE [...] (C) Summary: The strong performance of the BJP following recent State Assembly elections has convinced India's mainstream Communists to downplay their differences with the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and cooperate for the time being to meet the "rightist" threat. The Communists [...]	2005-03-10 10:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2116	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF LABOR LAW'S INDIA VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary of Labor Steven J. Law's February 21-27 visit to India to review progress on the DOL- sponsored INDUS Child Labor effort and other DOL-sponsored projects was well received by GOI officials, project managers, and participants. The highest-ranking Labor Departme [...]	2005-03-21 08:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KWMN EAID IN US
05NEWDELHI2470	"WE ARE COMMUNISTS, BUT WE ARE NOT FOOLS:" CPI(M) [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of India-Marxist, the CPI(M) or CPM, the most organized and important member of India's Left Front (LF),will debate whether to change its leadership at its April 6-12 Party Congress. The CPI (M) patriarch, Harkishen Singh Surjeet, who steered the party to [...]	2005-04-01 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI2550	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON,S APRIL 13-16 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon, we welcome your upcoming visit to India, coming at a time of excellent relations in a fast maturing defense cooperation relationship. You also come soon after Secretary of State Rice's first visit last month, which has been characterized as the most successful visit o [...]	2005-04-05 14:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS PTER IN US
05NEWDELHI2932	A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...]	2005-04-19 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI303	INDIA VERY CONFIDENT IT IS RIGHT ON BAGLIHAR DAM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was brimming with confidence that India was in the right on the Baglihar Dam issue. If Pakistan went forward with arbitration, as it has suggested, India is ready, and will be v [...]	2005-01-12 13:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC ECON PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3213	GOI STANDING FIRM AS BAGLIHAR PROCESS UNFOLDS [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry has denied to us reports that the GOI will halt work on the controversial Baglihar hydroelectric project to bring the GOP back to the negotiating table, maintaining that New Delhi has not changed its position regarding the legality of the project (reftel). Th [...]	2005-04-28 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3432	INDIA'S COMMUNISTS ADOPT AMBITIOUS AGENDAS AT [...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties have been energized by their growing power as "kingmakers" who keep the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in power. During recently-concluded party congresses, they passed the baton to dynamic new leaders and broadened their agenda to take on ambitious [...]	2005-05-06 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR IN
05NEWDELHI3810	PUTIN: "MANY GUESTS IN MOSCOW, BUT ONLY ONE INDIA" [...] (C) Summary: According to our Indian contacts, President Putin offered India a range of defense and energy cooperation proposals during PM Manmohan Singh's May 8-10 visit to Moscow, renewing top-level bonhomie after his scratchy visit to New Delhi last December. Commenting on Putin's offer to [...]	2005-05-20 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD KNNP TSPA RS CH IN
05NEWDELHI388	SAARC SUMMIT: WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? [...] (C) Summary: The GOI has not yet agreed to the proposed February 7-9 dates for the SAARC Summit, and media reports indicate New Delhi has suggested February 6-7 instead. The MEA remains tightlipped about the reasons for delay, but some New Delhi foreign policy watchers speculate that the SAAR [...]	2005-01-14 10:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD BG PK IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI3933	THE UPA SCORES BETTER THAN AVERAGE AFTER ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The UPA government completed one year in office on May 22. Although the Left parties and the BJP predictably criticized its performance, commentary has been generally positive, reflecting widespread respect for Manmohan Singh's performance. Despite some initial weaknesses (such [...]	2005-05-27 05:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PARM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI4124	GOI AGREES TO COORDINATION ON PUL-I-KHUMRI, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with a delegation from Embassy and USAID Kabul and the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Dilip Sinha agreed to Indian participation as necessary in a donor Steering Committee in Kabul to coordinate technical de [...]	2005-06-02 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ENRG PREL IN AF PK
05NEWDELHI4234	GOI WATER ISSUES FLOWING SLOWLY WITH PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with SA Bureau's S&T Officer for Pakistan and Bangladesh Marcella Szymanski, the MEA emphasized GOI commitment to working with Bangladesh to create water sharing agreements to benefit both countries and to resolving its water issues with Pakistan consistent with [...]	2005-06-07 03:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT SENV BG PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4312	INFORMATION MINISTER JAIPAL REDDY UPBEAT ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Charge and the PA Minister Counselor in New Delhi on June 7, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy was upbeat and optimistic about the prospects for further liberalization of the media sector. The purpose of the Charge's call was to get the Minis [...]	2005-06-08 11:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4619	AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES INDIAN OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the GOI, strategic analysts, and journalists in New Delhi on June 10, Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones encouraged high-level GOI participation at the upcoming US-EU conference on Iraq and suggested several priority areas in which the GOI may support pol [...]	2005-06-17 10:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID IZ IN
05NEWDELHI492	INDIA DOWNPLAYS LOC CEASEFIRE VIOLATION [...] (C) New Delhi has publicly downplayed the January 18 evening incident of artillery fire at the LOC, the first such case since guns fell silent in November 2003, and has assigned its Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to discuss the incident with his Pakistani counterpart via a reg [...]	2005-01-19 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI5216	BJP MISCALCULATES AGAIN: EFFORTS TO CAPITALIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: BJP attempts to capitalize on the July 5 Ayodhya terrorist attack have largely fallen flat, and opposition calls for the resignation of Home Minister Patil and the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister have evoked little popular response. BJP calls for nationwide strikes and demonstrations [...]	2005-07-07 11:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL IN PK
05NEWDELHI5402	FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT: INDIA, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-14 06:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON ETRD PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI5912	BHUTANESE DRAFT CONSTITUTION: A STEP IN THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The RGOB released a draft constitution on March 26, continuing the process of democratic reform started when the King abdicated power to a council of ministers in 1998. The draft, if approved, would create a constitutional monarchy with a Parliament consisting of an upper and lo [...]	2005-07-29 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ECON KDEM KIRF SENV IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI5925	KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...]	2005-08-01 07:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK
05NEWDELHI6036	INDIA'S SAARC PRIORITIES: SAFTA IS KEY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 28 meeting, newly appointed MEA Joint Secretary for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) P.K. Kapur highlighted the GOI's priorities for the November 12-13 meeting in Dhaka, including the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA),a poverty and infrast [...]	2005-08-04 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECIN EAID BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC
05NEWDELHI6637	THE SORDID PATRONAGE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On August 24, both Houses of Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) Bill with little opposition by any political party. The Bill, which could theoretically cost the treasury as much as USD 70 billion over 5 years, will now go to President [...]	2005-08-29 14:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ENRG PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7135	INDIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, POST SPOKE TO MINISTRY OF LABOR OFFICIALS, NGOS, AND TRADE UNIONISTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 7. A. LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: -- INDIA HAS NOT YET RATIFIED ILO CONVENTION 182. ALTHOUGH THE GOI INITIATED THE PROCESS [...]	2005-09-14 06:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KCRM ETRD IN
05NEWDELHI7159	ECONOMIC INTERVIEWS IN BHUTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Econoff traveled to Bhutan in late August to interview several Ministry officials at the working level and to establish additional contacts with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The three day visit, which included over 15 meetings around Thimphu, resulted in a number o [...]	2005-09-14 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD IN BT
05NEWDELHI7725	COMBATING EXTREMISM - MISSION INDIA RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: India enjoys a democratic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, heterogeneous, multi-ethnic society where all major world religions are practiced freely. Isolated elements of religious extremism of many varieties have, however, occurred in India -- notably among Hindus, Muslims, and [...]	2005-10-05 05:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7874	BAGLIHAR DAM: NEUTRAL EXPERT VISITS SITE, WILL [...] (U) Summary: World Bank-appointed Neutral Expert Dr. Raymond Lafitte today completed his tour and consultations on the controversial Baglihar Dam; he gave the GOI a preliminary read-out and will file a comprehensive report by October 21. The process, under the auspices of the World Bank-broker [...]	2005-10-07 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8012	MEA LARGELY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, BUT QUAKE NO [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that it was too soon to assess the damage the October 8 earthquake dealt to terrorism in Kashmir, although he cautioned that the terrorists' setbacks may only [...]	2005-10-14 14:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS ENRG PBTS ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8231	JASWANT SINGH BELIEVES THE UPA IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THE INDO/US RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Ambassador in New Delhi on October 21, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the India/US agenda and its many components, but reading between the lines, that support was actually qualified. Singh seemed [...]	2005-10-24 10:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PINR IN PK IR
05NEWDELHI8266	INDIA'S SHAME: LINGERING BIGOTRY AFFLICTS 200 [...] (SBU) Summary: India,s 200 million Hindu and Christian Dalits (formerly &untouchables8) constitute approximately 21-25% of the population. Dalit leaders argue, and our Human Rights Report agrees, that Dalits are subject to sporadic cases of human rights abuses, including rape, trafficking, an [...]	2005-10-25 09:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI8397	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, I want to warmly welcome you to India, a vibrant, diverse, multi-ethnic, multifaceted democracy -- much like our own in important respects -- that is emerging as an economic powerhouse and has growing global ambitions. Your visit will help set the stage for President Bush's [...]	2005-10-28 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IN US
05NEWDELHI8715	INDIANS WORRIED ABOUT NEW TERROR BLASTS AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a disturbing up-tick in the level of terrorist violence in India, a car bomb blast in Srinagar on November 16 killed four and injured 56, including a former insurgent who changed sides and served for a period as a Kashmiri state minister. This was the third such deadly terror [...]	2005-11-16 17:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KISL PBTS KCRM ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI9133	INDO-RUSSIAN SUMMIT TUNED TO DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The GOI hopes to expand Indo-Russian defense and space cooperation at the December 4-6 Sixth Annual Summit in Russia, but a sluggish economic relationship is dragging down bilateral ties. President Putin and Prime Minister Singh are expected to sign four agreements on defense In [...]	2005-12-03 03:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET PGOV KNNP MASS IN
05NEWDELHI9592	GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...]	2005-12-20 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS
05NEWDELHI9820	BIOS OF INDIAN CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS [...] Summary: This cable includes biographic notes of 13 GOI and Indian private sector cybersecurity interlocutors. These biographies are derived primarily from their resumes, and all below information is in the public domain. End Summary. R. Chandrashekhar ----------------- 2. Ministry [...]	2005-12-30 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER KIPR MCAP KCRM ECPS
05NICOSIA1565	COMBATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN CYPRUS [...] (S) Summary: On Cyprus, the Cyprus issue itself dominates the agenda and colors nearly every aspect of life. This includes the problem of violent extremism, which is typically charted on an ethnic Turkish-Greek axis rather than through the lens of an Islamic-Christian, East-West, or religious [...]	2005-09-27 15:29:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL
05NICOSIA1617	"AND FOR MY NEXT TRICK...": REVISITING THE CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Although the end result of the EU's October 3 decision on Turkey was positive, the tortuous negotiations on the framework and the "counter declaration" highlight the implications that the unresolved Cyprus dispute has for U.S. interests across a wide range of issues. While the p [...]	2005-10-04 13:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY
05OTTAWA1029	MAKING THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR CANADA: [...] (SBU) Having invested a decade of their top talent in an effort to win Quebecers to the federalist cause, the GOC's national-unity strategists now find themselves in a changed landscape. Provincial governments have grown bolder and more effective in asserting themselves on fiscal issues (re [...]	2005-04-07 15:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1172	CANADA'S PRIORITIES FOR THE ST. JOHN'S CONFERENCE [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary: As the host of the Conference on the Governance of High Seas Fisheries and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, May 1-5 in St. John's, Newfoundland, the Government of Canada will be pursuing recommendations for concrete measures to strengthen Regio [...]	2005-04-18 19:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS PGOV CA
05OTTAWA1503	CANADA-U.S. EXCHANGE ALUMNI CONFERENCE, APRIL 8-9, [...] SUMMARY: In the first national conference of Canada- U.S. exchange alumni, a sense of common purpose and responsibility for contributing to the shape of the North American community emerged from a day and a half of lectures, discussions, and informal networking at Vancouver's Simon Fraser U [...]	2005-05-19 11:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA US
05OTTAWA1681	LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES REGROUP, WAIT FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: It appears that the most likely scenario now is an early spring election following the end of year release of the Gomery report. Both sides have settled in for what amounts to a 10-month campaign, with the Liberals appearing much better organized and focused. The Conservatives c [...]	2005-06-03 20:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA PREL
05OTTAWA1972	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COMMITS TO MAINTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 senior level officials from Haiti, international organizations, and donor governments met June 17 in Montreal to discuss the future of Haiti. The conference's key theme was the importance of maintaining momentum in the lead-up to the November elections. Partic [...]	2005-06-29 14:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HA MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CA
05OTTAWA2108	TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S VISIT TO CANADA: "MOST [...] For official use only. Not for Internet distribution. 2. Summary: Treasury Secretary Snow's July 7-9 visit to Calgary highlighted the strong positive relationship between the US and Canada and focused on cooperation in the energy sector. Canadian Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale hosted a [...]	2005-07-12 19:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ENRG EAGR EAID ETRD CA NI
05OTTAWA2109	TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW VISIT TO CANADA [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 19:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EAID ETRD KTFN ECON CA JA NI
05OTTAWA2370	U.S.-CANADA FISHERIES BILATERALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Summary: The United States and Canada held annual bilateral fisheries consultations July 29 in Ottawa. The two sides reviewed a wide range of fisheries and oceans issues, including Canada's ocean action plan, bilateral fishing treaties, internatio [...]	2005-08-05 18:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV CA
05OTTAWA243	TFXO01: ROUNDUP ON CANADIAN TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE [...] The increase in GOC tsunami assistance to C$425 million (US$340 million),from an initial C$1 million on December 26, reflects the overwhelming response of the Canadian public. The GOC has allocated C$36 million (about US$30 million) of the total to the UN Flash Appeal and C$265 million (over [...]	2005-01-26 11:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PGOV CASC CA
05OTTAWA2923	CANADA ON SUMMIT OF AMERICAS DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada would like to build on rather than scrap language in the Summit Declaration, given the amount of time that has already been spent negotiating the text and the disruption that new language would cause. The GOC would also like to see more forward-looking language and a more [...]	2005-09-28 21:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KSUM PGOV
05OTTAWA2976	CANADA TO HOST HEALTH MINISTERS MEETING ON AVIAN [...] Summary: As part of the continuing international response to the threat of avian and pandemic influenza, the Canadian Government will host a meeting of health ministers from more than 30 countries and international organizations in Ottawa, October 24/25. The purpose of the meeting is to enco [...]	2005-10-05 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI CA WHO FAO OIE
05OTTAWA324	CANADA, DEBT, AND THE COMMISSION FOR AFRICA [...] (SBU/noforn) Summary: Canada strongly supports increasing aid to Africa but does not endorse financing proposals such as the International Finance Facility (IFF) advocated by the UK and others or the 0.7% of GDP resource volume target for ODA. Their position is especially delicate as Financ [...]	2005-02-02 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL ECON EINV CA UNGA
05OTTAWA3283	US-EU-CANADA DISCUSSIONS OF IRAN (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation met with senior EU Commission and Canadian officials in Ottawa to exchange views on Iran and discuss prospects for addressing human rights and security-related concerns. Topics covered included Iran's internal situation, [...]	2005-11-03 20:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM IR CA
05OTTAWA3421	CANADA WILL GIVE MORE -- FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR [...] (SBU) Steve Blais, who officially becomes Director of the Pakistan and South Asia office at the Canadian International Development Agency next Monday, said the GOC plans to announce that it will make a major commitment to earthquake relief after it has had time to digest the World Bank/Asia D [...]	2005-11-18 14:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM SENV CA PK
05OTTAWA3518	CANADA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C)Summary: While Canada has a long history of economic engagement with Cuba, it has supported U.S. efforts to address Cuban human rights issues in international fora and has practiced a consistent, if cautious, policy of maintaining ties with dissidents and pressing Cuba on human rights iss [...]	2005-11-28 22:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL
05OTTAWA3523	CANADA'S MINORITY GOVERNMENT FALLS -- HOW THINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: After losing a straight up confidence vote the evening of November 28 Prime Minister Martin went to the Governor General the morning of November 29 and asked her to dissolve Parliament. He then announced that the election would be January 23, and by the afternoon all party leade [...]	2005-11-29 18:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA375	CANADA'S BUDGET: MINORITY STATUS NOT EXPECTED TO [...] (SBU/noforn) Summary: This year's budget could be a brawl. The budget vote is the only absolute confidence vote that Paul Martin's government will face in the short term and debate is expected to be vigorous. Finance Minister Goodale plans to present the budget to Parliament on February 23. [...]	2005-02-07 22:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CA
05OTTAWA454	OTTAWA: TSUNAMI DONORS CONFERENCE AND FORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, the GoC has indicated its interest in participating in a donor coordination group, and offered a number of suggestions on structure and participation. Full text of Canadian response follows below. End summary. 2. (SBU) In discussions with Fi [...]	2005-02-14 20:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN CA
05OTTAWA654	OTTAWA: CANADIAN RESPONSE TO US VIEWS ON DEBT [...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was welcomed by GOC officials at Finance, Foreign Affairs and CIDA (the Canadian International Development Agency). On March 1, our Finance counterpart, noting that "it's going to be an interesting year" in the G-7, confirmed that of the five debt relief proposals that [...]	2005-03-01 21:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID CA CIDA
05PANAMA1023	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV MAY 12-13 VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to meet with senior officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to [...]	2005-05-06 21:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA1117	SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JUNE 4-6 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic environment. You [...]	2005-05-19 22:31:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA1553	(C) VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) Embassy Panama is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States and revoking the visa of Winston Spadafora (DPOB: 22 DEC 1941; Panama). Embassy [...]	2005-07-22 22:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA1591	PANAMA'S COLON: FLINT MICHIGAN ON THE CARIBBEAN [...] (SBU) When the USG began to draw down military forces from its bases in the Panama Canal Zone in the 1970s, the port city of Colon, on the Canal's northern terminus, was hit hard, experiencing the same rapid decline that made one-time car manufacturing center Flint, Michigan infamous. By the [...]	2005-07-28 20:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA1729	PANAMANIAN INSIDERS ACCUSE TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) This message is the first in a three"part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it approaches its September 1 first anniversary. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION """""""""""""""""""""""" 2. (C) Martin Torrijos's reform"m [...]	2005-08-19 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2004	GOP WINS BIG AGAINST CHINESE-OWNED PANAMA PORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and Panama Ports Company (PPC) agreed on September 8 to reverse a highly questioned move by the former Moscoso administration in 2002 that freed PPC from its contractual obligations to pay $22.2 million annually plus a variable annual payment of 10% of its gross annual in [...]	2005-10-05 12:59:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECON PREL PM CH ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
05PANAMA2162	PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC THAT CANAL [...] (SBU) This message is the second in a three-part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it passes its September 1, 2005 first anniversary. Part One (Reftel A) evaluated the performance of the Panamanian government (GOP),citing the views of critics outside and inside the [...]	2005-10-27 14:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA2190	SCENE SETTER: POTUS NOVEMBER 6-7 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome to President Bush for his upcoming visit to Panama. Canal expansion, bilateral security cooperation, and good governance initiatives currently top the bilateral [...]	2005-11-02 16:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA2258	PANAMA - 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. trade surplus with Panama was $1.50 billion in 2004, a decrease of $43 million from $1.55 billion in 2003. U.S. goods exports in 2004 were $1.8 billion, up 1.6 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Panama were $316 million, up 4.8 percent. P [...]	2005-11-17 20:36:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
05PANAMA2260	CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT REPORT [...] Per ref A, post has emailed the below text to USTR for inclusion in the Sixth Report to Congress on the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). As noted ref B, the CBERA and Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act have boosted Panama's exports to the U.S., particularly [...]	2005-11-18 13:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
05PANAMA2417	2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama continues to be a strong partner with the U.S. in the global war on terrorism. The Panama Canal is the country's most important economic asset. Any act of terrorism that closes off the Canal could severely impact Panama's economy, the U.S., and other countries in the [...]	2005-12-14 19:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA331	SCENESETTER: CODEL TAYLOR'S FEBRUARY 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming February 20-22 visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues in [...]	2005-02-14 23:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL EINV AMGT ASEC PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
05PANAMA695	SCENESETTER: CODEL RENZI APRIL 1-3 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilate [...]	2005-03-29 17:14:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM
05PANAMA701	SCENESETTER: GEN CRADDOCK APRIL 4-5 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and [...]	2005-03-29 22:02:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC MOPS OREP PGOV PM PREL
05PANAMA780	PANAMA: U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (SBU) In cordial, back-to-back April 4 meetings, U.S. Southern Command General Bantz Craddock met President Martin Torrijos and Canal Administrator (ACP) Alberto Aleman Zubieta to underline close U.S. Panama cooperation on security matters and to discuss the growing bilateral security agenda. [...]	2005-04-07 19:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA909	PANAMA: CHINA AND TAIWAN TEND THEIR GARDENS AS [...] (C) China had high hopes of replacing Taiwan as Panama's diplomatic partner, given the supposed pro"China tilt of President Torrijos's PRD government, in power since 9/1/2004. Also, Taiwanese diplomats worried that China could use the Mar del Sur public relations disaster (that grew out of the Ta [...]	2005-04-22 20:27:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ETRD EWWT PM CH TW VE POL CHIEF
05PARAMARIBO788	PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S OUTLOOK SPEECH ECHOES [...] Summary: President Ronald Venetiaan's annual "government outlook" speech before Suriname's National Assembly articulated his administration's plans and policies for the next five years. The President projected that his government's economic policies will bring about significant growth over th [...]	2005-12-06 16:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL NS
05PARIS1050	GDP INCREASED 2.3 PERCENT IN 2004; UNEMPLOYMENT [...] SUMMARY. According to the latest flash estimate, French GDP increased a relatively high 2.8 percent (annualized) in the fourth quarter of 2004, which means France posted a decent 2.3 percent growth rate for 2004. Domestic demand revived, contributing to significant import growth. [...]	2005-02-18 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS1052	PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the January 12-13, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non-Paris Club members Brazil, [...]	2005-02-18 11:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS116	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Phone rates in France may soon be going up (para 2) -- French Telecom Regulator Board Gets New Member (para 3) -- Videophone s [...]	2005-01-07 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR

05PARIS1231	FINANCE MINISTER VISION FOR GOF MACRO-ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY. Just before turning in his resignation (septel),Finance Minister Herve Gaymard announced the details of GOF macro-economic policy in the run-up to presidential elections in 2007. He planned a series of fiscal incentives and reforms aimed at restoring confidence, boosting economic g [...]	2005-02-25 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS1310	Haiti Reconstruction: Paris Preparatory Meeting for [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 24, representatives of State, Treasury and USAID attended a French-hosted preparatory meeting in Paris in preparation for the ministerial conference on Haiti reconstruction to be held on March 18, 2005, in Cayenne, French Guiana. The French presented the Cayenne Co [...]	2005-03-01 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID HA FR
05PARIS1667	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR" [...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...]	2005-03-14 11:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN
05PARIS167	PARIS CLUB -- DECEMBER 2004 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the December 14, 2004 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Staff represented the Secretariat since Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin suffered an SIPDIS unexpected medical [...]	2005-01-10 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1747	OECD: Participants Begin Formal Review of the [...] On 22-23 February 2005, the OECD Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits and officials from Brazil met to start a formal review of the terms and conditions for officially supported export credits for civil aircraft. These terms and conditions are set out in the [...]	2005-03-16 10:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EAIR EAID BR OECD
05PARIS1780	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ITALIAN TROOP [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-17 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1802	DAS CARPENTER'S MARCH 9 CONSULTATIONS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: During March 9 discussions with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, senior French officials expressed full GoF support for U.S. objectives on reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),but stressed their continued desire to keep our messages separate and [...]	2005-03-17 16:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM KMPI LE IZ SY EG KPAL FR
05PARIS1859	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION TO WORLD [...] WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION TO WORLD BANK - BOLTON NOMINATION TO UN 2. SECRETARY RICE IN ASIA (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE INCREASING NUMBER OF "NO" VOTES ON THE EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM SHARES FRONT PAGES ALONG WITH DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE AND THE REPORT OF T [...]	2005-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1893	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1968	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA-LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 12:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2016	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION [...] KYRGYZSTAN REVOLUTION 2. WOLFOWITZ TO WORLD BANK 3. THE UN - DARFUR B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE REVOLUTION IN KYRGYZSTAN IS TODAY'S MAJOR FRONT-PAGE STORY. FOR RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO IT IS "THE NEW QUIET REVOLUTION;" FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION "PUTIN IS LOSING HIS PALS" AND FOR C [...]	2005-03-25 11:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2041	MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syrian Presiden [...]	2005-03-25 18:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS2052	MUBARAK IN PARIS: CHIRAC URGES KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Receiving Egyptian President Mubarak in Paris March 24, President Jacques Chirac stressed the necessity of maintaining firm pressure on Syria until it withdraws its armed forces and intelligence services fully from Lebanon, before elections this spring. Mubarak, who had met Syr [...]	2005-03-29 10:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AORC KWBG EG FR
05PARIS2145	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA - LEBANON KYRGYZSTAN [...] SYRIA - LEBANON 2. KYRGYZSTAN AND RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE 3. UN REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EVERY FRONT PAGE AND NUMEROUS EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE LAUNCHING OF FRANCE'S DIGITAL LAND TELEVISION NETWORK, WHICH WILL GIVE ACCESS TO 14 FREE CHANNELS, DOUBLE TODAY'S ACCE [...]	2005-03-31 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2175	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ [...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...]	2005-04-01 10:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2210	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ [...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...]	2005-04-04 05:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2211	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA REPORT - WOLFOWITZ [...] CIA REPORT 2. WOLFOWITZ APPOINTMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DOMINATED BY DOMESTIC STORIES RANGING FROM FRANCE'S RISING UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL TO NICOLAS SARKOZY'S TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARD A PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2007. SARKOZY, DURING A TELEVISED INTERVIEW YESTERDAY [...]	2005-04-04 05:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2333	GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY PARIS FEEDBACK [...] (S) Summary: U.S.-French cooperation on terrorism is mature and broad-based. For a number of reasons, including the memory of terrorist attacks in Paris during the 1980s, the French bring significant expertise, focus and determination to their C/T activities, and are valued partners for a wide [...]	2005-04-07 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PREL FR
05PARIS2413	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - (MIDDLE EAST - ARIEL SHARON [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2517	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, Isr [...]	2005-04-13 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2535	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST ISSUES EUROPE AND [...] MIDDLE EAST ISSUES 2. EUROPE AND THE CHINESE ARMS EMBARGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE BATTLE FOR THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION AND THE REFERENDUM ARE TODAY'S MAJOR LEAD STORY AS PRESIDENT CHIRAC BEGINS HIS CAMPAIGN IN FAVOR OF THE `YES' WITH A TELEVISED DEBATE THIS EVENING ON TF ONE. THE FOR [...]	2005-04-14 11:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2555	FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO SUPPORT GAZA [...] (C) We discussed reftel talking points on President Bush's April 11 meeting with Israeli PM Sharon and the need for the U.S. and EU to send similar messages supporting Gaza disengagement with FM Barnier's Middle East Advisor Christophe Guilhou and MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Christian Jo [...]	2005-04-14 17:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ FR WB
05PARIS2579	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON, PART I [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the March 9-10, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, [...]	2005-04-15 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2677	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - POPE BENEDICT XVI CHINA [...] POPE BENEDICT XVI 2. CHINA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: NOT SURPRISINGLY ALL FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH'S CHOICE OF CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER, WHO BECOMES POPE BENEDICT XVI. THE VARIETY COMES IN THE NATURE OF THE COMMENTARY. FOR LE FIGARO THE CHOICE MA [...]	2005-04-20 11:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2945	FRENCH CONFIRM BROAD SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior French MFA and Presidency officials confirmed broad support for U.S. goals for the planned U.S.-EU conference on Iraq, during April 25 discussions with Senior Coordinator on Iraq Ambassador Richard Jones. French officials echoed U.S. views on the need for incl [...]	2005-04-29 19:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR
05PARIS2989	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS: FM [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-03 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3296	OECD: APRIL EXPORT CREDITS MEETINGS FURTHER [...] SUMMARY: The Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits and the Export Credit Group (ECG) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met April 18-22, 2005 at OECD headquarters in Paris. Informal and formal aircraft meetings with Brazil made [...]	2005-05-16 07:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD SENV BR OECD
05PARIS3305	PARIS CLUB - MAY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the May 10, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented SIPDIS the Secretariat. [...]	2005-05-16 10:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS3416	OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE AND [...] The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) held its meeting on April 13th and 15th, 2005. In addition, EPOC held a High Level Special Session on the Costs of Inaction on April 14, 2005. Judith E. Ayres, EPA Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, led the delegation. The major ac [...]	2005-05-19 08:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
05PARIS3423	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - DEMOCRATIZATION AND [...] IRAQ - DEMOCRATIZATION AND REGIONAL ARAB SPRING 2. FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EUROPE AND MORE EUROPE: PRACTICALLY EVERY FRONT PAGE IS DEVOTED TO THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION, THE REFERENDUM, AND THE IMPACT OF THE VOTE FOR FRANCE'S ECONOMY AND AUTONOMY. MEDIA GIVES PRO [...]	2005-05-19 10:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS349	FRANCE 2005 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 [...]	2005-01-19 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
05PARIS3604	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM - [...] EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP: AMERICAN NEO-CONSERVATISM AND EUROPE (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: RISING UNEMPLOYMENT, DIVISIONS BETWEEN THE FRENCH POLITICAL CLASSES AND SUNDAY'S REFERENDUM CONTINUE TO DOMINATE HEADLINES AND EDITORIALS LEADING LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERAT [...]	2005-05-25 12:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3668	FRANCE IN EUROPE: WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE MAY 29 [...] (C) Summary: Whether they accept or reject the draft EU constitution three days from now, French voters May 29 will have a major effect on their country's ability to influence the course of EU policy, and the future of the European Union. Win or lose, Jacques Chirac is unlikely to give up hi [...]	2005-05-26 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON FR EUN
05PARIS381	EURONEXT BIDS ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE [...] SUMMARY. Paris-based Euronext, the first cross-border European exchange, has launched talks to buy the London Stock Exchange (LSE),after the LSE rejected an informal approach from Deutsche Borse (DB, ref B). If the bid is accepted, Euronext will realize its ambitions (ref A),becoming the b [...]	2005-01-21 09:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS4019	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON -RUN-UP [...] ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON 2. RUN-UP TO THE G8 3. A/S FRIED IN PARIS 4. NATO AND DARFUR (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH YESTERDAY ON STRATEGIES TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE DOMINATE HEADLINES. RIGHT-WING ORIENTED DAILIES LABEL DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH AS "NOT BAD" [...]	2005-06-09 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4067	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S JUNE 15 [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit and look forward to your assistance in moving forward the deep and complex relationship we enjoy with France. As a member of the G8 and the UN Security Council with extensive ties to former colonies around the world, France plays a prominent role in the intern [...]	2005-06-10 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EIND ETRD EFIN FR
05PARIS4111	OECD REPORTING: WORKING PARTY ON ENVIRONMENTAL [...] OECD's Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of the U.S., the first such assessment in nearly a decade, was the centerpiece of May 17-19 meetings convened by OECD's Working Party on Environmental Performance (WPEP). The U.S. EPR peer review session, involving OECD staff and delegates from 24 [...]	2005-06-13 07:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD CZ
05PARIS4154	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye told visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried June 8 that French and Dutch voters' rejection of the EU constitution had precipitated a crisis in European affairs. This was not the EU's first such set-back, but it was serious and woul [...]	2005-06-14 09:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN
05PARIS4310	USUNESCO: INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC [...] Summary: In the run-up to the June 21-29 IOC Assembly, IOC Executive Secretary Patricio Bernal and Capacity Building Unit Chief Erlich Desa outlined the IOC's capacity building program for permanent delegations to UNESCO. The DCM and the Science Officer of the US Mission attended one in a s [...]	2005-06-17 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC PBTS EAID SENV WWT KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS4354	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST: RICE REGIONAL [...] MIDDLE EAST: RICE REGIONAL TOUR - SHARON-ABBAS SUMMIT 2. U.S. - EU SUMMIT / EU ISSUES: TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT-PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LA CROIX WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE SHARON-ABBAS SUMMIT AND THE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA. A NUMBER OF REPO [...]	2005-06-21 10:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4699	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA [...] G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA 2. CENTRAL ASIA: SUMMIT IN KAZAKSTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXCEPT FOR THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC PRESS, EVERY OTHER OUTLET DEVOTES ITS FRONT-PAGE TO THE 2012 OLYMPICS AS "FRANCE HOLDS ITS BREATH" (LE PARISIEN) AND WAITS FOR THIS MORNING'S VOTE IN SINGAPORE. [...]	2005-07-06 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4748	FRANCE SETS NEW BIODIVERSITY MECHANISM INITIATIVE [...] Summary. On June 28, France confirmed its desire to facilitate the launch of an international multi-stakeholder consultative process to assess the need for an "international mechanism of scientific expertise on biodiversity" (IMOSEB). An informal meeting hosted by the GOF gave 40 participant [...]	2005-07-07 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL KSCA ETRD PGOV FR
05PARIS4766	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. BURUNDI 4. MALI 5. MADAGASCAR 6. MOZAMBIQUE 7. SUDAN 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. ANGOLA 10. BURKINA FASO Â [...]	2005-07-08 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS488	THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN: SYNERGY NOT INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings on January 21 and 22, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a State, Department of Defense/OSD and JCS team met with several representatives from the French MFA, MOD and Elysee (President's office) to discuss the French outlook and comm [...]	2005-01-27 10:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF FR NATO
05PARIS4881	USUNESCO: UK ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS PROGRAMS HELP [...] Summary: At a July 11 UNESCO presentation, UK representatives of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew ("Kew Gardens") summarized the scientific and cultural significance of Kew Gardens and reviewed its current programs, especially those helping halt the loss of plant diversity. End summary. [...]	2005-07-13 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SENV SOCI TBIO UK UNESCO
05PARIS4901	PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. The nex [...]	2005-07-13 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS4971	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] GAZA DISENGAGEMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ISSUES DOMINATE THE MAJORITY OF HEADLINES TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER FIGARO THAT WARNS OF "AL QAEDA'S ULTIMATUM TO EUROPE." THE REPORT MENTIONS AN INTERNET MESSAGE SENT BY A BRANCH OF AL QAEDA WHICH THREATENS EUROPE WIT [...]	2005-07-19 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4999	GAZ DE FRANCE SHARE SALE RAISES OVER FOUR BILLION [...] SUMMARY. Sixty years after the nationalization of the electricity and gas industries, the government has turned a historical page, selling shares in gas utility Gaz de France (GDF) for the first time. The GOF will keep a 79% stake in the partially privatized company. The sale process, inclu [...]	2005-07-19 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ENRG ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS5166	CAR: PARIS MEETING JULY 25 [...] Embassy Africa watcher attended a six-hour "sensitization" meeting on the Central African Republic (CAR),hosted at the MFA's conference center July 25. IMF CAR representative Mark Lewis (AmCit),World Bank CAR representative Ali Khadr, EU CAR delegation chief Esmieu, UNDP resident represent [...]	2005-07-26 15:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN EAID CT FR
05PARIS5176	OECD REPORT: WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY, HELD ON [...] On the June 14-16 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB),the Tour de Table of recent enforcement developments (see Paras. 18-26) reconfirmed that the U.S. remains far and away the most aggressive enforcer of the foreign bribery offense. France was particularly disappointing, sho [...]	2005-07-27 09:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ECON ETRD EINV PREL UK OECD
05PARIS5263	PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emphasis on improving bilateral relations from both sides, with many French media outlets heralding a new "honeymoon" in French-Israeli relations. The GoF, in we [...]	2005-08-01 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR
05PARIS5335	ALLAN HUBBARD'S CALL ON INTERIOR MINISTER SARKOZY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Stapleton and National Economic Council Director Allan Hubbard met with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on August 1. Sarkozy expressed his admiration for President Bush and said he looked forward to the opportunity to tackle France's economic and social problems with th [...]	2005-08-04 10:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV FR
05PARIS5541	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 10:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5767	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL ECONOMY: PRICE OF OIL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5818	CHIRAC DEFINES FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY IN ANNUAL [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac delivered a speech August 29 to France's assembled ambassadors in an annual event this year focused on France's policy toward the EU in the wake of the failed May 29 referendum on a constitutional treaty. As such, it was clearly aimed more at reassuring French c [...]	2005-08-29 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC PTER FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS5942	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Douste-Blazy kicked off the August 30 second session of the annual Ambassadors' Conference with a more detailed elaboration or "road map" for President Chirac's foreign policy "grand orientation" of the previous day (reftel). On relations with the U.S., Douste-Blazy said th [...]	2005-09-01 13:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS6373	PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...]	2005-09-19 15:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS6660	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the third in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Labor unrest threatens production at French refineries (para 2) -- GOF response to hi [...]	2005-09-28 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS6934	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie conveyed French support for NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO Response Force (NRF). The minister emphasized that NATO and European defense (ESDP) are not mutually ex [...]	2005-10-07 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS7197	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETS AMBASSADOR STAPLETON, URGES [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy welcomed Ambassador Stapleton to France during a October 13 courtesy call that had been repeatedly deferred by scheduling problems at the Quai d'Orsay. Joining FM Douste-Blazy were WHA A/S-Equivalent Parfait and Americas Advisor Dore; DCM Karl Hofmann and [...]	2005-10-20 14:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED FR
05PARIS7308	PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the October 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors reached agreement with Nigeria on a comprehensive treatment to eliminate Nigeria's approximate $30 billion debt in exchange for cash payments totaling $12.6 billion ($12.4 billion in the deal itself, and $200 million upfront to meet a prec [...]	2005-10-26 08:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS7355	OECD/EXPORT CREDIT: STRENGTHENED ANTI-BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) working group on export credits and credit guarantees (ECG) met October 10 and 11 in Paris to consider proposals to enhance the November 2000 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export [...]	2005-10-27 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD EXIM OECD
05PARIS7532	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to South [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-04 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS771	FRANCE AND GERMANY COORDINATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE [...] SUMMARY. Using the semiannual Franco-German Economic and Finance Committee meeting as a springboard, French and German Finance Ministers jointly called for coordinated G7 action on the declining U.S. Dollar; reiterated their desire for reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact; and dis [...]	2005-02-07 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS7737	PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005 [...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...]	2005-11-14 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL HA FR
05PARIS7752	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 11:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7792	FRANCE ON CHAD: DEBY'S THE MAIN MAN [...] (C) Summary: For Michael Deslaimes, the French MFA Chad and Togo Desk Officer, Idriss Deby's Presidency is "indispensable" to the tenuous stability of a hodgepodge country in continual tribal ferment. Deslaimes told Africa Watcher November 15 that Deby is the right choice -- the only option [...]	2005-11-16 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN CD FR
05PARIS7812	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7873	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...]	2005-11-18 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7935	Unofficial translation of article from Le [...] Trade Minister Christine Lagarde has signed two recent op-ed pieces on the WTO round. The latest, published on November 21 in the Financial Times entitled "Big Cuts in Farm Tariffs are No Solution to Poverty" warns against "blindly slashing" agricultural tariffs, and proposes focusing on the [...]	2005-11-21 18:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS7980	PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...]	2005-11-23 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS8057	USUNESCO -- DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. The following is the draft declaration for the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus to be held in Argentina and Uruguay February 20-24, 2006. The meeting is being organized by Unesco's Social Science Sector as part of its Man [...]	2005-11-28 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AR UY UNESCO
05PARIS8123	USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...]	2005-11-30 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS8162	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8490	BANKERS SHARE DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several senior French bankers have emphasized to the Ambassador their frustration at the slow pace of French structural reforms, albeit with grudging admiration for the efforts of Finance Minister Breton. They forecast continued weak GDP growth in 2006, and note the importance [...]	2005-12-16 11:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8511	ELYSEE TAKING GRIM VIEW ON CHAD [...] (C) Summary: The Elysee "Africa Cell" that advises President Chirac believes President Deby's Chad is undergoing a major crisis, with a near-term coup and territorial disintegration conceivable scenarios. Deby has lost Zarghawa confidence, according to Elysee adviser Labriolle, because he h [...]	2005-12-16 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EFIN EPET CD FR
05PARIS8586	PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...]	2005-12-21 17:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS8692	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...]	2005-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS987	OECD TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON TRADE AND [...] On February 7, 2005, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a technical workshop intended to seek advice from outside experts on its draft report on trade and structural adjustment. The paper is to be completed in time for the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting [...]	2005-02-16 14:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD XG XT ZM ECON EFIN
05PORTAUPRINCE1455	HAITI: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Interim Government of Haiti,s (IGOH) goal of completing audits of five state-owned enterprises by the end of May, as a precursor to privatization, is behind schedule. An early July completion date is more realistic. The [...]	2005-05-25 19:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG ETRD PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3136	Haiti: 2006 Investment Climate Statement [...] Per reftel, post submits the following 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Haiti. Openness to Foreign Investment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Officials at the highest level have affirmed the Government of Haiti's in [...]	2005-12-28 20:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV HA OPIC USTR
05PRAGUE1176	GOCR HEALTH CARE REFORM [...] (U) Summary. On July 7, following up on several health care reform proposals by Health Minister Milada Emmerova, the GOCR officially approved specific steps and deadlines for reform implementation. As part of these health care reforms, the government-run health insurance company, VZP (the [...]	2005-08-11 07:31:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EZ
05PRAGUE1275	CZECH CORRUPTION FIGHTER UNDER ATTACK BY JUSTICE [...] SUMMARY. (C) In the midst of a very public battle between Justice Minister Pavel Nemec and the Supreme State Prosecutor (Attorney General) Marie Benesova, Benesova's number two, Deputy Attorney General Jaroslav Fenyk, contacted the Embassy to air grievances and his version of events. Fenyk pro [...]	2005-09-01 15:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ KCOR
05PRAGUE1325	CZECH REPUBLIC: IS RUNNING IN PLACE GOOD ENOUGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the GOCR,s June 2005 economic strategy, the Czech Republic hopes to reach the EU average GDP per capita by 2013 (from USD 19,700 to USD 30,000 using PPP). To this end, the Czech economy,s near term outlook remains strong. Real GDP growth reached 4.4 percent in 2 [...]	2005-09-13 12:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EZ PGOV
05PRAGUE1329	CZECH CORRUPTION: BAD, AND UNLIKELY TO GET BETTER [...] SUMMARY. In light of several recent Czech corruption scandals, post offers the following snapshot of the issue. Internal statistics, as well as assessments from Transparency International and the World Bank show the number of cases is increasing, while the government's effectiveness in combati [...]	2005-09-14 07:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PGOV EINV KJUS EZ
05PRAGUE1415	CZECH REPUBLIC: STRONG SUPPORT FOR (CERGE-EI) [...] SUMMARY: Post strongly supports ASHA financial assistance for CERGE-EI, the leading economics doctoral program in the region, fully-accredited in both the Czech Republic and the United States. CERGE-EI has the best economics library in the country, containing a wealth of American texts and [...]	2005-10-03 08:08:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EZ
05PRETORIA1054	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - February Manufacturing Trade Indicators Improve S [...]	2005-03-11 13:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1099	SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER "THE [...] (U) Introduction: In January 2004, the Economic Section of Embassy/Pretoria produced the first issue of a new monthly newsletter called "The Assay". The purpose of this monthly newsletter is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as [...]	2005-03-15 13:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA1304	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER April 1 2005 ISSUE [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Ranks High as FDI Destination for Tra [...]	2005-04-01 08:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1384	SOUTH AFRICA ON U.S. VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. On April 5, Econoff met with Acting Chief Director for International Economics Danel van Rensburg at the South African National Treasury to discuss U.S. views on debt relief and other development funding issues. Van Rensburg said that South Africa was supportive of the ge [...]	2005-04-06 05:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID SF
05PRETORIA1605	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - International Economic Conditions More Important th [...]	2005-04-22 14:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA176	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - November Manufacturing Production Down; - Stats [...]	2005-01-14 09:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1887	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Barclays Deal Only Waits for Shareholder Approval; [...]	2005-05-13 13:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1959	SOUTH AFRICA: BARCLAYS' FINAL OFFER FOR ABSA [...] (U) Summary. UK bank Barclays made its final offer for South African bank ABSA on May 9. Barclays will pay R33 billion ($5.5 billion) in cash for a 60% stake. Barclays expects to receive ABSA shareholder approval on June 13 and to close on July 13. The South African Reserve Bank will absorb [...]	2005-05-19 08:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON SF UK
05PRETORIA1980	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER May 20 2005 ISSUE [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - ANC to Discuss Relaxation in SA's Labor Market; - [...]	2005-05-20 08:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2175	SOUTH AFRICAN URANIUM PRODUCTION [...] (U) South Africa is ranked fourth in world uranium reserves and tenth in uranium production. In 2004, all uranium production came from AngloGold Ashanti's Vaal River mine and dump treatment operations. Currently, South Africa has two concentration plants,both owned by AngloGold Ashanti,that p [...]	2005-06-02 15:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG TRGY PARM KNNP EIND ECON MI NG WA ZA SF DRC
05PRETORIA226	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 - SOUTH AFRICA [...] In response to reftel A, here is post's 2005 investment climate statement for South Africa, chapter 6 of the next Country Commercial Guide. 2. BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2005 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment The government of South Africa (SAG) [...]	2005-01-19 05:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2343	ANC Document Presents Controversial Economic [...] (SBU) Summary. An ANC document proposes controversial policy changes to address poverty, unemployment and income inequality. Key suggestions include measures to promote a more competitive currency and liberalize labor market regulation. President Mbeki is likely behind the discussion docu [...]	2005-06-17 10:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB SF
05PRETORIA2492	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Spark of Hope for Stalled U.S.-SACU Free Trade Ta [...]	2005-06-24 15:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2854	SOUTH AFRICA INTENSIFIES ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE; [...] (C) Summary. Over the last ten days, South Africa has become increasingly concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe and has intensified its diplomatic activity to find a solution to the crisis. Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka traveled to Zimbabwe July 13 and met with Zi [...]	2005-07-19 14:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF

05PRETORIA29	Poverty in South Africa: Two New Studies [...] (SBU) Summary. Two new studies provide additional insight on poverty in South Africa. A report by the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town provides additional evidence that South Africa has made progress in the provision of socio-economic services and infrastruct [...]	2005-01-04 12:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EAID SF
05PRETORIA2942	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts 4.2% Economic Growth; - Weak Rand, [...]	2005-07-26 04:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2971	POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. While the government's macroeconomic and stabilization effort is largely complete, South Africa faces formidable medium and long-term challenges to reduce high unemployment and widespread poverty. More than a decade after apartheid, poverty and unemployment are still dramatica [...]	2005-07-27 11:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV KMCA SF
05PRETORIA3014	ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary. When South Africa grows, so does Africa. A main challenge for South Africa is how it can use its engine of trade to benefit its own poor as well as the poor on the continent. The South African government regards trade and investment with the rest of Africa with increasing poli [...]	2005-07-29 07:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAID KMCA SF USTR
05PRETORIA3298	SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chro [...]	2005-08-17 08:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ECON SF
05PRETORIA3476	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Leads 2nd Quarter GDP Growth; - Oi [...]	2005-08-26 13:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3588	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Money Supply and Credit Growth Discourage Future [...]	2005-09-02 14:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3620	South Africa: Fuel Prices Continue to New Record [...] (U) On September 7, the Department of Minerals and Energy increased the prices of gasoline and kerosene to new all-time highs, and slightly decreased the price of diesel. All of the increase was caused by the higher international price of crude oil. A stronger rand in August (the rand streng [...]	2005-09-08 11:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON EIND SF
05PRETORIA3821	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Improves in World Bank's Business [...]	2005-09-17 07:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3823	TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) This cable provides statistical data to the extent currently available and other information on South Africa's textile and apparel sector as requested in ref A for the calendar year 2004 and mid-2005. Answers to questions posed in Ref A are based on interviews with major players in the So [...]	2005-09-17 07:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX SF
05PRETORIA390	SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON UN MILLENNIUM PROJECT [...] 1. (SBU) Summary. Per reftel, Econoff met with officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and as well as the National Treasury to deliver talking points on the Millennium Project Report, authored by Professor Jeffrey Sachs. Econoff took the opportunity to ask for their views on Mill [...]	2005-01-28 12:44:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SF
05PRETORIA3923	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Blacklist Review; - IMF Report on South [...]	2005-09-23 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA394	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - December Consumer and Producer Inflation Less than [...]	2005-01-28 14:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3967	SOUTH AFRICA: LOOKING AT A SINGLE SADC CURRENCY [...] Summary. In a series of public speeches and press interviews over the course of the last six months, South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has advanced the prospect of a single currency for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by 2016. Mboweni sees South Africa and B [...]	2005-09-28 11:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD PREL ECON SF
05PRETORIA4003	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Consumer Price Inflation Close to Market Expectations; [...]	2005-09-30 12:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4076	NEW NEPAD CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (U) Summary. In August 2005, Mozambican agricultural economist Firmino Mucavele was appointed the Chief Executive of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Secretariat. He replaced South Africa's Wiseman Nkuhlu, who continues to serve as South Africa's representative in the NE [...]	2005-10-06 11:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ECIN ECON EINV ETRD SF
05PRETORIA4109	SOUTH AFRICA: POST'S VIEWS ON ANNUAL AGOA [...] (SBU) Embassy recommends continued AGOA eligibility for South Africa, based on the country's general compliance with the eligibility criteria. South Africa has continued to make progress in deepening its market-based economy, respecting the rule of law, protecting worker rights, implementing [...]	2005-10-07 14:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID ECON EFIN PREL XA SF
05PRETORIA4352	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary. In discussing the IMF's first ever Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, IMF officials announced that the outlook for real GDP growth in SSA was good, with 2004 registering 5.3% growth and 2005 and 2006 expected to register growth of 4.6% and 5.3%, respectively. Risin [...]	2005-10-27 15:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD PREL ECON SF XA
05PRETORIA4358	SOUTH AFRICA: SAG ENCOURAGES MORE COLLABORATION [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa's National Treasury conducted a review of U.S. assistance to ensure that all development assistance is South African-led and fully aligned with its development priorities. In checking its findings with U.S. agencies at post, National Treasury officials appreciated [...]	2005-10-28 08:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV SNAR SF
05PRETORIA4441	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 4 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2005-11-04 07:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA4479	THE IBSA INITIATIVE: SOUTH-SOUTH TRADE AND [...] (U) Summary. Discussing their joint research on IBSA (India, Brazil, and South Africa) trade and investment cooperation, three panelists from each of the countries involved highlighted the lack of experience, trade barriers, the cost of doing business, and cultural differences as reasons for t [...]	2005-11-08 09:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN PREL SF IN BR
05PRETORIA4508	MID TERM BUDGET STATEMENT PREPARES FOR 6% GROWTH [...] (U) Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel delivered his Mid Term Budget Policy statement (MTBPS) with the South African economy facing relatively high growth, low inflation, improving global markets, and low budget deficits. Manuel's emphasis was on doubling South Africa's current long-ter [...]	2005-11-09 13:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4520	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Highlights Inflation Concerns; - Oc [...]	2005-11-10 14:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA453	READOUT OF THE JANUARY 17-18 MEETING OF THE BLAIR [...] (SBU) Summary. At a January 17-18 meeting in Cape Town, seventeen African ministers of finance grouped with members of the Blair Commission for Africa to consult on the Commission's report due February. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attended the event as the last stop in a six-day [...]	2005-02-01 17:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EFIN XA SF
05PRETORIA4592	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER November 18 2005 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - September Manufacturing Production Picks Up; - W [...]	2005-11-18 11:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4743	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER December 2 2005 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - 3rd Quarter Growth Slows, Economy Still Strong; - [...]	2005-12-02 11:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4834	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH DECEMBER 9 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2005-12-09 12:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA4907	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER December 16 2005 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - November Consumer Inflation Comes in at Five-Month [...]	2005-12-19 09:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4921	ENERGY EFFICIENCY: SOUTH AFRICA READY TO PLUG [...] SUMMARY. Following highly successful presentations by Griff Thompson, Sr. Energy Advisor, the South Africa government (SAG) and Eskom, South Africa's electrical power giant, agreed to follow a process leading to the May 2006 meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development Meeting (CSD 1 [...]	2005-12-19 13:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON SF
05PRETORIA515	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Background to the February 9 Monetary Policy Commit [...]	2005-02-04 12:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA655	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged; - S [...]	2005-02-12 09:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA658	SOUTH AFRICA'S TRADE WITH CHINA [...] Summary. A report by a South African bank group describes the impact of China's growing importance as a trade partner with South Africa, particularly since its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001. Trade between South Africa and China has been [...]	2005-02-12 09:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX ECON SF USTR
05PRETORIA745	SOUTH AFRICA: BIG GOLD AT SOUTH DEEP [...] (SBU) Summary. Placer Dome (Canada) and Western Areas (South Africa) officially commissioned their new ultra deep Twin Shaft Complex at South Deep on February 4. Deputy President Jacob Zuma attended the event on behalf of the government, and used the occasion to deliver a hard-hitting speech [...]	2005-02-18 08:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EINV CA SF
05PRETORIA84	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - IMF Report on South African Investment; - Govern [...]	2005-01-07 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA864	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] SUMMARY. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics in the February 18 newsletter include: - President Mbeki's State of the Nation address [...]	2005-02-28 08:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA869	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] SUMMARY. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics in the February 25 newsletter include: - 2005 Budget aims to sustain faster growth - Pu [...]	2005-02-28 09:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05QUITO1000	EMBASSY RECOMMENDS 3C FINDINGS FOR ISAIAS BROTHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: William and Roberto Isaias, former chiefs of Filanbanco bank and among Ecuador's richest men, fled Ecuador in 1999 after absconding with over $100 million in government bailout funds. They used their ill-gotten wealth to buy safe passage from Ecuador and later pressured prosecu [...]	2005-05-02 23:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS EFIN KCOR EC
05QUITO1050	ECUADOR: NEW VICE PRESIDENT ROUNDS OUT CABINET [...] (U) Summary: Congress swore in Alejandro Serrano Aguilar as Vice President of Ecuador on May 5. Serrano hails from Ecuador's third largest city of Cuenca, providing some regional balance to a Guayaquil-centric cabinet. Serrano's swearing in leaves only the Labor portfolio still open; labor [...]	2005-05-06 21:18:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EC
05QUITO1181	ECUADORIAN FISCAL POLICY: LIVING ON THE EDGE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economy and Finance Rafael Correa inherited a relatively responsibly-managed fiscal situation from his predecessors. If he continues their policies, he should be able to meet his budget without great difficulty. However, his early statements to the press have damage [...]	2005-05-20 18:06:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EC
05QUITO1214	PALACIO OUTLINES PLAN FOR HIS REMAINING EIGHTEEN [...] Summary: In public comments on May 24, President Alfredo Palacio fleshed out his government's plan for its remaining 18 months, focusing on six points: politics, the economy, foreign policy, infrastructure, health and education, and security. The President set a timeframe of three to six m [...]	2005-05-26 16:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EC
05QUITO1269	NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 16:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV EC
05QUITO1340	GUTIERREZ RETURN JUST ONE OF PALACIO'S PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Forty-five days young, the Alfredo Palacio government has hit its first snags. Two cabinet ministers resigned this week (Septel) amidst charges they owed money to the state. One other is backpedaling over accusations he conspired to depose former President Lucio Gutierrez. Mil [...]	2005-06-09 23:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EC
05QUITO1621	USITC 2004 Annual Andean Investment and Drug Crop [...] Below is Post's response to the U.S. International Trade Commission's request for information regarding Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) related investment in Ecuador in 2004. 2. Summary. Ecuadorian investment in industries that export to the United States has not [...]	2005-07-08 19:26:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON OTRA ASEC PE
05QUITO1715	ECUADOR: MIXED SIGNALS ON CHAVEZ DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Press reports suggest Ecuador is ready to sign agreements with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on financing and oil deals, despite President Alfredo Palacio's public denials that any GOE decision has been taken. Privately, however, Palacio administration officials are telling u [...]	2005-07-20 23:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ENRG EC
05QUITO2022	MEDIA REACTION: VENEZUELA; PAT ROBERTSON'S [...] . "Pact with Venezuela - Let's Get Going," a column (08/29) in Guayaquil's conservative "El Telegrafo" (circ. 8,000) "The fiscal situation has been deteriorating for quite some time now. The fundamental cause is the huge amount of money allotted in the budget for the so called service of [...]	2005-08-30 16:56:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC
05QUITO2057	A FIRST MEETING WITH PALACIO [...] (C) Summary: In their first substantive discussion, President Palacio told the Ambassador that he sees himself as a counterweight to Venezuela's Chavez; that he intends to take a hard line to keep civil order in Ecuador; that he believes the international financial institutions (IFIs) will s [...]	2005-09-02 19:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON VE EC
05QUITO2673	ECUADOR - AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Per reftel, post is providing the following information regarding the GOE's efforts to control Avian Influenza (AI) and its capability to respond to an influenza pandemic. The answers are keyed to reftel questions. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- The GOE began working on a preparedness [...]	2005-11-21 21:45:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ECON PREL EC
05QUITO2852	ECUADOR 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 16:01:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR EC FTA
05QUITO2889	Results Report: Andean Parliamentarian [...] Summary: Participants reported that the trip provided excellent insight into how democracy functions in the US, the role of multilateral institutions and impressions of Latin America. They were particularly struck by the influence and independence of the Congress and the US system of checks [...]	2005-12-19 22:03:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OEXC EC
05QUITO2903	MEDIA REACTION: BOLIVIA; QUITO [...] "Latin American Trend," an editorial (12/20) in Guayaquil's (and Ecuador's) leading center-right "El Universo" (circ. 140,000) Quote: "Ten years ago, Bolivia was showcased by the IMF and the World Bank as the model, the recommended recipe from the Washington Consensus. the Bolivians radic [...]	2005-12-20 20:02:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC
05QUITO710	ECUADOR'S WHITE GOODS POLICIES [...] Summary. In response to reftel, Emboffs met with newly appointed Vice Minister of Industries in the Ministry of Trade (MICIP) Jorge Illingworth and Ecuadorian Standards Institute (INEN) Director General Felipe Urresta to discuss white goods. Urresta had not, as he had offered to USTR, presen [...]	2005-03-31 20:08:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON EC
05QUITO719	ECUADOR UPDATE FOR ATPA REPORT [...] Per reftel request, we provide the following information for the update to the ATPA report for Ecuador. A Microsoft word version of the information below has been sent separately via email to USTR. 2. Ecuador Population: 13,027,000 (2004 est.) National Product per capita: $1,447 (2004 e [...]	2005-03-31 22:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON EAGR EC
05QUITO857	ENGAGING THE DIPCORPS ON ECUADORIAN STABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from Quito's largest foreign missions gathered April 18 to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Ecuador. UN Judicial Rapporteur Leandro Despouy, who visited Ecuador March 13-18 (Ref A),weighed in via conference call. As non-US diplomats here are wont to do, [...]	2005-04-19 21:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EC OAS
05QUITO945	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NERVOUS ABOUT ECUADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. Our meetings with the financial and business sectors reveal uneasiness with the fiscal policies being espoused by the new Minister of Finance, Rafael Correa (Reftel). The international financial institutions (IFIs) found Correa,s proposed economic remedies to be nave and outdated [...]	2005-04-27 20:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EC
05QUITO947	ECUADOR: OAS ON THE GROUND, QUITO CALM [...] (SBU) Summary: Quito is relatively calm, with a very small protest reported on April 27. The OAS mission arrived late on April 26 and began meetings with the government and others the following day. The Ambassador met with the new Defense Minister on April 27. For the first time in recent [...]	2005-04-27 22:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC EC
05QUITO983	BIO INFO FOR NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: PART 3 [...] (U) Summary: Pablo Rizzo was named Minister of Agriculture on April 29. President Palacio has yet to name Ministers of Labor and Energy. Below is biographical information for the following new Cabinet members and government officials: First Lady Maria Beatriz Paret de Palacio, Vice FM Mar [...]	2005-04-29 22:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
05RABAT1136	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Sixty-six state-owned companies were fully or partially privatized by the GOM since 1993, earning nearly $9 billion for the state, according to Abdelaziz Talbi, Director of Public Enterprises at the Ministry of Finance. Morocco ranked first in privatization receipts among Arab countries and [...]	2005-06-01 16:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ELAB ELTN KMPI MO
05RABAT1250	GEEKS AND GEEZERS: MOROCCO'S GENERATIONAL DIVIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new generation of Moroccan leaders is emerging, characterized by their formative Anglo-Saxon experiences, entrepreneurial and pro-American outlook, high levels of education and technical skills, and strong, well-informed political opinions. They are eager, even impatient, to bo [...]	2005-06-15 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV KMPI MO
05RABAT1768	GOM PITCHES MCC ON DRAFT MCA COMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 15 and 16, Prime Minister Jettou, Foreign Affairs Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri, and more than a dozen other Government of Morocco (GOM) officials gave a first glimpse of Morocco's draft Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal to Millennium Challenge Corporation [...]	2005-08-23 10:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KMCA MO
05RABAT2266	DIALOGUE, DIVERSITY AND CRITICAL THINKING AT [...] Summary: Morocco's Ramadan public affairs strategy is to adapt to the pace of Ramadan and listen to Moroccans in the context of iftar and post-iftar events. Our observations confirm Moroccan support for "institutionalized dialogue" as well for critical thinking in order to overcome stereotypes [...]	2005-11-04 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL MO
05RABAT850	MOROCCO STATE OF PLAY ON MCA [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with GOM officials, from working-level contacts to Ministers, reveal that Morocco is moving forward on developing its Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact and has instituted a formalized coordinating structure. According to these contacts, the GOM will focus [...]	2005-04-25 12:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KMCA KMPI PGOV MO
05RANGOON1179	BURMA: BAD YEAR FOR MANDALAY BUSINESSES [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 08:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV BM
05RANGOON1198	ASEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BURMA: PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, like their ASEAN colleagues (ref A) encourage U.S. engagement with the Burmese regime, but share generally negative views on the current situation and prospects for progress in Burma. Of this group, only the Thai [...]	2005-10-21 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN
05RANGOON1346	BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL: NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers, making an unannounced (and unwelcome) visit to the Burmese regime's new capital in Pyinmana, observed a massive, though largely unfinished, project to construct a new city from scratch. A nearby military zone, inaccessible to Emboffs, is even more substantial a [...]	2005-12-02 09:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SNAR MARR BM
05RANGOON1387	BURMA'S PRIVATE BANKS WAITING IN THE WINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma's six private banks, while offering an alternative to its highly inefficient state financial institutions, continue to suffer from the country's 2003 banking crisis. Operating under onerous restrictions, arbitrary interventions and a bleak investment climate results in sl [...]	2005-12-15 01:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BM
05RANGOON1439	BURMA: 2005 INCSR PART I - DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-23 05:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
05RANGOON1444	THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO A DRUG-FREE WA REGION [...] (U) SUMMARY: United Wa State Army (UWSA) leaders told visiting diplomats that drugs have turned the ethnic Wa into "pariahs." The Wa leaders claimed, however, that they have turned a new page and "put narcotics behind us," appealing for increased international assistance and a reversal of U.S. [...]	2005-12-27 08:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM NGO
05RANGOON43	BURMA 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Table of Contents: Summary Preface: U.S. Investment in Burma Subject to Sanctions Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requirements and Incentives Right to Private Ownership and Establishment Protect [...]	2005-01-11 04:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BM OPIC USTR
05RANGOON668	BURMA: 2005 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report card on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts (based on benchmarks established in November 2004, ref B, and delivered to the GOB in December 2004, ref C) in preparation for the annual certification process. [...]	2005-06-02 09:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
05REYKJAVIK526	ICELAND: REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL [...] Cultural programming is a key element of Embassy Reykjavik's public outreach, which aims to foster a positive image of the U.S. among Icelandic citizens and, especially, elites. Following is post's response to questions posed reftel: A. Which of your mission objectives benefits from c [...]	2005-12-27 07:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL IC
05RIODEJANEIRO1120	MINAS GERAIS: THE VIEW FROM BELO HORIZONTE [...] (U) From September 28-30, Rio Econ/Poloff visited a variety of people in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, to discuss business investments in the state and the state's aggressive and successful economic plan as well as national and local politics. Abijaodi on international investments [...]	2005-10-11 16:15:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD BR
05RIYADH9441	Saudi Women Push for Economic Opportunities at [...] (U) Summary: The Second Riyadh Economic Forum (REF),held earlier this month, included a lively discussion of a study critical of the job and investment opportunities available to Saudi women. The study acknowledges Saudi laws are on the books that are intended to create job opportunities for [...]	2005-12-21 13:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PHUM SA
05ROME1142	FAO'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been holding informal meetings with technical experts of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ascertain FAO's activities to contain Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since January 2004 when the outbreaks first occurred, FAO and its [...]	2005-04-05 08:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XC UN FAO
05ROME1150	ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH CHINA: [...] There are divided views in Italy on trade and investment in China and whether China is a threat or an opportunity. Although Italian exports to China have increased recently, they pale compared to the sharp increase of Chinese imports into Italy. Italy's direct investment in China remains quit [...]	2005-04-05 12:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB IT CH EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME1671	ITALY ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Finance Ministry officials told Embassy Officers that Italy is carefully weighing the various proposals by G8 members and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank for debt relief for the poorest countries. Finance Ministry officials hope that a consensus G8 propo [...]	2005-05-16 10:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IT
05ROME1888	FAO COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS SIXTY-FIFTH [...] Summary. The Sixty-Fifth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) met in Rome April 11-13, 2005. The Committee reviewed FAO reports on the state of world commodity markets and its projections of supply, demand, trade and prices. Member [...]	2005-06-03 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO
05ROME2002	ITALY: COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH PROGRAM, PART I [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Senate gave final approval May 12 for the first part of the 2005-2008 four billion euro plan to improve Italian competitiveness and implement EU Lisbon agenda reforms. The package will likely be the government's most significant piece of economic legislatio [...]	2005-06-13 12:35:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
05ROME2178	ITALY-EU: BERLUSCONI STANDS FIRM, BUT PRODI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian reactions to the French/Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution are playing out in the context of national election politics, Italy's own battle with Brussels over Stability Pact bu [...]	2005-06-27 12:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON IT TU EUN ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME2226	POVERTY INSURANCE: ROME-BASED AGENCIES AND PERMREPS [...] Summary: On June 29, 2005, the Italian Committee of the Thomas More Institute hosted a conference at the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on poverty insurance, entitled "Reinsurance: A New Key to Development Aid." French academic Michel Vate was the featured presenter [...]	2005-07-01 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV UN FAO
05ROME2346	G-8 BIOENERGY WORKSHOP, ROME, ITALY, JUNE 14-15, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14-15, 2005, the government of Italy hosted a G-8 bioenergy workshop to identify opportunities and barriers to establishing a G-8-endorsed multilateral bioenergy initiative. G-8 members plus Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Korea, South Africa, FAO, IEA, UNCCD, UN [...]	2005-07-14 05:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON IT AORG
05ROME2349	IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...]	2005-07-14 06:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2555	DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER [...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...]	2005-08-01 13:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2560	DESERT LOCUSTS: JULY 21 FAO DONORS' MEETING [...] Summary: On July 21, an informal desert locusts donors' meeting was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Chaired by FAO Director-General (DG) Jacques Diouf, the meeting was well represented by donors and affected countries. The meeting provided informa [...]	2005-08-01 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2776	AS CHINESE FAKES INVADE ITALY, COMPANIES FEEL [...] (U) Summary: While famous Italian designers have long been a favored target of imitators world-wide, Italian business and government leaders are quickly realizing that no Italian product, no matter how mundane, is safe from Chinese counterfeiters. Unlike the big fashion houses, most Italian [...]	2005-08-22 14:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD CM IT
05ROME2787	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL RETURNS TO ZIMBABWE [...] SUMMARY: Three years after my 2002 visit (see Ref A),I returned to Zimbabwe August 11-13 and found the country again poised for a food-security crisis. As a result of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) misguided policies, drought, hyperinflation, and the associated lack of agricultural input [...]	2005-08-23 15:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA PHUM PREL ECON ASEC SOCI ZU FAO WFP UNDP ZI SF VT
05ROME3195	ITALY: FINANCE MINISTER REPLACED BY PREDECESSOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy PM Giulio Tremonti was named Italy's Finance Minister on September 22 after Domenico Siniscalco resigned in protest over the government's lack of action against embattled Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio. This is Tremonti's second term as Finance Minister since 2001, hi [...]	2005-09-23 16:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3671	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...]	2005-11-03 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER
05ROME3855	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The Second Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board (EB) concluded with the approval of a host of administrative and programmatic matters, including: the WFP Biennial Management Plan for 2006-2007; special relief operations and projects totaling US$ 812 million; and a pilot weather insurance [...]	2005-11-22 14:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF WFP
05ROME3949	AVIAN INFLUENZA: ENCOURAGING FAO TO DEVELOP A [...] Summary: USDA APHIS Administrator Ron DeHaven met with FAO veterinary officials Samuel Jutzi and Jan Slingenbergh on November 29 to discuss ways to improve collaboration between USDA and FAO on Avian Influenza. OIE official Alex Thiermann also participated in the meeting. FAO is currently [...]	2005-12-01 09:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO EAID AORC FAO OIE
05ROME3998	ADVISOR ON HOMELAND SECURITY TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings with law enforcement and intelligence officials, Advisor to the President for Homeland Security Townsend delivered a consistent message on security for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. We respect Italian capabilities and appreciate the cooperation [...]	2005-12-06 09:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KOLY PTER OVIP IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME4001	AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND POVERTY HIGHLIGHED IN [...] Summary: FAO will release the 2005 State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report on December 7 at 11:00 am in Geneva. It will be available at www.fao.org shortly afterwards. The special focus of this year's report is Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Can Trade Work for the Poor? The report c [...]	2005-12-06 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO WTRO
05ROME764	FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...]	2005-03-08 06:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME877	REVIEW OF FAO's EMERGENCY PROGRAMS [...] Summary. At a March 1 briefing, FAO's assistant director general for technical cooperation, Henri Carsalade gave a general review of FAO's programs in 2004 and challenges for 2005. He also provided an update on FAO's continuing efforts to control desert locusts in north and west Africa, fund [...]	2005-03-15 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV UN FAO
05ROME987	ITALY'S FOREIGN AID: LATE PAYMENTS, TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, the Italian parliament passed a special appropriation to: 1) allow Italy to make up its missed 2004 euro 100 million payment (euro=$1.33) to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 2) fund a euro 70 million appropriation for tsunami-related aid; [...]	2005-03-22 17:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IT
05SANAA106	ADEN PORT: YEMEN MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) In a briefing to donors on January 10, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan announced that Prime Minister Ba Jammal "in the interest of promoting the widest competition" rejected the Rotterdam Management Group's (RMG) recommendation to [...]	2005-01-17 10:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
05SANAA128	BFIF 2004 END OF YEAR REPORT - YEMEN [...] Embassy Sanaa expanded its outreach to local businessmen and women in FY 2004 by sponsoring the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development and Management Workshop, held September 12 to 14, at the Sanaa Chamber of Commerce. This three-day training workshop focused on the basics of entrepren [...]	2005-01-19 04:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD BTIO ETRD EINV YM ECON COM
05SANAA1300	YEMEN'S DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT [...] Per reftel, included below is requested report on Yemen's democratic reform strategy to support the Freedom Agenda. Begin text. ------------ A. Overview ------------ The Government of Yemen has demonstrated rhetorical and real commitment to the goals of democracy and human rights. T [...]	2005-05-15 12:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KMCA YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA1446	DONORS ADDRESS THE KEY TO REFORM IN YEMEN: PUBLIC [...] Summary: The donor community sponsored a workshop in May on the critical but oft-neglected subject of public finance management (PFM). In an effort to develop a work plan for rationalizing the budgeting process, currently a source of extensive corruption and mismanagement, the Ministry of Fin [...]	2005-05-29 11:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PGOV KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM
05SANAA1589	GOOD NEWS FOR YEMEN'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE: DUBAI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On June 8 the ROYG announced Dubai Ports International (DPI) the winner of a 35-year concession to operate and develop the Aden Port and Aden Container Terminal (ACT). DPI is the world's fifth largest port operator, managing 18 international ports and terminals worldwide [...]	2005-06-14 11:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EWWT ETRD KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANAA1875	YEMENI RIYAL SHOWS SIGNS OF INSTABILITY [...] (U) Summary. The Yemeni Riyal has fluctuated dramatically in recent months, and the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) intervened on at least two occasions to combat devaluation. Despite these efforts, for the first time in three years a black market has emerged for buying foreign currency, and the [...]	2005-07-11 09:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV YM COM

05SANAA1877	JEFFREY SACHS VISITS SANAA, WARNS OF ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Millennium Project, projected a bleak future for Yemen without dramatic policy changes and a significant increase in foreign assistance during a visit to Sanaa, July 1-4. In Sachs's view, poor economic performance, declining natural resources, a [...]	2005-07-11 10:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET KMPI KMCA YM COM
05SANAA1907	FM QIRBI DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with CDA, Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi confirmed his plans to travel to Washington in advance of President Saleh's November meeting with President Bush. Qirbi pulled CDA aside and confided President Saleh,s concerns over U.S. Embassy contacts with member [...]	2005-07-17 14:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL OVIP PTER PARM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1919	SALEH PURSUES TRIBAL APPROACH TO ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Yemen's Parliament approved a general sales tax law in early July, which met with fierce protest from business leaders. After hearing their complaints regarding the potential for abuse and corruption, President Saleh locked business leaders in a room with ROYG officials and de [...]	2005-07-18 11:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANAA193	DPM SOFAN PROMOTES DONOR HARMONIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 30, Ambassador joined key donors and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan in signing a declaration on their intent to enhance donor coordination in Yemen. In a follow-on meeting with Sofan, Ambassador raised Socotr [...]	2005-02-02 10:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA ECON ETRD EAID EINV YM COM
05SANAA1976	REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDIES SPARKS RAPID INFLATION, [...] (C) Summary. On July 23, Rioting and unrest had abated, following a weekend of explosive demonstrations against the lifting of fuel subsidies. On July 23, the ROYG confirmed 22 people killed, but the number is reportedly closer to 40. Demonstrators lashed out against the ruling elite across [...]	2005-07-23 15:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EINV ENRG KMPI YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA2460	UNABATED POVERTY AND MALNUTRITION: YEMEN REQUESTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Sanaa seeks FY-2006 PL-480 Food for Progress commodities for rural agricultural development program assistance in counterterrorism, poverty alleviation, and critical water needs. Post requests assistance in the form of $4.4 million in concessional loans and $15.5 million [...]	2005-08-29 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID YM
05SANAA2463	THE CITY OF TAIZ: WILL THE PHOENIX RISE AGAIN? [...] Summary: DCM visited the city of Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen to open bids for the the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)-funded wastewater system project and to meet with civic, NGO, and business leaders on August 8. Taiz stand on the shoulders of trained and passionate NGO, [...]	2005-08-29 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV SOCI YM COM AORC
05SANAA2482	IMI: SANAA BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECT TENDER [...] The Sanaa Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) of the Ministry of Water and Environment is inviting international companies to bid to supply equipment for pressurized irrigation systems (drips, bubbler, and sprinkler) and PVC pipes and fittings, PE pipes and fittings. 2. Bidding will be c [...]	2005-08-31 05:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON YM COM
05SANAA255	INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005 [...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...]	2005-02-07 11:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM
05SANAA2556	PM BAJAMMAL ON GSM TENDER: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY [...] (C) Summary. On September 5, Ambassador discussed the status of Yemen's GSM mobile phone tender with PM Bajammal. He emphasized the importance of a transparent tendering process for attracting American business and for the country's overall investment climate. Bajammal responded directly tha [...]	2005-09-10 13:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI CH YM ECON COM
05SANAA277	DECLINING OIL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Yemen's oil production is steadily declining, and may drop below 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2005. (Note: Production reached a high of 490,000 bpd in 2003.) Mismanagement of existing oil fields accelerates production and could serve to reduce long-term yields. Current explor [...]	2005-02-12 06:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KCOR ECON YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA2781	IMI: INVITATION FOR BIDS - IFB#30/05 FOR THE [...] The Rural Access Program of the Ministry of Public Works and Highway is inviting international companies to bid to construct Al Ashmour - Maswar District RR (22.33 KM) & Bait Salah (8.30 KM) in Amran Province. The Construction period is 16 months. 2. Bidding will be conducted through the I [...]	2005-09-19 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON YM COM
05SANAA2844	SHOW ME THE MONEY: CHINESE WIN YEMEN'S GSM TENDER, [...] (C) Summary. On September 21, Yemen's Cabinet officially awarded the third GSM license to Chinese-owned Unitel for its bid of USD 149 million. The decision came as no surprise; ROYG officials had made clear that the financial offer outweighed all other considerations. Many doubts remain, ho [...]	2005-09-27 07:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM
05SANAA2922	MCC ESSENTIAL TO STABILITY AND REFORM IN YEMEN [...] (S) Summary: Millennium Challenge Corporation programs are crucial to Yemen's future and to U.S. national security interests. Yemen stands at an important crossroads in its path to development and reform. For Yemen's reformers, MCC offers an important way forward. If the United States walks [...]	2005-10-11 06:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ECPS EFIN EIND EINV PGOV KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM
05SANAA2957	RECORD OIL REVENUES FOR YEMEN -- WHERE HAS THE [...] (C) Summary. In September, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) submitted a record supplementary budget to Parliament for approval, totaling 50 percent of the original 2005 budget. As a result of higher than expected oil revenues and the lifting of fuel subsidies, Yemen is showing a revenue surplus [...]	2005-10-12 11:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2986	AMBASSADOR VISITS PORT CITY OF ADEN [...] Summary: On October 2, Ambassador visited Aden to meet with local government, business and civil society representatives. Local council members, the Chamber of Commerce, and NGOs shared their experiences in strengthening democracy, improving the business climate, and creating local solutions [...]	2005-10-17 05:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KMPI KPAO YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
05SANAA3007	MCC: "CAN WE SIGN DURING SALEH'S VISIT?" [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Krajeski met with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Sofan on October 17, to discuss the November visit of President Saleh to Washington. Sofan said the ROYG would like to see Saleh sign the Millennium Challenge Threshold agreement during the visit. The ROYG has eagerly pu [...]	2005-10-18 04:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM YM
05SANAA3018	DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR YEMEN -- QUARTERLY [...] (C) Summary: Post implemented the initial phase of Yemen's Democratic Reform Strategy with mixed results. (Ref A) This quarterly report demonstrates progress for women in political participation, and in the role of Parliament providing a check on the executive. (Ref B) The ROYG's Threshold Pr [...]	2005-10-18 12:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCA ECON PHUM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3099	YEMEN UPDATE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR 2005 [...] Summary. In Yemen, children augment family incomes by working as street vendors and workers in family businesses or on the family-owned farm. While slavery and child prostitution are not major issues in Yemen, parliamentarians, international observers, and donors over the past two years have [...]	2005-10-25 11:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI SMIG SCUL YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA310	MEPI PROJECTS SHOWING RESULTS IN YEMEN [...] Summary. MEPI programs are making progress and solidifying MEPI's track record in Yemen. CHF's vocational training center, forming a new partnership with local NGO Girls World Communication Center (GWCC),opened classes beginning in February. IFES has begun implementation of the GIS Bounda [...]	2005-02-15 05:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3136	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT SALEH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in Washington looking for increased military support and economic deliverables for Yemen, while at home he has shown little willingness to make the tough decisions necessary for the future of his country. Yemen remains an important regional [...]	2005-10-26 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM ECON EAID MASS MARR PINS YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA328	POWERFUL FINANCE MINISTER AL-SALAMI ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Time may be up for Finance Minister al-Salami. Rumors are spreading throughout Sanaa that President Saleh will remove the Minister from office in an upcoming cabinet shuffle. A number of small but significant political losses for Salami appear to give teeth to this rumor. Sal [...]	2005-02-16 14:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV KMCA KMPI PGOV YM KBIO DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA335	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S FOR GLOBAL AFFAIR [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky to Yemen February 23-25. You will meet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning International Cooperation Ahm [...]	2005-02-18 14:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KMPI ECON EAID PREF PHUM GTIP COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA3364	PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secretary Rice, MCC/CEO Danelovich, World Bank Wolfowitz and others. He said that he had convoked his cabinet upon his return and demanded a plan of action to respon [...]	2005-11-27 09:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3392	TAIZ NGOS SEEK INCREASED COOPERATION WITH USG [...] (U) Summary. On November 16, emboffs visited the city of Taiz to meet with local NGOs to discuss the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) and Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. During the two-hour meeting, emboffs and visiting MEPIoff fielded questions and comments on MEPI an [...]	2005-12-03 11:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA37	ECONOMIC REFORM PART DEUX: ROYG MAKING LIMITED [...] (C) Summary. During a rancorous Parliamentary session on December 26, Prime Minister Ba Jammal's bodyguards ushered him out of the building while he was trying to give a speech promoting the government's 2005 budget. Attached to the budget are much needed economic reforms including reduction o [...]	2005-01-06 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA420	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS CALL ON U/S DOBRIANSKY FOR [...] Summary: On February 24, Undersecretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, explored at a roundtable with Yemeni NGOs areas where the U.S. can support Yemen's nascent civil society. Representatives from forty NGOs raised concerns over human rights abuses, women's access to political and eco [...]	2005-02-28 14:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA545	ISLAH: IN FOR A PEACEFUL STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting with Islah (Reform) party senior officials, Ambassador and DCM discussed economic reform, corruption, and the need for dialogue with the West. Islah General Secretary Mohammed Abdullah al-Yadoumi, Deputy General Secretary Abdul Wahab al-Anisi, Head of the P [...]	2005-03-08 10:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA56	CENTRAL BANK OF YEMEN USING "MORAL PERSUASION" FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a MEPI-sponsored assessment of the Yemen banking system, representatives of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps engaged in lengthy discussions with Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) Sub-Governor for Control Abdullah Ulafi and Payment Systems Director Omar Bazara. Both offic [...]	2005-01-09 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KMPI YM COM
05SANAA612	FINANCE MINISTER SALAMI PUTS A GOOD SPIN ON HIS [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a cordial and open meeting on March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alawi al-Salami, Ambassador highlighted U.S. efforts to support decentralization, urged the ROYG to take serious anti-corruption and transparency efforts and encouraged Yemen t [...]	2005-03-16 11:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ECON YM KMCC COM
05SANAA663	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EB/ICT DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of EB Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Telecommunications and SIPDIS Information Policy David Gross to Yemen March 24-26. You will meet Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning Ahmed Sofan, and Minister of telecommunications and Information T [...]	2005-03-21 11:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM KMCC ENVIRONMENT ECON COM
05SANAA93	DEAL CUT ON YEMEN'S BUDGET -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In a rare roll-call vote on January 5, Parliament approved Yemen's 2005 budget while striking a deal with the Government that postpones the lifting of oil and gas subsidies pending the Government's implementation of several wide-reaching economic reforms demanded by Parliament. W [...]	2005-01-15 05:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KMPI YM KGOR COM
05SANAA950	DEMARCHE ON G8 BMENA/OECD MENA INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-16 10:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PREL YM DEMARCHE ECON COM
05SANJOSE1828	PRESIDENT'S PARTY PUBLICLY SUPPORTS CAFTA-DR, BUT [...] (U) Summary. Members of President Pacheco's Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) are publicly urging him to send the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to the Legislative Assembly as soon as possible, despite the continued failure to pass the Fis [...]	2005-08-11 13:17:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2008	THE PROCESS OF RATIFYING FTAs IN COSTA RICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The process to ratify free trade agreements such as the United States-Central American- Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) in Costa Rica is not simple. It is not even clear whether the agreement must be passed by a simple or a two-thirds majority. The Assembl [...]	2005-08-26 14:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2038	COALITION OF DEPUTIES URGE PRESIDENT TO MOVE [...] (U) Summary. On August 29, 2005, thirty-eight of the 57 members (deputies) of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly signed a letter to President Pacheco urging him to send the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to the legislative body immediately [...]	2005-08-31 14:58:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2389	COSTA RICA AND CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Pacheco continues to say he will send the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to the Legislative Assembly. The question remains "When?" Nicaragua's recent passage of CAFTA-DR has brought increased focus by the media and [...]	2005-10-13 20:26:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2601	MEETING WITH COSTA RICAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. On October 26, 2005, Charge met with Minister of Economy, Industry, and Commerce Gilberto Barrantes. Minister Barrantes commented on the status of the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and related legislation including the propose [...]	2005-11-07 23:10:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
05SANJOSE2658	COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFO ON CBI- [...] SUMMARY: Post has updated information provided in previous report using the same format. Post contact is Maria D. Villanueva, (506) 519-2419, Fax (506) 519-2364, villanuevamd@state.gov. End Summary. 2. Country Reports: Compliance with Eligibility Criteria The country reports contained [...]	2005-11-15 14:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CS
05SANJOSE2882	AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM: SAN JOSE [...] (C) Relations between the United States and Costa Rica are very friendly. Our countries share a strong commitment to democracy and human rights. Costa Rica is the longest continuous democracy in Latin America and serves as an important example of how a long-term commitment to democracy benef [...]	2005-12-16 23:52:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ASIG AMGT CS
05SANJOSE2928	LETTING OFF STEAM: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: The VI Regional Forum for the Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America, a 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) initiative, was held in Managua October 5-6. The Forum focused on opportunities for sustainable development and energy diversification linke [...]	2005-12-27 17:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV EAID
05SANSALVADOR2417	EL SALVADOR: 2005 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: This cable updates information on last year's child labor report, which otherwise remains valid. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA),El Salvador has implemented steps to el [...]	2005-08-30 11:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ES PHUM SOCI
05SANSALVADOR2572	TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador's economy continues to be highly dependent on the textile and apparel industry, which represents a substantial portion of total industrial production, exports and employment. The sector, which has been crucial to the government's developmen [...]	2005-09-16 22:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA
05SANSALVADOR2583	CORRECTED VERSION TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: [...] SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador's economy continues to be highly dependent on the textile and apparel industry, which represents a substantial portion of total industrial production, exports and employment. The sector, which has been crucial to the government's developmen [...]	2005-09-19 15:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA
05SANSALVADOR2689	REGISTERING A BUSINESS IN EL SALVADOR [...] The World Bank's "Doing Business in 2006" reports that it takes 40 days and about $2,775 to register a limited liability company (corporation) with start-up capital of $23,500 in El Salvador. We believe the process takes 40 days but that the actual cost is only about $775, $2,000 less than t [...]	2005-09-28 20:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA EINV ES
05SANSALVADOR2778	MEDIA REACTION: ZOELLICK IN NICARAGUA, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-11 18:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR ETRD ES KPAO USTR
05SANSALVADOR2951	2005 El Salvador CBI Report for USTR [...] In response to reftel, please see the following Embassy El Salvador report for USTR on El Salvador's compliance with requirements under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. ----------------------------- Commitment to WTO Obligations ----------------------------- 2. El Salvador has committed [...]	2005-10-31 17:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ES
05SANTIAGO1592	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC ADVISORS OUTLINE [...] Summary: Economic advisors for the three leading presidential candidates outlined their respective candidates' positions on June 22 before 200-plus members of the Chilean and foreign business communities. The three agreed the Lagos Administration had made significant achievements in the macro [...]	2005-07-27 22:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PREL PINR CI
05SANTIAGO2271	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HARRY PONTING AND [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance to Harry Ponting, RM/IRP, and Robert Sutter, Net-Centric Project, Embassy Asuncion, to travel to Chile from November 13-23, 2005 to assist in implementing Post's Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) biographic files project. Contact point for you [...]	2005-11-04 14:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF PGOV PINR OTRA CI
05SANTIAGO2339	Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Donald D. [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Donald D. Dossa, Department of Energy (DOE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),from 12/01/2005 through 12/06/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose as is to examine current computing capabilities and evaluate [...]	2005-11-16 18:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA CI
05SANTIAGO2340	Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Dr. Mark [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Mark Edward Huber, Co-Investigator, Department of Energy (DOE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),from 11/24/2005 through 12/10/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose is to be part of the Supermacho Proje [...]	2005-11-16 18:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA CI
05SANTIAGO2355	Santiago Grants Country Clearance to Graciano [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Department of Treasury Financial Enforcement Intermittent Advisor, Graciano Velez, from 11/27/2005 through 12/02/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose is to update the 2003 assessment report and work plan and to discuss its [...]	2005-11-17 10:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER EFIN OTRA CI
05SANTIAGO2356	Santiago Grants Country Clearance to Charles A. [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Department of Treasury advisors, Charles A. Correa, Manuel Godinez and Neil C. Rhoades, from 11/27/2005 through 12/03/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose is to update the 2003 assessment report and work plan and to discus [...]	2005-11-17 10:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER EFIN OTRA CI
05SANTIAGO2360	Santiago Grants Country Clearance to Laiza [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Laiza Casas, Program Officer for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),from 12/07/2005 through 12/11/2005 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose as reported in reftel is to review the counterna [...]	2005-11-17 14:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER SNAR OTRA CI
05SANTIAGO2383	MEDIA REACTION -FTAA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 19:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI ETRD
05SANTIAGO2405	Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Claudia [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Caludia Hosch, Environment Protection Agency Official, from 11/27/05 through 12/01/05 as requested in reftel. The visit's purpose is to attend a seminar, Elaboracion de una Estrategia Para el Desarrollo de las Exportaciones de Carne [...]	2005-11-25 18:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KSCA OTRA TPHY EPA CI
05SANTIAGO2494	Santiago Grants Country Clearance for Dr. Lee [...] Embassy Santiago welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Lee Eiden, Chief, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation, National Institute of Mental Health, (NIH) and Dr. Peng Y. Loh, Senior Investigator, Doctor, NIH, from 01/6/2006 through 01/16/2006 as requested in reftel. The vi [...]	2005-12-12 19:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KSCA TBIO OTRA CI
05SANTIAGO442	CHILE: ILEA IN LATIN AMERICA [...] Summary. Chile has the political and economic stability, modern infrastructure and security to serve as host of an ILEA of Latin America. The idea has also been received enthusiastically by various government agencies, but the GOC has not committed to offering a physical site. The February [...]	2005-02-28 22:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID CI
05SANTODOMINGO1051	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT INAUGURATES U.S. PLANT, AGAIN [...] (U) At the February 21 ground-breaking for a large U.S.-owned textile mill, President Leonel Fernandez characterized the project as one aspect of the Dominican Republic's response to the challenges of competition and globalization. He expressed confidence that the free trade agreement with th [...]	2005-02-25 20:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX DR
05SANTODOMINGO1120	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REPORTS TO THE NATION [...] In the traditional national day speech to the Dominican Congress President Leonel Fernandez claimed credit for successful economic stabilization in his first six months in office and sought to present himself as a knowledgeable leader with a vision for modernization and reform. He did not touc [...]	2005-03-01 17:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG DR
05SANTODOMINGO1562	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ STRESSES DANGER OF [...] (U) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez was host and keynote speaker for a high-level discussion of "The World After Terrorism" on March 14-15. This 12th periodic Plenary Seminar of the Circle of Montevideo, an informal gathering of Latin American former heads of state, was held at Fernand [...]	2005-03-18 18:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER DR
05SANTODOMINGO1731	DOMINICAN SENATE ACTS ON BOND BILLS; MORE REMAINS [...] (U) In the evening of March 29, the Dominican Senate unanimously approved all but one of the bond authorizations needed to ensure compliance with the nation,s 2005 budget and the IMF standby accord. The authorization to renegotiate external (sovereign) bonds issued in 2001 and 2003 will now [...]	2005-03-30 19:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO3024	DOMINICAN POLITICS #27: THE DOMINICAN CATHOLIC [...] (SBU) The following is number 27 in our series on the first year of Leonel Fernandez's administration. The Dominican Catholic Church - Avuncular, Activist, and Trusted Like many countries in Latin America, the Dominican Republic has a nominally Roman Catholic majority. For 500 years the [...]	2005-06-02 18:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR PREL SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO3370	U.S. TAXPAYERS WILL LOSE MONEY IN DOMINICAN AFPS [...] (SBU) The USG should not invest in Dominican pension funds (AFPs - Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones) because the likelihood of losing the funds due to fraud and corruption is extremely high. Based on the current state of affairs in the Dominican Republic, Embassy Santo Domingo strongl [...]	2005-06-27 11:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT KJUS PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO3864	DOMINICAN BANKING #9 -- MEJIA SAYS "BANKING FRAUD" [...] (SBU) This is number 9 in a series of cables on consequences of the Dominican bank failures of 2003. Dominican Banking Series #9 -- Mejia Says It Right Out Loud: "Banking Fraud" More than a year of virtual silence on Dominican banking frauds has ended with Hipolito Mejia's erudite, detail [...]	2005-08-02 19:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN KJUS PGOV PREL
05SANTODOMINGO3938	ORGANIC MOVEMENT ATTRACTS COFFEE PRODUCERS [...] (U) The following was posted on the Embassy's classified website on June 21: Organic Movement Attracts Coffee Producers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hoy newspaper carried in its weekly economic section on June 12 the title "More Coffeegrowers Join the Boom, in Organic Coffee [...]	2005-08-09 18:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ECON EAGR
05SANTODOMINGO4036	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COAL PLANTS? NOT ANY TIME [...] President Fernandez abruptly put on hold the idea of acquiring two coal-fired generating plants, only days after Radhames Segura, President of the Dominican Corporation of Electricity (CDEEE),gave an upbeat two-hour presentation on the immediate future of coal production. With ongoing sporad [...]	2005-08-19 20:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ENRG ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO4196	DOMINICAN PROGRESS ON IMF STAND-BY [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Regional Director Guy Meredith and Resrep Ousmene Mandeng told DCM and staff on August 24 that things are going generally well for the Dominicans on the macroeconomic side and they foresee no obstacles to completing the combined first and second reviews of the standby. This [...]	2005-09-02 20:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO4606	DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo's response on our democracy promotion strategy for the Dominican Republic is keyed to lettered sub-ticks in para 6 reftel: A. Most important outcomes of the Democracy and Governance reform agenda for the Dominican Republic 1) Government develops, approves an [...]	2005-10-12 14:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO4653	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #1: LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL [...] This is the first in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL CONSULTATION Over the weekend of October 9-10, with a hastily organized grand national seminar Dominican President Leonel Fernndez [...]	2005-10-14 20:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD DR EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4690	MEMCON: THE AMBASSADOR AND THE DOMINICAN [...] (C) On September 29 President Leonel Fernndez received the Ambassador for two hours in the Palace. Fernndez had just finished a four-hour meeting on energy and was unaccompanied. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and USAID director. Topics discussed, mostly at USG initiative, were: [...]	2005-10-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO ETRD SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4759	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CBI BENEFITS FOR THE 2005 [...] The Following information is keyed to reftel questions. ------------------------------------------- WTO and Free Trade Commitments ------------------------------------------ 2. The Dominican Republic signed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) with the United States on Augus [...]	2005-10-24 13:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON DR ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO4946	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #6: HAITIAN MIGRANT [...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series on political events in the second year of the administration of Leonel Fernandez. Haitian Migrant Regularization "Under the Radar" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - While a recent migration-related decision of the Inter-American Court of Hu [...]	2005-11-07 19:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO612	AMERICAN AIRLINES DISPUTE WITH DOMINICAN AIRPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers have raised with Dominican authorities the American Airlines (AA) notification that it will end ground-handling services for all other carriers at Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport (AILA) and will assume self-handling of its flights on April [...]	2005-02-09 17:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KTIA PREL DR CA
05SANTODOMINGO923	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT- DOMINICAN [...] Following is the Investment Climate Statement for the Dominican Republic, chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide. (begin text) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE UPDATE A.1. Openness to foreign investment The Dominican government welcomes foreign investment. However, some [...]	2005-02-23 13:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KTDB EINV ETRD
05SAOPAULO1372	ELDER STATESMAN DELFIM NETTO DISCUSSES PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: PMDB Congressman and elder statesman Antonio Delfim Netto told CG that while President Lula remains personally popular, he needs to start courting the PMDB and the smaller &left light8 parties if he hopes to get re-elected in next October,s elections. Netto said the PSDB/PFL elec [...]	2005-12-15 13:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR BR
05SINGAPORE3324	2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Below is the draft chapter on Singapore for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that, as in the past, Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report. Per reftel instructions, we have emailed the text of the draft repor [...]	2005-11-21 08:49:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SN
05SINGAPORE3469	SINGAPORE 2005 INCSR REPORT PART I -- DRUG AND [...] Paragraph 2 contains Embassy Singapore's submission for the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part I - Drug and Chemical Control. Part II will be submitted septel. 2. Begin Text: I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) effectively enforces its stringen [...]	2005-12-11 23:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR SN
05SINGAPORE3509	SINGAPORE 2006 INCSR SUBMISSION PART II - MONEY [...] Per reftel instructions, Post hereby submits the draft of Part II of the 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. We have also emailed the text of the draft report, in MS Word format and showing changes from last year's version, to INL. Re [...]	2005-12-15 06:15:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER ETTC KTFN EFIN ECON SNAR SN
05SINGAPORE742	SINGAPORE'S SUBMISSION FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This is the second of four messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2005 TIP submission. Para 2 covers the questions on investigations and prosecutions, and para 3 answers the questions on protection and victim assistance. Investigations and Prosecutions ------------------------------- [...]	2005-03-14 08:35:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SN
05SINGAPORE887	SINGAPORE'S OUTREACH TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: For the past year, the Singapore government has talked up a campaign to expand the country's economic and political ties with the Middle East. On the economic front, the GOS wants to expand trade and investment beyond its traditional partners. Politically, Singapore seeks to div [...]	2005-03-23 03:49:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV KTFN PREL PTER SN XD XF XI
05SOFIA1239	BULGARIA: EXTREME NATIONALIST PARTY ENTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extreme nationalist political group Ataka (Attack) won 8.7 percent of the vote in June's general election and became the fourth largest political party in the new parliament which commenced in Sofia July 11. If, as expected, the first three parties form a coalition governme [...]	2005-07-12 12:29:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BU
05SOFIA1561	SENATOR HAGEL MEETS NEW BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Hagel was the first Washington official to meet the new government after the June elections. He stressed energy and investment issues, Bulgaria's strategic importance as an ally in the region that extends eastward, and Bulgaria's need to improve its investment climate by [...]	2005-09-08 16:31:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OVIP PREL OREP ENRG MARR EINV LY BU
05SOFIA1597	ECONOMY MINISTER: BULGARIA TO STAY THE MACRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Beyrle made an introductory call on Roumen Ovcharov, the new Minister of Economy and Energy, on September 12. He stressed USG support for Bulgaria's EU accession in January 2007, as well as continued close cooperation on economic and commercial issues. In the ensuing [...]	2005-09-15 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KIPR ENRG EFIN ETTC PREL BU EUN
05SOFIA1729	ISLAM AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN BULGARIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's large Muslim community is predominantly moderate and traditional, though both foreign and indigenous Islamic extremists are active in the country. Bulgaria's government is officially tolerant, but Muslim minorities and their problems are often ignored by central authori [...]	2005-10-11 14:08:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR BU
05SOFIA1881	BULGARIA DENIES ENTRY TO REV. MOON [...] SUMMARY: Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon was denied permission to enter Bulgaria on October 26 after the MOI deemed his presence "undesirable," citing inability to provide security following the shooting of high-profile banker Emil Kyulev. 2. (SBU) Moon had planned to arrive on Oct [...]	2005-11-02 15:25:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL KIRF BU
05SOFIA1925	2006 BUDGET PROMISED INCREASED SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government approved on October 31 the consolidated draft budget for 2006, which is now undergoing Parliamentary committee hearings. The government plans a balanced budget and introduces a package of measures aimed at sustaining strong economic growth. The budget [...]	2005-11-15 09:08:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI BU
05SOFIA1950	2006 NTE UPDATE FOR BULGARIA [...] The following is Embassy's input for the 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Bulgaria. The text -- including the ranking of barriers -- has been sent electronically to USTR and State (EB). RANKING OF BARRIERS: The following are general range estimates of what the increase in U.S. e [...]	2005-11-21 14:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON KIPR BEXP EAGR PGOV BU
05SOFIA766	CONTINUED CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Bulgarian criminal activity already has a direct and increasing impact on the United States, which is likely to continue even after Bulgaria's planned EU entry in 2007. Embassy Sofia requests continued U.S. criminal justice assistance following SEED graduation in FY06. Current U.S [...]	2005-04-21 14:02:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID ASEC PREL BU
05TAIPEI1152	Taiwan's 2004 Balance of Payments [...] In 2004 Taiwan's balance of payments (BOP) posted a surplus of US$26.6 billion, resulting from its trade surplus, earnings from foreign exchange reserves, and capital inflows prompted by continued Taiwan Dollar (NTD) appreciation against the USD. The stronger NTD appears to be cutting into [...]	2005-03-16 08:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
05TAIPEI153	Taiwan: 2004 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the Taiwan Investment Climate Statement for 2004, as requested reftel. A copy has been transmitted by e-mail to EB/OIA. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. Taiwan officially welcomes foreign direct [...]	2005-01-14 06:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON TW
05TAIPEI17	TAIWAN: 2005 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The U.S. trade deficit with Taiwan was $14.2 billion in 2003, up $385 million from 2002. U.S. goods exports during the same period were $ 17.4 billion, down 5.1 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Taiwan were $31.6 billion, down 1.7 percent. Taiwan is the 9th la [...]	2005-01-04 06:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KTDB TW KPRP
05TAIPEI1797	VICE PREMIER URGES U.S. TO STUDY FTA WITH TAIWAN [...] (C) In an April 13 meeting, Taiwan's Vice Premier Wu Rong-I told AIT/T Econ Section Chief that Premier Frank Hsieh would maintain most of the economic policies of his predecessor. He also outlined the government goals for financial reform, which focus on bank consolidation, and fiscal policy [...]	2005-04-15 06:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW CH
05TAIPEI2163	ENSURING TAIWAN INSURANCE [...] (C) Summary: The challenges facing Taiwan's insurance sector include high guaranteed benefits, low earnings on investments, and intense competition. Downward pressure on the Taiwan insurance sector's overall capital position is made more worrisome by the lack of a market exit mechanism and i [...]	2005-05-13 09:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR TW
05TAIPEI2420	SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN KENNEDY [...] (U) The United States has maintained unofficial relations with Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979. The TRA commits the United States to offer defensive weapons to Taiwan, now the second largest purchaser of U.S. weapons systems in the world. Taiwan is governed by a multi-party [...]	2005-06-02 09:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA TW
05TAIPEI2434	Economic Briefing for May 2005 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in May 2005: -- Lowest Growth since 2003 -- FRF Funds Increased, But Not Enough -- Plans to Relax Cross-Strait Investment Restrictions -- ICPI Discusses Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reform -- HIV/AIDS Infections Skyrocke [...]	2005-06-06 00:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW ESTH
05TAIPEI2565	CROSS-STRAIT TOURISM - INDUSTRY HAS HIGH [...] (C) The PRC has announced plans to allow the general public to visit Taiwan as tourists. The reaction in Taiwan's tourism industry has been enthusiastic, with Taiwan's tourism stock index increasing 37 percent since late April. A mixed Taiwan government reaction has delayed rapid implementat [...]	2005-06-10 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI2653	AMCHAM WHITE PAPER FOCUSES ON HUMAN RESOURCE AND [...] (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei's (Amcham) 2005 White Paper focuses primarily on human resources and public health. It urges steps that would enable firms operating in Taiwan to hire more foreign employees, including PRC nationals - both to relieve manpower shortages and inte [...]	2005-06-16 09:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV TW
05TAIPEI2689	MA CAMPAIGN FALTERING [...] (C) Summary: Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou's campaign for the KMT Chairmanship appears to be faltering, despite Ma's continued lead in the polls. Early optimism within Ma's camp has evaporated as the KMT machine, backed by Lien Chan and his advisors, has mobilized behind Legislative Yuan (LY) Spe [...]	2005-06-20 09:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
05TAIPEI2690	"CHINA TIMES" COMMENTARY DISCUSSES THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-21 00:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW

05TAIPEI2835	Soft Business Performance Spills to Q2 of 2005 [...] Taiwan's soft economic performance from the first quarter of 2005 spilled over into the second quarter. Weak world demand for Taiwan products has driven y-o-y export growth in May 2005 to a new low and manufacturing posted its most significant contraction since SARS attacked Taiwan in early [...]	2005-06-29 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW

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