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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06KHARTOUM1230MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL ENVOY LAKHDAR BRAHIMI
[...] (C) Summary: On May 25 CDA Hume at his request met with UN Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to discuss prospects of transition to a UN peace-keeping force in Darfur. Brahimi was accompanied by A/SYG for peacekeeping, Hedi Annabi. During the 90 minute meeting Brahimi sought USG views on the viab [...]
2006-05-24 12:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1253SITREP 10 (D-DAY+9): DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Inter-SLA Birmaza Fighting Continues -- Sudan Accepts Joint assessment Mission -- Charge Holds Follow-Up with Kingibe -- AMIS Delivers draft CONOPS [...]
2006-05-25 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO EAID UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1254AU HEAD OF MISSION AGREES TO USG SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) On May 26 CDA Hume, accompanied by USAID Director Almquist and OTI Officer Jeanne Briggs, met AU Head of Mission Kingibe to discuss USG support for Darfur implementation. Following up on his discussion earlier in the week (REF A),Hume reiterated that the USG thought it was urgent to ste [...]
2006-05-25 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1255DATE OF GNU-EAST TALKS; JUNE 13
[...] (U) On May 24 Vice President Taha and his delegation traveled to Asmara to discuss the plans for the GNU-Eastern Front negotiations with Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki. According to the UN and the Dutch Embassy, the GNU and the Eastern Front have agreed to begin procedural talks on June 13 [...]
2006-05-25 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1256NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Joseph Okelo who outlined the procedures for passing laws in the National Assembly. The National Assembly is currently hearing testimony from each Ministry about their previous and future activities. However, Okelo doubted thi [...]
2006-05-26 07:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ER SU
06KHARTOUM1257SUDAN: PRESS REFLECTS ON DARFUR DEVELOPMENTS,
[...] SUMMARY. Sudanese press commentaries suggest growing consensus in favor of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Opposition continues, however, to the proposed transition from African Union (AU) to UN peacekeepers in Darfur (something explored with the Sudan Government this week by UN Special Env [...]
2006-05-26 12:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM1262 Sudan/Darfur - Minni returns to Darfur; meets
[...] In a meeting with Roger Winter, Kate Almquist, and Brian D'Silva on Friday, May 26, First Vice President Salva Kiir reported that he had invited Abdul Wahid to meet with him somewhere in southern Sudan before May 31 to reiterate and urge Wahid to sign the DPA. Kiir also extended a meeting in [...]
2006-05-30 07:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1264SUDAN/CHAD: MFA WARNS CHARGE OVER CHAD SPOILING DPA
[...] (C) On May 30, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Americas Department Ambassador Osman El Diridieri summoned the Charge to discuss security threats to the DPA. Diridieri thanked the United States for its support in achieving the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and said that it wou [...]
2006-05-30 11:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL CD SU
06KHARTOUM1282SITREP 12: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The following cable outlines current activities and events relating to the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA): -- Kiir,s Mini-Summit: June 2 -- Minawi Tours North Darfur -- AU Describes Needs for Peace Secretariat -- UNMIS Outlines Thinking on Transition -- DL [...]
2006-05-31 09:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SU MOPS KPKO AU
06KHARTOUM1285SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 14:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU MOPS KPKO NATO MARR AU
06KHARTOUM1300SUDAN/IRAN: POINTS ON NUCLEAR ISSUE PASSED
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA America's desk head, Ambassador Dirdiri, on June 5. Charge stressed the importance of the evolution of U.S. policy on the Iran nuclear issue, as well as our unhappiness with the NAM statement. 2. (C) Charge noted the significance of the P5 plus [...]
2006-06-05 09:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR SU
06KHARTOUM1304 Sudan/Darfur - Ibok and Kingibe Describe
[...] Summary: AU's Ibok and Kingibe discussed with Embassy further steps related to DPA implementation, including support for the "peace secretariats." There will be a "signing ceremony" Wednesday in Addis for 40-60 individuals for whom Declarations of Accession to the DPA have been especially [...]
2006-06-05 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV AU SU
06KHARTOUM1308SUDAN/CPA: NCP AND SPLM HOLD THREE-DAY OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Summary. From May 26-29 the NCP and the SPLM discussed CPA implementation; according to a participant the session began somewhat acrimoniously but warmed throughout. Vice President Salva Kiir highlighted three main CPA issues; security, oil revenue transparency, and Abyei. President Bas [...]
2006-06-05 11:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1322 SOUTHERN SUDAN: LATEST INFORMATION ON THE LORD,S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ugandan officials have confirmed that the GOU has accepted the concept of contact with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA),but they were uncertain on the modalities. An initial meeting was postponed due to Vice President Machar,s travel to Khartoum but is expected to take place [...]
2006-06-05 14:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG
06KHARTOUM1341SUDAN: TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM1359 SUDAN: Update on U.S. Government Support for
[...] (SBU) As described in previous cable traffic, U.S. Government priorities for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation are three-fold: (1) quickly disseminate information about the content of the DPA to counter confusion and anger among Sudanese due to misinformation or lack of information; [...]
2006-06-08 09:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI SU MOPS KPKO AU
06KHARTOUM1361 DARFUR - SLA HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR'S ARREST
[...] On May 20, the Minni Minawi faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) faction allegedly arrested former SLA humanitarian coordinator Sulayman Jamus for the second time since February 2006. Initial conflicting reports on his arrest and speculation on his current situation are a main topic [...]
2006-06-08 10:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1362SUDAN/UN SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT: STROKING THE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. The UN Security Council held a series of meetings in Khartoum on June 6, including with President Bashir and FM Lam Akol. SRSG Jan Pronk counseled the group to be aware of Sudan's sensitivities with regard to international intervention and Sudan's sovereignty as it p [...]
2006-06-08 10:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC SU
06KHARTOUM1367SUDAN/DARFUR: FM LAM AKOL ON IMPLEMENTATION, THE
[...] (C) Summary: FM Lam Akol told Charge and USAID director on June 7 that, within the context of trilateral consultations among the GNU, UN, and AU, discussions would now proceed on a transition to UN peacekeeping. Sudan had always said there could be role for the UN after a peace agreement w [...]
2006-06-09 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL SU PGOV
06KHARTOUM1368SOUTH SUDAN: VISIT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO JUBA
[...] Summary. The UN Security Council paid a whirlwind visit to Juba on June 8. Led by UK Permanent Representative Emyr Jones Parry, the delegation spent much of its time in meeting with United Nations staff. The only other meetings were with GoSS President Kiir and Vice President Machar and sel [...]
2006-06-09 12:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM EPET SU UN PREL
06KHARTOUM1389AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...]
2006-06-12 11:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1391AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS ON AMIS TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 briefing of the diplomatic community, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guehenno said their joint mission seeks to strengthen AMIS and prepare for a possible transition to a UN peacekeeping operati [...]
2006-06-12 12:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1396LRA NEGOTIATORS IN TOWN; UGANDANS YET TO COME
[...] (C) Summary: On June 7, CG met with David Pulkol, Chairman of the Africa Leadership Institute in Kampala and the former GOU Director of External Intelligence. Pulkol explained that he had come to Juba on behalf of President Museveni for two reasons ) to encourage the GoSS to stick with CPA [...]
2006-06-12 16:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM UG SU
06KHARTOUM1397SOUTHERN SUDAN: WHITE NILE AND TOTAL SHOWING
[...] (C) CG encountered White Nile Petroleum, Ltd. (WNL) Managing Director Phil Ward on June 7. Ward said that a UK court had ruled that both WNL and Total must disclose their records to the court and to each other. Ward predicted that Total, which must divulge records dating from 1980, had burn [...]
2006-06-13 07:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EINV PREL PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM1402DARFUR: UN PKO WORRIED ABOUT AU/UN TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The UN is worried about the transition from an AU to a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, UN Peacekeeping Under SYG Guehenno confided to the Charge on June 12. Guehenno hopes to both bolster the current AU force and pave the way for a UN deployment in January 2007 -- difficult enou [...]
2006-06-13 14:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU UN AU
06KHARTOUM1403MEETING WITH YASSIR ARMAN ON EASTERN SUDAN,
[...] (C) Charge Hume met with SPLM parliamentary leader Yassir Arman on June 13. Arman was hurrying to the airport to fly to Asmara for the opening of the Eritrean-sponsored talks on eastern Sudan. He expected the opening round to last for perhaps a week. The Sudanese delegation included former F [...]
2006-06-13 17:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR US ER SU
06KHARTOUM1410MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS DENG ALOR
[...] (C) Summary: At the request of CDA Hume, Minister Deng Alor intervened on behalf of pending USG visa requests. Acting FM Karti said he would authorize issuance of the visas, pending receipt of further details on these persons. (Note: Subsequent to the meeting, MFA advised that the visas wou [...]
2006-06-14 11:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1412 Sudanese Bar Association Dean Calls for Release
[...] On June 13, Fathi Khalil, Dean of the Sudanese Bar Association, renewed his call for the release of ASudanese national Sami al-Haj from Guantanamo, where he has apparently been held for over four years. In a symposium organized by the Al-Jazeera television channel office in Khartoum in coope [...]
2006-06-14 13:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER US SU
06KHARTOUM1427 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary and background: On June 13, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur, the first meeting following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Para 2 presents the notes of Lt. Col. Lee Manning, the U.S. CFC Observer; para 3 is the text of the [...]
2006-06-15 14:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1428 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary and background: On June 13, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur, the first meeting following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Para 2 presents the notes of Lt. Col. Lee Manning, the U.S. CFC Observer; para 3 is the text of the Ju [...]
2006-06-16 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1429AU THINKING ABOUT DARFUR-DARFUR DIALOGUE, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The AU has not yet identified a suitable candidate to lead the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue, AU Special Representative Kingibe told CDA Hume, but it has started thinking about possible candidates, as well as models for discussions. Kingibe also thanked the United States for a recent [...]
2006-06-17 13:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1439SUDAN/DARFUR: FUR TRIBAL LEADERS READY FOR PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SLA/W Leader Abdel Wahid Nur may yet sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, Fur tribal leaders told CDA Hume on June 14. Hume emphasized the USG,s encouragement and support for the peace process, pointing out President Bush,s personal letter to Nur. The leaders -- including some who [...]
2006-06-19 07:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1458 SUDAN/DARFUR: President Bashir Voices Strong
[...] Summary. In the past two days, President Bashir has spoken out in harsh and negative terms against a UN PKO presence in Darfur. The language is very combative, even for Bashir. End Summary. 2. President Omar al-Bashir has voiced his strong opposition on June 20 to any deployment of in [...]
2006-06-21 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AL UN SU
06KHARTOUM1459UN PEACEKEEPING USYG GUEHENNO SEEES AU FALTERING
[...] (C) Summary: UN USYG Guehenno told CDA Hume that, although the situation in Darfur had improved in the wake of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),the AU mission was weak and liable to falter. The U.S. should make sure that the upcoming African summit backed transition to the UN in no uncertain [...]
2006-06-21 16:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN SU AU
06KHARTOUM1460CHARGE'S VISIT TO DARFUR: SIX WEEKS AFTER DPA, A
[...] (C) Summary: A tentative peace has emerged in Darfur six weeks after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement. However, more must be done to create security around IDP camps and build confidence in the peace process. Some attacks between rebel groups continue, and banditry remains rife. Go [...]
2006-06-21 18:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1469 Sudan/CPA: AEC receives briefing on SPLM/NCP
[...] (SBU) Paragraph 3 contains the final Joint Communique from the recently held NCP/SPLM senior level meetings (reftel). At the Assessment and Evaluation Committee meeting on June 20, both sides were invited to brief the results of the meeting. For the NCP, Sayed el-Khatib, Director of the Ce [...]
2006-06-22 12:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1474PRESIDENT BASHIR TELLS UN AND AU THAT NO TO UN PKO
[...] (C) Immediately after UN Guehenno's and AU Djinnit's carefully worded, but not entirely forthcoming, briefing to 30 or so diplomats afternoon of June 22 on the AU/UN assessment mission, DCM pulled SRSG Pronk aside and asked him what had actually transpired at the meeting among the AU, UN, and [...]
2006-06-22 15:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPKO MOPS AU SU
06KHARTOUM1475SUDAN/DARFUR: SUDAN REJECTS UN PKO; UN DEVISES
[...] (C) Summary: In separate readouts, joint AU-UN Technical Assessment Mission officials stated that Sudan had decided not to permit a transition from the African Union Mission to Sudan to a UN peacekeeping operation, and a UN military planner provided details about its plans for a transition to [...]
2006-06-22 18:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1477SOMALIA: TFG, UIC REACH AGREEMENT, PARTIES TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Yusuf said the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts agreed on June 22 to cease hostilities, recognize each other, and meet again in Arab League-sponsored talks in Khartoum on July 15. He characterized the Union as a complex, multi-faceted orga [...]
2006-06-23 11:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SO US AL SU
06KHARTOUM1478MINAWI UPBEAT ON PEACE IN DARFUR, BUT NOT IN CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: SLA/M leader Minawi told the Charge he has had few problems since signing the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). However, Minawi,s troops continue to be harassed by Chadian militiamen and JEM forces in West Darfur. Minawi agreed to release Suleiman Jamous to his family under AU and [...]
2006-06-23 12:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNM AU CH SU
06KHARTOUM1484SOUTH SUDAN VP MACHAR OUTLINES TALKS WITH LORD'S
[...] (C) Summary: Fifteen Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiators in Juba are still awaiting the arrival of a Ugandan delegation for peace talks, Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar told the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on June 23. The group -- which does not include any of t [...]
2006-06-25 14:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM1485SUDAN/DARFUR: CHARGE PRESSES KIIR ON UN
[...] (C) Following a June 23 Assessment and Evaluation Commission meeting in Juba, CDA Hume pressed First Vice President Salva Kiir to use his influence to gain approval for a UN peackeeping deployment in Darfur. "President Beshir asked the United States to help him in Darfur, but now he says he d [...]
2006-06-25 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1488DARFUR: JAMOUS OUT; UNMIS FLIGHT OPERATIONS DOWN
[...] (C) SLA/M Leader Mini Minawi released former SLA/M humanitarian coordinator Suleiman Jamous to UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) officials in North Darfur on June 22, as promised (reftel). Jamous did not appear to have been mistreated while in custody, according to UNMIS, but does suffer from a bad [...]
2006-06-26 11:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SU UN
06KHARTOUM1491DARFUR: JAMOUS OUT; UNMIS FLIGHT OPERATIONS DOWN
[...] (C) SLA/M Leader Mini Minawi released former SLA/M humanitarian coordinator Suleiman Jamous to UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) officials in North Darfur on June 22, as promised (reftel). Jamous did not appear to have been mistreated while in custody, according to UNMIS, but does suffer from a bad [...]
2006-06-26 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SU UN
06KHARTOUM1500SOUTH SUDAN: ASSESSMENT COMMISSION FINDS
[...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) found much frustration but some hope during a three day visit to Juba, June 22-24. Eleven Commission members, including CDA Hume, met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir, [...]
2006-06-27 05:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM1515SPLA SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES CRISIS BREWING IN
[...] (C) Summary: The National Congress Party has lost the political will to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, while the Sudan People's Liberation Movement lacks the capacity to deliver a peace dividend, SPLM/A S ecretary-General Pagan Amum told the Charge on June 23. Though a crisis in [...]
2006-06-27 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR SU
06KHARTOUM1534SLM DENIES MEDIA REPORT OF SUSPENSION OF DPA
[...] (SBU) On June 28, online news service Sudan Tribune posted an article dated June 27 stating that the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) headed by Mini Minawi had suspended implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). Alluding to a press release, which was neither re-printed nor made other [...]
2006-06-28 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU SU
06KHARTOUM1537SOUTH SUDAN: ASSESSMENT COMMISSION FINDS
[...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) found much frustration but some hope during a three day visit to Juba, June 22-24. Eleven Commission members, including CDA Hume, met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir, [...]
2006-06-29 10:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM1538DARFUR DPA SUPPORT TEAM FIRST IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial impressions from an orientation tour for the DPA Support Team to El Fasher confirmed the DPA implementation faces many challenges. There is no visible sign of DPA implementation taking place on the ground. The most significant contributing factors are a lack of AMIS cap [...]
2006-06-29 10:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1539ABDULWAHID NUR MAY BE READY TO SIGN DARFUR PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: SLA/M leader Abdulwahid Nur may be ready to sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, his father-in-law, Abdulgassem Seif al-Din, told CDA Hume on June 29. Abdulwahid ha7 Q:"Tr U.S. support in flying to Asmara to meet Abdulwahid as early as July 1; Post is working with USAID/OTI to make [...]
2006-06-29 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1542SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS DELEGATES IN KHARTOUM EXPRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a chance meeting in Khartoum on June 24, Somali delegates of the Islamic Courts movement asked Emboff to convey their views to the U.S. Government. They argued that, despite perceived U.S. hostility, they were not anti-American, and actually wanted, above all, to open contac [...]
2006-06-29 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR SO SU
06KHARTOUM1545SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS DELEGATES IN KHARTOUM EXPRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a chance meeting in Khartoum on June 24, Somali delegates of the Islamic Courts movement asked Emboff to convey their views to the U.S. Government. They argued that, despite perceived U.S. hostility, they were not anti-American, and actually wanted, above all, to open contac [...]
2006-06-29 16:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR SO SU
06KHARTOUM1548SUDAN: UN SUPPORT FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite GNU opposition to UNPKO in Darfur, the UN is preparing several avenues of support for the DPA, including transferring resources to the AU and seconding staff. It also hopes to coordinate other donor DPA support, such as the two recently arrived UK media advisors. Top [...]
2006-07-02 12:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO PGOV SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1549UN SRSYG PRONK BLOG CRITIQUES DPA
[...] (C) Summary: Media accounts of UN SRSYG Pronk's weblog selectively quote him as calling for re-writing of the Darfur Peace Agreement, and criticizing the agreement for not including the Abdel Wahid SLM faction and the African Union for its limited capacity to implement the agreement. A fulle [...]
2006-07-02 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1550SUDAN: AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FM DISCUSSES DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary: Australian Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd discussed security and humanitarian access issues with the Charge on June 29. The discussion included the possibility of China's assuming a constructive role in Darfur in addition to its current economic partnership with [...]
2006-07-02 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV SOCI MARR AU AS SU
06KHARTOUM1559 SUDAN/DARFUR: SPLM REJECTS BASHIR'S POSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: First VP Salva Kiir and other key leaders of the SPLM have publicly announced that they have no objection to UN peacekeeping in Darfur. They add that they were not consulted by the NCP with regard to President Bashir's enunciation of a strong rejection of a transition to the U [...]
2006-07-03 10:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI PINR PREL AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1560DPA IMPLEMENTATION: NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge chaired a meeting of AU partner representatives July 1 on next steps in DPA implementation. The participants agreed the challenges included institutional weakness on the part of the AU, the continued issue of non-signatories, and the uncertainty of AMIS to UN PKO transitio [...]
2006-07-03 12:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1561SUDAN,S RESPONSE ON NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ARB
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on July 3 to Magdy al-Mufaddal, Acting Deputy Director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Magdy replied that he would forward the information to the MFA'S Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, as well as the national intell [...]
2006-07-03 12:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINR KAWC US SU
06KHARTOUM1562STILL A CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACEKEEPING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is still a chance for negotiations with the UN on peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 3, though the objective should be peace, not the deployment of UN peackeepers. Conditions on the ground had improved since the signing of [...]
2006-07-03 14:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1563MINNI MINAWI: ENCOURAGES DPA SUPPORT, CRITICIZES
[...] (C) Summary: During three days of a visit by S/CRS Officer Wilson, SLM leader Minni Minawi said he was speaking to villagers to encourage their support for the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),criticized AMIS for slow implementation of the DPA, asked for U.S. DPA security arrangements verifiers, [...]
2006-07-03 16:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1565DARFUR: BASHIR WANTS DIALOGUE ON PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir wants to open a dialogue with the United States about peacekeeping in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 5. In a previously unscheduled meeting -- which Magzoub had urgently requested only hours before -- Magzoub said he [...]
2006-07-05 09:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU US AU UN
06KHARTOUM1566SUDAN: MINNI MINAWI'S THOUGHTS ON HIS TRIP TO
[...] (SBU) The following report is from Tod Wilson, with Minawi in Dafur. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minni indicated that he was bringing an eclectic group consisting of political officials, businessmen, military and civil servants. He said that the visit should not extend past 10 days. Minni desir [...]
2006-07-05 11:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM1567 UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...]
2006-07-05 12:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU
06KHARTOUM1568 UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...]
2006-07-05 12:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU
06KHARTOUM1572HAMRA AL-SHEIKH INCIDENT: GNU SEEKS CONDEMNATION
[...] (C) Summary: A July 3 attack on Hamra al-Sheikh, North Kordofan State, by the JEM resulted in the deaths of at least 12 individuals and significant property damage. The Sudanese Armed Forces repulsed the attack with helicopter gunships and Antonov bombers. The Sudanese Government believes th [...]
2006-07-05 12:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR CD ER AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1573SOMALIA: MFA READOUT ON SOMALI TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Arab Affairs Mabrouk described the June 21-22 Somali talks in Khartoum as achieving a breakthrough, reflecting mutual interest in restoring a united Somalia. He described the tone as cordial and committed. Clarifying Sudan's role in the talks as facilitator and [...]
2006-07-05 12:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SO US AL SU
06KHARTOUM1574 SLA/NRF Statement on Hamra al-Sheikh Attack
[...] Reftel detailed the July 3 rebel attack on the North Kordofan town of Hamra al-Sheikh and the subsequent interest by the GNU to gain support in condemning the incident. On July 5, two Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) field commanders associated with Abdel Wahid but claiming to speak for the Nat [...]
2006-07-05 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS SOCI AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1588GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN PREPARING FOR JULY 18 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: President Bashir has endorsed the proposal for a high-level government of Sudan delegation to meet with A/S Frazer in Brussels on July 18. Bashir remains committed to improving relations with the United States and to implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement. CDA Hume repeat [...]
2006-07-08 09:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1590 UPDATE ON SITUATION IN THE EAST AND CONCERNS OVER HAMESH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN and international partners are optimistic following the conclusion of the first round of talks in Asmara between the Eastern Front and Sudanese Government under Eritrean mediation. The signing of the Declaration of Principles and Cessation of Hostilities agreement were g [...]
2006-07-08 14:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ER SU UN
06KHARTOUM1591 UPDATE ON SITUATION IN THE EAST AND CONCERNS OVER HAMESH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN and international partners are optimistic following the conclusion of the first round of talks in Asmara between the Eastern Front and Sudanese Government under Eritrean mediation. The signing of the Declaration of Principles and Cessation of Hostilities agreement were g [...]
2006-07-08 14:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ER SU UN
06KHARTOUM1595ESTABLISHING AN EMBASSY FIELD PRESENCE IN EL FASHER --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: ARC officers established a rudimentary field presence in El Fasher with communications, transportation, and working capabilities adequate in the short term. Limitations to medium and long term operations include the [...]
2006-07-09 11:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AMGT US SU
06KHARTOUM1610MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary: On June 30, CG met with Einar Risa, a petroleum advisor supplied to Sudan and the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) by the Norwegian Government. Risa described his scope of work and commented on prices, production and transport costs of Sudanese petroleum, as well as the chall [...]
2006-07-09 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV EFIN PREL EAID SU
06KHARTOUM1612UGANDAN CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES THE LRA
[...] (C) Summary: On June 27, CG met with newly arrived Ugandan Consul General, Ambassador Busho Ndinyenka. The Ugandan CG complained Vice President Riek Machar continued to overplay his hand by allowing LRA fighters to move back onto Sudanese soil and by continuing to inflate the size of the LRA [...]
2006-07-10 06:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PINR PHUM UG SU
06KHARTOUM1613 EL FASHER DPA IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The El Fasher DPA Implementation Office is still two weeks away from opening. While AMIS is engaged in the logistical aspects of the facility, they have neither the staffing capabilities nor policy guidance to move the operation forward. AMIS appears willing to accept support a [...]
2006-07-10 08:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AMGT AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1619 Friday Prayers Address U.S. Condemnation of Kordofan
[...] (SBU) Summary: July 7 prayers at a Khartoum mosque praised U.S. condemnation of the July 3 rebel attack in Hamra al-Sheikh in Kordofan, yet linked the response to perceived U.S. apprehensions arising from North Korean missiles and a purported shift in the world balance of power. End summary. [...]
2006-07-10 08:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI NK US SU
06KHARTOUM1621UPDATE ON THE PETROLEUM SECTOR IN THE SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Total has offered a fallback position on Superbloc B in Southern Sudan that would give the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) an equal cut with the Government of National Unity (GoNU). Total continues to insist that it will not buy out the interests of White Nile, Ltd. (WNL),w [...]
2006-07-10 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ECON EINV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1628GNU ON BRUSSELS CONFERENCE AND U.S.-SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: GNU officials Presidential Advisor Ismail and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Al-Wassila expressed the Government's interest in improving the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship, and in taking advantage of the July 18 AMIS donor's conference in Brussels to hold discussions with A [...]
2006-07-11 16:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1632AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: A security crisis is approaching in Darfur, and the AU peacekeepers are not taking charge of the situation. A wide variety of reporters -- civilian contractors, BBC journalists, INGO workers, and others -- have been filing unconfirmed reports of clashes between SLA/Minawi for [...]
2006-07-11 17:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1633SITUATION IN SUDAN DURING REAR ADMIRAL HUNT VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: CJTF-HOA Commander, Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, visited Khartoum and El Fasher, Sudan, from 9-10 July 2006. During the visit, Charge d'Affaires Cameron Hume and Admiral Hunt met with UNMIS Force Commander Lieutenant General Jasbir Lidder and discussed the deteriorating situation [...]
2006-07-11 17:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1634AMIS INACTIVITY AND THE SECURITY CRISIS IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 17:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV MOPS AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM1635SLM ADVANCE TEAM PROVIDES UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The SLM advance team, now in place in Khartoum, numbers around 112 individuals. Chairman Abdul Karim noted its efforts to propagate the Darfur Peace Agreement and welcomed U.S. Government efforts to advance its implementation. The SLM seeks African Union support for the process [...]
2006-07-11 17:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1643 UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE INCHES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar will return from Maridi on July 12, where he traveled to meet with Lord's Resistance Army leaders. Ugandan Consulate officials say that the Ugandan delegation is prepared to travel as soon as Machar returns and conf [...]
2006-07-12 11:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PTER UG SU
06KHARTOUM1650SOUTHERN SUDAN: APPROXIMATE TROOP STRENGTH AND
[...] (C) Summary: We have obtained from a contractor (strictly protect) involved in the Sudan People,s Liberation Army Transformation (SPLAT) Project the troop strength and heavy weapons inventory of the SPLA. As long suspected, SPLA numbers are far below those previously claimed by senior SPLM o [...]
2006-07-12 15:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1652AMIS INTEL REPORT OUTLINES RISE OF NRF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: An AMIS intelligence report details the evolution of the National Redemption Front (NRF),formed in May 2006 by elements of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Movement/Abdel Wahid faction (but not Abdel Wahid himself),and the Sudan Federal D [...]
2006-07-13 15:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR PHUM US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1659DPA IMPLEMENTATION: AU ADMITS DRAMATIC LACK OF
[...] (C) Summary and recommendations: In a frank three- hour discussion among the donors, UNMIS deputy, and AU DPA implementer Sam Ibok, it became clear that the AU was dramatically understaffed and underfunded to lead DPA implementation. Ibok admitted that he will be totally reliant on the UN an [...]
2006-07-13 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1666WORKING WITH CHINA TO SECURE A UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) Post welcomes USUN's suggestion to work with China on securing a UNSC resolution for peacekeeping in Darfur. We believe such an approach is best made in New York, but we are ready to work with our Chinese colleagues in Khartoum, and encourage similar U.S.-PRC discussions in Washington and [...]
2006-07-14 17:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU CH UN AU
06KHARTOUM1667SUDAN ADMITS AU PEACKEEPING COLLAPSING, BUT NOT
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan fully recognizes that the African Union is not meeting its responsibilities in Darfur, Presidential Advisor Magzoub Al-Khalifa told CDA Hume on July 15. The AU is not acting to implement the Darfur Peace Agreement, and the Government has pushed the AU to make basic decisi [...]
2006-07-15 10:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1668UPDATE ON DARFUR VIOLENCE: FORCES GATHER AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SLM/A leader Minni Minawi reports that forces, including Chadian regulars, have crossed the Chadian border to link with JEM and G-19 troops to attack Minawi,s positions northwest of Birmaza. He is concerned that the international community is not doing enough to support the Darf [...]
2006-07-15 12:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US CH AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1671 DELIVERY OF FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S LETTERS
[...] (SBU) Per refs, Post received on July 9 a letter signed July 7 by then Deputy Secretary Zoellick for deliver to Sudan's VP's Kiir and Taha, with a cc to Presidential advisor Magzoub al Khalifa. 2. (SBU) Letter to Kiir was delivered to his staff in Juba on July 13. Letter to Taha was deli [...]
2006-07-16 07:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SU
06KHARTOUM1674NO. DARFUR UNMIS OFFICE ON DDDC, SECURITY, & HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The North Darfur UNMIS office is moving cautiously in promoting the DDDC, acknowledging a lack of coordination between the UN and the AU. Local UNOCHA staff express concern that the international community's "preferential" treatment accorded to Minni Minawi is further undermini [...]
2006-07-16 11:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO PREL PREF PHUM UN AU US SU
06KHARTOUM1675 UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE OPENS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir hosted the formal July 14 opening of the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). The head of the Ugandan delegation delivered brief, conciliatory remarks that [...]
2006-07-16 11:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV PTER UG SU
06KHARTOUM1682SLM/A-MINAWI REQUESTS UN INTERCESSION ON BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SLM/A leader Minawi reports that more forces are preparing to cross the Chadian border and move against his positions. Circumstantial evidence suggests fighting continues in North Darfur, although at a lower level of intensity that during the previous week. AMIS and UNMIS are u [...]
2006-07-17 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1684 UPDATE ON UGANDA-LRA TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) has made limited progress to date. On July 16 the parties agreed to basic ground rules and exchanged opening position papers, which were rep [...]
2006-07-17 13:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1699UNSR PRONK CONSULTS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 15 consultation with the diplomatic community, UN Special Representative Jan Pronk characterized AMIS as weak and unable to address the realities in Darfur, which now featured fighting among SLM factions. He faulted the Ceasefire Commission and said that Darfur Pea [...]
2006-07-18 07:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1712SUDAN: KEY ISSUES FACING SALVA KIIR ON THE EVE OF
[...] (C) The following summarizes some key issues currently facing Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir on the eve of his Washington visit: -- Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Implementation -- Darfur Involvement/U [...]
2006-07-18 09:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1716DARFUR AND DPA IMPLEMENTATION ON THE EVE OF MINNI
[...] (C) On the eve of Minni Minawi's visit to Washington, the security situation in Darfur is fragile, and DPA implementation is off to a slow start. The AU and AMIS are showing a disturbing lack of capacity and energy in security and political areas. The issue of transition to UN PKO still loo [...]
2006-07-18 15:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1718 Sudan Economic Round-Up, July 1-15, 2006
[...] Statistics released by the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) show that between 1999 and 2004, Sudan accumulated a total USD 9 billion in foreign investment. In 2005, USD 3.2 billion in foreign investment was added to the total, and the Ministry of Investment expects another USD 5 billion in 2006. [...]
2006-07-18 17:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN EPET ECON EAID ELTN SU
06KHARTOUM1723 First Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation
[...] The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civil Affairs unit held the first in a series of planned workshops to launch conflict resolution initiatives through the Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) process in Nyala, South Darfur, on July 5. The primary goal of the workshop was to review th [...]
2006-07-19 09:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM1725 JOINT COMMISSION MEETING TO BE CONVENED AFTER
[...] In a letter dated July 16, the African Union office in Khartoum has informed the Embassy that a meeting of the Joint Commission will be convened at an unspecified date after the conclusion of the Brussels pledging conference. 2. The full text of the letter follows: (Begin text) Joint [...]
2006-07-19 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PGOV MOPS EAID AU SU
06KHARTOUM1726 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary and background: On July 17, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. Observer. Noteworthy is that the Sudanese Government apparently submitted its Disarmament, Demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) plan for the Ja [...]
2006-07-19 12:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1746SUDANESE STAGE PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF LEBANON, DENOUNCE
[...] (U) Reuters has reported, and Embassy Pol/Econ FSNs have confirmed, that approximately 400 Sudanese staged a protest outside the Lebanese embassy on July 19, condemning the Israeli air strikes and calling on Arabs to fight the Jewish state in solidarity. The protesters, many carrying pictures [...]
2006-07-20 13:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI UN SU IS PA LE
06KHARTOUM1756MFA DDR UPDATE: UNREPENTANT ARAB TRIBAL REPS DENY
[...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Embassy officers and DLO attended a briefing at the MFA for the international community by representatives of the Arab Shura Council of North Darfur organized by the Commission for Northern Darfur Disarmament. Instead of an informative presentation on the status of t [...]
2006-07-23 10:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1772DISCOURAGING AU MEETING WITH G-19 RAISES MANY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU DPA implementation lead Ambassador Sam Ibok held a harrowing, but fruitless meeting with members of the G-19 SLM/A-Minawi breakaway group. The G-19 sees little utility in engaging with the African Union (AU),which they believe will soon be replaced by a UN peacekeeping operat [...]
2006-07-24 12:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO PGOV US AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1773WORLD BANK AND GOSS AT LOGGERHEADS OVER JUBA ROADS
[...] (C) Summary: Since canceling two roads contracts over transparency and accountability issues (reftel),the World Bank (IBRD) has received both public and private criticism from officials from the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS). The IBRD/MDTF officials in Juba have started a campaign to c [...]
2006-07-24 12:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EBUD PREL EAID IBRD SU
06KHARTOUM1774WORLD BANK AND GOSS AT LOGGERHEADS OVER JUBA ROADS
[...] (C) Summary: Since canceling two roads contracts over transparency and accountability issues (reftel),the World Bank (IBRD) has received both public and private criticism from officials from the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS). The IBRD/MDTF officials in Juba have started a campaign to c [...]
2006-07-24 12:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV EBUD PREL EAID IBRD SU
06KHARTOUM1775SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...]
2006-07-24 12:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1778SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...]
2006-07-24 12:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1780VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR COMMENTS ON LRA MEDIATION,
[...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with GoSS Vice President Machar on July 21 to review Machar's mediation between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU),the strained GoSS relationship with the World Bank, and the need for GoSS cooperation in completing due diligence req [...]
2006-07-24 12:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ABLD EFIN IBRD UG SU
06KHARTOUM1791SUDAN RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, post received on July 23 a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) The text of the document is as follows: (Begin text) Sudan Preparedness to Receive the Sudanese Citizen Sami Mohy Eldin Muhammed Al hajj 1) The family of the Sudanese [...]
2006-07-25 16:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM1792SUDAN TO PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE PEACEKEEPING
[...] (C) On July 24, FBIS carried an account of an article placed in the internet version of The Post in Lusaka, which quoted Sudanese Ambassador to Zambia Salah Mohamed Ali as stating, "Our President made our position on changing mandate to UN very clear when he met Koffi Anan during the AU summit [...]
2006-07-25 16:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1793 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary and background: On July 24, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC representative. Noteworthy is that this is the first meeting in at least a month in which the AMIS Force Commander has participated, that the [...]
2006-07-25 17:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1795 LRA'S KONY TO SEE HIS MOTHER
[...] (SBU) CG spoke with two contacts involved in the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). They said that no session took place on July 24, but that local press reports stating the talks had broken down were overstated. There were t [...]
2006-07-26 10:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL UG CG SU
06KHARTOUM1801MFA RAISES CONSULAR ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA's list of consular issues includes an interest in faster processing for official and diplomatic visas, better treatment for Sudanese officials at U.S. ports of entry, tourist and business visas in Khartoum versus Cairo, facilitated documentation for Sudanese diplomats in [...]
2006-07-27 10:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS CMGT PINR US SU
06KHARTOUM1808Unaligned SSDF Lay Out Conditions for Peace
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 19, Embassy PolOff was invited to meet the leaders of the South Sudan Defense Force (SSDF) militia groups that did not align with the Sudanese Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) and will not be integrated into the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The meeting including all [...]
2006-07-27 13:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS SU
06KHARTOUM181SUDAN: SRSG PRONK BRIEFS PRESS ON UN REHAT, ABUJA,
[...] Summary: UN Special Representative (SRSG) for Sudan Jan Pronk briefed the press on January 22. His statement and the following Q&A focused mainly on the possibility of a UN rehat of the AU force and the Abuja peace talks. He also reported that UNMIS is monitoring the East and said the recen [...]
2006-01-24 13:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SU
06KHARTOUM1811CPA: JDB Working Well, OAGs Still a Problem
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, the Technical Committee of the Joint Defense Board (JDB) addressed the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) and reported that establishment and deployment of the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) was almost complete, although training remained an issue. The Sudanes [...]
2006-07-30 10:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS SU
06KHARTOUM1817UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR IN SOUTH SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) ministers and a Total representative indicate some movement on resolution of controversies in the petroleum sector in Southern Sudan, possibly to the advantage of Total. A committee to study the matter is recommending that Go [...]
2006-07-31 10:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV PINS PREL EINV SU
06KHARTOUM1818 SUDAN/DARFUR: NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN SAF,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh fighting has erupted in both North and West Darfur between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),allied with rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Minawi (SLM/Minawi) faction, and militias from the National Redemption Front (NRF). The fighting is notable because it is the fi [...]
2006-07-31 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1819 Sudan: Agrement Request for Proposed Ambassador to U.S.
[...] (SBU) On July 29, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Protocol summoned Pol/Econ Chief to receive a diplomatic note regarding its proposed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, John Ukee Lueth. Director of Protocol Amb. Hassan Bashir Abdelwahab noted that [...]
2006-07-31 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC US SU
06KHARTOUM1820 AMIS Update on Joint Commission
[...] On July 30 post received a letter dated July 28 from Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Secretary to the Joint Commission of the African Union in Sudan (AMIS) addressed to Charge Huddleston, in care of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. 2. The text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) Notice of t [...]
2006-07-31 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO AU SU
06KHARTOUM1822 SUDAN/DARFUR: NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN SAF,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh fighting has erupted in both North and West Darfur between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),allied with rebels from the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Minawi (SLM/Minawi) faction, and militias from the National Redemption Front (NRF). The fighting is notable because it is the fi [...]
2006-07-31 14:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1823 SUDAN/DARFUR: SLM/MINAWI ANNOUNCES BOYCOTT OF CFC
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Growing tensions between AMIS and SLM/Minawi, due to the latter's allegations of lack of support, have led to an SLM/Minawi boycott of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings. A fracture between SLM/Minawi and AMIS could only serve to further exacerbate an alread [...]
2006-07-31 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1824 Statement Ousting SLM/A Leader Abdel Wahid
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 28, members of the SLA/M "Military Council and Field Command" released a statement announcing the removal of Abdel Wahid as SLA/M Chairperson and appointment of Commander Ahmed Abdul Shafi as the new SLM chairperson and commander of the SLA. The statement is [...]
2006-07-31 14:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI PINR UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1825 SUDAN/DARFUR: CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 26, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC Representative. Noteworthy is the announcement by SLM/Minawi that they are now boycotting CFC meetings due to lack of support from the AU -- see septel for lit [...]
2006-07-31 14:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1829 Sudan: UN General Debate Delegation
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note detailing the composition of Sudan's official delegation to the 61st UN General Debate in September. The eight individuals named are as follows: A./B. Attendance of Head of State/Head of Government [...]
2006-08-01 07:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP OTRA UNGA SU
06KHARTOUM1832 KONY SEES HIS WIVES, AGREES TO MEET THE PRESS
[...] (SBU) CG spoke with a journalist presently in Nbanga, a Sudanese village south of Maridi near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journalist said that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in Nbanga for several days. The journalist thought that Kony had se [...]
2006-08-01 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1836 KONY SEES HIS WIVES, AGREES TO MEET THE PRESS
[...] (SBU) CG spoke with a journalist presently in Nbanga, a Sudanese village south of Maridi near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The journalist said that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony has been in Nbanga for several days. The journalist thought that Kony had se [...]
2006-08-01 11:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UG SU
06KHARTOUM1852GNU ADVISOR DETAILS HISTORY OF TROUBLED BILATERAL
[...] (C) On August 3, Charge Hume briefed Yahya Hussein Babiker on the Washington visits of First Vice President Kiir and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minawi. He also noted USG efforts to convince Chad to end support to rebels operating along the Chad-Sudan border (reftel),as well as [...]
2006-08-03 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1858 SUDAN/DARFUR: August 3 CFC Meeting in El Fasher
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 3, the Darfur Ceasefire Commission (CFC) met in El Fasher, North Darfur. Para 2 presents the notes of the U.S. CFC representative. Noteworthy is the resumption of SLM/M participation and the CFC decision to launch an immediate investigation into the fighting in Jebel [...]
2006-08-06 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1859 OXFAM Staff Member Killed in Darfur
[...] (U) On August 1, OXFAM posted the following announcement on its web site regarding the recent disappearance of a Sudanese employee in Darfur following a car-jacking incident: (Begin text) Oxfam staff member killed in Darfur It is with deep sorrow that Oxfam announces that one of our staf [...]
2006-08-06 09:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PGOV KCRM SU
06KHARTOUM1869 UPDATE ON S/CRS SUPPORT TO U.S. EFFORTS AT DPA
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Khartoum commends S/CRS officers' efforts in supporting and providing direct assistance to facilitate the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). S/CRS and Active Response Corps (ARC) officers deployed to Khartoum and [...]
2006-08-07 12:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO AMGT PREF UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1875 SLM/MM DENY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACCUSATIONS OF ATTACKS
[...] Summary: Amnesty International issued a statement July 31 accusing the Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Minni Minawi (SLM/MM) of killing and raping civilians in attacks against Korma and surrounding villages in North Darfur on July 4-8, 2006. On August 3, the SLM denied the charges, [...]
2006-08-08 07:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPKO PREF SOCI UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1876 AU Criticizes SLM for Torture Incident
[...] On August 1, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) released a statement regarding a recent incident of alleged torture that occurred on the AMIS compound in El Fasher, Darfur. The statement calls on the SLM to cease such actions, investigate the incident, and to hold those accountable to [...]
2006-08-08 07:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPKO PGOV AU SU
06KHARTOUM1880 NRF Claims it Shot Down SAF Antonov
[...] (SBU) Late on August 7, the National Redemption Front (NRF) claimed it shot down a Sudanese Armed Forces Antonov aircraft earlier on August 7 near Seyah, roughly 85 km north of El Fasher. UNDSS (strictly protect) has confirmed the incident, and said that the aircraft made an emergency landing a [...]
2006-08-08 12:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PGOV KCRM SU
06KHARTOUM1881LRA Talks: UN Begins Technical Assistance
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNICEF and UN OCHA have begun providing limited support to the talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),currently being mediated by Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar. UNICEF has sent a protection officer to visit the LRA camps and [...]
2006-08-09 04:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EAID UG UN SU
06KHARTOUM1894 Sant'Egidio Returns From the Bush with Hope
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the negotiating team focuses on social issues and power sharing, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) cares only about his own fate and that of his commanders, according to mediators from the Communita' Di Sant'Egidio (CSE). Returning from a trip to the LRA camp, [...]
2006-08-09 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS UG SU
06KHARTOUM1898 SPLA Chief of Staff Disappointed
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLA Chief of Staff, Oyai Deng, is disappointed with the assistance he has received from the USG program to transform his military from a guerilla movement to a professional military. Tired of waiting for the U.S., the SPLA is now proceeding with transformation plans on its [...]
2006-08-10 11:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS US SU
06KHARTOUM1899DARFUR: CHARGE AND MFA MINISTER OF STATE DISCUSS
[...] (C) On August 10 CDA Hume, at his request, met with MFA Minister of State Wasiila Samani to discuss UN rehatting of AU peacekeepers in Darfur and the state of bilateral relations. Hume noted that the morning newspapers reported an interview in which Samani expressed hope for an improvement in [...]
2006-08-10 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1903DARFUR: GRIM PROGNOSIS FOR THE COMING WEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Over the next few weeks, increased military action in Darfur is likely to continue, as the SAF, perhaps in cooperation with SLM/A Minawi, seek to destroy National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels while recapturing traditional SLM/A Minawi-held areas. The GNU may seek to prosecute a [...]
2006-08-10 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU CH ER US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1905 CODEL Payne and the Garang Memorial Service
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, over 6,000 people attended the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) memorial service in Juba for their late leader, Dr. John Garang, who died one year earlier. Congressman Donald Payne led the U.S. delegation to the event. During his speech, GoSS President Salva Kii [...]
2006-08-10 18:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM191South Sudan: Bona Malwal: Straddling Two Sides
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 19, Embassy officials and Commissioners from the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met in Juba with GOSS Presidential Advisor Bona Malwal. The commissioners questioned Malwal on the CPA, religious freedom, sanctions, and Darfur. Malwal was [...]
2006-01-25 08:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM1918KHARTOUM TALK ABOUT UN REHATTING
[...] (C) On August 13 CDA Hume met at his request with SPLM parliamentary chief Yassir Arman to discuss Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation and transition from AU to UN forces in Darfur. Hume reiterated USG readiness to work with the SPLM to bring together Minni Minawi, Abdul Wahid, and SLM [...]
2006-08-13 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1919 Distributions of Sudan's Oil Revenue
[...] Summary: Net revenue accruing to Sudan from oil production for the first five months of 2006 totaled $1,086.9 million. Of this total, $685.3 million was allocated to the North and $391.6 million to the GOSS. In addition, $234.1 million was transferred to the Oil Revenue Stabilization Accoun [...]
2006-08-13 15:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN EPET ECON EAID SU
06KHARTOUM1921 Distributions of Sudan's Oil Revenue
[...] Summary: Net revenue accruing to Sudan from oil production for the first five months of 2006 totaled $1,086.9 million. Of this total, $685.3 million was allocated to the North and $391.6 million to the GOSS. In addition, $234.1 million was transferred to the Oil Revenue Stabilization Accoun [...]
2006-08-14 05:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN EPET ECON EAID SU
06KHARTOUM1922NEW CURRENCY FOR SUDAN IN DECEMBER
[...] In an August 8 meeting, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Sudan said that new currency will be introduced in December. Since donors have not come up with the contributions to pay the cost of the conversion to the new currency, money from the Oil Revenue Stabilization Account is being used to c [...]
2006-08-14 06:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM1927BUDGET SHORTFALL IN SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Failure to achieve planned production levels in petroleum output has created a budget shortfall for the Khartoum government. The government is responding to the financial crunch by borrowing, tapping the Oil Revenue Stabilization Account, privatizing government companies, deferr [...]
2006-08-14 12:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1933 DPA IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE OPENS IN KHARTOUM
[...] Sudanese and international community efforts to achieve peace in Darfur received a boost with the opening of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Office in Khartoum on August 12. Signatories to the agreement and the Declaration of Commitment attended, as did representatives of Darfu [...]
2006-08-14 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PREF SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1936CDA HUME'S MEETING WITH GNU AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 14 meeting, Charge Hume noted the importance of building the U.S.-Sudan relationship and permitting a transition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur. Deciding not to do so would involve significant risks, as Sudan would be solely responsible for the consequ [...]
2006-08-14 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1937DARFUR: MINNI MINAWI SPEAKS HIS MIND
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging, two-hour meeting between Minni Minawi and the USG Senior Security Advisor, Tod Wilson, Minni discussed ideas on how to move forward with the DPA and his short-term concerns, particularly SLM capacity building. He asked for advice on how to improve the Ceasefire [...]
2006-08-14 16:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU CH ER US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1938 DynCorp Article Resonates, Perhaps Badly
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (SBU) On August 12, the online news service Sudan Tribune carried an article titled, "US Firm to Turn South Sudan Rebels into Soldiers." The article states that Reuters interviewed DynCorp Vice President for International Business Development A [...]
2006-08-14 16:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR EAID PGOV KPKO US SU
06KHARTOUM1940 Demarche on UN Security Council's Resolution on Lebanon
[...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche to MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Magdi al-Mufaddal on August 12, leaving talking points and a copy of the resolution text. 2. Al-Mufaddal was appreciative for the demarche information, but did not offer a substantive response. HUME [...]
2006-08-14 18:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
06KHARTOUM1941 Darfur: Increased Dangers, Reduced Humanitarian Access,
[...] USAID/DCHA Khartoum recently produced a report on the changing security environment in Darfur and its impact on the delivery of humanitarian goods and services, particularly in the event of increased displacements. Post hereby offers the report below, which it believes will be of interest to [...]
2006-08-15 04:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM1942 LRA Talks Remain in Limbo Due to Ceasefire
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) walked out of talks on August 9, demanding a ceasefire, consultations between mediators and the parties have continued and talks are resuming. Observers commented that the walkout was not a serious threat, only an attempt to gain levera [...]
2006-08-15 04:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU
06KHARTOUM1957SUDAN: JOINT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON OIL REVENUES
[...] (U) Summary: As mandated by the CPA, the Joint Committee on Control, Monitoring, and Calculation of Net Oil Revenues has been created and is functioning. This joint committee is intended to work under the supervision of the National Petroleum Commission (NPC). While the NPC has yet to estab [...]
2006-08-16 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN EPET PGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM1958UN WARNING THAT SECURITY IN NORTH DARFUR IS
[...] (U) This is an action message - see para 5. 2. (C) After a briefing on Sudanese government-forced resettlement of IDPs from a camp south of Khartoum, UN Deputy Special Representative Manuel Da Silva described the dire situation that was developing in North Darfur. Da Silva said that increa [...]
2006-08-16 16:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF EAID MOPS PREL PGOV PINS UN SU
06KHARTOUM1960UNSC/SUDAN: NOTES ON DARFUR UNSCR
[...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol is in Thailand at present, and is not expected back in Khartoum until August 17 or 18. Given his past roles and standing among GNU officials, however, post believes FM Akol would echo President Bashir's denunciations of a UN peacekeeping operation, and [...]
2006-08-16 16:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1964 HARDLINE MESSAGE STILL PUSHED BY BASHIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the past week the Government of Sudan appeared to continue to move to the right. President Bashir spoke in strident tones about the UN, and compared fighting an international peacekeeping force to Hezbollah's conflict with Israel, senior regime officials traveled to the [...]
2006-08-17 15:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ER SU
06KHARTOUM1966 UNDSS Security Briefing, North Darfur Aug 17
[...] Summary: At UNDSS Security briefing on August 17, NMIS and the humanitarian community expressed extreme apprehension about the implications of the AU's directive to expel JEM and SLA-Abdel Wahid representatives from the CFC process and AMIS compound. Concerns were expressed that AMIS access [...]
2006-08-17 16:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV MOPS PREL SU
06KHARTOUM1971DPA PARTNERS DISCUSS WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: An August 17 meeting of DPA partners, chaired by visiting UK Special Envoy Pullen, discussed the need to be inclusive, broadening the base of support for the DPA. Strategies discussed included building trust among Darfurians, coordinating support for the DPA, rendering the Cease [...]
2006-08-18 14:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1973SUDAN/DPA: MODERATING AU STANCE TOWARD
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche talking points to African Union Senior Advisor and Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Team Chair Amb. Sam Ibok on August 19. Ibok agreed with demarche points, and referred to the August 17 DPA partners meeting (Ref B),wherein he had admitted the [...]
2006-08-19 15:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1974DARFUR: REBEL SURFACE-AIR MISSILE CAPACITY
[...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 5. 2. (S) Summary: The sophistication of military operations in Darfur appears to have been raised another notch this summer with the potential introduction of surface to air missiles. Shortly after returning from an investigation of recent fighting [...]
2006-08-19 15:59:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETMCAP MOPS PREL PINS ASEC FR CH SU
06KHARTOUM1975SPLM'S YASSIR ARMAN DISCUSSES NCP-SPLM JOINT
[...] (C) Summary: According to SPLM National Assembly Chair Yassir Arman, the NCP and SPLM have formed a working group to study the issue of international peacekeeping in Darfur; it will meet and report to the Joint Political Committee on August 28. Although the NCP seeks an exit from the current [...]
2006-08-19 16:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1976PULLING PRESIDENT BASHIR BACK FROM THE DARK SIDE
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past few weeks, President Bashir has turned away from his previous strategy of cooperation with the international community to resolve the conflict in Darfur and gone over to the dark side -- a unilateral approach relying on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to re-establis [...]
2006-08-19 16:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS PGOV ETTC SCUL AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1977 Darfur: AMIS Fuel Convoy Ambushed in North Darfur
[...] Summary: According to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS),a fuel convoy was ambushed in North Darfur on August 19, with two AMIS force protection troops killed and three others wounded. End Summary. 2. The AMIS press release is as follows: (Begin text) Attack against AMIS co [...]
2006-08-19 17:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL PREF AU SU
06KHARTOUM1978 LRA Talks Resume, New Position Papers Requested
[...] (SBU) After taking a three-day break, talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) resumed on August 18. During the break, taken to mourn fallen LRA Commander Raska Lukwiya, Chief Mediator Riek Machar asked both parties to return with new position papers that had room for compromi [...]
2006-08-19 17:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU
06KHARTOUM1981SUDAN: NCP AND PRESS RHETORIC AGAINST DARFUR REHATTING
[...] SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, Sudanese press reports suggest that two lines of Arab-nationalist opinion in Sudan - focused on the Lebanese and Darfur crises, respectively - are tending to converge. A major link is provided by Omer al-Bashir himself, who is both Sudan's president and curr [...]
2006-08-20 08:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM1983 UNMIS Joint Monitoring Team Attacked near Malakal
[...] Summary: According to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS),a UNMIS Joint Monitoring Team was attacked on August 17 in the vicinity of Malakal, Southern Sudan. Two UNMIS Force Protection soldiers and a Sudanese Armed Forces National Monitor were reportedly injured. The UN has strongl [...]
2006-08-20 16:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL PREF UN SU
06KHARTOUM1987MEETING WITH SLA,S MINAWI AND AU,S IBOK ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: On August 21, CDA Hume met SLA leader Minni Minawi and AU Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation chief Sam Ibok, at their urgent request. Ali Traio (SLA) and Amb. Boubou Nhiang (AU) also attended the two-hour session. Ibok and Minawi expressed both fear about the deteriorati [...]
2006-08-21 13:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV AU CH UN SU
06KHARTOUM2001SUDAN SUGAR INDUSTRY GROWING
[...] Summary: Sugar consumption is growing rapidly in Sudan. The privately owned Kenana Sugar Company sees potential for further investment in Sudan's sugar industry, including a major new plantation employing 5,000 in the south. However, U.S. sanctions hamper development of the industry. The compa [...]
2006-08-24 10:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL EPET SU
06KHARTOUM2008WTO ACCESSION PROCESS HELPS DRIVE MODERNERIZATION
[...] (U) Summary: The process of preparing for WTO accession is helping to drive economic reform in Sudan. Although Sudan's WTO membership is stalled, economic reforms and trade liberalization continue, helping to encourage a more pragmatic approach to economic questions. End Summary. ---------- [...]
2006-08-24 11:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL PGOV EFIN WTO SU
06KHARTOUM2009Prices Produce Protests
[...] Summary: Opposition parties have reacted vocally to the move by the Minister of Finance to raise fuel and sugar prices. Opposition members of the National Assembly have called for the Assembly to be recalled from its summer recess. Some groups are calling for civil action, most likely in the [...]
2006-08-24 11:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EAID EPET PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2010DARFUR: BROADENING THE BASE OF DPA SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Khartoum has spoken with numerous SLM dissidents who favor international support for a meeting with a focus on sorting out leadership issues. EU and UK Special Envoys for Darfur and UK Embassy officials have told us that support for an SLM/Shafi conference should be tied [...]
2006-08-24 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV US EU SU
06KHARTOUM2036 LRA Talks: Workshops and then the Real Work
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past week, the two delegations in the talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the government of Uganda have been presenting their new position papers and having workshops on various aspects of the talks. Once all the position papers are presented, likely by [...]
2006-08-28 08:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU
06KHARTOUM2038 LRA Talks: Cessation of Hostilities
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Using guidelines from their ceasefire workshop (reftel),intense negotiations between the Ugandan Government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on a cessation of hostilities continued through the night of August 25 and into the morning of August 26. Once an agreement was rea [...]
2006-08-28 09:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU
06KHARTOUM2043 LRA Mediator: Justice Should be Universal
[...] (SBU) One of the leading mediators in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) talks believes this process is the only way to avoid real impunity. He said that for justice to truly be served, all sides, including the Ugandan Government, must be held accountable for its actions. Hizkias Assefa, Riek [...]
2006-08-29 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU
06KHARTOUM2046 Protests Over Price Increases Lead to Clashes
[...] Summary: Protesters and police clashed on August 28 during a demonstration over recent price increases. Opposition parties plan to present a memorandum objecting to the price increases to President Bashir on Wednesday. The Council of Ministers has endorsed the action of the Minister of Finan [...]
2006-08-29 15:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL EAID EPET SU
06KHARTOUM2056FURTHER CLASHES - REPORT OF ONE DEATH
[...] Police and demonstrators clashed on August 30 with police reportedly using tear gas to disperse the protesters in the area near the University of Khartoum. There was an unconfirmed report that one protester had been killed. 2. Opposition parties attempted to organize a demonstration on the [...]
2006-08-30 14:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC CASC EAID ECON SU
06KHARTOUM207EASTERN FRONT AGREES TO TALK IN LIBYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Amna Dirar, Vice President of the Eastern Front confirmed that the Eastern Front has agreed to February 7 negotiations with the Sudanese government in Tripoli and confirmed that humanitarian access to Hamesh Koreib through Sudan would be discussed. Dirar added that the Suda [...]
2006-01-26 14:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM2098 BASHIR REITERATES OPPOSITION TO DARFUR UN PKO
[...] Summary: Following the August 26-29 visit of A/S Frazer to Khartoum, President al Bashir and other NCP leaders have reiterated publicly the policy of rejection of UN peacekeeping forces for Darfur. The NCP organized an August 30 march in Khartoum to demonstrate opposition to the UN resolutio [...]
2006-08-31 13:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PHUM MOPS UN SU
06KHARTOUM210 GNU Names Commission for Refugees as Tripartite
[...] The Government of National Unity (GNU) issued Diplomatic Note Number 2 in response to ref A, designating the Office of the Commissioner for Refugees in the Ministry of Interior as the Government of National Unity's refugee returns approving authority and signatory for refugee tripartite agree [...]
2006-01-26 15:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2100SITUATION IN DARFUR CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE;
[...] (C) Summary: Without political intervention, the government offensive will continue, resulting in increased displacement and hardship for the people of Darfur and lack of progress in the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) over the near to mid-term. Numerous attacks by the National Redemption Front [...]
2006-08-31 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PREF SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2104DARFUR: LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE TO PROCEED DPA
[...] (C) Discussions among SLM leaders, NGO representatives, and the international community indicate support for holding a leadership conference in Darfur for SLM non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). A popularly based leadership structure for the movements may be a pre-requisite t [...]
2006-08-31 19:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM2112 BASHIR: CONSISTENT CONDEMNATIONS OF UN FORCE
[...] (SBU) In numerous statements over the last two months, President Bashir has opposed the introduction of UN forces into Darfur. 2. (U) His public comments included the following: -- June 30, 2006, Address on the Anniversary of the 1989 Coup: "We will not allow international troops under the [...]
2006-09-04 14:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2116Minawi Letter - Ceasefire Violations & Displaced Civilians
[...] (SBU) On September 4, post received a letter from SLM leader and Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi regarding ceasefire violations and displacements of civilians in Darfur. 2. (SBU) The text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) To: The Embassy of the United States of Am [...]
2006-09-05 06:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO PREF SU
06KHARTOUM212SUDAN: HASSAN AL-TURABI MEETS COMMISSION FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom met with People's Congress Party (PCP) Secretary General Hassan al-Turabi at his home on January SIPDIS 18. Turabi said worship should be free of state control, but freedom of religion is shaped by society, not just th [...]
2006-01-28 11:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PHUM PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2139VP TAHA SENDS MESSAGE: DARFUR SOLUTION SOUGHT BY
[...] (C) At the behest of Vice President Ali Osman Taha, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told the CDA on September 5 that a rump cabinet-level working group is now working to devise a strategy for gaining support among all non-signatories for the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) by October 1. Th [...]
2006-09-05 16:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2140SOMALIA: COMMUNIQUE FROM SECOND ROUND OF SOMALI
[...] (C) Summary: The final communique released on September 4 by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) at the closure of the second round of talks in Khartoum calls for peaceful co-existence between factions and the cessation of encouragement and assistanc [...]
2006-09-05 17:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IGAD MOPS EAID SU SO
06KHARTOUM2143DARFUR: PATEY TO BE NAMED UK SPECIAL ENVOY, WILL
[...] (C) UK Ambassador to Sudan Ian Cliff, at his request, received CDA Hume September 6. Cliff informed Hume that the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs intends to appoint William Patey, former British Ambassador to Sudan, as its next Special Representative for Darfur. Patey will travel to Addis Aba [...]
2006-09-06 12:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF PHUM SU UK AU
06KHARTOUM2161 LRA Talks Resume as LRA Assembles
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) resumed in Juba on September 6, amidst increasing reports of LRA fighters moving to their assembly points. Talks are now focusing on the social issues in northern Uganda. Most observers are optimistic about the talks, but [...]
2006-09-07 15:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU
06KHARTOUM2162FM LAM AKOL PLANS TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) On September 7, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified Charge Hume that Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, currently in Cairo at a League of Arab States foreign ministers conference, plans to depart Khartoum September 10 for Washington. 2. (C) The MFA noted that FM Akol would be av [...]
2006-09-07 16:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2174NORWEGIAN OIL ADVISOR IN SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recently arrived Norwegian petroleum consultant Einar Risa met with Emboff and provided an overview of his work in Sudan. Risa is interested in coordinating with other donors. He provided some details of sales of Sudanese oil, mentioned some technical problems with production fro [...]
2006-09-10 13:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2181RICHARDSON - BASHIR MEETING
[...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 8. -------------------------------------------- President Bashir Agrees to Free Paul Salopek -------------------------------------------- 2. (C) At the outset of the 30 minute meeting between Gov. Bill Richardson and President Bashir, Bashir agreed [...]
2006-09-10 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PHUM PGOV AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM219A/S FRAZER BREAKFAST WITH SPLM
[...] (C) Summary. On January 25, Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer, Roger Winter, and the Charge met with three senior SPLM officials resident in Khartoum: Yassir Arman, Chairman of the SPLM National Assembly Caucus; Malik Agar, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of investment; and Deng [...]
2006-01-29 10:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM2191SUDAN: DEMARCHES ON NAM SUMMIT AND LIST OF
[...] (SBU) On September 11, Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarches (see reftels) to MFA Acting Deputy Director for the Americas Magdi Al Mofadal and presented him with non-papers outlining USG positions. Mofadal promised to pass the information to the delegates attending the NAM conference in [...]
2006-09-12 12:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC UNGA SU CU IR
06KHARTOUM2192TRUCKING COMPANIES STOP SERVICE TO KHARTOUM
[...] (C) Summary: Trucking between Port Sudan and Khartoum has been halted by a strike by trucking companies, purportedly because of a dispute over a new tax imposed by Red Sea State. The dispute has the potential to disrupt nearly all shipments, including food and humanitarian supplies. Truckers [...]
2006-09-12 12:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID ELTN PGOV PHUM PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2193SUDAN: ATTENDEES FOR UNGA
[...] (SBU) In a September 11 phone call with Poloff, MFA Acting Deputy Director for the Americas Magdi Al Mofadal provided a list of Sudanese delegates to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This list supersedes the one provided in Ref A. 2. (SBU) The following delegates will attend t [...]
2006-09-12 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP OTRA UNGA SU
06KHARTOUM2224 LRA: UN Plans Regional Assistance, Talks Stall on ICC
[...] As members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) move in greater numbers to their two rally points, the UN has begun planning for increased humanitarian aid in these areas. Due to instability caused by the LRA, there has been little assistance in the region surrounding Ri-Kwangba outside of Nba [...]
2006-09-14 12:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU
06KHARTOUM2240UN SRSYG PRONK BRIEFS DARFUR PARTNERS
[...] (C) Summary: During a Sept. 14 briefing of Darfur Partners, UN SRSYG Pronk said little progress had been made on broadening support for the DPA, the Government is pressing military campaigns in North Darfur, the Ceasefire Commission does not work well, and the Sudanese Government remains unal [...]
2006-09-14 16:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2264DARFUR: REALIGNMENTS AND FRAGMENTATION OF DPA
[...] (S) Summary: An effective and successful organizational conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in the near-term appears unlikely. Fur commanders have splintered into three or four groups with a new breakaway faction splitting from Ahmed Abdul Shafi. Abdel Wahid appears [...]
2006-09-17 16:59:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2276DARFUR CONFERENCE REQUIRES COORDINATED
[...] (SBU) At a working-level meeting of the Darfur Partners Group on September 17, representatives of the USG, UK, Netherlands, Canada, France, Norway, Italy, and EU agreed that significant preparatory work with the non-signatories of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) is needed at the local level p [...]
2006-09-18 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM2277IN SUDAN, EGYPT PREFERS THE DEVIL IT KNOWS
[...] (C) In a September 16 meeting with Poloff, Egyptian DCM Osama Shaltout expressed his government's concern for Sudan's political stability in light of recent public unrest, the looming collision between the Sudanese government and the international community on Darfur, and the beheading of jour [...]
2006-09-18 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SU EG US
06KHARTOUM2280 SPLM Supports UN, Plans a Way Forward
[...] (SBU) During a meeting of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) Political Bureau, held in Juba on September 14-16, the party announced its unconditional support for UN troops in Darfur and developed an eleven- point plan to move the process forward. The plan includes meeting with all r [...]
2006-09-18 15:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2288VP TAHA UNYIELDING ON UN TROOPS, ANNOUNCES DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 18 press conference, Vice President Ali Osman Taha maintained the Sudanese government's complete rejection of UN intervention in Darfur, denied allegations of escalating violence, and announced the establishment of a Darfur interim authority. He also critic [...]
2006-09-19 10:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPAO KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM229FVP GETS TOUGH, PUSHES NCP ON CPA, ABYEI, AND
[...] (U) After months of focusing on southern politics while remaining quiet on CPA problems, Salva Kiir -- Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President and President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) -- lashed out at the National Congress Party (NCP) during a January 28 press [...]
2006-01-30 08:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM230UPDATE ON MASSING OF ARAB MILITIA NEAR GEREIDA
[...] (C) An AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Incident Report dated January 28 states that hostilities between "janjaweed and SLA" took place on January 27 in Donkey Abiad, 17 kilometers northeast of Gereida in South Darfur state, and continued to the afternoon of January 28. The report states that "janj [...]
2006-01-30 09:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS PREF PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM2319NCP DIVISIONS ON US SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS
[...] (C) The disparate comments by Presidential Advisor Magzoub Al Khalifa and MFA Spokesman Jamal Mohamed Ibrahim in the September 20 edition of the independent daily "Al Adwa" illustrate the divisions within the National Congress Party (NCP) on the appointment of Andrew Natsios as Special Envoy t [...]
2006-09-21 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2324KHARTOUM - DEMONSTRATIONS AT CHANCERY
[...] On 20 September, 2006, Embassy Khartoum faced 3 brief, interconnected, demonstrations directed against UNSCR 1706 and the recent statements attributed to the Pope. 2. A widely advertised and GNU sponsored, demonstration was planned for 1000 hours on 20 September, 2006. However, due to [...]
2006-09-22 15:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PREL PGOV SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM234DETAILS EMERGE ON ARMANKUL INCIDENT IN DARFUR
[...] (U) According to Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) military spokesman General Abbas Abdelrahaman Khalifa, artillery shelling originating within Chad hit the area of Armankul for approximately one hour and one-half on the morning of January 28. The location, about 20 miles northwest of the West Dar [...]
2006-01-30 15:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
06KHARTOUM2341EC'S BARROSO TO UNDERLINE SUPPORT FOR AU
[...] EC contacts confirm that EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel will arrive in Sudan on September 30. Barroso and Michel will travel to El Fasher the same day to meet with AMIS commanders and the humanitarian assistance com [...]
2006-09-25 12:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO PHUM AU EU SU
06KHARTOUM2347PRESIDENT DECLARES U.S. DIPLOMATS RESTRICTED TO 25
[...] (SBU) U.S. diplomats in Sudan will be restricted to a 25 km radius of the Presidential Palace, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir declared during a September 24 press conference in Khartoum. According to the state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA),Bashir said any American official visiting Sudan w [...]
2006-09-25 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS US SU
06KHARTOUM235SUDAN - RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GATHERING
[...] (C) Per Ref A, post has gathered all available information and AU reporting regarding individuals listed; new information on most individuals was limited. Post will send separately four DLO IIR logs that may facilitate review of relevant material. These include lists of the AMIS reports that [...]
2006-01-30 15:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL SU
06KHARTOUM2371SUDAN HAS MUTED REACTION TO POPE'S REMARKS, SAYS
[...] (C) Sudan's reaction to Pope Benedict XVI's controversial remarks on Islam has been muted, Papal Nuncio to Sudan--and the Vatican's new Secretary for Relations with States--Dominique Mamberti told CDA Hume on September 26. Mamberti had returned from Rome on September 16, and promptly called on [...]
2006-09-26 16:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL PHUM KIRF PREL SU VT
06KHARTOUM2373DARFUR: BASHIR POLITICALLY ISOLATED; MAY BE
[...] (C) President Bashir may be looking to escape his current political isolation over UN peacekeeping in Darfur, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told CDA Hume on September 25. Bashir told the Council of Ministers on September 24 that Egyptian President Mubarak had pressed him to accept a UN [...]
2006-09-27 07:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SU AU EG UN
06KHARTOUM2380 DESIGNATION OF DEFENSE ATTACHE FOR SUDANESE
[...] (SBU) On September 27, CDA met with MFA on a number of issues, including the fact that post's new Defense Liaison Officer has been waiting approval of his entry visa for Sudan for more than four months. During the discussion, the MFA expressed interest in assigning a Defense Attache to the Su [...]
2006-09-27 15:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OFDP MARR SU
06KHARTOUM2381SLM/A EFFORTS TO WIN OVER G-19 COMMANDERS FALTER
[...] (C) Summary: Minni Minawi continues to complain that Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders and Suleiman Jamoush are actively engaged in an effort to prevent the breakup of the National Redemption Front (NRF) and G-19 commanders from rejoining the SLM/A. Meanwhile, Minawi,s military del [...]
2006-09-27 15:41:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2382 Impact of Sudanese Travel Restriction on USG
[...] SUMMARY: The September 24 decision of President Bashir to restrict all travel by official visitors to 25 kilometers from Khartoum will have a severe impact on USG operations. The impact will be immediate. Should this restriction be continued, Embassy Khartoum will have to adjust staffing pa [...]
2006-09-27 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS OTRA EAID ADPM US SU
06KHARTOUM2384 NCP POLITICIANS: "CLOSE U.S. MISSION"
[...] (U) During an annual conference of military conscripts on September 23, several pro-National Congress Party (NCP) politicians said that proposed UN intervention in Darfur was a ruse to steal Sudan's resources and called on the Sudanese government to close the U.S. Mission for violating Sudanese [...]
2006-09-27 20:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI EAID UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2388DARFUR: MINAWI DESCRIBES PRIORITIES, NCP
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with USG officials and the Darfur Partners Group on September 27, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi outlined five priorities for constructing a peaceful solution to the Darfur conflict in the next 90 days, discussed the role of the international [...]
2006-09-28 14:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PINR SU UN
06KHARTOUM239A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH GOS NISS D/G GHOSH ON 25
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer met with NISS D/G Saleh Ghosh on January 25 following the AU Summit in Khartoum. This was A/S Frazer,s second meeting with Ghosh, the first was in late November 2005. Ghosh emphasized his and his government,s desire to make the Darfur issue go away, noting that activ [...]
2006-01-31 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV PINR US AU
06KHARTOUM240UPDATE ON SOUTH DARFUR IDP SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (C) According to the USAID Darfur Field Office, conflict in Mershing, South Darfur, led to approximately 40,000 ) 60,000 local residents and internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing 10 miles southeast to Menawashi. The events, triggered by jinjaweed and police harassment, attacks, and loot [...]
2006-01-31 12:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS PREF PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM2403BASHIR SHORES-UP KEY CONSTITUENCIES
[...] (C) President Bashir held a two-hour press conference on September 24 after his return from the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Bashir has staked his legitimacy on opposition to UN forces, and he used the press conference to shore-up three key constituencies. For a Sudanese public concerned about [...]
2006-10-01 15:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KPAO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2408SUDAN: MFA ADVISES OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR
[...] (SBU) On October 1, Embassy Khartoum received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated September 27 regarding limitations on travel by U.S. nationals. 2. (SBU) The text of the dip note (received in English) is as follows: (Begin text) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2006-10-01 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ODIP CASC OTRA OVIP US SU
06KHARTOUM2409SUDAN: MFA SAYS NO GUESTS, HIGH-LEVEL VISITS
[...] (U) On October 1, Embassy Khartoum received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated September 30 regarding guests and visitors to Sudan. 2. (U) The text of the dip note (received in Arabic ) unofficial Embassy translation) is as follows: (Begin text) The Ministry o [...]
2006-10-01 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ODIP OVIP OTRA US SU
06KHARTOUM241A/S FRAZER AND NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Integrating Eritrea into the international community through promoting productive Eritrean engagement to resolve the crisis in Darfur could also produce forward movement on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Johansen told A/S [...]
2006-01-31 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO ET ER SU AU
06KHARTOUM2411SAUDI ARABIA EXTRADITES PROMINENT SLM LEADER TO
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and ethnic Fur Abu Alghasim Ahmed was arrested in Saudi Arabia and returned to Sudan this past week. This comes shortly after his brother, Zakaria Ahmed Abu Alghasim, was arrested in connection with the recent beheading of Suda [...]
2006-10-01 15:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KCRM SA SU
06KHARTOUM2419 EC'S BARROSO PUSHES FOR A UN FORCE IN BASHIR MEETING
[...] (SBU) EC President Jose Manuel Barroso departed Sudan on the evening of October 1 after two days of visits in Khartoum and El Fasher. Barroso met with President Bashir for two hours on September 30, including a half hour one-on-one session; however, EC contacts reported Bashir did not budge on [...]
2006-10-02 14:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO KPAO UN EU SU
06KHARTOUM2422USG CONTRACTORS IN SOUTH SUDAN WITHOUT
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Six DynCorp International employees -- all U.S. citizens -- are currently working on USG funded projects in South Sudan. None has valid Sudanese visas, but instead used SPLM travel permits to enter the country. Given the recent [...]
2006-10-02 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC PREL PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM2423UNSR PRONK BRIEFS HEADS OF MISSION MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, UN Special Representative (UNSR) to Sudan Pronk provided the international community an overview of his recent UN discussions with key partners in Sudan and his briefings to the Security Council and senior UN officials in New York. He laid out his vision of how [...]
2006-10-02 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PHUM EAID PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2427DARFUR: MEETING WITH EU'S HAAVISTO
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 2 discussion with CDA Hume, EU Special Representative to Sudan Pekka Haavisto described his recent meetings in Asmara with rebel leaders and Eritrean officials; the Sudanese government's internal divisions and its refusal to negotiate with the international community [...]
2006-10-03 08:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UN EU
06KHARTOUM2430SUDAN: ENSURING A LEGITIMATE PEACE FOR THE EAST
[...] (C) On October 2, Pol/Econ Chief discussed East issues with SPLM Deputy Secretary General for the North and National Assembly Minority Chair Yassir Arman per Ref A. Yassir said that the SPLM had done much to smooth relations between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Eritrea, and had served [...]
2006-10-03 10:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2433NCP INTERVIEW SPARKS POLITICAL ROW
[...] (C) On September 27, Arabic language daily newspaper Al-Intibaha published an account of a recent interview of National Congress Party (NCP) Vice President for Information and Public Affairs Ibrahim Ahmed Omer by London-based Al-Zaman newspaper. In the account, Ibrahim stated that the NCP wou [...]
2006-10-03 12:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2442DARFUR: EGYPTIAN ENGAGEMENT IN HIGH GEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Egyptian engagement with the Sudanese government on the Darfur crisis has moved into high gear. The GoE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a 90-day Action Plan for Darfur to its embassies, which resembles USG proposals for advancing peace in the region, and the Egyptian ambassador [...]
2006-10-03 16:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PINR SU EG UN
06KHARTOUM2454DESPERATE ABDULWAHID THREATENS WAR IN KHARTOUM
[...] (U) In a September 28 article in the pan-Arab daily "Asharq Al Awsat," Abdulwahid Al Nur vowed to continue the struggle in Darfur until the Sudanese government grants political rights to the people of the region and recognizes it as a single entity, disarms government-backed militias, allows t [...]
2006-10-05 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU ER
06KHARTOUM2464DARFUR: SOUTHERN SUDAN VP WARNS THAT DARFUR
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion September 29, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar warned flatly that "Darfur can destroy the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)." Machar spoke to Sudan Programs Group (AF/SPG) Director Lauren Landis, who was visiting Juba. Sudan Pre [...]
2006-10-06 09:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SU UG CG
06KHARTOUM2468SUDAN/UGANDA: MONITORS SAY LRA HAS DISPERSED FROM
[...] (C) Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) combatants who had assembled at Owiny-Kibul just north of the Sudan-Uganda border have now dispersed, according to Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) chief Gen. Oyai Deng. Deng said at least one LRA group, under senior commander "Dominic" was reported near [...]
2006-10-09 14:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL SU UG CG
06KHARTOUM2479Darfur: Non-Signatory Conference Best Way Forward
[...] SUMMARY: Darfur Partners Group met on October 4, 2006, at British Ambassador's residence. The meeting was hosted by the UK Ambassador and included Charge D'Affairs Cameron Hume, the French Ambassador and representatives from the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, the EU, and the UN. After a revie [...]
2006-10-10 10:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UN SU
06KHARTOUM248SOUTH AFRICAN ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN
[...] (U) In a meeting January 30, Counselor of South African Embassy Ebrahim Edries provided Pol/Econ officer with an overview of South African assistance programs in Sudan. The main focus of the programs is on capacity building, especially on Southern Sudan. Edries said within the next few weeks [...]
2006-02-01 13:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AU SU SA
06KHARTOUM2480FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES NATSIOS, BUT SAYS
[...] Summary: Sudan welcomes the visit of Special Envoy Natsios, but believes "Democrats within the US State Department" are trying to sabotage his mission before it takes off, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an October 5 press release. Natsios will be granted a visa, provided both his mi [...]
2006-10-10 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OPRC KPAO SU US
06KHARTOUM2483DARFUR: ARAB FACTIONALIZATION, INCREASING
[...] (C) In meetings September 21-24, UN officers, Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi representatives, and Government of National Unity (GNU) officials in West Darfur all highlighted continued insecurity, a lack of humanitarian access and an absence of information about the Darfur Peace [...]
2006-10-10 14:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU
06KHARTOUM2484KARTI WELCOMES NATSIOS VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Ahmed Karti said he hoped the upcoming visit of Special Envoy Andrew Natsios would be an opportunity for dialogue concerning Sudanese/American relations. In a meeting with Charge d'Affairs Cameron Hume on October 10, Karti requested frank d [...]
2006-10-10 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL SU
06KHARTOUM2489DARFUR: NEW AU FORCE COMMANDER: GENERAL APREZI
[...] (U) Summary: New African Union Force Commander in El Fasher, General Luke (or LKF) Aprezi, laid out his views on major challenges to the AMIS mission in an October 9 meeting with DCM Roberto Powers and Acting Defense Liaison officer Richard Shirley. Aprezi is originally from the Niger River De [...]
2006-10-11 15:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SU
06KHARTOUM2491Scenesetter for Visit of SPE Andrew Natsios
[...] (U) The following is a scene setter for the upcoming visit of Special Presidential Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios from October 13 - October 19, 2006. 2. (SBU) General Atmosphere in the Government -- The NCP has recently backed off on their continuing stream of bellicose rhetoric and acti [...]
2006-10-12 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SU
06KHARTOUM2494DARFUR: AU AMBASSADOR SAM IBOK ON A CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (U) Summary: CDA Cameron Hume met with African Union Ambassador Sam Ibok at the DPA Implementation office in Khartoum October 18. Ibok indicated that the GOS is desperate for a ceasefire, and that he supports concrete initiatives which can be im [...]
2006-10-12 16:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2508FM AKOL TELLS NATSIOS SUDAN IS OPEN FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudanese government wants to engage in more constructive dialogue and will show flexibility on international forces supplementing an African Union (AU) mission to improve bilateral relations, according to Foreign Minister Lam Akol. Special Presidential Envoy (SPE) Andrew Nat [...]
2006-10-16 11:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2513TAHA ASKS NATSIOS FOR HELP WITH NON-SIGNATORIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The only way to reinforce the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) is by getting acceptance from non-signatories, Vice President Ali Osman Taha told Special Presidential Envoy (SPE) Andrew Natsios on October 15. Natsios underlined the importance of improving the humanitarian situation, [...]
2006-10-16 15:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2531SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH SALAH GHOSH: WILLINGNESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, Sudanese intelligence chief Salah Ghosh said that the Sudanese government would never accept a UN force but was willing to work with the USG to find a solution to the Darfur crisis. He indicated that such discussions could include e [...]
2006-10-22 09:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER SU UN
06KHARTOUM2535IBOK SAYS DPA NOT WORKING, AU MUST TRANSITION TO UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met African Union Ambassador Sam Ibok October 17 at the U.S.-funded Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Office in Khartoum. Ibok asked for U.S. support for strengthening the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) while planning for a future UN re-hat. [...]
2006-10-23 10:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2539 Pronk Ejected, Europeans React Strongly
[...] (U) The GoS terminated the mission of UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jan Pronk on October 22 following statements Pronk made in his blog concerning recent military defeats in Darfur (reftel). In a letter from Foreign Minister Lam Akol to UN Secretary General (SYG) K [...]
2006-10-25 04:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN SU
06KHARTOUM2542 Sudan: MFA Advises Gov't to Search Diplomats
[...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a diplomatic note explaining that, for reasons of national security and the safety of air navigation, Government authorities would begin occasionally searching members of Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations, including physical searches. [...]
2006-10-25 10:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OFDP SU
06KHARTOUM2547 Sudan MFA Requires Approval of FSN Dismissals
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent another diplomatic note placing restrictions on the activities of diplomatic missions. This diplomatic note states that every diplomatic mission, consulate, and international and regional organization must provide the Foreign Ministry with copies o [...]
2006-10-26 14:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OFDP AMGT APER ELAB SU
06KHARTOUM2548 COUNTRY CLEARANCE RQUEST FOR CG MAKILA JAMES
[...] Makila James, Consul General Juba, requests country clearance to visit Embassy Nairobi for consultations with the Political and Consular Sections on the afternoon of November 7 and then onward travel to Samburu to participate in the USAID Southern Sudan Democracy and Governance Partners Retrea [...]
2006-10-26 14:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL CMGT SU KE
06KHARTOUM255IRANIAN VP VISITS SUDAN, BASHIR PLEDGES SUPPORT
[...] (U) Iranian Vice President Dr. Ahmad al-Musawi visited Sudan on January 25 and 26 to discuss bilateral relations. He delivered a letter from President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to President Omar al-Bashir. In a press conference, Musawi said the letter outlined Iranian policy aimed at strengthening [...]
2006-02-02 11:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PGOV IR SU
06KHARTOUM2550 SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PAMELA FIERST AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Pamela Fierst, AF/SPG, and Phil Garrison, Oil Advisor to Juba, for the period of November 1 - 4, 2006, for the purpose of initial advisory support for the SPLM in support of CPA implementation. Due to security concerns and limita [...]
2006-10-26 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAID EPET PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2557PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS, MEETING WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Senior GoSS officials expressed gratitude for the lifting of sanctions on Southern Sudan under the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 (DPAA),but fear Khartoum's retaliation for increased restrictions on the North. Th [...]
2006-10-27 10:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID ETTC US SU
06KHARTOUM2558VIOLENCE CONTINUES NEAR JUBA
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Oyai Deng says that 38 people died on October 18 in violence reportedly linked to the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Deng said that eight vehicles had been burned in the incidents on roads east and south of Juba. [...]
2006-10-27 10:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP ASEC UG SU
06KHARTOUM2559SUDAN/UGANDA: MUSEVENI VISITS GOSS, MEETS LRA
[...] (U) The Governments of Sudan and Uganda have traded accusations in the wake of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's one-day visit to Juba October 21. Khartoum says Museveni had no authorization to visit Sudan, and in any case should have first landed in the Sudanese capital. Ugandan officials [...]
2006-10-27 10:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UG SU
06KHARTOUM256"COLD PEACE" -- SUDAN AND UGANDA FIND COMMON GROUND
[...] (C) Summary: Until recently, relations between Sudan and Uganda had been marked by mutual suspicion and aggression through proxy forces. Uganda was a major supporter of the SPLM throughout the 20-year civil war, and Sudan countered this influence by providing weapons and bases to the Lord's [...]
2006-02-02 12:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UG SU
06KHARTOUM2560SUDAN: ALLEGED SAF ATTACKS OUTSIDE OF JUBA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) sources say they have arrested 16 persons in connection with alleged Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-related attacks near Juba that killed over 40 people in the last week. The Secretary General of the ruling Sudan People's Liberation SIPDIS [...]
2006-10-27 10:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MCAP SU
06KHARTOUM2561SENIOR SPLA COMMANDER BLAMES SAF, LRA FOR RECENT
[...] (C) Summary: Major General Thomas Cirillo, a senior commander in the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Deputy Commander of the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) for all of Sudan, blames the Sudanese Government's Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fo [...]
2006-10-27 10:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP UG SU
06KHARTOUM2563 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for COTR Ned Arcement
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Ned W. Arcement, AF Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, to Sudan for a period of service to commence on October 28, 2006. Post notes that travel to Darfur by all employees under Chief of Mission authority, including Mr [...]
2006-10-29 05:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2564GOSS VICE PRESIDENT TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY THAT
[...] GOSS-mediated peace talks between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army were difficult and protracted even before the latest upsurge in LRA-related violence, GOSS Vice President Riek Machar told visiting Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios October 17. Their discus [...]
2006-10-29 05:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS UG SU
06KHARTOUM2565SPLM'S ALOR IDENTIFIES NCP INNER CIRCLE FOR NATSIOS
[...] (C) In a meeting with Special Presidential Envoy (SPE) Andrew Natsios on October 14, Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor said policy change would come from President Omar al-Bashir's inner circle, led by Presidential Advisor Nafie al Nafie. He recommended getting African and Arab nations, [...]
2006-10-29 05:32:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2570 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Tod Wilson
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Tod Wilson, S/CRS DPA Signatories Advisor, to Sudan for a period of service to commence on October 30, 2006. Post notes that travel to Darfur by all employees under Chief of Mission authority, including Mr. Wilson, requires the a [...]
2006-10-29 13:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA KCRS EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2571 Sudan/UN: Text of MFA Letter to UNSYG SR Pronk
[...] On October 26, post received a copy of the following letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Sudan Jan Pronk. SIPDIS 2. The text of the letter, received from UNSYG SR Pronk's office, is as follows: (Begin text) REPUBLIC O [...]
2006-10-29 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2572SUDAN: FIVE MORE DEAD IN JUBA VIOLENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Five more persons were killed on the night of October 26-27 in fighting just east of Juba. Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) commanders once again pointed either to the -Sudan Armed Forces (SAF),Khartoum-backed militia, or the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) as r [...]
2006-10-29 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP ASEC UG SU
06KHARTOUM2573 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Mitchell P. Benedict
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Mitchell P. Benedict, Political Officer, to Sudan on October 30, 2006, to attend talks sponsored by the League of Arab States and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development between the Transitional Federal Government of Somali [...]
2006-10-30 04:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL SU
06KHARTOUM258 Bashir Interview: AU Summit, Darfur, AIDS,
[...] (U) Summary and comment: Post received an English copy of President Omer Al-Bashir's interview with Sudan News Agency Director General Mohamed Hatim Sulieman on the occasion of the convening of the 6th African Union Summit in Khartoum. Bashir responded to questions on a number of issues rang [...]
2006-02-02 13:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD EAGR EPET KPKO KHIV AU SU
06KHARTOUM2589SUDAN: EDUCATION MINISTER ON POTENTIAL COOPERATION
[...] (U) Summary: Sudan's Minister of General Education, Dr. Hamid Mohammed Ibrahim, told PAO during an Oct. 31 courtesy call at the Ministry that he favored greater cooperation between the United States and Sudan on educational issues. The Education Minister, who oversees the K-12 system in Sudan, [...]
2006-10-31 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL PREL PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM2598SE NATSIOS MTG WITH MINAWI: NCP IMPEDES PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the SLM Minni Minawi described the efforts of the National Congress Party (NCP) to delay the implementation of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA),foreign influence on o [...]
2006-11-01 14:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UN CD ER
06KHARTOUM2599SUDAN/UGANDA: RENEWAL OF CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Government of Uganda (GoU),the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),and the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) renewed their Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CHA) in Juba on November 1 after a night of intensive negotiations. The full text of the new agreeme [...]
2006-11-01 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO SU CG UG
06KHARTOUM2616DPA NON-SIGNATORY COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE PLANNING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The development of an organizational conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders is moving forward slowly and fitfully. Development of a conference is hindered by numerous field commanders touting separate efforts with vague objectives and disjointed co [...]
2006-11-05 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL SU UN CD ER
06KHARTOUM2617SUDAN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy Khartoum responds as follows: A. Contact Information for TFCO: Eric P. Whitaker, Pol/Econ Chief, landline phone number 249-183-774-700, cell phone number 249-912159576, unclassified e-mail address whitakerep(at sign)state.gov, classified e-mail a [...]
2006-11-05 15:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KFTN KVPR PREL PTER SU
06KHARTOUM2623DARFUR PARTNER'S MEETING: LITTLE GOOD NEWS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Darfur Partners exchanged notes and ideas on addressing the issues of Darfur with few solid recommendations during a November 2 meeting hosted by the UK Charge. The UN representative assured the group of a seamless leadership transition with the departure of UN Secretary G [...]
2006-11-06 14:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UN CD ER
06KHARTOUM2631MINAWI ON THE EVE OF HIS DARFUR TRIP
[...] (S) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Sr. Security Advisor, SLM leader Minni Minawi approached his upcoming trip to Darfur practically, intent on taking his message directly to the people, but understanding he had little to offer at this stage. He expects the Government to throw some obs [...]
2006-11-07 10:39:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL SU UN CD ER
06KHARTOUM264ANTI-DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL PROTEST SUGGESTS
[...] (SBU) On February 2, an angry crowd of approximately 100 students surrounded the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Agencies Coordinating Together (ACT)/CARITAS (which houses Norwegian NGOs) compounds in Nyala, South Darfur, and stoned several vehicles at 10:00 in the morning. The NGO staff were [...]
2006-02-02 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM SOCI PTER DA NO US SU
06KHARTOUM2642U.S. INTERCEPTS SUDANESE FERRY
[...] (SBU) The Sudanese Arabic daily "Al Shari Al Syasi" reported on November 3 that U.S. naval forces had boarded a Sudanese ship in the Red Sea. Post has confirmed the interception, which has been reported through other channels. The newspaper has ties to the National Islamic Front (NIF),thoug [...]
2006-11-08 13:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO EWWT MOPS PHSA PTER ASEC
06KHARTOUM2643DARFUR: NRC TO CLOSE PROGRAM IN SOUTH
[...] (C) The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) will publicly announce the closure of its operations in South Darfur on November 8. In a meeting with Embassy staff prior to the announcement, NRC Country Director Lotte Grauballe said that operations have been suspended five times in the last two years [...]
2006-11-08 16:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU UN NO
06KHARTOUM2649 CONFIRMED DIFFICULTIES WITH THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH
[...] (SBU) Background: In late September, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) did not grant, as requested by post, appropriate paperwork to allow Post personnel to meet an airQft carrying a classified pouch. Compounding our problems, Air Egypt received instructions to forbid the USG cou [...]
2006-11-09 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL ADPM OFDP SU US
06KHARTOUM265GNU-BEJA TALKS: NO OBSERVERS, NO TRANSPORTATION
[...] (C) On February 1, PolOff spoke with Dr. Amna Dirar, Vice President of the Eastern Front, about the scenario for the Tripoli talks slated to begin on February 7. Dirar said that she expected international observers to be present, as it was a precondition for talks in Tripoli. This is contrary [...]
2006-02-03 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LY UN SU
06KHARTOUM2650SUDAN/UGANDA/CONGO: LRA PEACE TALKS RECESS,
[...] (C) Summary: Peace talks between the Government of Uganda (GOU) and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) recessed November 8 after the parties failed to reach agreement on a lengthy protocol addressing "root causes" of the 20-year LRA insurgency. LRA combatants missed a November 8 deadline [...]
2006-11-09 16:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CG UG SU
06KHARTOUM2664MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER MUSTAFA ISMAIL
[...] (C) On November 13, CDA Hume met at his request with Presidential Adviser Mustafa Ismail, who has recently been named to take the lead on Sudan,s contacts to resolve the issue of Darfur. At the outset of the meeting, Mustafa commented that this week he had reminded government colleagues that [...]
2006-11-13 17:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PHUM AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2665SOUTHERN SUDAN: TENSIONS OVER CONSTRUCTION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Approximately 20 men armed with machetes, knives, and other weapons stormed the construction site of the new interim general headquarters for the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) November 11 and threatened expatriate staff. An SPLA soldier on site responded and called in [...]
2006-11-14 12:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC MCAP SU
06KHARTOUM2666SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: PREPARATIONS FOR UN U/S EGELAND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs (USYG) Jan Egeland departed Juba November 12 for a meeting with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony on the Sudan-Congo border. Before the meeting, Egeland had expressed serious doubt about whether it would actually [...]
2006-11-14 13:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU UG CG
06KHARTOUM2667JUBA VIOLENCE AFTERMATH: RUMORS OF SAF PRISONER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks attributed to the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) around Juba have slowed within the last week, but still continue. The LRA has denied responsibility for these incidents of violence, and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials still maintain that the Sudanese Armed f [...]
2006-11-14 13:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU
06KHARTOUM2669PERHAPS A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: Six months after the conclusion of the Darfur Peace Agreement, perhaps there is a moment of opportunity to re-launch implementation of its important security provisions. The new AMIS force commander has provided needed leadership and challenged the international community to sup [...]
2006-11-14 15:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2681MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: According to State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti, the Government of Sudan welcomes another visit by Special Envoy Natsios, to include a meeting with President Bashir, following his meetings in Addis Ababa. Sudan also appreciates continued U.S. support to the African Unio [...]
2006-11-15 14:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU US AU
06KHARTOUM2687CHAD MAY ACCEPT UN FORCES TO PREVENT WIDER WAR
[...] (S) Summary: Blaming Sudan for the deteriorating security situation in his country, Chadian Embassy Security Chief Mohamad Tahir Tordjok (strictly protect) said the Chadian government would accept United Nations peacekeeping forces in Chad to secure its eastern border. Tordjok claimed that 30 [...]
2006-11-16 12:01:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KPKO SU CD NG SO UN
06KHARTOUM2688DARFUR ANALYSIS: SPLM MAINTAINS SUPPORT OF UNPKO
[...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) continues to vocally support a UN peace-keeping operation (UNPKO) in Darfur. First Vice President and President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Salva Kiir recently told an Arabic-language paper in London that his position is clear a [...]
2006-11-16 12:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN SU
06KHARTOUM2689CONTINUED GOVERNMENT OBSTRUCTION OF VISAS FOR DOD
[...] (C) In the last year, Department of Defense Military Attaches assigned to Sudan have been subjected to a concerted effort by the Sudanese government to refuse or delay issuance of visas for travel to Sudan. This effort prevents military personnel from filling critical advisory roles for the Ch [...]
2006-11-16 15:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ODIP CASC OTRA CVIS MARR SU US
06KHARTOUM2691 Sudan: Demarche on UN Country Specific Human Rights
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Director of the Americas Abdel Rahman Sharfi on November 7; Charge Powers and Pol/Econ Chief subsequently delivered Ref B demarche to MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on November 9. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) U/S Mutriff responded that UN countr [...]
2006-11-18 09:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL UN SU
06KHARTOUM2694Sudan/Uganda/DRC: UN Humanitarian Chief Meets Head of
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Lord's Resistance Army LRA rebel chief Joseph Kony pressed for the withdrawal of Ugandan forces from Southern Sudan during a brief meeting with UN Under Secretary General (USYG) Jan Egeland on November 12 at the village of Nabanga on the Sudan-Congo border. Kony refused Egeland's [...]
2006-11-19 08:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI PGOV UN SU UG CG
06KHARTOUM2697DESPITE OPTICS ON FM VISIT, NO NEW FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the positive coverage in both the Western and Sudanese press of French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy's recent trip to Khartoum and reports of a French initiative to resolve the Darfur crisis, French Political Counselor Francois Colas characterized the visit as an [...]
2006-11-19 12:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU FR CD
06KHARTOUM2698CDA MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS DENG
[...] (C) On November 18, CDA Hume met with Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor at Deng's request. Deng wanted to discuss peace-keeping in Darfur and the statement of principles recently concluded in Addis Ababa. He said that the international media had presented the agreement as including all [...]
2006-11-19 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CVIS ASEC AU SU US UN
06KHARTOUM270RESPONSE TO KIIR: PRESS ATTACKS AND MORE COMMITTEES
[...] (U) Summary: In the week following Salva Kiir,s provocative interview (reftel),the Arabic press and government-controlled newspapers have attacked Kiir for making unfounded accusations and for not working within the CPA. The government has denied Kiir,s claims that the South has not receiv [...]
2006-02-06 07:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM2702AEC: SPLM Accuses NCP of Insincerity and Attacks
[...] SUMMARY: During the 14th Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Plenary held on November 14, The SPLM accused the NCP of insincerity in implementing the CPA and asserted that Sudan armed Forces (SAF) were complicit in the current instability around Juba. The Commission also reviewed Novemb [...]
2006-11-19 16:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EPET SU
06KHARTOUM2705FUR LEADER WARNS OF WORSENING CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CDA Hume, Fur leader Abdulgassem Seif El Din described the disintegrating social fabric in Darfur, his unsuccessful efforts to unite the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in order to strengthen their bargaining position with the government, the growin [...]
2006-11-20 10:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU UN CD ER NG LY
06KHARTOUM2709Darfur - UN USYG Egeland Warns of Worsening Situation
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the strong efforts of the non-governmental organization (NGO) community and the commitment of the donor community, the humanitarian situation in Darfur is poised to deteriorate, according to Jan Egeland, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Re [...]
2006-11-20 14:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PHUM PREF SOCI PGOV KAWC UN SU
06KHARTOUM271SUDAN: Reaction to Danish Cartoon Relatively
[...] Summary: Despite some violence in Darfur and a Friday demonstration in Khartoum, the situation here has remained relatively calm. The Norwegian Embassy received a threat, but is being well protected by Sudanese forces. There is some concern that Danish and Norwegian NGO's may have to halt [...]
2006-02-06 10:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL SOCI SCUL PGOV KISL DA NO US SU
06KHARTOUM2711CONFUSED MESSAGE ON ADDIS ACCORD
[...] (U) Public comments by Sudanese officials on the Statement of Principles signed in Addis Ababa on November 16 have been convoluted. With regard to the role of United Nations forces, the local Arabic press has interchanged the Arabic words for "joint" and "mixed" in the translation of "hybrid." [...]
2006-11-20 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AU KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2720MEDIA REACTION TO "PLAN B" FOR SUDAN
[...] Several Sudanese newspapers carried stories about Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios' November 20 press briefing in which he referred to a "Plan B" for Sudan. Some included the entire briefing. There were only two editorials about Darfur and "Plan B," although we would expect there to be [...]
2006-11-22 12:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM2729RESPONSE: SUDANESE BUSINESS ENTITIES FOR SDN
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy Khartoum offers the following response with respect to proposed identification of Specially Designated National (SDN) entities by OFAC. A. Mission vendors: 1) Sudan Telecommunications Company ("Sudatel") ) provides essential telecommunications systems [...]
2006-11-22 16:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN US SU
06KHARTOUM273 SUDAN SANCTIONS - MORE ON RAIL/BARGE SPARE PARTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for EB/EPC - see para 4. 2. (U) In reply to the letter dated January 16, requesting assistance in securing imports of railway parts(reftel),the Charge replied to First Vice President Salva Kiir on January 29. Text of the letter follows. (Begin text) Tha [...]
2006-02-06 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ELTN ETTC EAID PHUM OPDC US SU
06KHARTOUM2730DENG ALOR: BASHIR BACKING DOWN IN OPPOSITION TO UN
[...] (C) In a November 21 conversation with AID Mission Director and Poloff, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor said that President Bashir had begun to "back down" in his opposition to United Nations (UN) intervention in Darfur. He based this assessment on a cabinet briefing that Bashir had giv [...]
2006-11-22 16:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2732CONTINUING EFFORTS ON COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Commanders representing the SLA-Unity, G-19, SLA-Abdel Wahid Al Nur, and SLA-Ahmed Abdul Shafi continue to engage in efforts to hold a conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur with the facilitation of the African Union (AU). A working group of in [...]
2006-11-22 17:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU
06KHARTOUM274 SOUTH SUDAN: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Regional Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial shortly before Nhial departed for Khartoum en route to Cairo as head of a GoSS delegation that includes the Ministers of Justice and Public Service, sent to investigate the killing [...]
2006-02-06 12:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EPET PINR SU
06KHARTOUM2743MINAWI CALLED TO KHARTOUM TO BRIEF CABINET ON
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi has been called to return to Khartoum from Darfur by Vice President Taha in order to brief the Government's High Commission on Peace and Security and the Cabinet. He intends to emphasize [...]
2006-11-27 05:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU US AU
06KHARTOUM2745 Sudan Plans New Visa Procedures for South
[...] Consul General Juba (CGJ) delivered reftel demarche on November 20 to Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister in the Office of the President Luka Biong and GoSS Minister for Regional Cooperation Barnaba Benjamin, but modified the text slightly to reflect additional guidance from Embassy K [...]
2006-11-27 12:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CVIS SU
06KHARTOUM2749DARFUR'S AGONY AND BASHIR'S PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: Darfur's agony is not ending. The territory is awash with weapons, including shipments of sniper rifles, assault rifles, and machine guns. Traditional social structures, already weakened, no longer keep the peace--even within internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. The new co [...]
2006-11-28 12:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU UN US
06KHARTOUM275 SOUTHERN SUDAN: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF
[...] (U) CG Juba met with GoSS Minister of Police and Security Daniel Awet on February 3 to review progress in establishing a functional police force in Southern Sudan, and re- establishing security. Awet began by discussing the structure of the police force in South Sudan. There will be a total [...]
2006-02-06 13:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KCRM ASEC EAID CG UG
06KHARTOUM2750AMIS FOCUSED ON PROTECTING FORCES, NOT CIVILIANS
[...] (C) In a November 25 meeting in El Fasher with CDA Hume, Major General Luke Aprezi, force commander of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS),lamented his inability to ensure the safety of his troops and protect the civilians of Darfur. Despite initial indications that Aprezi would improv [...]
2006-11-28 14:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2756 C-130 DEPARTURE INCIDENT AT EL FASHER AIRPORT
[...] Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) supports a small detachment of officers serving as advisors to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in El Fasher. On November 28, a CJTF-HOA HC-130, call sign PAT 332, landed in El Fashir, Darfur, at approximately 1450, on a scheduled m [...]
2006-11-29 09:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PINR PINS EAIR US SU
06KHARTOUM276BANK OF SOUTHERN SUDAN BEGINS OPERATIONS
[...] (U) The establishment of the Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS) was made official by a public announcement dated February 4. The BOSS will provide the services of a central bank in Southern Sudan, including the regulation of the banking system and issuance of banking licenses. Under the CPA, the b [...]
2006-02-06 13:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2761CDA HUME, MFA OFFICIAL KARTI DISCUSS PKO IN DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, CDA Hume and State Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Karti discussed the way forward on peacekeeping operations in Darfur following the November 16 Addis Ababa agreement. Addressing issues such as troop levels and financing, CDA Hume encouraged the Sudanes [...]
2006-11-29 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU CLOK CVIS SU US UN
06KHARTOUM2762DARFUR: "A CERTAIN KIND OF CHAOS"
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with tribal leaders, humanitarian workers, and United Nations staff during a recent visit to North and West Darfur, CDA Hume heard accounts of the disintegration of the territory's society, the rise in the Sudanese government's harassment and restriction of [...]
2006-11-29 14:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR MOPS AU EAID PREF SOCI
06KHARTOUM2764DPA: WAITING FOR CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Over six months after the signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),frustration and anger about the agreement were common themes across discussions with groups in El Fasher. In a series of meetings in November, Poloff spoke with members of the Fur and Tunjur communities, the Head of [...]
2006-11-30 09:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2766DARFUR: UPDATE ON RECENT ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) The following timeline describes attacks in Darfur in the last week. It is based on information from the UN Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS) and Embassy reporting. -- November 28: SAF captured 16 vehicles and an undetermined number of fighters and weapons from the National [...]
2006-11-30 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS SU
06KHARTOUM2767MINAWI DISCUSSES NCP APPROACH TO DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 29 meeting, Special Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi described the stalled implementation of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the division of labor within the National Congress Party (NCP) on Darfur, which has left Presiden [...]
2006-11-30 15:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL SU CD CT SO
06KHARTOUM2768BASHIR PRESS FORUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 27 press forum in Khartoum conducted via satellite, President Bashir emphasized that international forces in Darfur should remain under African Union (AU) command and that he considered the proposed "third phase" of UN support for the African Union Mission in Sudan [...]
2006-11-30 15:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD UN US
06KHARTOUM2770 Sudan: MFA Advises of Lifting of Travel Restrictions for
[...] On November 30, the Embassy received a note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lifting the 25-mile travel limit placed September 27 (reftels) on all U.S. citizens in Sudan, other than those assigned to the mission. 2. The text of the note verbale, received in English, is as foll [...]
2006-11-30 19:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CASC OTRA OVIP ODIP US SU
06KHARTOUM2771 Juba Roundup: GoSS Ratifies State Constitutions, Ignoring
[...] (U) The following is a brief round-up of current issues from the Consulate General in Juba: --GoSS Goes Ahead with State Constitutions; --Minor SPLM Reshuffle Finishes with State Minister; --Penal Code Marks First Laws in Southern Sudan; --Juba Bridge Still Hanging On; and --Chinese Establi [...]
2006-12-01 03:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM278EASTERN FRONT DELAYS PARTICIPATION IN TRIPOLI TALKS
[...] (C) On February 5, we spoke with Dr. Amna Dirar, Vice President of the Eastern Front, who said the Eastern Front had decided to delay participation in the scheduled negotiations with the Sudanese Government in Tripoli because certain pre-conditions had not been met. Dirar said these were to a [...]
2006-02-06 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM2780 COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR POLOFF NATHAN HOLT
[...] (SBU) Nathan Holt, Embassy Khartoum Political Officer, requests country clearance to visit Embassy Nairobi for consultations with KUSLO on December 5. The purpose of the travel is to hold discussions with KUSLO, Kenya Department of Defense (KDOD) personnel, and representatives of the Sudan Peo [...]
2006-12-03 03:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL SU KE
06KHARTOUM2785KHARTOUM: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION
[...] (C) At present, the Sudanese Government does not have an effective computerized database to track entries and exits of suspected terrorists/watchlisted individuals; however, the U.S. government is working with the Sudanese Government to deploy the PISCES system, which should hopefully be operab [...]
2006-12-03 16:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER SU
06KHARTOUM2789UN, AU DESCRIBE POST-ABUJA PITFALLS
[...] (C) During a December 3 meeting of the Darfur Partners, representatives from the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) described the obstacles facing the international community as it works to end the crisis in Darfur. At the recent AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) session in Abuja, t [...]
2006-12-04 08:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2794 KHARTOUM NEC - STATUS OF CONTAINERS
[...] (SBU) On December 4, CDA Hume met with the Deputy Director for the Americas at the MFA to raise the need for action by the Sudanese government to release construction materials for the New Embassy Compound (NEC) from customs at Port Sudan. OBO Project Executive Albertson and Management Counsel [...]
2006-12-05 08:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT ASEC PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM280 Burundian President Visits Sudan
[...] (U) After the end of the AU Summit, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza remained for an additional three days, January 27-29, to discuss bilateral issues. The main result of the visit was the establishment of a ministerial-level commission to discuss matters of mutual interest, focused on ed [...]
2006-02-06 16:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SU BY
06KHARTOUM2802KHARTOUM - EAC MEETING ON POSSIBLE ATTACK ON EL
[...] On December 5, 2006 an EAC meeting was held at Embassy Khartoum. Present were DCM, POL, MGT, RSO, PAO, CON, USAID, JLE and RAO. The subject was the threat of imminent attack on the capital city of North Darfur State, El Fasher by combined forces of SLA/M and NRF as a follow-up to recent ski [...]
2006-12-06 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL OPDP CASC SU
06KHARTOUM2807MINAWI CONSIDERS WITHDRAWAL FROM DPA
[...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi is considering how to respond to the recent Janjaweed attacks in El Fasher and whether to remain within the framework of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). In a December 6 meeting with AID Miss [...]
2006-12-06 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU
06KHARTOUM2811MINAWI COMMITTED TO DPA BUT PLEADS FOR
[...] (SBU) During a December 7 meeting with ambassadors at the African Union Darfur Peace Agreement Implementation Office, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi affirmed his commitment to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),but pleaded with the inte [...]
2006-12-07 15:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2812 CDA Addresses Darfur Crisis in Local Press
[...] (U) In an interview with Arabic daily "Al-Sudani," the Charge d'Affaires addressed the Sudanese security apparatus' failure to stem the violence in Darfur, while also noting slight improvement in the humanitarian situation. The Charge noted that UN Security Council resolutions, such as Resolut [...]
2006-12-07 15:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF KPAO PHUM SOCI UN SU
06KHARTOUM2814SUDAN: BRIEF BIODATA ON KHALIL IBRAHIM
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Embassy Khartoum offers the following information. 2. (SBU) Dr. Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed, Chairman, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Co-Founder of the National Redemption Front (NRF) -- Leader of a Peoples Defense Forces unit that took part in its operati [...]
2006-12-07 16:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PTER PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM2815SUDAN SDN DESIGNATION AND SUDATEL
[...] (C) Regarding the designation of additional Sudanese companies as "specifically designated nationals" (SDNs),Embassy Khartoum notes the following information regarding Sudatel: A. The potential impact if Sudatel were named as an SDN would cause complications including but not limited to s [...]
2006-12-07 16:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN US SU
06KHARTOUM2816DARFUR: STAFFING CFC AND JC MEETINGS
[...] (C) Following the May 5 signing of the Darfur Peace Agreement and the arrival of new African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander Major General Aprezi, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings take place twice each week in El Fasher, Darfur. In the past, the U.S. Observer to these import [...]
2006-12-07 16:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO APER MARR SU AU US
06KHARTOUM2818 Sudan: Letter to Sec. Rice from FM Lam Akol on Guantanamo
[...] (SBU) On December 6, Embassy Khartoum received a letter dated December 4 from Foreign Minister Lam Akol regarding the status of Guantanamo detainee Sami Mohy El din Mohammed Al Hajj, an Al-Jazeera cameraman. 2. (SBU) the text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) I am writing to yo [...]
2006-12-07 20:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER US SU
06KHARTOUM282ACTION NEEDED TO STEM WORSENING SECURITY IN DARFUR
[...] (C) A February 4-5 visit to Darfur confirmed that the security situation in Darfur is getting worse. A companion message will report on separate meetings with the local governor, the new AMIS commander, UN staff, U.S. military observers, and international NGOs. All are worried what will happ [...]
2006-02-07 11:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EAID US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2831 PRESIDENT BASHIR ACCUSES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF
[...] Sudanese President Omer Hasan Ahmed al-Bashir used the occasion of the two-day African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Summit hosted in Khartoum December 7-8 to criticize the UN and accuse the international community of supporting Darfur rebels. In both his opening and closing remarks, Bashir c [...]
2006-12-11 15:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM2837SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES DARFUR WITH SUDANESE OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios from December 10-12, Sudanese officials expressed their ongoing support for the November 30 Abuja agreement. They indicated a willingness to expedite the implementation of UN Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan's proposal for "phase [...]
2006-12-12 16:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2838PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER HANIYA VISITS SUDAN
[...] (U) Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniya briefed Sudan's President and current Arab League Chairman Omar al Bashir on the Authority's current financial situation on December 12, as part of a tour to key supporters in the region. Haniya told reporters afterwards in Khartoum that [...]
2006-12-13 09:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SU GZ WE
06KHARTOUM2842SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH MINNI MINAWI
[...] (C) In a December 10 meeting with SE Natsios, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi, accompanied by seven of his advisors, re-iterated his plea for international assistance for his struggling movement (reftels). In contrast to reports the pr [...]
2006-12-13 14:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU SU UN
06KHARTOUM2844DARFUR: AMIS/EU INVESTIGATIVE TEAM DETAINED,
[...] (C) On December 9, unidentified armed men attacked a commercial truck convoy near Sirba, West Darfur, killing 22 people and injuring 10 others. The same day, a combined AMIS/EU team of two military observers and six protection force personnel flew, in an MI-8 helicopter, from El Geneina to Si [...]
2006-12-13 16:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINR PREL AU EU SU
06KHARTOUM2846SUDAN: INFO ON SDN DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) In response to Ref A, Embassy addressed the issue of Sudatel in Ref B. 2. (C) Regarding other firms mentioned in Refs C and D, post believes that none plays a direct role in the provision of humanitarian or reconstructive efforts in Sudan. Actions taken against listed firms, especially t [...]
2006-12-14 13:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN US SU
06KHARTOUM2865SE NATSIOS' VISIT TO MALAKAL
[...] (C) Two weeks after violence erupted between the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the Upper Nile capital of Malakal, SE Natsios visited the area on December 11 to highlight the first serious breach in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). UN offic [...]
2006-12-18 13:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM2867SE NATSIOS' VISIT TO ABYEI
[...] (C) Summary: During SE Natsios' December 11 to visit Abyei, UN officials and local leaders outlined the myriad problems facing the area as a result of territorial disputes between the Dinka and Massriya tribes, which international observers suggest make it the next potential flashpoint to dera [...]
2006-12-18 14:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UN
06KHARTOUM2875DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN MORATORIUM EXTENDED
[...] On December 19, at a ceremony launching the UN Work Plan for 2007, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Kosti Manibe announced that the Government of National Unity (GNU) had extended the humanitarian moratorium through January 31, 2008. The moratorium eases requirements for visas, travel permi [...]
2006-12-19 15:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREF PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2878SE NATSIOS CONVERSATION WITH UK ENVOY PRENTICE
[...] (C) In a brief meeting with SE Natsios on December 10, UK Ambassador-at-large for Sudan Peace Processes Christopher Prentice expressed his government's reticence at using coercive measures to induce the Sudanese government to accept an international peace-keeping force. Prentice said there ha [...]
2006-12-20 07:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SU UN UK
06KHARTOUM2879UNOCHA OFFICIAL TO SE NATSIOS: DARFUR DETERIORATING
[...] (C) During December 10 meeting with SE Natsios, Deputy Director for Sudan of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Michael McDonagh detailed the deteriorating security situation in Darfur. He noted that the UN had launched six evacuations of its staff in the prev [...]
2006-12-20 07:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UN EC
06KHARTOUM2889 IRATE EMBASSY NEIGHBORS SEEK LEGAL REDRESS
[...] Summary: The June 28, 2003, closure of the street in front of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum for security reasons is once again getting press attention. Some 29 merchants and residents negatively affected by the closure of Ali Abdel Latif Street reportedly are seeking compensation from the U.S [...]
2006-12-21 14:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT PREL SOCI KPAO SU
06KHARTOUM2890DARFUR: UN ENVOY OULD-ABDALLAH MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: UN Envoy Ould-Abadallah had a "good meeting" with President Bashir on December 21, State Foreign Minister Karti told CDA Hume in late afternoon phone call. However, Karti gave no details on their discussions of the light and heavy packages envisioned in the Addis/Abuja framework. [...]
2006-12-21 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM2891DARFUR: NGO PRESENCE UNDER THREAT
[...] (U) This is an action request: see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Humanitarian conditions have declined markedly in the past few months, with several recent events, particularly in the Gereida area, representing a new threshold in what appears to be a concerted effort to chase NGOs out of Darfur. [...]
2006-12-21 16:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM ICRC UN SU
06KHARTOUM2892DARFUR: UN STATES HUMANITARIAN STRUCTURE ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 21 meeting with Charge Hume, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for the United Nations (UN) in Sudan Manuel d,Silva and Deputy Director for Sudan of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Michael McDonagh [...]
2006-12-21 16:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL SU UN
06KHARTOUM2893MFA ON DELAYED NEC CONTAINERS
[...] (C) During a December 21 meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Ali Karti, Charge Hume raised Sudan's non-compliance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations with respect to containers still detained at Port Sudan. Noting the containers had so far been held for approx [...]
2006-12-22 13:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL OFDP ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
06KHARTOUM2894DARFUR: NGO PRESENCE UNDER THREAT - CORRECTED COPY
[...] (U) This is an action request: see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Humanitarian conditions have declined markedly in the past few months, with several recent events, particularly in the Gereida area, representing a new threshold in what appears to be a concerted effort to chase NGOs out of Darfur. [...]
2006-12-22 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETEAID PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM ICRC UN SU
06KHARTOUM2895SLA,S MINNAWI MAY BE EXPLORING HIS OPTIONS
[...] (C) This week,s attack on OXFAM and ACF NGO operations in Gereida was carried out by Minni Minawi,s SLA forces, according to a UN investigation (reftels). UN Deputy SRSG Manuel Da Silva told CDA Hume that signs of cooperation between National Redemption Front (NRF) forces and forces loyal to [...]
2006-12-22 13:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL ASEC PREF PHUM US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2896DARFUR: UNSR OULD ABDULLAH BRIEFS P5 REPS
[...] (C) Summary: During a Dec. 22 briefing of P5 ambassadors, UN Special Envoy Ould Abdallah said he delivered UNSYG Annan's letter to President Bashir on Sudan's commitment to phased peacekeeping in Darfur. Ould Abdallah noted Bashir was skeptical, feeling the Darfur situation had been exaggera [...]
2006-12-22 14:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2903SUDAN: TERRORIST LISTS
[...] (C) In response to reftel tasker, post notes that Sudan does maintain lists of terrorist groups. These lists are not published, and are not accessible by other than through direct, personal contact with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) officials. In addition to terrorist gro [...]
2006-12-26 12:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC EFIN PREL KVPR KTFN SU
06KHARTOUM2904SUDANESE RESPONSE ON PEACE-KEEPING PACKAGE
[...] (C) On December 26, UN Deputy Special Representative Manuel Da Silva called CDA Hume to inform him of the Sudanese response on UN support for peace-keeping. Da Silva characterized the response several times as &positive.8 At Hume,s urging, he will convene a meeting of P-5 ambassadors on Decem [...]
2006-12-26 12:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2908SUDAN: APPARENT GREEN LIGHT FOR PHASE I LIGHT
[...] (C) On December 26, UN Chief Political Advisor told Pol/Econ Counselor that the just ended tripartite meeting (AU, UN, and Sudanese Government) in Khartoum had achieved consensus to send 35 ) 43 blue bereted UN military staff officers and police advisors to El Fasher, Darfur, within the week t [...]
2006-12-26 13:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PREF PHUM PGOV AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2909 Southern Sudan: Update on Nile River Issues
[...] Summary: Southern Sudan, having signed an MOU with Egypt in August 2006 on technical cooperation on water issues, remains interested in capacity building and in developing the Nile River as a transport corridor. Although the Jonglei Canal Project remains sensitive politically and ecologicall [...]
2006-12-27 03:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV PGOV ECIN EWWT EG SU
06KHARTOUM2915SOUTHERN SUDAN: JUBA CONSULATES PROLIFERATING;
[...] (SBU) On December 17 ) 18, Acting Consul General Whitaker met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Presidential Affairs Luca Biong Deng and Minister of Regional Cooperation Barnaba Benjamin. This followed a December 17 briefing of the consular corps, wherein officials form con [...]
2006-12-27 15:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2917 UNMIS/AMIS Press Release Provides Peacekeeping Phase I
[...] Summary: On December 26, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) jointly issued a press release detailing implementation aspects of Phase I of Darfur peacekeeping operations. The statement indicates that up to 43 military staff officers and 2 [...]
2006-12-28 07:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2920SUDAN: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] (C) On December 27, Pol/Econ Counselor delivered subject demarche regarding Guantanamo detainees to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi. 2. (C) Al-Sanosi understood the issue, and promised to relay the information to those responsible in the Government of Natio [...]
2006-12-28 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM2923 Darfur: UN Advisors on the Ground
[...] On the morning of December 28, UN Chief Political Advisor Bashua Abeyedun spoke to Pol/Econ Counselor fromEl Fasher, Darfur, and advised that 36 UN police advisors and military staff officers had arrived. This represents the first group of UN advisors to be dispatched toward the planned total [...]
2006-12-31 06:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PREF PHUM AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM2924 Sudan: No Progress on NEC Containers
[...] (SBU) During a December 27 meeting with MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi, Pol/Econ Counselor raised the matter of the detained containers pertaining to the New Embassy Compound (NEC),as in reftels. 2. (SBU) Al-Sanosi responded that he had tried several times to obtain an update fr [...]
2006-12-31 06:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OFDP ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
06KHARTOUM2925 AEC Plenary Minutes - Dec. 12 Meeting
[...] Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 15th plenary session in Khartoum on December 12. The plenary session involved somewhat heated discussion about the AEC Chairman's recent remarks to the press about the oil fields and other armed groups (OAGs) operating in the S [...]
2006-12-31 06:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PREL SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM304 SUDAN CENSUS: GOOD PROGRESS
[...] (U) Summary: In a meeting on February 6, 2006, the deputy director of the Sudan UNFPA office provided an update of the progress on the national census. The census is mandated by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and will be the first full, participatory census in Sudan since 1956. P [...]
2006-02-08 14:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM312UNHCR MEETING WITH SUDAN DONORS
[...] (SBU) UNHCR Sudan Director Jean-Marie Fakhouri met with donors February 8 to express alarm over the deterioration of the situation along the Sudan-Chad border and to brief on arrangements for return of refugees to southern Sudan from neighboring countries. 2. (C) Fakhouri said that UNHCR op [...]
2006-02-09 09:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL EAID SU
06KHARTOUM313 IMF COMMENTS ON SUDANESE ECONOMY
[...] (U) Summary: Visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Director Lorenzo Perez noted that the country faces challenges of large arrears, decentralization, lack of transparency, and the creation of a dual banking system mandated by the CPA. Perez said, however, that the Central Bank has [...]
2006-02-09 11:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN EAID SU
06KHARTOUM316ROUND ABOUT IN EL FASHER: CDA HUME GETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CDA Hume traveled to El Fasher, Darfur, on February 4-5 to meet with the new AMIS Force Commander and his staff, and to gain their views on peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. The trip also sought to review resources in El Fasher available for hosting high-level delegati [...]
2006-02-09 16:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL KPKO AU SU
06KHARTOUM319 Ukrainian Firm to Sell Sudan Turbo Jets
[...] On February 7, the Sudan Tribune web site posted an article dated February 6 from "Kharkiv" which indicates that the Kharkiv aviation plan in Ukraine has signed a contract in late 2005 to supply five AN-74 light turbo jet aircraft to Sudan. The multifunctional AN-74 is described as "intended [...]
2006-02-09 16:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP EAIR ETRD BEXP PREL UP SU
06KHARTOUM324Southern Sudan: Meeting with the Attorney
[...] (SBU) On February 9, CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Attorney General (AG) Majok Mading Majok for the three Equatoria states (Note: Bahr el Jebel is often called Central Equatoria and reportedly will be officially renamed in the near future. End note.). A holdover from [...]
2006-02-11 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM339CG Juba Weekly Round-up: February 6-10
[...] Paulino Matip and Simon Gatwick traveled to Jonglei this week to help ensure peace is maintained there, following last week's fighting between Nuer tribesmen and SPLA troops (reftel). Matip is expected back in Juba this weekend, and the area has reportedly stabilized. 2. GoSS Presidential [...]
2006-02-12 12:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM350SUDAN/DARFUR: NO IMPLEMENTATION OF VAW PLAN OF
[...] (SBU) A visit to the field reveals there is little real progress to date in the implementation on the ground of the Plan of Action to Combat Violence Against Women. Government officials had recently (reftel A) cited some human rights training for the police, the stationing of female police off [...]
2006-02-13 13:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM356SUDAN OIL PRODUCTION FALLING SHORT OF PROJECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Oil production in Sudan has not reached levels originally targeted for early 2006, with current output running closer to 300,000 barrels per day rather than the 500,000 bpd anticipated. A major pipeline has yet to start operations. High prices have to some extent offset the l [...]
2006-02-14 07:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM359 SUDAN GRAIN PRODUCTION ABOVE AVERAGE
[...] (U) Summary: Production of sorghum, millet, and wheat is projected to be somewhat above average for 2006. The government has set a floor price of about USD 240 per metric ton for sorghum, but is not currently purchasing grain. The dislocation of the population because of the Darfur conflict [...]
2006-02-14 11:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV PREL EAID SU
06KHARTOUM363A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Frazer and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit met in Khartoum outside the AU Summit on January 24. Aboul Gheit urged U.S.-Egyptian cooperation in Africa; he described the Nile River and countries adjacent to the Arab world as Egypt's priorities in Africa. He said th [...]
2006-02-14 15:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EG US AU SU
06KHARTOUM364SLA COMANDERS CALL FOR A SINGLE LEADER
[...] (C) (Note: this is a re-transmission of 05 Khartoum 01654 to reflect redrafting and reclassification of para 4 per AF/SPG request. End note.) Summary: The lack of a clearly defined leader at the top of the SLA has left field commanders with divided loyalties, hungry forces, and time on the [...]
2006-02-14 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMASS MCAP PREL SU
06KHARTOUM365DEMARCHE ON AMIS RE-HATTING
[...] (C) On February 14 CDA Hume spoke again with MFA Under Secretary Mutriff regarding the need to arrange a transition SIPDIS of peace-keeping responsibility in Darfur from the African Union to the United Nations. Hume pointed out that the immediate need was for an African Union request to th [...]
2006-02-14 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL SU KPKO
06KHARTOUM382 Hamas in Sudan for Pan-Arab Support
[...] (U) Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal was in Khartoum February 12-14 for high-level meetings as part of his tour to solidify Pan-Arab support. According to local pmedia, Meshaal also confirmed his attendance the Arab League Summit to be held in Khartoum at the end of March. Sudan is a l [...]
2006-02-15 04:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL PINR WE SU
06KHARTOUM406QUESTIONS ON GOSS MINISTER GARANG'S TRIP TO
[...] (U) Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister Rebecca Garang's high-profile trip to the U.S. has raised some eyebrows among other SPLM leaders. 2. (C) Remy Oller Itorong, Deputy Speaker of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Council of States and a close associate of Salva Kiir, dur [...]
2006-02-16 08:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR US SU
06KHARTOUM413A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH LIBYAN FM SHALGAM
[...] (C) Summary: Libyan Foreign Minister Shalgam met with A/S Frazer in Khartoum on January 24; he cited regional instability as a key Libyan concern, and urged Libyan )U.S. coordination in addressing issues of mutual interest. He mentioned President Qadafi's suggestion to send 3,000 AMIS troops [...]
2006-02-16 15:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL US AU LY SU
06KHARTOUM417SUDAN: TOTAL AND WHITE NILE PETROLEUM MANEUVER TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The confrontation between Total and the UK-based White Nile Limited (WNL) continues, with both sides claiming the right to develop Block Ba in Southern Sudan. Total, in a consortium that includes Marathon Oil, was granted the concession over 25 years ago by the government in Khar [...]
2006-02-17 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EINV PREL EAID PINR SU
06KHARTOUM430SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR
[...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]
2006-02-20 09:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM431SUDAN OPPOSES UN PEACE-KEEPING IN DARFUR
[...] (C) During CODEL Pelosi,s February 19 meeting with Sudanese Vice President Taha, Congressman Wilson drew attention to President Bush,s recent statement in Florida that the size of the peace-keeping force in Darfur should be doubled, with the UN and NATO helping the African Union. Wilson asked [...]
2006-02-20 10:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM436NEW AU COMMANDER IN DARFUR SHOULD VISIT WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Maj. Gen. C.R.U. Ihakirhe (Nigeria),the new commander of the AU peace-keeping mission in Darfur (AMIS),has staked out a forward-leaning position for his troops. As he told CODEL Pelosi on February 19, he is determined to "take control of the area" that his troops operate in. His concept [...]
2006-02-21 09:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU
06KHARTOUM437NEW AU COMMANDER IN DARFUR SHOULD VISIT WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Maj. Gen. C.R.U. Ihakirhe (Nigeria),the new commander of the AU peace-keeping mission in Darfur (AMIS),has staked out a forward-leaning position for his troops. As he told CODEL Pelosi on February 19, he is determined to "take control of the area" that his troops operate in. His concept [...]
2006-02-21 09:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU
06KHARTOUM440CODEL PELOSI AND VP TAHA ON CPA AND DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: CODEL Pelosi and Vice President Taha discussed the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the crisis in Darfur during a February 19 meeting in Khartoum. The CODEL pressed Taha to get the CPA "back on track," and asked about the U.S. proposal to expand the [...]
2006-02-21 11:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO US AU UN
06KHARTOUM447SUDAN PRESSES OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: Facing mounting pressure for increased international intervention, the Government of National Unity (GNU) has started a broad effort to resist UN and International Criminal Court (ICC) action. Over the past week, this campaign has included media events, newspaper articles, engagemen [...]
2006-02-21 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM456LETTER FROM SUDAN'S PRESIDENT BASHIR TO PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Sudan's President Bashir passed to Charge Hume the following letter to President Bush on Feburary 22 in Khartoum. Original will be pouched to AF/SPG. Septel will report on the meeting. Begin Text: Honorable Mr. President, I have the pleasure to write to you in line with the imp [...]
2006-02-22 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC SU
06KHARTOUM466 MFA Summons UN SRSG Pronk
[...] On February 20, the Government of National Unity (GNU) summoned Jan Pronk, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Sudan, to register a protest regarding UN statements that the GNU believes are biased and exceed the UN mandate. The GNU complained about his recent present [...]
2006-02-23 11:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR KPKO UN SU
06KHARTOUM467 Sudan: Full Court Press Against UN
[...] The Government of Sudan is continuing its intensive public and diplomatic efforts to oppose UN intervention in Darfur. In addition to a significant media blitz, and the public chastising of SRSG Jan Pronk, the government has pushed in the National Assembly. Foreign Minister Lam Akol address [...]
2006-02-23 12:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM483 CG Juba Round-Up
[...] (SBU) AEC Visit: Assessment and Evaluation Commissioner Tom Vraalsen visited Juba and met with Riek Machar and the GoSS Minister of Finance, among others. He confirmed that the Government of National Unity had transferred a hefty sum from petroleum revenues into GoSS coffers, but the GoSS rem [...]
2006-02-23 16:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN EPET TBIO SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM487 Southern Sudan: Meeting with GoSS President's
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 21, CG Juba met with Presidential Advisors for Legal Affairs Paul Mayom and Gender Affairs Awut Deng. Mayom offered his views on GoSS priorities; following discussions ranged over alleged northern support of the Lord's Resistance Army, U.S. sanctions on Sudan, and th [...]
2006-02-25 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS MOPS PREL SU
06KHARTOUM490GOSS DECISION ON SUPER BLOCK B STILL UP IN THE AIR
[...] (SBU) Summary: A February 21 meeting of the GoSS Council of Ministers examined the White Nile Ltd. (WNL) vs. Total dossier on the allocation of Super Block B in Southern Sudan (reftel). After debate, in which a number of ministers expressed displeasure about the genesis of the WNL contract, [...]
2006-02-26 14:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET PREL ECON SU
06KHARTOUM493Sudan Vision interviews Mansour Khalid
[...] SUMMARY: Dr. Mansour Khalid, Presidential Advisor to the Government of National Unity (GNU) and one of the leaders of the SPLM in the North, recently gave a long interview to Sudan Vision Daily, a pro-government English language newspaper. The interview, printed in five parts, covered a wid [...]
2006-02-27 07:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM494SUDANESE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT,S TRIP TO ERITREA
[...] (C) On February 23 Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir traveled to Eritrea with a delegation that included Director of the National Intelligence and Security Services Salah Gosh, MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Saddiq, and SPLM-bloc parliamentary leader Yassir Arman. Eritrean President Isaias [...]
2006-02-27 07:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ER SU
06KHARTOUM497 MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF GENDER, SOCIAL
[...] (U) Summary: On February 24, CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Gender, Social Welfare and Religious Affairs (MGSW) Mary Kiden Wani, who is also one of four GoSS commissioners on the National Petroleum Commission (NPC). Wani briefly addressed the state of her mi [...]
2006-02-27 09:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EPET ECON SU
06KHARTOUM499DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: CHARTING A WAY FORWARD
[...] Summary. The Darfur peace process needs to enter the endgame. The Abuja peace talks, despite gradual progress, have failed to deliver a deal between key rebel leaders and the Sudanese government. The African Union has yet to request the United Nations to take over the peace-keeping operati [...]
2006-02-27 09:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM500 UPDATE #3: Sudan Unrelenting in Public
[...] SUMMARY: Heavy government public opposition to UN intervention in Darfur enters its second week as President Bashir expressed his uncompromising opposition to UN re-hatting. Cabinet members, political parties, and pro-government newspapers and civic organizations also continue to express th [...]
2006-02-27 10:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM507WORLD BANK LOOKS TO SUPPORT DARFUR PEACE
[...] (C) On February 27, Charge d'Affairs met with Asif Faiz, World Bank Country Manager for Sudan, to discuss the Bank's activities in the country. The Charge asked about the ways the World Bank could support a negotiated peace settlement in Darfur, using the recently submitted Government of Nati [...]
2006-02-27 14:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN PINR SU
06KHARTOUM509 SUDAN DENOUNCES SAMARRA BOMBING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KDEM KISL SU IZ
06KHARTOUM513SUDAN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE NEW SPLM LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) SUMMARY and COMMENT: In preparation for an upcoming national convention, SPLM Chairman and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir announced the reformation of the SPLM leadership council, dissolved by John Garang just before his death in July 2005. The leadership council [...]
2006-02-28 10:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM528 SOUTHERN SUDAN: MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 28, CG Juba met with GoSS Presidential Security Advisor Samuel Abu John to discuss SPLA reform, military force structure, and CPA implementation modalities. Abu John said that the GOSS realizes the importance of paying the SPLA, but is still trying to get good rol [...]
2006-03-01 10:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR SU
06KHARTOUM545UNMIS HEAD OF OFFICE ON SPLA, JONGLEI CONFLICT,
[...] (SBU) Summary. UNMIS Head of Office in South Sudan James Ellory and CG met on February 24 to discuss security issues in South Sudan, including developments in the SPLA, how to keep a lid on the situation in Jonglei State, and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Ellory expressed frustration wit [...]
2006-03-02 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS PGOV SU CG UG UN
06KHARTOUM546JUBA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RIOT IN KHARTOUM
[...] SUMMARY. On Feb 11, a serious student riot occurred at the University of Juba's Kadoro Campus in Khartoum following the refusal of university officials to establish as student union. Many observers, however, believe that the true purpose of the riot was to force the University to return to [...]
2006-03-02 13:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP PREL SCUL PINR PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM547JUBA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RIOT IN KHARTOUM
[...] SUMMARY. On Feb 11, a serious student riot occurred at the University of Juba's Kadoro Campus in Khartoum following the refusal of university officials to establish as student union. Many observers, however, believe that the true purpose of the riot was to force the University to return to [...]
2006-03-02 13:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP PREL SCUL PINR PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM555SECURITY GUARDS IN JUBA ASSAULT THIRD-COUNTRY
[...] SUMMARY: On Monday, February 27, 2006, members of the Local Guard Force (LGF) contracted by the USG to secure the U.S. Consulate compound in Juba (Southern Sudan) attacked one of the contractor's third country national (TCN) employees. The security guards demanded to be provided letters of [...]
2006-03-02 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM561MEETING WITH FORMER SPLM SECURITY CHIEF EDWARD LINO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 28, CG Juba met with former SPLM External Security and Intelligence Chief Edward Lino. Discussion ranged over performance of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),developments in Lino's home state of Abyei, tardy salary payments for the SPLA, possible Sudanese Ar [...]
2006-03-06 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS ECON EAGR SU
06KHARTOUM562PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAHUDDIN OFFERS HIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddin on March 4 to review, inter alia, CPA implementation issues. Ghazi discussed internal dynamics in the Government of National Unity (GNU),the SPLM's role in the GNU, progress on the division of petroleum revenues, Abyei, a [...]
2006-03-06 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET PINS PINR SU
06KHARTOUM571DARFUR: SUDAN CONTINUES ALL-FRONTS CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Sudan continues its campaign against U.N. intervention in Darfur, with President Omar al-Bashir telling military academy graduates that the government was opposed to "foreign" troops in the region, but favored keeping the current African Union force. Foreign Ministry officials, however, [...]
2006-03-06 14:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM578SUDAN BRIEFS: TRADE/AID TO KENYA; NORWAY IN
[...] SUMMARY: This week's installment of news briefs not included in post's other reporting includes prospects for a Sudan-Kenya trade agreement, together with South Sudan's USD 1 million donation for Kenyan famine relief; Norway's assurances that it will continue to support peacekeeping and reli [...]
2006-03-07 06:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD EPET SOCI SENV SU KE NO CH
06KHARTOUM583SUDAN: NOTIFICATION OF 2ND ROUND GTMO ARB
[...] (SBU) This is an action request ) see para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Americas desk officer Magdi el-Mofadi on March 1 to discuss the case of Yakub Mohammed per reftel. Poloff asked that the Sudanese Government, within 30 days, confirm the nationality of Yakub Mohammed, notify any kno [...]
2006-03-07 08:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM588CG Juba Roundup - March 6
[...] (U) Disease Spreads: While the cholera epidemic seems to have peaked in Juba on February 19th, and run its course in Yei, it continues to spread to other parts of the south up the Nile river. Cases have been reported in Pibor, Bor, Torit, Numile, Terekeka, and Lafon. The Government of South [...]
2006-03-07 10:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR MOPS SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM605SUDAN'S RESPONSE: ENSURING THE AU REQUESTS A UN
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche on March 7 to MFA Department of the Americas Acting Director Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim. Rejecting the premise of the message, he offered several reasons why Sudan instead seeks to continue the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS): -- AMIS is n [...]
2006-03-08 16:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM606Anti-International Intervention Campaign
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan continues its campaign against U.N. intervention in Darfur, with a steady stream of protests and actions taken by the press, government, and public to reject the introduction of international forces to replace those of the African Union. End summary. ------------------ [...]
2006-03-08 16:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI US AU SU
06KHARTOUM631CG Juba Round-up - March 10
[...] The following is a round-up of recent events in Juba and Southern Sudan. This cable covers SSDF clashes outside of Abyei, banditry in Yuai, continued disarmament in Jonglei, SSDF Warlord Gabriel Tang beginning peace talks, a land dispute in Bentiu, Multi-Donor Trust Fund activities, women's [...]
2006-03-10 13:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR SOCI ASEC ECON SU
06KHARTOUM633 SPLA's Cirilo: JIUs Not Operational Anytime
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 4, CG Juba Officials met with Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Brigadier General Thomas Cirilo, commander of the SPLA Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) and member of the Joint Defense Board (JDB). Cirilo said the JIUs still only exist on paper, and that the March [...]
2006-03-10 15:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MOPS SU
06KHARTOUM655DARFUR: CHARGE MEETS WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Cameron Hume and MFA Undersecretary Saddiq Mutriff discussed the AU mediation's new "Enhanced Humanitarian Ceasefire" proposal on March 14. Hume advised Mutriff to use the document to engage the other side in negotiations, and work constructively on the proposal. Mutriff b [...]
2006-03-14 13:02:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM660DARFUR: MEETING WITH UN POL ADVISOR ON AMIS/UNMIS
[...] (C) On March 15 CDA Hume met with Jack Christofides, senior political adviser to UNSRSG Jan Pronk. Hume said he had urged the Sudanese government to cooperate with the UN on planning for a mission, whether or not they reserved their position on conditions in which it would take place. He des [...]
2006-03-15 12:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM661SRSG PRONK DISCUSSES EAST SUDAN WITH ERITREAN
[...] (C) On March 14, Poloff spoke with Judith Goetz, UN Political Officer, who confirmed that on March 13, Special Representative for the Secretary General of the UN, Jan Pronk, along with Sr. Political Advisor Taye Zerihoun, met with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Massawa, Eritrea, to re-en [...]
2006-03-15 14:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ER SU
06KHARTOUM662PRONK PRESS CONFERENCE: ABUJA TALKS, AMIS/UNMIS
[...] SUMMARY: UN Special Representative Jan Pronk urged Darfur rebels and the Government to focus on the Abuja talks, not Tripoli back-channels, during a March 15 press conference, though he warned that the AU,s recent ceasefire proposal was "not good enough." Pronk declared he was ready to rece [...]
2006-03-15 15:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO PREL MOPS UN SU
06KHARTOUM666 Kuwaiti Kismit: Juba's 5-Star Hotel, Port, and
[...] SUMMARY: A 5-star destination resort rises from the dusty streets of Juba. A modern port handles 15,000 tons of cargo a month while the tourists at the neighboring harbor enjoy a bite to eat and some shopping before taking a pleasure cruise on the Nile. This is the future of Juba, accordin [...]
2006-03-15 16:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PREL KU QA SU
06KHARTOUM669GNU, UN, AND DONOR JOINT VISIT TO NYALA TO ASSESS
[...] (C) Summary: From March 6-8, Poloff traveled to Nyala, Darfur, with the Government of National Unity (GNU) representative for Violence Against Women, Dr. Attiyat Mustafa, and UNMIS Human Rights Chair (UNMIS-HR) Ravindrian Daniel to assess the South Darfur State Committee to Combat Gender-Base [...]
2006-03-16 08:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPHUM KWMN PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM670DARFUR: GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN USAID-FUNDED
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Authorities in West Darfur State have closed the offices of the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO),a USAID-funded NGO, days after the organization's chairman published an op-ed in the Washington Times and me [...]
2006-03-16 10:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KPAO OPRC SU
06KHARTOUM674SUDAN: MFA DISCUSSES UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 15 discussion, MFA Acting Americas Director Abd Elghani said that ending the Darfur conflict through a political settlement was Sudan's priority, not finding a role for another UN peacekeeping force. He urged the U.S. to work with Sudan to push for a peace agreeme [...]
2006-03-16 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM708SPLM VIEW OF THE GNU-EAST NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with Malik Agar, Minister of Investment and SPLM member of the GNU-East negotiating team about the stalemate in negotiations between the GNU and the Eastern Front. Agar said the GNU needed to accomplish four things: acknowledge the marginalization of the East, present a negot [...]
2006-03-20 12:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ER SU
06KHARTOUM711IMAT UPDATE
[...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 11. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Troika Plus representatives met in Khartoum on March 19 to discuss the current status of the International Military Advisory Team (IMAT). The UK Ministry of Defense is considering bilateral military advising to [...]
2006-03-20 13:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS SU
06KHARTOUM713SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS GOSS OFFICIALS KNOW WHERE
[...] (S) Summary: During a meeting between Consul General (CG) Juba and SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng on March 18, Deng said that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is in direct contact with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony. He said that GoSS Vice President Riek Machar is nego [...]
2006-03-20 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PGOV PINR SU UN
06KHARTOUM719AN RX FOR AMIS
[...] (C) Improving African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) performance in the transition period with the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) will require physical support from the donor community and structural evolution at AMIS. There are dozens of options for the international community and for AMIS, [...]
2006-03-22 10:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM722WEST DARFUR: WALI AND CHARGE DISCUSS SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN intervention in Darfur would be a "disaster," West Darfur Governor Gaffar Abdel Hakam told Charge Steinfeld during a March 20-21 visit to El Geneina. The state was "very secure," despite recent drawdowns by many NGOs in the area, and Government efforts at tribal reconciliation [...]
2006-03-22 14:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM724WEST DARFUR: SUDO LIKELY CLOSED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Social Development Organization, a USAID-supported Sudanese NGO, had not worked according to its mandate and had to be closed down, West Darfur Governor Gaffar Abdel Hakam told Charge Steinfeld during a March 20-21 visit to El Geneina. The Governor, however, refused to [...]
2006-03-22 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID KPAO OPSC SU
06KHARTOUM740SALVA KIIR ON DARFUR/ABUJA/UN: NEGOTIATING
[...] (C) Summary: First VP Salva Kiir told Charge March 23 that there was still no GNU negotiating position in Abuja, and that chief negotiator Maqzoub was taking a very hard line. The Council of Ministers, however, was continuing to debate a unified NCP/SPLM position. Kiir also reiterated that [...]
2006-03-23 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU PINR SU
06KHARTOUM754FIRST VICE PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR SPEAKS ON LRA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge and USAID Almquist on March 23 (Darfur part reported ref A),First VP Salva Kiir reiterated his allegation that NCP elements of the GNU and the SAF continue to provide support to the LRA, and that SAF forces have not sufficiently redeployed out of the sout [...]
2006-03-26 11:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINR EPET SU
06KHARTOUM759LATEST TAKE ON YAMBIO CLASH, MORE ON LRA
[...] (C) Summary: UNMIS sources described the defense of Yambio from a marauding LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) force as a botched job and questioned the ability of SPLA units in the area to make good on threats to take the fight to the LRA. UNMIS reports little cooperation from the DRC or MONUC in [...]
2006-03-27 07:20:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPINS MOPS PREL PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM763A THREE-MONTH PERSPECTIVE ON SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly three months have passed since the arrival of the U.S. Consul General in Juba. This report provides an overview of the dynamic in the South during this period, prospects for successful reconstruction and state building, and the Government of southern Sudan (GoSS) perfor [...]
2006-03-27 10:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PINR ECON ASEC EAID SU
06KHARTOUM764DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE
[...] (C) On March 27 UNSRSG Jan Pronk gave Charge Steinfeld a copy of an Arab League communique as drafted by Foreign Ministers to be considered later this week by Arab League Heads of State. 2. (C) Key points of the communique regarding Darfur are as follows (as translated by the UN): -- Suppo [...]
2006-03-27 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU AL
06KHARTOUM768DARFUR: PRONK URGES P5 TO PRESS KHARTOUM, AU ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSRSG Jan Pronk urged P5 governments on March 27 to press Sudan to accept a UN PKO assessment team for a UN-led mission in Darfur. Resolution 1663 requires the Secretary-General to report back to the Security Council by SIPDIS April 24, and the team needs at least two weeks i [...]
2006-03-27 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM780POLITICS IN THE EASTERN FRONT
[...] (C) On March 22, Poloff spoke with Dr. Amna Dirar, Vice President of the Eastern Front, who stated that the Sudanese government is trying to divide the Eastern Front along ethnic lines. Dr. Amna named Mohamed Tahir Eli, Wali of the Red Sea State, as the main perpetrator, who she said had launc [...]
2006-03-28 13:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ER SU
06KHARTOUM791DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: RESOLUTION PASSED TO
[...] (C) Summary and comment: In the Arab League resolution adopted on Sudan and Darfur at the Khartoum Summit on March 29, the AL decided to increase support for AMIS, and "to bear the AU forces' expenditures in Darfur from six months starting from 10/01/06." Preambular language includes referen [...]
2006-03-29 14:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM796 Pres. Bashir Interview with Al-Jazira at Arab
[...] Summary: In a March 29 interview with Al-Jazira, President Bashir said: many southern forces had supported the government during the North-South civil war; Khartoum was both a northern state and the national capital subject to shari'ah law; the Arab League had pledged to support AMIS financ [...]
2006-03-30 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM798 Local Press, AU Special Rep React to Arab
[...] Summary: Khartoum media coverage of the Arab League Summit was favorable, with extensive coverage on television, radio, and newspapers, both in English and Arabic. AU Special Representative Kingibe criticized Arab League offers of financial support for AMIS, referring to it as "medicine aft [...]
2006-03-30 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM808 Local Press Account Alleges CIA Is Studying
[...] On March 30, pro-government Arabic daily Al-Intibaha published an article claiming that the CIA was active in Darfur to study its geography in advance of intelligence and military operations. 2. The text of the article per unofficial Embassy translation is as follows: (Begin text) C [...]
2006-04-02 09:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM811 Arab League Summit: Khartoum Declaration
[...] The Arab League Summit took place March 28-29 in Khartoum (reftel). The Khartoum Declaration was printed on March 30 by the daily London Al-Quds Al-Arabi in Arabic. 2. The text of the Arab League Khartoum Declaration per FBIS translation of the Al-Quds Al-Arabi publication is as follows [...]
2006-04-02 13:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM819 UNMIS CONFIRMS HANDS-ON VERIFICATION OF SAF
[...] (SBU) In the wake of declarations by senior GoSS officials that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have violated the CPA timetable for withdrawal of its forces from the South, CG met with a UNMIS officials to discuss how UNMIS is tracking SAF withdrawal. They shared the following. 2. (SBU) [...]
2006-04-03 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO SU
06KHARTOUM822Press Summary March 27 - April 3
[...] SUMMARY: This cable covers miscellaneous items that have appeared in the press over the past week but are not covered elsewhere. This includes renewed violence at the University of Juba over the student union issue (reftel),the forming of a new political party by southern NCP member-- and f [...]
2006-04-04 09:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR PHUM ECON MOPS
06KHARTOUM824 DARFUR: NRC WITHDRAWING FROM KALMA CAMP
[...] The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is in the process of pulling out of Kalma camp in South Darfur. Despite UN and humanitarian community efforts, the GNU has not renewed NRC's camp coordination agreement, which expires today. As of this writing, Norway is delivering a message of inquiry/pr [...]
2006-04-04 10:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM825 Sudanese Gov't Inaction Prevents UN U/S Egeland
[...] (SBU) On April 3, the Sudanese government denied permission for UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland to travel to Nyala and Khartoum. According to World Food Program Flight Operations Coordinator Nigel Sanders (protect),the Sudanese government did not respond to a [...]
2006-04-04 11:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM826WHITE NILE LIMITED/TOTAL IMBROGLIO COMES TO A HEAD
[...] (C) Summary: A three-person committee appointed by the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Council of Ministers has met with representatives of White Nile Limited (WNL) and Total to hear their respective proposals. The local Total representative told Consul General (CG) Juba that the commit [...]
2006-04-04 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ECON PREL SU
06KHARTOUM829MUBARAK MAKES LIGHTENING VISIT TO KHARTOUM
[...] (C) Having skipped last week's Arab League summit, President Mubarak made an unannounced two and one half hour visit to Khartoum midday today, April 4. (The brief and surprise nature of the visit no doubt due to Egyptian security concerns -- reftel.) The Egyptian Ambassador Abdel Moneim al-S [...]
2006-04-04 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU EG
06KHARTOUM832 LEGAL AFFAIRS MINISTER TAKES AIM AT KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) During a meeting with CG and USAID staff, a frustrated GoSS Minister of Legal Affairs Michael Makwei listed areas in which Khartoum had violated the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),or taken actions inimical to maintaining cordial relations with the South. Makwei cited examples of h [...]
2006-04-04 14:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL EFIN SU
06KHARTOUM840SUDAN/DARFUR: FM LAM AKOL ON EGELAND, UNPKO
[...] (C) Charge had a brief pull-aside meeting with FM Lam Akol on the margins of the April 6 Assessment and Evaluation Commission meeting. He expressed Washington's considerable dismay over the cancellation of UN U/SYG Egeland's visit to Darfur and Khartoum, and over the expulsion of the Norwegia [...]
2006-04-06 10:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM849 SPLM POLITBURO MEETS IN RUMBEK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The SPLM Politburo met in Rumbek from April 2 to 5 to discuss the internal organization of the party, select officials for unfilled slots, and debate policy options. The meetings were reportedly more cordial than expected. CG Juba was in Rumbek at the time and picked up the [...]
2006-04-06 15:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL PINS SU
06KHARTOUM850MFA Paper Outlines Foreign Policy Objectives
[...] Summary: During the April 1-5 MFA ambassadorial corps conference (reftel),the ministry circulated a thought piece on the future of Sudanese foreign policy. Its key points are as follows: Sudan is entering a new era following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Sudan must thus [...]
2006-04-06 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV US SU
06KHARTOUM852 Sudan: The NGO Act Passed
[...] (SBU) On March 16, the President signed the Organization of Humanitarian and Voluntary Work Act. The NGO Consortium has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in the Constitutional Court. The UN also plans to offer technical assistance in implementing the law to help minimize the negati [...]
2006-04-07 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM861THE ANGLOPHONES: SUDAN,S NEIGHBORS, PART ONE OF
[...] (SBU) Introduction: Sudan, the largest and arguably the most ethnically complex country in Africa, has nine neighbors, tied with the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the most in Africa. This is the first of a series of four cables describing the bilateral relationship between Sudan and [...]
2006-04-09 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI SCUL ECON ETRD KEAI UG SU
06KHARTOUM882 Sudan: April 6 Meeting of the Assessment and
[...] SUMMARY: On April 6, Chairman Tom Vraalsen convened the sixth meeting of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC). Participation was good: all three NCP, and two SPLM members attended. The most contentious issues raised at the meeting were the scope of the working groups' mandate an [...]
2006-04-12 09:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM887SOUTHERN SUDAN: POLITICAL FACTIONALISM WITHIN THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Sudan People,s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has become the dominant single political movement in Southern Sudan, and the potential genesis of a one-party state. The July 2005 death of John Garang and the formation of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) have given the SPLM opp [...]
2006-04-12 15:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL SU
06KHARTOUM888 Sudan: Anti-American Rhetoric Continues from
[...] SUMMARY: Over the past month, high-ranking government officials have been giving interviews to the state press organ (SUNA) and major Arabic news sources to reiterate and amplify their claim that the crisis in Darfur is a Western creation, and that the U.nited S.tates is only interested in d [...]
2006-04-12 18:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM912SUDAN/DARFUR: BASHIR TELLS UN ANNABI "NOT YET" ON
[...] (C) President Bashir met with UN Assistant SYG for peacekeeping, Hedi Annabi, in Khartoum on April 15. Pronk political aide Jack Christofidis provided Charge with the following readout from the meeting. 2. (C) While Bashir did not say "no, never" to a UN transition and to the assessment [...]
2006-04-16 11:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UN
06KHARTOUM924 Sudan/Iran: President Bashir to Visit Tehran
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (SBU) On April 15, the government-operated Khartoum Sudanese Media Centre stated that President Bashir plans to visit Iran on April 24. The report, carried by numerous Arabic daily newspapers on April 15-16, noted that the visit would involve [...]
2006-04-17 10:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP IR SU
06KHARTOUM926 Sudan Scholars Organization Continues
[...] According to local Arabic daily newspaper Akhbar Al- Youm, a public prosecutor in Khartoum North continues to maintain an active case against Charge Hume for alleged insults to Islam and defamation of the Prophet Mohammed. The case stems from a written complaint filed by the Sudan Scholars Or [...]
2006-04-17 10:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL SCUL US SU
06KHARTOUM934SUDAN: DEPUTY SPEAKER ON SPLM NORTHERN SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly Deputy Speaker believes the greatest chance for national unity is for the SPLM to win a plurality in the 2008-09 national elections; the SPLM is shoring up its northern elements in preparation. The SPLM is studying the National Congress Party closely, and be [...]
2006-04-18 15:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM936SUDAN/CHAD: SOME FIGHTING IN BORDER AREA; MORE
[...] (C) Some small-scale attacks took place along the Chad-Sudan border on April 16 and 17, perhaps by Sudanese Arab militias. Chadian rebels surrounding Adre returned to Sudan on April 17, apparently to rearm. The SAF is moving large quantities of what appear to be weapons, uniforms, and ammuni [...]
2006-04-18 15:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS CD AU SU
06KHARTOUM942 Southern Sudan: Unidentified Militia Menaces
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLA force commander in Pochalla told a WFP security officer that an unknown militia group attacked a small village between Akobo and Pochalla on the Ethiopian border on April 12. According to the commander, the group looted and occupied the village for three days and then [...]
2006-04-19 09:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PREF SU
06KHARTOUM943 Southern Sudan: Tambura Residents Demand
[...] SUMMARY: The Acting Consul General (A/CG) accompanied representatives from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) to Tambura, a county seat near the border of the Central Africa Republic (CAR). This is the first visit by USG officials to the area since the peace deal was sign [...]
2006-04-19 09:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI AID SU
06KHARTOUM949 SUDAN/Humanitarian obstruction: Charge's call
[...] (SBU) In a heated meeting with Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Hassibo, Charge and USAID Farnsworth raised the new NGO law, Egeland, NRC, fuel and the SOFA. Charge noted the contrast between the constructive work being accomplished in Abuja (with the energetic help of the USG),and Sudan's [...]
2006-04-20 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM953UN A/SG ANNABI: SUDAN TO DEFER UN ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 19 briefing of the diplomatic community, UN A/SG for PKO Annabi said that Sudan had indicated it would not permit a UN assessment team to visit to plan a peacekeeping transition from the AU to the UN until after a Darfur peace agreement was reached. Sudan feels u [...]
2006-04-20 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM959UPDATE ON SUDANESE DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO AND
[...] (C) On April 19, MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim met at his request with Pol/Econ Chief at the MFA to provide undated documents about Ref A demarche on Guantanamo detainees. 2. (C) The first document provides information about an Administrative Review Board f [...]
2006-04-20 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC US SU
06KHARTOUM972 SUDAN/CHAD: FM Lam Akol Provides Chad-Sudan
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 23, Foreign Minister Lam Akol briefed the diplomatic corps on the state of Chad-Sudan bilateral relations. He outlined the events of the past several months, stating that Chad had made a series of statements and taken several actions that were not supported by evidenc [...]
2006-04-24 11:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CD SU
06KHARTOUM973 Written Statement of FM Lam Akol on Chad-Sudan
[...] Summary: On April 23, Foreign Minister Lam Akol briefed the diplomatic corps on the state of Chad-Sudan bilateral relations. The statement cites Chad as the source of tension in the relationship, and maintained that Sudan did not support rebel groups against it. It further describes the hi [...]
2006-04-24 11:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CD SU
06KHARTOUM989SOUTHERN SUDAN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH LRA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials have confirmed newspapers reports that they have opened discussions with the Lord,s Resistance Army, which continues to terrorize the people of Southern Sudan. According to Minister for Culture, Youth, and Sports John Luk Jok, Riek Ma [...]
2006-04-25 15:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER UG SU
06KHARTOUM996SUDAN/CHINA: UNSC VOTE ON DARFUR SHOWS LIMITS OF
[...] (C) China decided to abstain from the April 25 vote on UNSC Resolution 1672, imposing a travel ban and financial sanctions on four Sudanese individuals for war crimes in Darfur, because going against a majority of the Council's members would have been "unthinkable," Chinese Defense Attache Li [...]
2006-04-26 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU CH UN
06KIEV1020UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: GOU BLAMES TIRASPOL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 briefing of OSCE member state reps, GOU officials accused Transnistrian authorities of purposefully engineering the ongoing border standoff and refusing GOU attempts to discuss the situation. GOU officials appealed to EU states to advise their shippers to avoid tra [...]
2006-03-15 15:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR OSCE
06KIEV1021UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER
[...] (C) Summary: During March 13 meetings in Kiev, EUR DAS David Kramer praised the Ukrainian government's decision to implement a customs protocol to control the flow of goods across its border with Moldova/Transnistria. Drawing on reftel, Kramer told PM Yuri Yekhanurov, Deputy Minister of Defe [...]
2006-03-15 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD UP OSCE
06KIEV1022UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS ELECTION STRATEGY: A NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Ukrainians and outside observers are currently contemplating the increasing possibility that Party of Regions, led by Viktor Yanukovych, may return to power as part of a coalition emerging from the March 26 elections in which Regions will by all accounts win a plurality (an estim [...]
2006-03-15 17:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM
06KIEV1025GUAM: Azerbaijan Remains the Dissenting Voice on a
[...] (SBU) On March 15, Yevhen Koziy, Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office, informed INLOff that experts from GUAM member states (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova),and not the National Coordinators (NCs) as stated in ref A, participated in the March 13-14 meeting in Kiev to final [...]
2006-03-16 08:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM ENRG GUAM
06KIEV1036UKRAINE: EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION BEFORE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Various interlocutors assessed the prospects for Ukraine's drive toward NATO membership after the March 26 parliamentary elections during visits to Kiev by EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 and by Project for Transitional Democracies head Bruce Jackson March 4-8. Deputy Foreign Mi [...]
2006-03-16 15:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1039UKRAINE: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych told Charge March 16 that Ukrainian authorities were working hard to address the organizational concerns that have arisen regarding the administration of March 26 elections, specifically staffing of polling station [...]
2006-03-16 15:51:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1055UKRAINE: ZAPORIZHZHYA PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2004, the abuse of administrative resources by a coordinated "Blue" power "vertikal" and an extra 100,000 dead souls voting in the city of Melitopol delivered 70 percent of Zaporizhzhya oblast to Viktor Yanukovych. In 2006, the absence of administrative pressure from an "Or [...]
2006-03-17 14:28:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1062UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...]
2006-03-17 15:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP
06KIEV1082EXBS: Ukraine Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable
[...] On October 1, 2004, ExBS Advisor requested that the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) de-obligate fiscal year 2004 ExBS operational funds for use in fiscal year 2005. Despite numerous written and oral requests since then, the funds remain unavaila [...]
2006-03-21 08:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL
06KIEV1083UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LVIV AT SECOND
[...] (SBU) Summary: A return visit to the western city of Lviv March 17-18 indicated that campaigning in city and surrounding areas has moved into a higher gear the final week before the March 26 parliamentary and local elections, as politicians scramble to maintain their base and win over the dwi [...]
2006-03-21 09:57:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1088UKRAINE: KAZAKHSTAN AND THE 2009 OSCE
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 2 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy said Ukraine would not actively lobby for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship in Office, but might consider advancing its candidacy if Kazakhstan were to voluntarily withdraw its bid. End summ [...]
2006-03-22 05:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM OSCE UP KZ
06KIEV1107UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND
[...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...]
2006-03-22 15:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KIEV1111UKRAINE: IN FAR WESTERN ZAKARPATTYA, LOCAL LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In March 9 meetings in the far western oblast capital Uzhhorod, local government, party and NGO representatives noted the relative peace between political factions in the oblast and attributed it to Zakarpattya's long history of political, cultural, and ethnic diversity. All se [...]
2006-03-23 04:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL
06KIEV1127UKRAINE: GOU REQUEST FOR SUPPORT/UNDERSTANDING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) During a March 13 meeting between EUR DAS Kramer and Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and in a follow-up discussion between DATT and Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Polyakov March 17, the MoD officials requested U.S. assistance [...]
2006-03-23 15:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MOPS
06KIEV1135UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: YUSHCHENKO ON
[...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, President Yushchenko told Ambassador that the Ukrainian government had learned March 21 that Russia planned to ship humanitarian assistance to the Transnistrians. He had spoken to Russian Ambassador Chernomyrdin and said the Russian shipment was an unfriendly act be [...]
2006-03-24 07:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PINR OSCE
06KIEV1154UKRAINE: MARCH 26 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- CAN
[...] (C) Summary: The March 26 parliamentary elections are lining up to be judged free and fair, despite flaws. The campaign was marred by none (or very, very few) of the Kuchma government behavior that seriously eroded confidence in how the fall 2004 presidential elections would be conducted. Ad [...]
2006-03-24 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD
06KIEV1160UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN AID CONVOY,
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. Maintaining the new customs regime ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points on Ukraine's Transnistria-related customs proposal to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk March 24. Tarasyuk asked whether we wan [...]
2006-03-24 15:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PBTS OSCE
06KIEV1162UKRAINE/BELARUS: GOU STATEMENTS ON BELARUSAN
[...] (SBU) On March 24 DCM relayed concerns (ref A) regarding a March 21 MFA statement calling the international isolation of Belarus ineffective (ref B) to MFA Second Territorial Department Deputy Director Ihor Prokopchuk. DCM characterized the March 21 statement by GOU spokesman Filipchuk as unh [...]
2006-03-24 16:34:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM
06KIEV1169UKRAINE: ORANGE COALITION TALKS STALL
[...] (C) Summary: On the basis of exit polls projecting a surprisingly strong second-place showing in the March 26 parliamentary elections for her eponymous bloc, Yuliya Tymoshenko is driving to close a deal that will reunite the original Orange coalition and return her to the PM slot. Oleksandr M [...]
2006-03-27 10:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ETRD
06KIEV1185UKRAINE: POTENTIAL JOINT MANPADS EVENT: GOU
[...] (S) PolOff and Army Attache provided ref A information on a potential joint MANPADS event March 28 to Oleksiy Melnyk, First Assistant to Defense Minister Hrytsenko. Melnyk noted the weeks of May 1 and May 8 could be problematic due to the number of holidays. (Note: May 1 and 2 are official [...]
2006-03-28 12:17:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM
06KIEV1186UKRAINE: ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Yuliya Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) and Party of Regions ran the best-organized campaigns and received the top vote shares March 26 in the central Ukrainian oblast of Poltava, where in recent years the Socialist Party had held sway. BYuT's success in the more recent campaign was bu [...]
2006-03-28 12:17:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1241UKRAINE: SOCIALIST MOROZ ON COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) leader Oleksandr Moroz told Ambassador and DCM March 29 that a reunited "Maidan" coalition of Our Ukraine, Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT),and the Socialists was the only feasible option, and that he had told this to President Yushchenko during the [...]
2006-03-29 14:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM
06KIEV1258UKRAINE ELECTION SNAPSHOT: REGIONS PARTY TAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an election in which the status of Russian language and ties with Russia figured heavily in the local political agenda, voters in Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea delivered the majority of their votes to Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions in voting for the national [...]
2006-03-30 12:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM
06KIEV1261UKRAINE ELECTION 2006: WINNERS, LOSERS, TRENDS
[...] (C) Summary: While the results of Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary and local elections are not yet final, and negotiations to form a majority Rada coalition have not yet concluded, it is already clear that the elections highlighted a number of winners and losers, as well as trends in Ukraine's deve [...]
2006-03-30 14:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1282UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: APPLYING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Romania and Moldova Division Counselor Cornelia Luskalova told us March 30 that the Ukrainian government (GOU) was planned to combine political and economic levers to return cross-border trade between Ukraine and Moldova/Transnistria to normal. The GOU would urge the Moldova [...]
2006-03-31 16:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR PGOV ETRD PREF OSCE MD UP RS
06KIEV1354UKRAINE: MFA DIRECTOR BELASHOV ON BLACK SEA
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: During an April 5 meeting called at his request, MFA Military-Technical Cooperation and Arms Control Department Director Volodymyr Belashov asked us for the USG position regarding the Turkish-sponsored Operation Black Sea Harmony, [...]
2006-04-05 14:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MOPS PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1444UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY ON TRANSNISTRIA, BELARUS,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Kinakh told Ambassador the Ukrainian government was concerned that Transnistrian authorities might provoke an armed confrontation at one of Transnistria's "border crossings" with Moldova. The Russians [...]
2006-04-11 15:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG ETRD PINR OSCE MD BO RS UP
06KIEV1480UKRAINE: CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH YULIYA TYMOSHENKO
[...] (C) In an April 13 meeting with CODEL Frist, former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko averred that Ukraine's March 26 elections showed the desire of the Ukrainian people for a renewed Orange coalition government. Thanking Senator Frist for encouraging Team Orange reconciliation, Tymoshenko str [...]
2006-04-13 17:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON ETRD ENRG OREP
06KIEV1481UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND CODEL FRIST DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko discussed Rada majority coalition possibilities, bilateral U.S.-Ukrainian issues, and his vision for Ukraine's future April 13 with a delegation led by Senator Majority leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and including Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC). [...]
2006-04-13 17:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1530UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH TO CODEL FRIST: ORANGE
[...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych told CODEL Frist and Ambassador April 13 that the pro-presidential Our Ukraine (OU) bloc needed to form a coalition with his Party of Regions in order to overcome the east-west split within the country. A union of the previous ruling coalit [...]
2006-04-14 14:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD NATO OREP PINR US UP
06KIEV1552UKRAINE: KERCH -- VERY LITTLE ORANGE IN THIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kerch, one of the most ancient cities of Ukraine and a key industrial center for the Crimean peninsula during the Soviet period, now finds itself a remote backwater of independent Ukraine, famous recently only because in late 2003 a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia [...]
2006-04-18 07:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SCUL UP
06KIEV1561UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA'S UN SECURITY
[...] (C) We discussed Venezuela's bid for a seat on the UN Security Council with Andriy Beshta from the MFA United Nations directorate April 18, reiterating ref C demarche points and drawing on information from ref A. Beshta said that his office had used our previous demarche to formulate a propos [...]
2006-04-18 13:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC VE GT UP
06KIEV1639UKRAINE: DNSA CROUCH'S NATO-THEMED DINNER INCLUDES
[...] (C) At an April 19 NATO-themed dinner in honor of Deputy National Security Adviser Crouch, Defense Minister Hrytsenko and Foreign Minister Tarasyuk politely disagreed over the attitudes toward NATO of PM-hopeful Yuliya Tymoshenko, the Socialist Party, and Party of Regions. They also disagreed [...]
2006-04-26 08:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1693UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH'S
[...] (C) Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador April 27 that working-level negotiations with President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc continued. While many issues had been worked out, Yanukovych would need to meet with Yushchenko to resolve key issues. Yanukovych implied that R [...]
2006-04-28 13:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG NATO EPET PINR ZK ZJ AJ BO
06KIEV1698UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S ZVARYCH ON AGREEMENTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine legal department chief Roman Zvarych confirmed that, in ongoing Rada majority coalition negotiations between Our Ukraine (OU),Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) and the Socialists, two documents had been signed April 25, one on co [...]
2006-04-28 13:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM UP
06KIEV1711UKRAINE: SOMBER TYMOSHENKO DOWN ON ORANGE
[...] (C) Summary: A subdued PM-hopeful Yuliya Tymoshenko told Ambassador April 28 that the scant progress in Orange coalition talks in recent days was much less significant than Our Ukraine efforts with Party of Regions to form local coalitions across the country. News during the meeting that Our [...]
2006-04-28 15:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1772UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK, NSAU CHIEF ALEXEYEV PRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk and National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) Director Yuri Alekseyev urged greater U.S.-Ukraine cooperation on ballistic missile defense during an April 26 meeting at MFA with U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Lt Gen (USAF) Trey Obering III [...]
2006-05-05 15:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PREL PINR US UP
06KIEV1773UKRAINE: WAITING FOR YUSHCHENKO: LACK OF COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: While much of Ukraine takes off the first week in May between the May Day and Victory in Europe holidays, work on possible Rada majority coalition policy agreements inched forward, even as the question remained open as to which coalition, if any, would ultimately emerge. In May [...]
2006-05-05 15:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1851UKRAINE: UPDATES FROM BEZSMERTNY AND TYMOSHENKO -
[...] (C) Summary: A downbeat and cynical Roman Bezsmertny and a more relaxed Yuliya Tymoshenko separately assessed the current stated of play in coalition negotiations with Charge May 11-12; their characterizations largely tracked, though not completely. Both said that Yushchenko's attitude toward [...]
2006-05-15 08:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV1912UKRAINE/RUSSIA: NO PROGRESS ON BLACK SEA FLEET
[...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko told Kiev-based diplomats May 12 that the May 4 second meeting of the Ukraine-Russia sub-commission on the Russian Black Sea Fleet made no progress. The Ukrainians have asked to conduct a joint inventory of real property occupied a [...]
2006-05-17 15:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR RS UP
06KIEV1913UKRAINE: FORMER NSDC SECRETARY KINAKH ON
[...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's May 17 farewell call on outgoing National Secretary and Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh, who has resigned in order to take up a seat in the new parliament (Rada),Kinakh detailed Ukrainian thinking on Transnistria, Belarus, and the deteriorating Ukraine- [...]
2006-05-17 15:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1921MTAG/UKRAINE: UKRAINIAN EXPORT ACTIVITY TO IRAN
[...] (S) Stressing the importance of this issue, Ambassador passed ref A talking points to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk during his May 17 farewell call. Tarasyuk said he would pass the information to the relevant officials in his ministry and pay personal attention to the preparation of a respo [...]
2006-05-18 13:01:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MNUC IR UP
06KIEV1937UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON COALITION TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko opined to Ambassador May 18 that Orange coalition prospects were growing as President Yushchenko was resigning himself to ex-Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's return to the prime ministership. He agreed with Ambassador's listing of honest government o [...]
2006-05-19 12:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM MARR NATO BO UP
06KIEV1940UKRAINE: KINAKH AND FM TARASYUK ON COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: In Ambassadorial farewell calls May 17 on outgoing National Security Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh and Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk, Kinakh and Tarasyuk, both of whom lead minor parties that contested the March 26 elections as part of President Yushchenko's O [...]
2006-05-19 12:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1992UKRAINE: FAREWELL CALL ON PM-HOPEFUL TYMOSHENKO ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid his farewell call on PM-aspirant Yuliya Tymoshenko May 24, the day prior to the opening of the new parliament (Rada) May 25. Tymoshenko said she and her team had stayed up "all night" analyzing the completely new coalition proposal Our Ukraine (OU) had sprung on [...]
2006-05-24 14:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV1994UKRAINE: KRAMER-WOOD 5/22 MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, OVP Deputy NSA Joseph Wood, and Ambassador, former State Secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko stressed that Ukraine's next prime minister should be a politically independent technocrat -- not a politician. Zinchenko had advised President Yu [...]
2006-05-24 15:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI ECON PREL UP RS
06KIEV1995UKRAINE: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk during a May 17 farewell call. Tarasyuk promised to review the issue carefully and to pay personal attention to it. He observed that the current Ukrainian government had been [...]
2006-05-24 15:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM SOCI SU UP
06KIEV2039UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]
2006-05-26 08:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2065UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: FM TARASYUK'S FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Russia was reinforcing Transnistrian leader Smirnov's resistance to procedures required under the Ukraine-Moldova customs agreement. Furthermore, the Russians were refusing to agree to join a five-plus-two me [...]
2006-05-26 16:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OSCE PINR RS MD UP
06KIEV2068UKRAINE/GUAM: U.S.-GUAM BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (U) Summary: The U.S. delegation of EUR DAS Kramer and Vice-Presidential Deputy National Security Adviser Wood met with GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) representatives May 22. GUAM representatives favorably noted strong U.S.-GUAM past and present cooperation. Kramer congratulat [...]
2006-05-30 07:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ETRD EAID AORC UNMIK PINR YI AZ GG
06KIEV2124UKRAINE SUPPORTS U.S. INITIATIVE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Volodomyr Khandohiy May 31. Khandohiy said he had watched Secretary Rice's press conference on television; this was clearly a very important initiative. He promised to convey our message to the Foreign Minister and to look into [...]
2006-06-01 14:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG MNUC IR UP
06KIEV2166UKRAINE: CODEL BLUNT'S 5/29 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) During a May 29 meeting with CODEL Blunt, President Yushchenko characterized Ukraine's economic growth as "strong" and predicted that a new Orange coalition government would be formed "in a couple of days." Negotiations over top leadership positions had begun May 29 and should be complet [...]
2006-06-05 09:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON CASC KOCI
06KIEV2190UKRAINE: OPPOSITION CREATES TEMPEST OVER "SEA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-Orange Revolution forces are using the occasion of a joint U.S.-Ukraine mil-mil cooperative exercise in Crimea to stir up anti-NATO sentiment in the majority ethnic Russian peninsula and smear the Ukrainian government. Demonstrators outside GOU-administered compounds in t [...]
2006-06-06 16:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO PINR RS UP
06KIEV2207UKRAINE: QUICK GOU FIX TO "SEA BREEZE" LIMBO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) resumed June 7 and, without addressing the issue of foreign military participation in joint exercises in Ukraine, ended its session almost immediately, adjourning until June 14. A possible special session of the Rada could come before June 14, but [...]
2006-06-07 17:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2247UKRAINE: SEA BREEZE JUNE 8 UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko defended his ministry's preparations for the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral military exercise Sea Breeze and determined, with the UK Embassy Defense Attache, that the joint Ukraine-UK Lone Knot exercise would need to be cancelled. Parliament's provisional pres [...]
2006-06-08 16:11:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2278UKRAINE: ENCOURAGING GREATER SUPPORT TO BELARUSAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting with DFM Khandohiy, U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Krol encouraged Ukraine to develop contacts with Belarus at a level below cabinet minister and suggested that Ukraine could use such contacts to promote more responsible Belarusan government behavior. He also [...]
2006-06-09 15:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR BO UP
06KIEV2281UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAYS COALITION TALKS ARE
[...] (C) Yuliya Tymoshenko told DCM on June 12 that talks on forming an Orange coalition were deadlocked over Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz' insistence on being made Rada Speaker. Tymoshenko had tried to reason with Moroz, but he was dug in, knowing that this would be his "political swan [...]
2006-06-12 20:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RS UP
06KIEV2297UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION NEGOTIATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's June 13 presentation of a copy of his credentials, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc could not accept Socialist Party of Ukraine leader Moroz as parliamentary speaker, despite Moroz' insistence that this was his condition f [...]
2006-06-13 16:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AMGT PGOV PINR UP
06KIEV2331UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE INSIDER ZVARYCH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Our Ukraine (OU) negotiator Roman Zvarych updated DCM June 14 regarding ongoing OU-Party of Regions talks on forming a Rada (parliament) majority coalition, trying to put a positive spin on OU's possible about-face. An Orange-Blue coalition could be in place by June 20, since dif [...]
2006-06-15 15:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI MARR ETRD UP
06KIEV2358UKRAINE/ROMANIA/BLACK SEA FORUM: FRIENDLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine and Romania have enjoyed markedly warmer relations post-Orange Revolution, according to Romanian Embassy counselor Stanciu, with Romanian President Basescu visiting Kiev three times. MFA Romania desk officer Popyk told us three areas continued to be irritants in the bi [...]
2006-06-16 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD SENV KDEM RO UP
06KIEV2451UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP:
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) In a letter dated June 19, received by the Embassy June 22, MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov transmitted the Government of Ukraine (GOU)'s proposed agenda for the July 11-12 U.S.-Ukr [...]
2006-06-22 12:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UP
06KIEV2452UKRAINE: PROGRESS ON SCUDS INVENTORY BY JULY NPWG
[...] (S) We delivered reftel's talking points on the need for a SCUDS inventory and a proposed timeline for a USG assessment team visit June 22 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko noted the topic had been raised in a recent meeting between [...]
2006-06-22 12:36:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
06KIEV2453UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING
[...] (S) We delivered reftel's talking points with information on Yemeni arms brokers efforts to obtain weapons and ammunition June 22 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko said he would relay the information to other Ukrainian government of [...]
2006-06-22 13:01:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL YM UP
06KIEV2523UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please advise how to respond to MFA inquiry in para 3. 2. (S) MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko requested clarification of the following point contained in our demarche of June 22 (taken from ref B) regarding arms [...]
2006-06-29 09:49:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL YM UP
06KIEV2526UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION AGREEMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 23 meeting with the American Jewish Committee (AJC),Acting Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Ukraine would not join moves against Israel in the new UN Council for Human Rights and undertook to examine the possibility of withdrawing Ukrainian membership in the UN Committ [...]
2006-06-29 13:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AORC KCRM PINR IZ UP
06KIEV2530UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH
[...] (C) In his first meeting with Ambassador Taylor, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych criticized President Yushchenko for caving in to USG pressure to spurn Regions and bless the formation of an Orange coalition. The Orange team was deeply divided and may not even be able to get its cand [...]
2006-06-29 17:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR ECON PREL RS UP
06KIEV2589UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP
[...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...]
2006-07-05 15:06:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP
06KIEV2590UKRAINE: ACTING NSDC SECRETARY ON ENERGY, RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a free-wheeling conversation during Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Acting National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Volodomyr Horbulin focused on Russia and Russia's manifold impact on Ukraine. In contrast to its obvious behavior during the 2004 president [...]
2006-07-05 15:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP
06KIEV2651UKRAINE: MOROZ AS SPEAKER;
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a maneuver which stunned Our Ukraine (OU) and Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) only hours after they had reached agreement with Party of Regions on a division of responsibilities between the majority and opposition forces in the Rada (parliament) to end Regions' 10-day blockade of the [...]
2006-07-07 15:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2678UKRAINE: ORANGE OPTIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Presidential Chief of Staff Rybachuk, former PM Tymoshenko, Our Ukraine (OU) Party leaders Roman Bezsmertny and Roman Zvarych, and OU Political Council member and former National Security and Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh July 8 and Acting Foreign M [...]
2006-07-10 17:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV2855UKRAINE: THE POLITICAL CHESS GAME: VIEWS FROM THE
[...] (C) Summary. Conversations with key deputy party leaders from Our Ukraine (OU),Regions, and the Socialists over the week of July 17-21 revealed a complicated political chess game underway in Ukrainian politics. Regions' Volodymyr Makeyenko and Socialists Mykola Rudkovsky and Yaroslav Mendus [...]
2006-07-21 15:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2932UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO-LED ROUNDTABLE POINTS TOWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko moderated an extraordinary six-hour marathon roundtable July 27 involving all Ukrainian political leaders and additional eminent figures to discuss a way out of the current political impasse. Yushchenko ended the session at 10 pm with a plea for the parti [...]
2006-07-28 08:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2962UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's relations with NATO in the context of ongoing domestic political roundtable discussions and fading chances for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) invitation at the Riga Summit were discussed in EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Kramer's July 28 meetings with Actin [...]
2006-07-31 14:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2964UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER URGES
[...] (C) Summary: In July 28 meetings with Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz, and Deputy Foreign Minister (and special negotiator on Transnistria Issues) Andriy Veselovsky, EUR DAS David Kramer praised Ukraine's leadership in resolving problems arisin [...]
2006-07-31 14:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
06KIEV3021UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...]
2006-08-03 13:03:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KIEV3041UKRAINE: FOREIGN POLICY OF A REGIONS-LED GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 3 meeting, parliamentary deputy and Party of Regions foreign-policy expert Kozhara was sketchy on the details of how a Regions-led government might modify Ukraine's foreign policy approaches. He affirmed that Regions would work to pass WTO-related legislation, but al [...]
2006-08-04 14:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD WTO NATO OREP PINR RS UP
06KIEV3128UKRAINE: ENERGY MINISTERS ON NEW GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (C) Summary. In August 10 meetings with Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kluyev and Minister of Fuels and Energy Yuriy Boyko made clear that the new GOU was determined to reach a good outcome in dealings with Russia and Turkmenistan on natural gas supplies. Boyko was confident that [...]
2006-08-11 13:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL PGOV PBIO RS TX UP
06KIEV3129UKRAINE: FIRST DEPUTY PM AZAROV COMMITTED TO WTO
[...] (C) Summary: First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Azarov told the Ambassador that by the end of 2006, Ukraine would join the WTO. He pledged that the government would have a careful and well-balanced policy in place to deal with Ukraine's large negative trade balance. On the energy situati [...]
2006-08-11 13:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN MCC UP
06KIEV3130UKRAINE: PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE? "ORANGE" MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko, who repeatedly vowed publicly in July that he would never serve under Viktor Yanukovych, revealed his continuing ambivalence in an August 11 press conference to explain why he had remained Interior Minister in Yanukovych's government, stating that [...]
2006-08-11 14:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3185UKRAINE: POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL FACE
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Ukraine (GOU) is actively considering what contribution Ukraine might offer to the expanded UNIFIL mission and has conducted consultations in New York with UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Annabi but faces an August 17 deadline from UN [...]
2006-08-16 14:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE UP
06KIEV3256(C) UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 14:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC UP
06KIEV333UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DISCUSSES ENERGY, RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Flory, SIPDIS NSC Director Wilson, and Ambassador, President Yushchenko Yushchenko said energy issues were at the [...]
2006-01-25 15:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MCAP RS UP
06KIEV3332UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary. During subdued Independence Day celebrations August 24, President Yushchenko stressed that the western-focussed policies adopted after the Orange Revolution (i.e., pursuing EU and NATO membership) would be continued by Ukraine's new government led by Viktor Yanukovych that he des [...]
2006-08-29 10:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM MARR UP
06KIEV336UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO,
[...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]
2006-01-26 08:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV337UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S BEZSMERTNY ON WHY THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Ambassador, Roman Bezsmertny, campaign chief for President Yushchenko's party People's Union Our Ukraine, spun the January 4 Ukraine-Russia gas agreement as an advantageous deal for Ukraine. On a macro level, the higher prices would force necessary r [...]
2006-01-26 08:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL PGOV RS UP
06KIEV3371UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S SEPT 6-7
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical moment in Ukraine's post-Orange Revolution political development. While the primary gains of the Orange Revolution in societal attitudes, freedom of the press, and foreign and security policy remain, the orange-dominated political season is definiti [...]
2006-08-31 15:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETRD ENRG UP
06KIEV341UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS:
[...] (SBU) During Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, the U.S. side raised the year-long inability of the Embassy to dispatch diplomatic pouches by air given a Ukrainian law requiring x-ray inspection. 2. (SBU) As Acting Chair for the U.S. side, EB A/S Tony Wayne noted that the Ukrain [...]
2006-01-26 10:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ADPM ADCO PREL KREC ASEC KRIM UP
06KIEV3425UKRAINE: ORANGE VS BLUE CASE STUDY: THE STRUGGLE
[...] (C) Summary. The political struggle between Orange and Blue to define policy and make decisions in a government of uneasy cohabitation will unfold in the coming weeks and months on an issue by issue basis, particularly in areas and ministries currently controlled by "Orange" Ministers loyal t [...]
2006-09-06 12:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3463UKRAINE: A/S FRIED AND PM YANUKOVYCH DISCUSS NATO,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried highlighted USG willingness to work with PM Yanukovych's government and our belief that Ukraine needed to move at a speed it sets towards NATO membership. Fried also stressed the importance of Ukraine developing as an open, democratic, prosperous societ [...]
2006-09-08 15:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG PGOV NATO UP
06KIEV3464UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...]
2006-09-08 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP
06KIEV3489UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON A NATO
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko told the Ambassador that NATO membership was an internal question for the country, but that he was working with PM Yanukovych to make a good case for a MAP during his September 14 visit to Brussels. On energy, if Ukraine could liberalize and diversify the s [...]
2006-09-11 14:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON ENRG UP
06KIEV3532UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL WORRIES THAT KOSOVO
[...] (C) Polcouns updated MFA Acting Director General for Political Affairs Olexander Tsvietkov September 12 on the situation with respect to Kosovo, drawing on information from ref b. Knowing that the situation in Kosovo was to be discussed, Tsvietkov presented us with a non-paper, text in para 4 [...]
2006-09-14 14:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK PGOV UN YI MD UP
06KIEV3553UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine-NATO relations was a primary theme in EUR Assistant Secretary Fried's meetings September 6-7 with FM Borys Tarasyuk, Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and PM Viktor Yanukovych. Holdover "orange" Ministers Tarasyuk and Hrytsenko have been the two staunchest advocates [...]
2006-09-18 12:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3569UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ADVANCES RELATIONS WITH EU
[...] (C) Summary: While media attention had focused on PM Yanukovych's comments regarding a NATO Membership Action Plan during his September 14 visit to Brussels, MFA European Union Department acting director Dir argued that Yanukovych had made significant statements and substantial progress on EU [...]
2006-09-18 14:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD EPET EUN UP
06KIEV3570UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO MIFFED ON MAP? KIEV'S REACTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the positive dynamics of PM Yanukovych's September 14 visit to NATO HQ (ref A),Yanukovych's declaration that Ukraine was not ready for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) drew swift public complaints from FM Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko September 15, followed by [...]
2006-09-18 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV363UKRAINE: PSI SHIPBOARDING NEGOTIATIONS - U.S.
[...] (SBU) We provided the U.S. response to Ukrainian views on the draft text of the PSI Shipboarding Agreement, with accompanying Ukrainian language translation, to MFA Arms Control Department Counselor Ruslan Nymchynsky January 27. Nymchynsky promised to study our views, provided in the form of n [...]
2006-01-27 14:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL UP
06KIEV365UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: MFA DEFENDS DELAY IN CUSTOMS
[...] (C) Summary: Briefing EU/G7 representatives January 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky claimed the Ukrainian government had delayed implementation of the May 15, 2003, customs protocol with Moldova because the GOM's implementation of simplified registration procedures for Transnistrian bu [...]
2006-01-27 15:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PARM PINR MD UP OSCE
06KIEV367UKRAINE: WHO ARE THE PEACEMAKERS? BUILDING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The public political posturing about potential post-election coalitions kicked off in earnest January 24 with President Yushchenko's party Our Ukraine releasing a letter calling for the forces of the Maidan -- Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT),Moroz' Socialists [...]
2006-01-27 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UP
06KIEV3672UKRAINE/MTCR: VENEZUELA ARMS SALES POLICY BRIEFED,
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) On September 22, we relayed ref A points on changes in USG policy regarding arms sales to Venezuela and MTCR papers in other reftels to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles [...]
2006-09-22 13:54:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL ETTC MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA FR DA KN
06KIEV3674UKRAINE: NEW PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF READY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed head of the Presidential Administration Viktor Baloha told the Ambassador September 19 that he was ready to engage with the U.S. to ensure that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Anti-Corruption Project was a success and was eager to get started [...]
2006-09-22 14:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UP
06KIEV368UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS:
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the final session of the January 24 Bilateral Coordination Group talks, the Ukrainian side reviewed GOU judicial reform and anti-corruption efforts and pledged to respond soon to OPIC's urgent request for resolution of the issues stemming from OPIC's payment of a $17-million [...]
2006-01-28 08:08:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL KCRM UP
06KIEV3710UKRAINE: OFFICIALS DENY THAT KOLCHUGAS SOLD TO IRAN
[...] (U) The Jane's Defense Weekly, dated September 27, 2006, carried a story, strangely datelined Bangkok, reporting that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to Iran for an estimated price of USD25 million per system. As accur [...]
2006-09-26 14:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV374UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group (BCG) talks January 24, EB A/S E. Anthony Wayne said restoration of Ukraine's access to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) was due to the GOU's good work on amending the optical disc law and implementing the new legislation. GOU official [...]
2006-01-30 09:38:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR PREL UP
06KIEV3750UKRAINE: GOU SAYS NO EVIDENCE OF KOLCHUGA SALES TO
[...] (C) We followed up September 28 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov regarding the Jane's Defense Weekly report that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to [...]
2006-09-28 13:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV3751UKRAINE: POTENTIAL SALE OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT TO
[...] (C) On September 28, we met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov and Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles at Belashov's request. Belashov thanked us for the briefing on USG policy on arms transfers to Venezuela (ref A). H [...]
2006-09-28 13:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MASS ETTC VE UP
06KIEV3755UKRAINE: ENGAGING THE NEW UKRAINIAN REALITY AFTER
[...] (SBU) Note: In preparation for senior-level consideration of our Ukraine policy, this cable assesses the political and economic developments under the new government. 2. (C) Summary. 50 days after Viktor Yanukovych returned to the premiership he vacated in December 2004 in the wake of the [...]
2006-09-28 14:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETRD KDEM UP
06KIEV3758UKRAINE: RADA ROLLS BACK UTILITY PRICES, BUT WILL IT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on September 22 overrode an April presidential veto to pass a law rolling back residential natural gas and electricity prices to January 1, 2006 levels and putting a moratorium on future increases. The law, if it comes into effect, would cancel [...]
2006-09-29 13:30:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KIEV380UKRAINE: PRIME MINISTER YEKHANUROV WARNS RUSSIANS
[...] (S) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov told Ambassador on January 28 that Russia was threatening to cut off shipments of Turkmen gas to Ukraine as early as February 1 because of the GOU's delay in implementing the January 4 agreement between Russia's GazProm and Ukraine's Naft [...]
2006-01-30 14:39:00Embassy KyivSECRETEPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS UP
06KIEV382UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK WARNS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said, during a January 30 meeting with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies Head Bruce Jackson and Ambassador, that the Ukrainian government did not favor Kosovo independence. Such an outcome would destabilize the political situation in S [...]
2006-01-30 15:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM PINR YI UP UNMIK OSCE
06KIEV3862UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH -- DEFENDER OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych stressed with EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that constitutional reform had created a new governing framework in which Parliament (Rada) established government policy, and President Yushchenko together with Yanukovych and the cabinet of mi [...]
2006-10-05 07:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
06KIEV3866UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE MOVES INTO OPPOSITION - OR NOT
[...] (C) Summary: After months of negotiations over whether or not to enter the governing coalition, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine coalition announced October 4 that it would not join the coalition, but would formally join the opposition in parliament. OU's Roman Bezsmertniy told the press [...]
2006-10-05 12:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
06KIEV3884UKRAINE OPPOSES POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (C) On October 5, Ambassador passed reftel points on the USG position regarding a possible North Korean nuclear test to Presidential Deputy Chief of Staff for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy. Ambassador praised the October 4 MFA statement (see para 2) regarding a possible North Korean nuclear [...]
2006-10-06 11:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN UP
06KIEV3905UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH PROMISES CONTINUITY ON WTO,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych assured EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that he would continue to make progress on WTO membership and European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Funding for a NATO information campaign was part of the 2007 draft budget. With the support of t [...]
2006-10-10 16:11:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ETRD ENRG EPET OVIP PREL PINR PL
06KIEV3906UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH ECONOMIC POLICY RECORD MIXED
[...] (C) Summary: After eight weeks in power, the Yanukovych government's record on economic policy in a number of areas has not been as bad as some expected, nor as good as others hoped. The conventional wisdom among the foreign business community has swung from "let's give them a chance" to "dej [...]
2006-10-10 16:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN EINV POL PREL UP
06KIEV3923UKRAINE: WHAT IF FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK GOES?
[...] (C) Summary: With rumors rife that Foreign Minister Tarasyuk will leave the Cabinet -- either by resigning with his Our Ukraine colleagues or being voted out of his job by the Rada, pundits tout current Presidential Secretariat Deputy Chief of Staff for foreign policy Oleksandr Chaliy as the l [...]
2006-10-12 14:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIEV3936UKRAINE: ORANGE MINISTERS FATE UNDECIDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl in Kiev as to the fate of the "orange" ministers in the Ukrainian Government. On October 11, an aide to Our Ukraine's Roman Bezsmertniy told us that all "orange" ministers in the Cabinet had submitted letters of resignation, later confirmed publicly by [...]
2006-10-13 14:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV404UKRAINE ADOPTIONS: YUSHCHENKO SIGNS LAW ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday January 31, President Yushchenko signed the law giving interim adoption authority to the National Adoption Center (NAC),clearing the way for prospective adoptive parents to process their adoptions to conclusion. The NAC has a plan in place to prioritize appointments [...]
2006-02-01 09:52:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CVIS KOCI PREL PGOV UP
06KIEV477UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL ON OSCE REFORM, PROJECT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA OSCE Department Counselor Volodymyr Tolkach expressed to us January 18 the Ukrainian government's support for OSCE reform. OSCE reform should include some provision that ensures a single country cannot block an OSCE decision. At the same time, Tolkach argued, there should be [...]
2006-02-03 15:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE
06KIEV483UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: TKACH ON CUSTOMS
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 3 briefing, Ukrainian Special Envoy Tkach said the February 1 Ukraine-Moldova meeting had failed to make progress, but a second round would occur at the level of Ministers of Economy in the hope of resolving Ukraine's objections to Moldovan government registration p [...]
2006-02-03 17:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCI OSCE
06KIEV553UKRAINE: YOU TAKE THE LOW ROAD AND I'LL TAKE THE
[...] (C) Summary: Circus-like farce impinged on serious statecraft at the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) the morning of February 9. President Yushchenko delivered an hour-long "State of the Nation" address to the Rada, reviewing the accomplishments of the past year since his inauguration an [...]
2006-02-09 16:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
06KIEV574Ukraine: Energizing GUAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Foreign Ministry acknowledges GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) is not yet a functioning regional organization, but is committed to getting Ukraine's house in order on the issue first, and then energizing GUAM. Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia are in agreement on h [...]
2006-02-13 13:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GUAM
06KIEV593UKRAINE: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR HOLDS CTAG, DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin told a G-8(ish: see para 2) Counter-Terrorism Action Group gathering February 13 that he assessed the terrorist threat in Ukraine as low, but the Russian government had some concern over the presence of Chechen separatists on the Crimean pen [...]
2006-02-14 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL
06KIEV604UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...]
2006-02-15 13:36:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL NATO
06KIEV610UKRAINE: WORKING TO SECURE RADA APPROVAL FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the February 9 failure of the Rada (parliament) to approve the measure authorizing foreign troops to participate in military exercises in Ukraine in 2006 (ref A),Defense Minister Hrytsenko asked Ambassador late February 14 to approach Party of Regions leader [...]
2006-02-15 15:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
06KIEV713UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH STILL BITTER ABOUT THE
[...] (C) As of December 2005, Yanukovych still expressed bitterness about what he saw as the December 2004 "putsch" denying him the Presidency, according to Lithuanian Embassy Political Counselor Darius Vitkauskas. Vitkauskas told us February 21 that when the Lithuanian Ambassador saw Yanukovych i [...]
2006-02-21 14:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
06KIEV718UKRAINE/GUAM: ENERGIZING GUAM MEMBER STATES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) EUR/ACE FSA Director in December 2005 advised GUAM Embassy representatives that the USG would not wish to continue funding the U.S.-GUAM framework project or supporting GUAM Secretariat development unless member states themselves f [...]
2006-02-21 16:37:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GUAM
06KIEV738UKRAINE: TALES OF SEVASTOPOL, A HERO CITY
[...] (C) Summary: The presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet pervades the historic Crimean city of Sevastopol, which is one of two municipalities in Ukraine directly administered by the central government. Relations between President Yushchenko-appointed city administrator Serhiy Ivanov and the [...]
2006-02-23 13:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
06KIEV743UKRAINE: MFA DEFENDS DEPORTATION OF UZBEKS, LABELS
[...] (S) In a written response to our February 17 non-paper about Ukraine's refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers (refs A and B),MFA asserted that the Uzbeks had been deported in accordance with domestic and international law, dismissed the Uzbeks' asylum claims as "manifestly unfounded," [...]
2006-02-23 17:05:00Embassy KyivSECRETPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF PREL PTER UP UZ
06KIEV781UKRAINE: EX-PM TYMOSHENKO ON DOMESTIC POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko February 26 to deliver concerns about her comments on a contract by U.S. company Holtec to build a nuclear waste storage facility in Ukraine (septel). The conversation turned to domestic politics and the natural gas supply/transit deal with [...]
2006-02-27 15:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06KIEV936UKRAINE: REGIONS' CONSULTANTS WARN DEFICIENCIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Party of Regions' U.S. campaign consultants Paul Manafort, Phil Griffin, and Catherine Barnes called on DCM and poloff March 10 to share Regions' concerns about election organizational problems that they feared could call the legitimacy of the March 26 election into question. M [...]
2006-03-10 17:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV965UKRAINE: DFM KHANDOHIY, U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSS FM
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with Under Secretary Dobriansky and Ambassador, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy pushed for a Presidential drop-by during FM Tarasyuk's March 9 meeting with the Vice President in Washington. Dobriansky and Ambassador frankly described the poor timing (in view of the u [...]
2006-03-14 09:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KFLU NATO
06KIEV987UKRAINE: RADA ADDRESSES ELECTION-RELATED CONCERNS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, the Rada (parliament) addressed election-related concerns about deficiencies in Polling Station Commission (PSC) staffing and in the voters' lists voiced by Central Election Commission Chair Davydovych, NGOs, and political parties in recent days (refs A-B) by passi [...]
2006-03-14 17:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIGALI1013DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS
[...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]
2006-10-18 06:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1014DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS
[...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]
2006-10-18 06:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1017GOR ON TRACK TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
[...] (U) On 17 October Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama held a press conference to announce a "nation wide debate" on the abolishment of the death penalty in Rwanda. Although it has not been implemented since 22 genocidaires were shot by firing squads in 1997, the subject has been a k [...]
2006-10-19 16:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS
06KIGALI1026LEBANON DEMARCHE AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FACTS
[...] On 25 October poloff delivered women's empowerment fact sheet (ref A) and demarche and talking points (ref B) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amercia Division Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara had no comment on the fact sheet or talking points but agreed that the GOR and Israel have a posit [...]
2006-10-27 06:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER UNGA KWMN IS LE RW
06KIGALI1027AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONUC AND UN GROUP OF EXPERTS
[...] (U) On 20 October Ambassador had separate meetings with the Chairman of the UN DRC Group of Experts (GOE) Ambassador Ibra Ka and MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Haile Menkerios. Ka and Menkerios SIPDIS updated Ambassador on the status of their respective [...]
2006-10-27 10:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL MCC RW CG UG UNSC
06KIGALI1035TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] TFCO -- Richard M. Kaminski, Chief, Political and Economic Section, Tel Nr.: (250) 505-601/2/3; E-Mail Address: KaminskiRM@state.gov 2. Deputy TFCO -- Daniel M. Stoian, Economic Officer Tel. Nr.: (250) 505-601/2/3 [...]
2006-11-01 12:31:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER RW
06KIGALI1047FIRST TIFA COUNCIL MEETING IN KIGALI
[...] (U) Summary. Deputy United States Trade Representative Ambassador Karan Bhatia led the USG delegation to the first-ever Trade and Investment Council Meeting held in Kigali on October 31. Discussions covered such topics as the WTO DOHA round of negotiations, AGOA and bilateral trade, trade c [...]
2006-11-03 11:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PREL RW
06KIGALI1060IMF STAFF MISSION TO RWANDA OKAYS 2007 BUDGET
[...] (C) An IMF team conducted a staff mission to Rwanda October 18-November 2, and reached agreement in principle with the GOR on budget priorities and policies for 2007. According to IMF team members, the GOR's overly ambitious initial budget numbers have been trimmed, global budget numbers have [...]
2006-11-06 12:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL RW
06KIGALI1073CUBA EMBARGO AND UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 06:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC KTIA UN CU RW
06KIGALI1074ICTR PROSECUTOR ADDRESSES COMPLETION STRATEGY AND
[...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps November 9, following a two-day conference organized jointly by the ICTR and the University of Rwanda entitled "Challenging Impunity." Jallow outlined next steps fo [...]
2006-11-09 14:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI1110PAUL RUSESABAGINA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 12:54:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI1111NO IMMEDIATE ANSWER FROM GOR MFA ON BELARUS AND
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affaris Americas Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara did not have an immediate response to talking points (reftels). When pressed on how the USG can ensure its positions are thoroughly communicated to the Rwandan UN delegation, Rutikara said direct lobbying by USUN official [...]
2006-11-17 12:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNGA IS BO RW
06KIGALI1119UK ASSISTS GOR IN GENOCIDAIRE EXTRADITION REQUEST
[...] (C) Summary. There are two British investigators in Rwanda working with the Rwandan Justice Ministry and Prosecutor's Office to build extradition requests of four suspected genocidaires living in the UK that will withstand the scrutiny of the British legal system. Because the UK does not hav [...]
2006-11-21 12:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC UK RW
06KIGALI1125RWANDAN RESPONSE TO FRENCH JUDGE'S ARREST WARRANTS
[...] (U) In response to press reports that a French judge had requested arrest warrants for nine senior GOR officials allegedly involved in the downing of the Juvenal Habyarimana presidential jet on April 6, 1994, the GOR on November 21 formally denied its officials' involvement. "There is no ba [...]
2006-11-22 16:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1130RWANDA CONTEMPLATES BREAKING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE
[...] (C) Ambassador Richard Sezibera (protect),Great Lakes Special Envoy for the Rwandan Government, called Ambassador early on the morning of November 24 to report that the GOR was "moving toward breaking relations with France," as a result of the French issuance of international arrest warrant [...]
2006-11-24 11:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1133FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON RUPTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 25, Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the diplomatic corps on the GOR decision to break relations with France and expel French diplomats from Rwanda. The decision by a French judge to issue international arrest warrants for nine senior Rwanda officials (re [...]
2006-11-27 12:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1142THE FRENCH LEAVE RWANDA
[...] (U) Twenty-five French Embassy and other official personnel left Kigali on 27 November at 19:00 local time via a Rwandair Express flight to Entebbe. The atmosphere was somber in the airport VIP lounge, the French said final good-byes, took photos and shared chocolate. There was no press and [...]
2006-11-28 16:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KAWC PREL FR RW
06KIGALI1143MEETING WITH GOR ON MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador and AID Director met on November 21 with Ambassador Sezibera and other GOR staff on the just-announced Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold program. Sezibera pronounced the GOR committed to a successful program, and anxious to get to work with mission and MCC [...]
2006-11-28 16:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL RW
06KIGALI1148RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MCC AND DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande November 23 to discuss the Millenium Challenge Corporation selection of Rwanda for its Threshold Program, and the current situation in Darfur. Murigande welcomed the MCC decision, particularly given the recent drop in some of the World Ban [...]
2006-11-29 10:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL RW
06KIGALI1163SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR convened its sixth annual Development Partners Meeting in Kigali on November 22 to 24. Sessions included presentations and discussions on such topics as economic growth, private sector development, agriculture, decentralization, aid policy, and governance. Donor gover [...]
2006-12-03 09:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID RW
06KIGALI1171GOR:NKUNDA FIGHTING FARDC NOT FDLR
[...] (C) According to Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) spokesman Major Jill Rutaremara the recent fighting in North Kivu (reftel) is between the forces of renegade General Laurent Nkunda and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). At 1530 local time 6 December Rutaremara told polo [...]
2006-12-07 05:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI1176GOR DEMARCHED ON HRC SUDAN SPECIAL SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 11:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN SU RW
06KIGALI1187RWANDA WILL ROTATE ITS DARFUR TROOPS
[...] (SBU) Action request. The GOR communicated its intent to rotate the three Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) battalions in Darfur, Sudan with three new battalions. The diplomatic note (text below) indicates a desire for the USG to provide the airlift for the troop rotation "by the end of December 2 [...]
2006-12-12 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS NATO PREL SU RW
06KIGALI1188BWINDI CASE: RWANDA ENDORSES TRANSFER TO UGANDA
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga December 6 to discuss the Bwindi murder case. Ambassador communicated the decision by U.S. federal prosecutors to dismiss the case, and seek transfer of the suspects to Uganda for prosecution (Note: the 1999 murders occurred in [...]
2006-12-13 07:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI1189UPDATE ON BACOR CASE INVOLVING VALENS KAJEGUHAKWA
[...] (C) Ambassador discussed the Banque Continentale Africaine-Rwanda (BAKOR) case with Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga on December 6. Mission understands the Department has been requested by DHS to secure additional information on the disposition of the case as it concerns the four fel [...]
2006-12-13 07:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI1199MCC VISIT TO RWANDA A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. From December 10-12 a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation held an intensive round of meetings with GOR officials, local and international NGOs (including USAID partners),the private sector, the media, and heads of diplomatic missions in Kigali. The MCC team int [...]
2006-12-15 10:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KMCA RW
06KIGALI1219LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements (reftel),please screen the following Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer and report any derogatory information to post. Major Gatete Karuranga, Rwandan citizen, DOB 19650616, is scheduled to attend trainin [...]
2006-12-22 09:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI1223PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP
[...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...]
2006-12-22 11:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI184GOR GROUNDS SN BRUSSELS PASSANGER PLANE
[...] (U) On 21 February the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) grounded an SN Brussels Airlines passenger plane for violating saftey standards. Flight 463, from Kigali to Brussels with one stop in Nairobi, had over 200 passengers, including at least two Amcits. The CAA claimed: -- The safety be [...]
2006-02-24 14:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PREL BE KY RW
06KIGALI221SN BRUSSELS SUSPENDS OPERATIONS TO RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. SN Brussels, the only carrier flying directly from Rwanda to Europe, has suspended all flights to Rwanda until further notice. High-level diplomatic discussions regarding the three-day grounding (February 21-24) of an SN Brussels flight by the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority ( [...]
2006-03-06 15:49:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL PGOV BE KY RW
06KIGALI236CONTINUED GOR INTEREST IN PEACE CORPS
[...] On 9 March Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande in response to a request by the Minister to discuss the return of the US Peace Corps to Rwanda. Minister Murigande explained that he had met with a Peace Corps delegation led by Mr. Henry McCoy in 2004 and he asked if there was any prog [...]
2006-03-10 13:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI270US AMBASSADOR TO DRC VISITS RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Meece visited Rwanda March 2-4. Highlights of the visit included a stop at Mutobo Demobilization Camp; a meeting with National Security Service (NSS) Secretary General Ndahiro; and a meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande and Ambassador Sezibera, Special Envoy for t [...]
2006-03-21 12:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RW CG KE XA
06KIGALI277AMIS RE-HAT AND 3RD PROTOCOL DEMARCHES TO GOR
[...] (SBU) On 21 March, poloff delivered demarche and talking points (ref A) to Augustin Rutikara, America's desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rutikara was noncommittal when asked if the GOR would remain in Darfur if and when it becomes a UN mission. He acknowledged the questionable [...]
2006-03-23 13:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI AORC ICRC PHUM PREF SZ SU RW
06KIGALI281PRESIDENT KAGAME RESHUFFLES CABINET
[...] Summary: On March 11 President Kagame announced a cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Finance Minister, dropping three ministers, and creating a new ministerial post in the Office of the President for scientific research and technology. Despite rumors for several weeks of an impending shake-up [...]
2006-03-23 16:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PINR RW
06KIGALI283AJELLO VISIT TO RWANDAN DEMOBILIZATION CENTER
[...] (U) Summary. On 17 March Ambassador Aldo Ajello, EU Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, visited Mutobo Demobilization and Reintegration Center. Poloff accompanied the EU delegation to a special site visit set up by the Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) to introduce Ajell [...]
2006-03-24 12:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PREL CG RW
06KIGALI285SOF TRAINING FOR RDF
[...] (SBU) United States Embassy, Kigali country team supports and welcomes a United States European Command-funded, Special Operations Command, Europe (SOCEUR) military-to-military programmed, Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) training course to be conducted in Rwanda in July 2006. The purpose of t [...]
2006-03-27 14:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI286RWANDA SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF AF A/S JENDAYI
[...] Post warmly welcomes your visit to Rwanda. Rwanda is a country struggling to overcome its past and bring its people and economy into the 21st century. The legacy of the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were killed still haunts the country and underlies the tension faced by a [...]
2006-03-28 05:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI ECON KDEM RW
06KIGALI291 GOR Discusses Human Rights Report, Promises
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting March 22 with Ambassador and Embassy poloffs and PD officer on the 2005 Human Rights Report, senior GOR officials raised several issues, including what they characterized as the report's accusatory tone and lack of context. Officials also voiced concern [...]
2006-03-29 10:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI334PRESIDENT KAGAME MEETS WITH A/S FRAZER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 April, A/S Frazer met with President Kagame at his office on the presidential compound. Also in attendance were Ambassador Arietti, Foreign Minister Murigande, Chef du Cabinet Kabija, National Security Service Director Ndahiro, AF Special Assistant Gaither and poloff. Kaga [...]
2006-04-12 10:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL RW CG SU
06KIGALI340GOR RESPONSE TO ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT IN GERMANY
[...] (SBU) On 11 April poloff met with German DCM to discuss the recent arrest of the president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR),Ignace Murwanashyaka, by German authorities in Mannheim, Germany. According to Hans Von Schroeder, Murwanashyaka will be detained for approxi [...]
2006-04-12 16:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREF PREL MONUC RW CG BY UG GE BE
06KIGALI354GOR RECEIVES USG POSITION ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] In a 10 April meeting with Ambassador Amri-Sued Ismael, Advisor to the President on Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ambassador Arietti discussed the USG position on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) per ref B. On 17 April, poloff delivered talking points and the Secretary's message from ref B [...]
2006-04-17 15:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR RW
06KIGALI365VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA
[...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]
2006-04-18 18:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KIGALI381 RWANDA: FY 2006 ESF PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Per reftel post submits the following summaries of two proposed projects for FY 2006 Africa regional ESF funding, including the total amount requested for each project and an explanation of how the projects would advance our MPP objectives and U.S. national interests. The projects focus on s [...]
2006-04-24 14:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI405 Embassy Comments on Vatican Note on Gacaca
[...] Summary: Ref (A) Vatican note criticizes the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda for not serving the purposes for which they were created. It characterizes the gacaca process as politically manipulated and procedurally flawed, citing specific concerns. While Embassy recognizes, as does the GOR, tha [...]
2006-04-28 11:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS VT RW
06KIGALI407FORMER PRESIDENT ASKS KAGAME FOR A PARDON
[...] (U) Summary. Ex-President Pasteur Bizimungu recently submitted a handwritten letter to President Kagame requesting a pardon for his 2004 conviction for incitement of civil disobedience, formation of a criminal association and embezzlement of public funds. In the letter, Bizimungu maintains th [...]
2006-04-28 12:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALAFSN KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI408 Embassy Commemorates 28 Local Staff Killed During
[...] Summary: On April 20 Embassy held a memorial service in honor of 28 locally engaged staff killed during the 1994 genocide. The fifth annual commemoration brought together American and local staff with the widows and orphans of the victims. In his remarks, Ambassador acknowledged that the i [...]
2006-04-28 12:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AFSN KDEM RW
06KIGALI410GOR DEMARCHED ON UN HRC AND AU MISSION IN SUDAN
[...] (U) On 28 April, DCM delivered the talking points from refs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Amandin Rugira. 2. (SBU) Rugira said he was aware of the reported lack of response by African Union forces in close proximity to attacks on civilians in Darfur. He s [...]
2006-05-02 10:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO PARM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI EUN
06KIGALI428 UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts
[...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]
2006-05-08 11:42:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KIGALI445RWANDANS IN BURUNDI: ASYLUM SEEKERS BEGIN RETURNING
[...] (U) In an 8 May meeting with poloff, UNHCR External Relations Officer Beatriz Garcia reported that the flow of Rwandans departing for Burundi has stopped and that there are unconfirmed reports that several hundred Rwandans have left northern Burundi and returned to southern Rwanda. UNHCR has [...]
2006-05-10 17:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL UNHCR RW BY
06KIGALI449 World Health Assembly: Smallpox Demarche
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 13:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC TBIO WHO RW
06KIGALI456MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) In its recent indicator analysis of Rwanda, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) noted that Rwanda failed four of the six Ruling Justly indicators. Based on consolidated evaluations of third-party institutions, MCC provided Embassy Kigali a summary of Rwanda,s strengths and weakness [...]
2006-05-12 06:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI480THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA
[...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...]
2006-05-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI496ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a roundtable discussion April 5 with Rwandan parliamentarians and a separate call on the president of the Rwandan Senate, Assistant Secretary Frazer addressed recent developments in the Great Lakes region, human rights issues, the role of parliament in Rwandan society, [...]
2006-05-25 06:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KMCA RW CG
06KIGALI514EMBASSY DELIVERS DEMARCHES ON IRAN AND UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 13:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC AMGT UNGA IR RW
06KIGALI517U.S. TRIPARTITE DELEGATION MEMBERS DISCUSS HUMAN
[...] Summary: During a May 24 meeting with Ambassador Arietti and visiting U.S. Tripartite Plus delegation members, Rwandan parliamentarians discussed the gap between perception and reality on Rwanda's performance on human rights. They asserted that outsiders criticize Rwanda without fully under [...]
2006-05-31 15:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KMCA RW
06KIGALI555GOR DEMARCHED ON NAM IRAN STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 11:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP PREL IAEA USNC IR RW
06KIGALI578KIGALI DELIVERS MDA DEMARCHE
[...] Per reftel, post delivered on June 19 a demarche on the June 20-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which will take place in Geneva. 2. The Government of Rwanda has confirmed that a member of its delegation in Geneva will attend the conference and will vote in f [...]
2006-06-19 16:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS RW
06KIGALI579 TRIPARTITE PLUS SUB-COMMISSION STRENGTHENS FUSION
[...] Summary: The U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus Sub- Commission on Security and Defense met in Kigali May 26-27 to discuss ways to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) and to develop a consolidated "most wanted" list to submit to the Tripartite Plus Council [...]
2006-06-19 16:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR ETTC PTER PINR RW
06KIGALI595FRENCH REPORTER ORDERED TO LEAVE RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary. Radio France International (RFI) correspondent, French citizen Sonia Rolley, left Kigali on June 10 after the GOR refused to renew her visa. Rolley had worked on and off in Rwanda since October 2004 but the visa renewal request was rejected by Rwandan Immigration and she was di [...]
2006-06-22 14:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI607ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN RWANDA
[...] SUMMARY. During 21-23 July 2006, representatives of the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) collaborated on plans for near-term pre-deployment peace support operations (PSO) training for RDF battalions preparing to deploy t [...]
2006-06-26 12:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS PGOV PREL RW SU ACOTA ET
06KIGALI614PRESSING GOR ON AMIS TRANSITION TO UN
[...] On 27 June poloff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer Daniel Mutezintare in order to reiterate Ambassador's earlier discussions with Foreign Minister Murigande on the USG position on the re-hatting of AMIS to a UN peacekeeping operation. Poloff emphasized t [...]
2006-06-28 09:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR PINS PREL SOCI SU RW
06KIGALI653GOR SOLICITED ON SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA
[...] On 30 June, poloff discussed talking points (reftel) with Daniel Mutezintare, the focal point for UN issues in the Minstry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Mutezintare said that the GOR was currently not committed to supporting either Guatemala or Venezuela, but he would brief Foreign Minister Muriga [...]
2006-07-06 11:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC UNGA GT VE RW
06KIGALI667GOR RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES
[...] On 10 July, poloff delivered talking points and White House Statement (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara agreed with the USG position that the missile launches were a negative development for the world and that the international community should [...]
2006-07-10 14:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN PARM KNNP RW
06KIGALI712DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ENGAGES RWANDA
[...] Summary. At the request of USTR, Department of Transportation Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Susan McDermott led a delegation to Rwanda to explore areas of assistance. The GOR was keen on soliciting support for a COMESA air traffic management project, but the main focus of the visit was [...]
2006-07-20 14:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID EAIR ECIN PREL ECON RW KE TZ UG
06KIGALI731GOR'S POSITION ON AU SUMMIT, AMIS AND TANZANIAN
[...] (U) Summary. On 25 July Rwandan foreign affairs and defense officials briefed diplomatic corps on a variety of issues including the African Union (AU) Summit, the GOR's position on The Great Lakes Conference, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APR [...]
2006-08-01 14:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECIN KPKO KSUM MOPS PREF PREL AU RW TZ SU
06KIGALI804GOR POSITION ON AMIS RE-HAT
[...] (C) On 16 August Ambassador reiterated USG position on the UN re-hatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) (Ref A) to Rwandan Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminari. Musemenari had accompanied President Kagame to the Afric [...]
2006-08-17 15:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL UNSC SU RW
06KIGALI847NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REFORM
[...] New Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama outlined his plans for a reformed Justice Ministry in a meeting with the Ambassador on August 28. A revamped administrative structure, strenuous efforts to reduce lagging caseloads, and a pledge to ensure "even-handed investigations" formed the co [...]
2006-08-31 14:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI848GOR RENEWS VOA BROADCAST AGREEMENTS, AIRS ITS
[...] On Thursday, August 31, Voice of America Director David Jackson renewed VOA's transmission agreement with Rwanda's public broadcaster, ORINFOR, and signed a licensing agreement with the Ministry of Information. The GOR took the opportunity of the signings to voice strong concerns about what i [...]
2006-08-31 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL RW
06KIGALI854CHINESE DELEGATIONS VISIT KIGALI
[...] (U) Two Chinese delegations visited Kigali the week of August 28. A Communist Party delegation, led by Wu Guanzheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, conducted closed-door discussions with the Secretary General Francois Ngarambe and other RPF [...]
2006-09-01 16:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID RW
06KIGALI867GOR RESPONSE ON BWINDI CASE
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga on September 6 to discuss the Bwindi Case, in particular, next steps in the wake of the U.S. court's suppression of the defendants' confessions (as requested reftel). Ambassador discussed the three possible prosecutorial options (appeal [...]
2006-09-07 08:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI868CITY GOVERNMENT RESCINDS MOTORCYCLE BAN
[...] (U) The Kigali City Council on Monday September 4 rescinded its two-week ban on motorcycle taxis. Operating under new licensing requirements, the motorcycles began to return to city streets in small numbers. Each operator is now required to register with his local cell (the next-to-lowest po [...]
2006-09-07 08:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL RW
06KIGALI879EMBASSY KIGALI 9/11 COMMEMORATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 06:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL
06KIGALI880RWANDA AND MCA ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) Summary: Rwanda is deeply committed to in becoming MCA eligible and this has already resulted in positive changes in GOR attitudes and practices. The GOR understands that its relatively low ranking in the Ruling Justly categories has been the main obstacle to MCA eligibility. President [...]
2006-09-12 06:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL MCC RW
06KIGALI883RWANDA AT LOGGERHEADS WITH ICTR OVER ACCUSED LEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR has demanded the termination of the employment contract of an ICTR lead counsel, Callixte Gakwaya, whom the GOR has indicted on genocide charges, to remove his immunity from prosecution by Rwanda. The ICTR has not responded formally, beyond an announced need to study t [...]
2006-09-12 15:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI887EMBASSY - GOR ROUNDTABLE: RULE OF LAW IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a continuing dialogue on human rights, the Mission met with senior Rwandan officials to discuss the Rule of Law in Rwanda. Discussions focused chiefly on the role of the judiciary, procedures for redressing police abuses, and the role of the Ministry of Justice in [...]
2006-09-14 09:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI945RWANDA DECIDES NOT TO ROTATE TROOPS TO DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali called Ambassador the afternoon of September 28 to convey the Rwandan cabinet's decision that its troops currently in Darfur will remain for three months (until December 31); they will not/not rotate before then. There may be a [...]
2006-10-02 05:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS RW
06KIGALI946BAR PRESIDENT ON JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met September 27 with President of the Rwanda Bar Association Gatera Gashabana to discuss the state of the judicial system. Gashabana began by emphasizing the importance of the "text" of the 2003 Constitution. "Now we have a document which firmly establishes the independence o [...]
2006-10-02 05:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI976MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED TO RWANDAN GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 05:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL RW
06KIGALI984ANALYST BRIEFS WORLD BANK PROGRAM ON FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 October World Bank consultant Hans Romkema briefed diplomats and Bank employees on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He described the FDLR, estimated at 8,000 ) 10,000, as deeply entrenched in North and South Kivu. Romkema described FDLR leadershi [...]
2006-10-12 11:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL KPKO MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI987RWANDA STILL UNDECIDED ON GUATEMALA
[...] (C) This is an action request for A/S Frazer. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On 13 October Charge delivered demarche (ref B) to Foreign Minister Murigande emphasizing that the USG considered the vote to be one of the most important decisions the UNGA would make this year. Murigande noted [...]
2006-10-13 12:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC VE GT
06KIGALI988RWANDA WILL VOTE FOR GUATEMALA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-14 08:33:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL RW
06KIGALI990RWANDA-UGANDA JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION MEETING A
[...] (U) Summary. Ugandan and Rwandan officials held the seventh Joint Permanent Commission sessions in Kigali October 12-13. A communique pledged cooperation on a hosts of issues, including consular relations, defense, education and justice issues, crop and animal diseases, cross-border transpor [...]
2006-10-16 14:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD RW
06KINGSTON1006GOJ REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF JUSTICE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. On May 1, Embassy received via diplomatic note dated April 27, the following request to support the re-election of Justice Lloyd Ellis to the Board of Governors of the Justice Studies Center of the America's (JSCA). Text of note and accompany [...]
2006-05-22 19:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OAS JM
06KINGSTON1007CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...]
2006-05-22 19:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1025GOJ REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ELECTION TO THE PEACE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. On May 10, Embassy received via diplomatic note dated May 8, the following request to support the election of the Government of Jamaica to the standing Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission. Text of note faxed to WHA/CAR (R [...]
2006-05-25 15:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UN JA
06KINGSTON1045DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF MAY 27 NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] (S) On May 26, P/E Couns and Poloff delivered reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, Multilateral Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Given staffing gaps on the Ministry, this was the earliest the meeting could be scheduled. Brown read the poi [...]
2006-05-26 20:22:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR JM
06KINGSTON1051KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 13 - May 30, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- BOJ Reduces Interest Rates -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Jamaican Company to Expand to the Caribbean -- Major Investment Project on the Horizon -- Cement Troubles Continue -- Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding (Finally) -------------- [...]
2006-05-30 14:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1064U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) Upon receipt of Reftel on May 31, the Ambassador attempted to contact Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who was campaigning outside of Kingston and unavailable by phone. With Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton abroad on official travel, the Ambassador telephoned Minister of State for For [...]
2006-06-01 11:58:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR JM
06KINGSTON1085DEMARCHE DELIVERED ENCOURAGING JAMAICA TO
[...] On May 26, P/ECouns and PolOff met with and conveyed reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). 2. Brown noted that out of the Caribbean countries only Guyana and Haiti had signed an [...]
2006-06-02 15:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA
06KINGSTON1086DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
[...] (SBU) On June 1, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Director, Caribbean and Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). On the issue of the "trade and investment" resolution, XXXXXXXXXXXX stated that she would take our concerns to the dele [...]
2006-06-02 15:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL JM
06KINGSTON1097DEMARCHE TO "RECONFIRM" SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and six aides May 30 to ascertain GOJ voting intentions vis-a-vis Guatemala's bid for a non-permanent UNSC seat. The PM was unable to answer the question but said she would consult with Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton [...]
2006-06-05 12:05:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC PINR JM
06KINGSTON1103DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA
[...] (U) On May 4, Poloff faxed Ref A talking points to Angella Brown, Assistant Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),and asked that the GOJ vote yes to amend the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva on Jun [...]
2006-06-05 19:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM
06KINGSTON1117AMBASSADOR RAISES NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN STATEMENT,
[...] (C) On June 5, the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton to follow up on Guatemala's candidacy for a UNSC seat (Ref A),and to express disappointment with the recent NAM statement on Iran (Ref C). On Guatemala/UNSC, Hylton denied that Jamaica or CARICOM had yet decided how to v [...]
2006-06-07 18:26:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC AORC IAEA KNNP IR JM
06KINGSTON1118GOJ REQUEST FOR DELEGATION TO MEET STAKEHOLDERS IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In response to a request from Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott of the Ministry of National Security (MNS),Econoff met on June 5 with Scott and with O'Neal Hamilton, Special Advisor to the Chairman, CARICOM Subcommittee on Re [...]
2006-06-07 19:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
06KINGSTON1209DEMARCHES DELIVERED REGARDING MDA AND THE ANNUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ JM
06KINGSTON1256KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 31 - June 23, 2006
[...] This month's topics: -- Chilean President Visits -- GOJ Concerns with Increasing Food Imports -- Diaspora Conference Held in Kingston -- Bank Executive Highlights Benefits of Migration -- Businesses Hurting From Anti-Drug Efforts -- Huge Demand for Scrap -- Inflation Moderates -- IMF Says [...]
2006-06-26 11:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1269STATE/DHS DELEGATION DISCUSSES CRICKET WORLD CUP
[...] (C) Summary: DHS A/S Randy Beardsworth led a joint State/DHS delegation meeting with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Phillips in Kingston on June 22 to discuss security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC). Phillips proposed an international advisory group established [...]
2006-06-27 12:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1298PETROCARIBE SAVINGS NOT (YET) A SLUSH FUND
[...] (SBU) In an informal discussion with Ruth Potopsingh, Chairwoman of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica Group of Companies (PCJ Group) on June 27, Potopsingh offered some clarification of the mechanism through which PetroCaribe Agreement savings are held, as well as the uses to which the savi [...]
2006-06-30 14:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD EINV ECON PREL JM
06KINGSTON1342JAMAICAN ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION CONFIDENT BUT ALSO
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Audley Shaw, opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Spokesman for Finance and Public Service, Shaw predicted that national elections would be called for late August or early September. He said that a series of scandals could open the door for the first JLP [...]
2006-07-07 20:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR JM
06KINGSTON1343AMBASSADOR JOHNSON HANDS OVER KEYS TO REFURBISHED
[...] During a widely publicized ceremony at Jamaica's Coast Guard base in Port Royal on July 6, U.S. Ambassador Brenda Johnson formally presented the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) with the keys to a refurbished Sea Ark Dauntless Class vessel recently refitted/refurbished using NAS/INL funds. JDF Chi [...]
2006-07-07 20:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR JM
06KINGSTON1370GOJ LETTER TO SEC STATE RICE RE UNSC SEAT
[...] On July 11, Embassy received a letter dated July 10, 2006 from G. Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),to Dr. Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States of America. 2. Text of GOJ Letter: Begin Text: Dear Dr. [...]
2006-07-11 19:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS UNSC CARICOM JM
06KINGSTON1423JAMAICAN FINANCE MINISTER NOT READY TO QUIT (YET)
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance and Planning Omar Davies will not/not resign just yet, despite widespread media reports last week indicating that Davies was preparing to leave the cabinet, his Parliamentary seat, and representational politics. Embassy contacts had confirmed that his rumored [...]
2006-07-21 15:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL JM
06KINGSTON1437DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING COMMISSION FOR FREE CUBA
[...] (U) On July 11, 2006, Political Section delivered reftel points and Compact Report to the Director of Caribbean and Americas Department, Joy Wheeler, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Wheeler had no immediate comment. 2. (U) On July 20, Political Officer spoke with Shere [...]
2006-07-24 16:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CU PHUM PREL JM
06KINGSTON1439DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING NORTH KOREAN MISSILE
[...] (U) On July 6, 2006, Political Section delivered reftel points and the White House statement to the Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Angella Brown, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) ON July 24, 2006, PolOff followed up with Brown who stated [...]
2006-07-24 18:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM KN KNNP PARM PREL
06KINGSTON1441KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: June 24 - July 24, 2006
[...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit Postponed -- West Indies Alumina Company Cutting Jobs -- More Competition in Mobile Market -- Finance Minister Heads Team to the UK -- Cement Imports Increase -- Airline Starts Service to Jamaica -- Prices Jump in June -- Opposition Spokesman Predicts [...]
2006-07-25 11:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1482PORTIA'S CLOCK IS TICKING: JAMAICAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-28 13:21:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1498DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
[...] (U) On July 20, 2006, Political Section discussed reftel with Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) On July 28, 2006, PolOff followed up with Brown who stated that the GOJ has not yet decided who [...]
2006-07-31 20:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JM
06KINGSTON1499DEMARCHE DELIVERED: P5 + 1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR
[...] (U) On July 24, 2006, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. 2. (U) On July 28, Poloff followed up with Brown who said she was preparing briefing materials for the GOJ del [...]
2006-07-31 21:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC JM
06KINGSTON1500U.S.-CARICOM FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: JAMAICAN URGES
[...] (C) Summary: According to a Jamaican official at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM),there is tension within CARICOM regarding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. The larger economies appear to desire an FTA, but the smaller Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (O [...]
2006-07-31 22:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EINV PREL ETRD JM
06KINGSTON1526DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING OAS MLAT AND OPTIONAL
[...] (U) In a letter dated July 24, 2006, addressed to Joy Wheeler, Director Caribbean and Americas Department with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Acting Pol/Econ Counselor urged the GOJ to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention at the earliest possible [...]
2006-08-03 20:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL JM
06KINGSTON1546OPPOSITION LEADER TAUNTS PRIME MINISTER TO BRING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bruce Golding, the opposition leader for the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) continues to dare Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the leader of the ruling Peoples National Party (PNP),to call general elections now. The JLP has swept over all parts of the island in a vigorous [...]
2006-08-04 21:47:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1579LIKELY ISSUES IF ELECTIONS CALLED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),leader of the Peoples National Party (PNP),remains silent on the timing of the next general election. If elections are not called soon, PSM will have to wait until after Cricket World Cup (CWC) (scheduled to begin in March 2007),du [...]
2006-08-14 11:34:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON JM
06KINGSTON1587FALSE OPTIMISM? GOJ FINANCES IMPROVE IN FIRST FISCAL
[...] Summary: Government finances for April-June 2006 (the first quarter of the Jamaican fiscal year) improved due to strong revenues and lower-than-projected capital spending. For the review period, GOJ operations generated a fiscal deficit of USD 115 million, lower than the targeted deficit of U [...]
2006-08-14 18:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL JM
06KINGSTON1589DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE LEBANON
[...] (U) Political Officer delivered demarche regarding UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon to Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Hylton, Minister of State Delano Franklyn, and Deputy Director of International Organisations Angella Brown. 2. (U) On August 14, DCM Heg telephoned Minister o [...]
2006-08-14 20:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE JM
06KINGSTON1592VENEZUELA/JAMAICA: USD 563 MILLION ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) On August 14, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, accompanied by Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Energy and Petroleum Minister Raphael Ramirez, made a one-day stop in Jamaica during which he signed agreements with the GOJ totaling USD 563.3 million. Of that figure, USD 290 million pur [...]
2006-08-15 19:47:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1605UNSC VOTE: MIXED SIGNALS FROM JAMAICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-17 15:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1624UNSC VOTE: JAMAICA "UNDECIDED"?
[...] (C) On August 18, Poloff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),who reported that Jamaica was "undecided" regarding the UNSC seat vote and that Jamaica would make its decision based on "national in [...]
2006-08-18 18:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1630FOLLOW UP ON 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH LEVEL
[...] On August 18, Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, indicated the following regarding the Jamaican delgation to the High-Level events at the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA). A. Attendance of the Head of [...]
2006-08-18 21:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA JM
06KINGSTON1637US CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
[...] On August 18, Poloff delivered reftel Diplomatic Note to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Ms. Brown stated that she would recommend supporting Wedgwood's candidacy and she expected that Jamaica would be able [...]
2006-08-21 15:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHCR JM
06KINGSTON1645KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: July 25 - August 21, 2006
[...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit -- Jamaican Delegation in Venezuela -- National Elections in 2006 Unlikely -- Telecom Company Cuts Staff -- Prices Inching Up -- Bankers Submit Credit Bureau Proposal -- Several Apply for Commercial Bank Licenses -- Jamaica Files Debt Shelf with US Sec [...]
2006-08-22 11:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1662JAMAICA: WINDOW TO CALL ELECTIONS CLOSING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's (PSM) window to call general elections is quickly closing. Under an informal agreement with CARICOM countries not to hold elections within six months of Cricket World Cup (CWC),PSM must hold elections before October 11 or wait until after [...]
2006-08-23 19:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON1687JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: DEAL CLARIFIED AND IRRITATION
[...] (C) Summary: Clear numbers that clarify the extent of Jamaica's deals with Venezuela (outlined ref. A.) have emerged. The Venezuelan government has purchased a 49 percent stake in the GOJ-owned PetroJam refinery for USD 64 million, according to Dr. Jean Dixon, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry [...]
2006-08-25 18:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EPET KMCA PGOV PREL MOPS MARR UNSC
06KINGSTON1737KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: August 22 - September 1, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 20:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB IDB KIPR JM
06KINGSTON1751JAMAICAN PM WILL NOT ATTEND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
[...] On September 6th, the Front Office verbally delivered reftel invitation to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's office. Unfortunately, the date of the Women's Empowerment Working Group conflicts with the People's National Party Annual Conference in Kingston and, therefore, the Prime Ministe [...]
2006-09-07 18:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM UNGA PREL JM
06KINGSTON1769JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 18:55:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU JA
06KINGSTON1798 JAMAICA: ECONOMIC GROWTH EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS,
[...] Jamaica's economy is estimated to have grown by 2.8 percent between April and June 2006 -- twice the rate projected by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ),and this despite a shock to the construction sector from a recent cement crisis (ref. A). Growth has been largely the result of touris [...]
2006-09-12 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND PREL SOCI JM
06KINGSTON1805JAMAICA: DEBT AND ANEMIC GROWTH ENCUMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 20:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SOCI IDB IMF JM XL
06KINGSTON1826JAMAICA: POINTS DELIVERED OUTLINING KEY ELEMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 17:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER KPAO JA
06KINGSTON1881JAMAICA: POLICE SICK-OUT
[...] (U) Hundreds of rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) called in sick to press for an improved wage offer from the Government on September 20-21, thus hampering Security operations across the island. Police are demanding a 75 percent increase in salary and additional be [...]
2006-09-22 12:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR ASEC EFIN ELAB SOCI IMF
06KINGSTON2020JAMAICA: TRAFIGURA SCANDAL MAY AFFECT TIMING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) The Trafigura scandal delineated septel has forced the resignation of Colin Campbell, Minister of Information and Development and PNP General Secretary, and may cause the Prime Minister to wait to call elections until late next year. Prior to this latest imbroglio, many observers had spec [...]
2006-10-12 12:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET KCOR XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2021JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER
[...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]
2006-10-12 12:30:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2022JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER
[...] (SBU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and intense scrutiny over its acceptance of JMD 31 million (approximately USD 475,000) from a Dutch-based oil trading firm. The firm, Trafigura Beheer BV, holds the [...]
2006-10-12 12:30:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM
06KINGSTON203AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] Summary: During the Ambassador's January 17 courtesy call on Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding and senior Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) MPs Karl Samuda (JLP Chairman) and Ed Bartlett (shadow tourism minister),Golding lamented what he described as Jamaica's diminished importance to the USG, [...]
2006-02-01 17:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL WHTI JM
06KINGSTON204DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS
[...] (U) On January 31, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Claudia Barnes, Director of the Economic Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Gillian Guthrie, Director of Projects and Enforcement at the Ministry of Land and Environment (MLE),and Glori [...]
2006-02-01 17:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV JM
06KINGSTON2065JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT DEFEATS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION
[...] (U) On October 17, Parliament debated for eight hours a no-confidence motion brought by Bruce Golding, leader of the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),against the ruling People's National Party (PNP),in response to the controversy surrounding the USD 500K in political funding donated to t [...]
2006-10-18 20:45:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KCOR JM
06KINGSTON2145DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 14:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON2146DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: ISRAEL AT UNGA - OPPOSING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 14:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS JM
06KINGSTON2147DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 14:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL UNGA JM
06KINGSTON2150JAMAICA: OPPOSITION PARTY'S ORIENTATION ON KEY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 20:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PTER SOCI CPAS
06KINGSTON2151JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...]
2006-10-31 20:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM
06KINGSTON2189JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION
[...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]
2006-11-07 19:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON2200JAMAICA: TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] (C) This message responds to questions raised in reftel. Answers are keyed to the format given. A) Primary Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Lloyd Moss Political/Economic Counselor Telephone: (876) 935-6083 Fax: (876) 935-6029 E-mail: mosslw@state.gov B) Deputy TFCO: Joh [...]
2006-11-08 19:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON2251JAMAICA: OPPOSITION JAMAICAN LABOUR PARTY STAGES
[...] (C) With music blaring and clouds of ganga floating in the air, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) staged its 63rd Annual Conference November 18-19 at the National Arena in Kingston. Local media estimated the crowd of green-clad supporters in the "tens of thousands," with the vast majority watchin [...]
2006-11-20 16:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EDU PINR SOCI XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2313PNP CAGEY OVER LOCAL ELECTION DATE
[...] (C) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) continues its evasiveness on when elections will finally be called. During two recent private meetings with Emboffs, however, PNP officials strongly suggested that local elections would be held in January. General elections would be held, contacts [...]
2006-11-29 19:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JM XL
06KINGSTON2328JAMAICA: CDA'S MEETING WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a regular bimonthly meeting with GOJ Permanent Secretary Douglas Saunders, he and CDA discussed a range of areas of mutual interest. CDA, accompanied by econoff, delivered reftel talking points on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),the Millennium Challenge Corp [...]
2006-12-01 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD EFIN KMCA OAS MARR MOPS JM XL
06KINGSTON2377JAMAICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Since the determination that the Jamaican-owned "SuperClubs" brand of all-inclusive resorts was operating in Cuba in violation of Title IV of the Libertad Act, and subsequently divested itself of assets there (ref. B),Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba. However, many Jam [...]
2006-12-07 20:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL JM CU
06KINGSTON2379JAMAICA: TERRORIST LIST
[...] In private conversation with EmbOff on Dec. 7, Major David Anderson of the Ministry of National Security indicated the following: (A) The Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Immigration Department and the Special Branch of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) both maintain informal watch lists, [...]
2006-12-08 13:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER ASEC JM
06KINGSTON240KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JANUARY 20, 2006 -
[...] This week's topics: -- Formal Inauguration of CARICOM Single Market -- Fiscal Deficit Worsens -- Fiscal Situation Worries International Investors -- GOJ Exploring Fuel Tax Increase -- Bauxite/Alumina Expansion Project On Track -- Crime Rates Down --------------------------- [...]
2006-02-03 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON2409JAMAICA: PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: On December 18, econoff delivered ref. A talking points to O'Neil Hamilton, Special Advisor to Minister of National Security (MNS) Peter Phillips. On December 19, DCM reiterated the points to MNS Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott, and econoff followed up with SIPDIS Hamilton o [...]
2006-12-20 15:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL
06KINGSTON2427JAMAICA: 1540 CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP
[...] Per Reftel (B),in a private conversation of Dec. 22 with Chief Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Michelle Walker, PolOff extended thanks to the MFAFT for offering to host a CARICOM-wide consultative workshop to strengthen member states' capacity to ful [...]
2006-12-22 18:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EFIN KPAO OAS OSCE PARM PGOV PREL UNSC
06KINGSTON294RECENT ALLEGED HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE DEFIES EASY
[...] (C) In November and December 2005, two murders in Jamaica were labeled by some gay activists as homophobic hate crimes, although senior police contacts described the killings as resulting from common robberies. On November 30, 2005, a leading HIV/AIDS activist, Lenford "Steve" Harvey, was fou [...]
2006-02-10 20:19:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI JM PHUM
06KINGSTON310JAMAICA ADDS MUSCLE TO GUN LICENSING PROCESS
[...] (SBU) On January 18, NAS Director met with Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas to discuss the status of a 2004 investigation of widespread fraud in the issuance of gun licenses. In March 2004, due to intense media inquiries, a probe centered on the St. Andrew North Division revealed rampant [...]
2006-02-14 20:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM SNAR PGOV ASEC JM
06KINGSTON318MURDER OF SPANISH TOWN CRIMINAL LEADER AGAIN CALLS
[...] (C) The February 8 murder of Andrew "Bun Man" Hope, the leader of Spanish Town's One Order gang, while Hope sat in a vehicle registered to Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament Olivia "Babsy" Grange, again drew attention to the deceased man's ties to Grange. Witnesses alleged that it [...]
2006-02-15 19:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM
06KINGSTON331NAS PROGRAM REVIEW: JAMAICA FUGITIVE APPREHENSION
[...] Summary: This report provides an update on the work of the Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team (JFAT). 2. The Jamaica Fugitive Apprehension Team (JFAT) is a unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the unit performs its duties in collaboration with the United States Marshals Servi [...]
2006-02-16 22:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KCRM JM
06KINGSTON336KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 4, 2006 -
[...] This week's topics: -- New Governor General -- Economic Prospects Favorable -- First Supplementary Estimates to Be Tabled -- Tourism Back In Earnest -- Jamaica's Hunt for Oil -- Sugar Industry Developments -- Jamaica-Cuba: Light Bulbs and Cement -- International Arrest [...]
2006-02-17 15:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON393DEMARCHE: DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 18:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC VE JM
06KINGSTON394DEMARCHE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT U.N.
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 24, Pol/EconCouns took advantage of a meeting on various topics with Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the Multilateral Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade ( [...]
2006-02-27 18:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN JM
06KINGSTON395DEMARCHE ON IRAN, IAEA, AND UNSC
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 24, P/ECouns met with and conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director, Office of Multilateral Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),leaving the p [...]
2006-02-27 18:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC JM
06KINGSTON402PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER WINS PNP RACE TO SUCCEED
[...] (C) On February 25 Peoples National Party (PNP) delegates elected Portia Simpson Miller to succeed P.J. Patterson as party president and Prime Minister (the latter subject to the expected confirmation by the PNP parliamentary majority, followed by ratification by the Governor General). Patters [...]
2006-02-27 20:57:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM
06KINGSTON405FOLLOW-UP ON ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Following several unavoidably aborted meetings, Pol/EconCouns met on February 23 with Michelle Walker, Chief Legal Counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) and Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director of the MFAF [...]
2006-02-27 23:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PARM JM
06KINGSTON406MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) In a February 24 meeting with Ambassador Vilma McNish, Director, Multilateral Affairs Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),Pol/Econ Counselor delivered reftel points, as well as a [...]
2006-02-27 23:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IS JM
06KINGSTON418CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007: URGENCY REQUIRED, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Seeking to assess the state of Jamaica's preparations to host the opening ceremony and some competitive matches for the 2007 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup, Ambassador and Econoff met seperately with three top organizing officials: Chris Dehring, Managing Direct [...]
2006-02-28 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAIR ECON PREL PTER JM
06KINGSTON45KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 23, 2005 -
[...] This week's topics: -- Chinese "Aid" Pipeline Deepens -- Venezuelan "Aid" Also Deepens -- Fiscal Deficit Widens -- Remittances Remain Buoyant -- Income Tax Threshold to Increase -- International Arrests -- Jamaica - The World's Murder Capital ------------------------------ Chin [...]
2006-01-09 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON475KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: FEBRUARY 18, 2006 -
[...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Chosen -- Rating Agency Maintains Jamaica's Rating -- Expansion of Oil Refinery Underway -- GOJ Seeking Consultation on Explosive Tax Proposal -- Crime Rates Down -------------------------- New Prime Minister Chosen ----------------- [...]
2006-03-08 20:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON539JAMAICA: THREE LARGE GANJA SEIZURES IN TWO WEEKS
[...] On February 21, during a routine examination of a 20-foot container located at the Kingston wharves, the Contraband Enforcement Team (CET),accompanied by the Narcotics police found 294.55 kilograms of processed marijuana inside 27 tins of sealed cheese. The shipment belonged to Paul Bennett o [...]
2006-03-17 19:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM JM
06KINGSTON553KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 7 - MARCH 17, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister on March 30 -- Delta Call Center Contract -- Tax Debate Heats Up -- New Player in Telecom Industry -- Tough Cement Problem -- Crime Rates Down ------------------------------ New Prime Minister on March 30 --------------- [...]
2006-03-20 18:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON558DEMARCHE FORWARDED: OAS COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 20:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE JM
06KINGSTON563GOJ'S RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) March 16, Poloff delivered reftel talking points via facsimile to Joy Wheeler, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. On March 20, Poloff received a response from Karl Hamilton, Ministry of National Security, through Claudette Francis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2006-03-21 14:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM
06KINGSTON614JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO STATUS OF FORCES
[...] Late on March 20, Embassy Kingston received Diplomatic Note 358/803/3 from the Government of Jamaica accepting the amended Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Tradewinds exercise in response to our Diplomatic Note 085/06 dated March 17, accepting the Government of Jamaica's proposed amen [...]
2006-03-27 21:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM
06KINGSTON647KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MARCH 18 - MARCH 31,
[...] This week's topics: -- New Prime Minister Sworn In -- Economic Policy Stability -- Cement Industry Developments -- Labor Relations -- Revised Sugar Production Target for `05/`06 ------------------------------ New Prime Minister Sworn In ------------------------------ 2. [...]
2006-04-03 18:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON69DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SMALLPOX AGENDA ITEM
[...] (U) On January 5, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to the office of Ambassador Wolfe, Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Wolfe then transmitted the points to Dr. Barrington Wint, Chief Medical Officer at the Mi [...]
2006-01-11 14:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC TBIO JM WHO
06KINGSTON745KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 1 - April 18, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder -- Buoyant Tourism Season -- Sluggish Economic Growth in 2005 -- Inflation Slows During First Quarter -- Estimates of Expenditure Tabled ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Found Guilty of Murder ---------------------- [...]
2006-04-18 18:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON846NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (C) Since the determination that the Jamaican-owned "SuperClubs" brand of all-inclusive resorts was operating in Cuba in violation of Title IV of the Libertad Act, and subsequently divested itself of assets there (ref. B),Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba. However, many Jam [...]
2006-05-01 20:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL JM
06KINGSTON854KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: April 19 - May 2, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed -- MOU on Slippery Slope -- Electricity Bill to Increase -- Public Debt Jumps ---------------------------- "Zeeks" Sentencing Postponed ---------------------------- 2. The sentencing of PNP linked inner-city Kingston "a [...]
2006-05-03 11:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON890DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] (C) On May 8, DCM faxed Ref C points to Ambassador Velma McNish, Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and asked McNish to urge Ambassador Raymond Wolfe, Jamaica's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, to oppose the candi [...]
2006-05-08 19:19:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL
06KINGSTON930VISIT OF WHA/DAS PATRICK DUDDY TO KINGSTON,
[...] (U) Summary: On April 27 and 28, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Patrick Duddy SIPDIS visited Kingston, Jamaica. On April 27, Duddy met with GOJ officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the details of which are reported in ref. A. On April [...]
2006-05-12 20:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ECON EAID PREL KMCA JM
06KINGSTON939KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 3 - May 12, 2006
[...] This week's topics: -- Venezuelan Navy Ship Visits Kingston -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Budget Debate Closes -- Motorola Deal Moving Forward -- Delta to Offer Atlanta-Kingston Route -- Cement Investigation Extended -- Bananas and Sugar: Help on the Way? -- Se [...]
2006-05-15 11:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINSHASA100GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT WITH
[...] (U) MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed to PAO that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed on January 23 in an operation against Lord's Resistance Army forces in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. An additional fourteen peacekeepers were injured, and have been [...]
2006-01-23 14:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS KPKO PREL CG UG GT
06KINSHASA101FARDC INSURGENTS ATTACK IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: A crisis in North Kivu caused by attacks by insurgents on several towns north of Goma seems now to be under control. The attackers are most likely FARDC insurgents, not yet integrated into the Congolese army, not General Nkunda or his supporters as widely reported. By January 23 [...]
2006-01-23 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1028GDRC REITERATES SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S CANDIDACY
[...] (C) PolOff delivered June 29 reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli reiterated that the GDRC will definitely vote in favor the candidacy of Guatemala to the UNSC because of its support to MONUC's peacekeeping operations in the DRC. MEECE [...]
2006-06-29 10:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNGA CG VT GE
06KINSHASA1032ON CAMPAIGN EVE: INCONCLUSIVE ROUND 2 MEETING OF
[...] (C) Summary: Key officials of the DRC Transition, including Vice Presidents, members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),the Independent Election Commission (CEI) President, and others gathered the afternoon of June 28 to continue last June 21's session (reftel) [...]
2006-06-29 13:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA105EIGHT UN SOLDIERS, 14 LRA KILLED IN FIRE FIGHT
[...] (U) As reported reftel, MONUC Director of Information Kemal Saiki confirmed that eight Guatemalan peacekeepers were killed January 23 in an operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park near the Sudanese border. 2. (C) In a separate conversation January 23, MON [...]
2006-01-23 17:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO CG UG SU GT UN
06KINSHASA1066BELGIAN INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMES TO KINSHASA
[...] (U) Summary: Belgian international FM radio now broadcasts to the world's second French-language city, Kinshasa. It competes with RFI, BBC, VOA and Africa No.1. Its success will likely depend upon its getting a reporter on the ground in the DRC. End Summary 2. (U) On June 26, Belgian Int [...]
2006-07-05 10:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECPS SCUL CG BE KPAO
06KINSHASA107DRC NON-COMMITTAL ON FUTURE AU PRESIDENT
[...] (C) At a January 23 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Ramazani (septel),the Ambassador raised the issue of Sudanese President Bashir's potential selection as president of the African Union. Ramazani reported that the DRC's delegation at the Khartoum summit is being headed by a [...]
2006-01-24 11:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU AU CG AF
06KINSHASA1076RCD/N PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROGER LUMBALA, A
[...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Pol intern met with Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie - National (RCD/N) Presidential candidate Roger Lumbala to discuss the candidate's presidential vision in the run-up to the elections. The meeting took place at Lumbala's house in Kinshasa, against the bac [...]
2006-07-06 10:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
06KINSHASA1079FDLR OFFICER SURRENDERS TO DDRRR IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) According to MONUC Eastern Division internal reporting, the FDLR Auditeur Superior Militaire based in Walikale, North Kivu surrendered to MONUC on June 24. While he warned MONUC not to expect mass repatriation in his wake, he did encourage continued sensitization efforts via radio, le [...]
2006-07-06 11:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA108LRA UPDATE: MONUC CONTINUES INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) MONUC military spokesman Hans-Jakob Reichen told PolOff January 24 that MONUC has pulled all of its troops from the Garamba National Park area, and that no search-and-cordon operations are currently being conducted against suspected LRA forces. Reichen said the only MONUC forces near Garam [...]
2006-01-24 12:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU UG GT CG
06KINSHASA1080NORTH KATANGA: THE WEAKEST SECURITY LINK IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The north Katangan region of Tanganyika, larger in size than North Kivu, South Kivu, or Ituri district but also volatile, is the final geographic piece of the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Plagued by insecurity, Tanganyika nevertheless receives far [...]
2006-07-06 11:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1119MONUC BUKAVU BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 16 visit to South Kivu, MONUC Bukavu Acting Head of Office Cheikh Bangoura and South Kivu Brigade Commander General Ahmed Maqsood briefed the Ambassador on the status of FDLR militia and the tactics used -- joint FARDC-MONUC operations and the DDRRR program -- to [...]
2006-07-12 08:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1131MOBUTISTS CLAIM SECRET TO DRC GOVERNANCE: PAYOFFS
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 7 meeting with poloff officials of the Popular Movement for the Revolution (MPR),one of two self-proclaimed Mobutist groups, demanded American support and claimed they alone held the secret to successfully governing the DRC. Following a lengthy rant against alle [...]
2006-07-13 10:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1133MONUC EFFORTS TO PREVENT TIP AND SEA SUCCESSFUL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel A, Embassy Kinshasa reports that incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse by MONUC peacekeepers in the DRC are much reduced over previous years. Local press articles decrying MONUC's TIP and SEA track records have dropped sharply, indicating that MONUC is percei [...]
2006-07-13 15:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1214DRC RESPONSE ON HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 61ST UNGA
[...] Following is the most recent information available regarding high-level Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. A. At this time, there is no plan for the DRC's Head of State to attend the UNGA General Debate. B. At this time, there is no p [...]
2006-07-31 15:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CG
06KINSHASA1250RELIGIOUS GROUPS CONGRATULATE CONGOLESE ON
[...] (U) In an August 5 statement, the leaders of five of the DRC's largest religious communities lauded the success of the July 30 elections. The statement was signed by Monsignor Pierre Marini of the Congolese Christian Church, Sheik Abd'allah Mangala of the Islamic Community, Monsignor Simon Nz [...]
2006-08-07 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA126DRC ON UN REFORM
[...] (SBU) In a January 23 meeting with Foreign Minister Raymond Ramazani, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarches on UN reform. Ramazani agreed in principle that the UN should be reformed to make it a more efficient organization. 2. (SBU) Ramazani asked about the USG position on the expansion [...]
2006-01-25 15:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR PHUM ADCO CG UN
06KINSHASA1266PAYNE CODEL VISITS KEY LEADERS IN DRC
[...] Summary: Congressman Donald Payne visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on August 2 through August 5. In addition to calling on President Kabila at his residence and Vice Presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba and other key senior government leaders, Rep. Payne met with e [...]
2006-08-11 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OREP KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1309URANIUM SHIPMENT RUMORS UNFOUNDED
[...] (C) Summary. Press reports of a possible enriched uranium shipment from the DRC to Iran are unfounded. The DRC has no capability to produce enriched uranium, and Post has no evidence of organized mining at the Shinkolobwe uranium mine. The story likely was planted as a dirty trick designed to [...]
2006-08-18 12:59:00Embassy KinshasaSECRET//NOFORNENRG EMIN ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR
06KINSHASA131MLC VS. OLIVIER KAMITATU
[...] (SBU) The intraparty battle within the MLC has now moved to the courts. Olivier Kamitatu, the former MLC Secretary General and current Speaker of the National Assembly, has filed suit against the MLC for expelling him from his party post and attempting to remove him as Speaker. Kamitatu's No [...]
2006-01-26 13:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1357THE UNNECESSARY DRC CRISIS, AND BEYOND
[...] (C) Summary: Kinshasa military clashes from Aug 20 - 22 represented arguably the biggest threat to date in DRC's difficult Transition process, although by Aug 24 the capital began resuming more normal activity. This crisis was confined exclusively to Central Kinshasa, in essence a clash betw [...]
2006-08-28 17:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1390IRANIAN EMBASSY RESPONDS TO SUNDAY TIMES ARTICLE
[...] (U) On August 28, the Congolese newspaper Le Potentiel printed the Iranian Embassy's denial of the August 6 Sunday Times article (reftel),which alleged a DRC-Iran uranium smuggling link. The Times reported that in October 2005 Tanzanian authorities stopped a shipment of Uranium 238 ore from [...]
2006-09-05 08:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR
06KINSHASA1391NO SIGNS OF MINING ACTIVITY AT SHINKOLOBWE
[...] (C) Summary. In the course of investigating ongoing rumors and press reports of a DRC-Iranian enriched uranium link, EconOff visited DRC's Shinkolobwe uranium mine August 9, but found no evidence of any mining. Neither visual nor scientific evidence at or around Shinkolobwe indicates mining oc [...]
2006-09-05 08:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR
06KINSHASA1392MISSING CONTAINERS NOT LIKELY RADIOACTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 08:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG EMIN ENRG ETRD IAEA KGIT PGOV PREL
06KINSHASA1410SECURITY AT THE DRC’S NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER
[...] (C) Summary. Four EmbOffs and an Econ LES toured the Kinshasa Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) July 27 to assess security and determine its needs. CREN-K houses the DRC's two nuclear reactors, neither of which functions, although staff continue to conduct nuclear-related research and teaching at th [...]
2006-09-08 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN ETRD KGIT PREL PGOV IAEA CG
06KINSHASA1411MLC CONTINUES EFFORTS TO DISCREDIT KABILA VIA
[...] (C) DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's political party, the MLC, appears to be continuing its campaign to discredit and undermine President Joseph Kabila by trying to convince the international community that the Presidency is illegally trafficking enriched uranium (reftel A). 2. (C) On [...]
2006-09-08 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG
06KINSHASA1427CIAT ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT AGAINST WEAPONS,
[...] (U) With the approach of presidential (second round) and provincial elections, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a strong statement of concern September 11 about the presence of weapons and armed men in Kinshasa. According to the statement, the CIAT and the [...]
2006-09-12 15:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS MARR PREL CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1439THREE DAYS IN KINSHASA: HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS AND A
[...] (C) Summary. Two days of high-level visitors to Kinshasa September 11 and 12 were followed September 13 by the long-awaited face-to-face meeting between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the two protagonists in the Congolese presidential elections and August 20-22 [...]
2006-09-14 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG EUN UK SA
06KINSHASA1458RUBERWA AS STATESMAN: AUDITIONING FOR HIS NEXT
[...] (C) Summary. Congolese Vice President and disappointed presidential candidate Azarias Ruberwa has positioned himself as a mediator and statesmen in the run-up to the second round of elections. His primary message now consists of three main points: reconciliation between Kabila and Bemba, act [...]
2006-09-18 16:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1470FIRE AT VP BEMBA'S TELEVISION STATIONS ONE DAY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: A fire broke out September 18 at a building housing offices of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba,s MLC party and his television stations. The fire was quickly extinguished, although two serious associated injuries have been reported; there were no Amcits involved. The cause o [...]
2006-09-19 17:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1478BEMBA,S READOUT OF KABILA MEETING REINFORCES
[...] (C) Summary. DR Congo VP Bemba gave a readout of his meeting last week with Presidet Kabila during a September 18 discussion with te Ambassador. His version focused on their exchnges of views, including charges and counter-chargs, on the August 20-22 armed confrontations between their troops. [...]
2006-09-21 16:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA153NORTH KIVU: MOUNTING TUTSI-HUTU TENSIONS CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Summary: Last week's military events in North Kivu (ref a) reflect deeper tensions currently working to destroy the increasingly fragile balance of Tutsi and Hutu interests fostered over three years ago by Governor Eugene Serufuli. The premises (and implied promises) of the loose political [...]
2006-01-30 11:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
06KINSHASA1543EUFOR: MANDATE TO END NOVEMBER 30
[...] (C) Summary. Senior EU Force (EUFOR) commanders in Kinshasa say that EUFOR intends to leave the DRC as scheduled November 30. They think they are doing the job they were sent to do, and doing it well. End summary. 2. (C) EUFOR Commander and Major General Christian Damay and chief of staf [...]
2006-10-05 15:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL EUN CG
06KINSHASA1552NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN
[...] (U) Embassy Kinshasa delivered reftel talking points and President Bush's statement regarding North Korea's nuclear test announcement. 2. (C) Raymond Ramazani Bayi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, condemned North Korea's actions and said he would make a formal statement at a later date. P [...]
2006-10-10 15:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KN PARM KNNP CG
06KINSHASA1556UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-papers and talking points regarding proposed UNGA endorsement of a declaration on the rights of indigenous people. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he agreed with [...]
2006-10-11 11:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN CG
06KINSHASA1568PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNEP PARM KNNP CG
06KINSHASA1592UNSC RESOLUTION 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-paper and talking points regarding UN Security Council Resolution 1718 on North Korea to the DR Congo Foreign Ministry on October 17. 2. (SBU) Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, affirmed DRCongo support for the resolutio [...]
2006-10-17 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KNEP PARM CG
06KINSHASA160DRC RESPONSE ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered January 30 reftel diplomatic note and curriculum vitae to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC would support Ambassador Levitsky's re-election to the Board and would not nominate its own candidate. MEECE NNNN [...]
2006-01-31 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC CG UNCND UN
06KINSHASA161DRC RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC
[...] (C) PolOff delivered January 30 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC shared USG and international community concerns over Iran developing nuclear weapons. Djoli also said maximum pressure should be applied o [...]
2006-01-31 15:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL IR CG
06KINSHASA1617BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: PASTOR NTUMI JOINS THE PARTY
[...] (C) Papal Nuncio Msgr. Andres Carrascoso-Coso contacted Charge d'affaires on October 15 with an urgent request to meet for an update on developments in the Pool region. Msgr. Carrascoso has been a key contact point with former Ninja rebel leader Pastor Ntumi for western group members of the [...]
2006-10-19 15:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ASEC AU CF PHUM
06KINSHASA1643EU-GDRC PRESIDENCY TENSIONS
[...] (C) The British, French, and Belgian Ambassadors informed the Ambassador October 24 that a European Union (EU) ministerial-level "Troika" delegation in Kinshasa two weeks ago had been unable to secure a meeting with President Kabila, to the general irritation of the Europeans. The three diplo [...]
2006-10-25 10:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL CG GE EU
06KINSHASA168FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1681UNGA ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered talking points regarding anti-Israeli bias in UNGA resolutions. 2. (SBU) Minister Plenipotentiary Alice Bamba Kipembe, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the DRC Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the DRC had previously abstained on this i [...]
2006-10-31 14:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS CG
06KINSHASA1682UNGA LEBANON RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-paper and talking points regarding proposed UNGA resolution on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon. 2. (SBU) Minister Plenipotentiary Alice Bamba Kipembe, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreig [...]
2006-10-31 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER CG
06KINSHASA169FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1693KABILA ALLIES LOOK AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Kabila allies Kamitatu and Ghonda told the Ambassador November 1 they were optimistic about elections, with Kabila garnering a total percentage in the mid-50,s percentile. Kamitatu believes the new National Assembly organization is moving forward, and both the Congolese politicia [...]
2006-11-02 12:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1697ELECTION RELATED DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Malu Malu provided a briefing to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) at the regular weekly CIAT meeting November 2. Among the highlights of his presentation: a) Work to tabulate results from the Octob [...]
2006-11-03 08:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA170NORTH KIVU TENSIONS UNDERSCORE NEED FOR SYSTEM
[...] (C) Actions by "insurgent" FARDC troops over the weekend of January 21, reported in reftel and previous cables, represent a major setback to efforts to establish stability in the province. There are continuing clashes in the province between "insurgent" troops and primarily MONUC forces. The [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA171SOUTH KIVU: NEW FACES, OLD PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Summary: In Jan 12-13 meetings with the Ambassador and EmbOff, the new South Kivu Governor, MONUC Pakistani Brigade Commander, and FARDC Military Commander all expressed their commitment to moving ahead with a positive agenda for the province. The discussions, however, revealed many famili [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1718DRC DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONCERNING NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) The DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent Embassy Kinshasa a diplomatic note regarding its position on nuclear tests by North Korea. This followed condemnation of North Korea's nuclear test by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and by the Presidency's Diplomatic Adviser (reftels A and B). [...]
2006-11-07 12:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KNEP PARM KN CG
06KINSHASA172CONFIDENTIAL TEMPLATE
[...] (C) Summary: A roughly six-hour January 23 meeting of the CIAT with the President and Vice Presidents produced little other than a renewed demonstration of how difficult it is for the Transition Government to function. A January 25 session of the Mixed Commission on Security was also long, bu [...]
2006-02-01 15:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA173PRESIDENTIAL AND SECURITY COORDINATION MEETINGS:
[...] (C) Summary: A roughly six-hour January 23 meeting of the CIAT with the President and Vice Presidents produced little other than a renewed demonstration of how difficult it is for the Transition Government to function. A January 25 session of the Mixed Commission on Security was also long, bu [...]
2006-02-01 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1746CATHOLIC CARDINAL ISSUES INCENDIARY STATEMENT RE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Catholic Cardinal of Kinshasa, Frederic Etsou, conducted a November 13 interview from Paris with Radio France International(RFI)where he is being treated for illness , and issued a written statement, attacking the integrity of the DRC elections and accusing the West of seek [...]
2006-11-14 17:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1769ITURI UPDATE: GDRC HAS FIRST MEETING WITH FRPI
[...] (C) A GDRC delegation charged with negotiations with Ituri District militia groups and led by Vice Minister of Defense Yves Mena held its first official meeting with the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) November 18. FRPI leader Cobra Matata was not present, but was represented by [...]
2006-11-20 16:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG UG
06KINSHASA1775MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF
[...] (U) Media and public reaction was generally positive to the October 27 Executive Order blocking the assets of seven international arms traffickers and warlords, including renegade Congolese general Laurent Nkunda and Ignace Murwanashyaka, the president of the Democratic Front for the Liberation [...]
2006-11-21 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL ETTC KPAO UNSC CG
06KINSHASA178FARDC SECOND BRIGADE TO MOVE TO NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Following the FARDC Fifth Brigade's ignominious flight in the face of insurgent attacks in Rutshuru, North Kivu (reftel),the Second Integrated Brigade has been ordered to North Kivu from Kinshasa. According to MONUC Goma Poloff, approximately 150 troops had arrived at Goma airport by Feb [...]
2006-02-02 12:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1793ITURI UPDATE: GDRC SAYS "NO GUARANTEES" FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena, who recently headed a GDRC delegation to meet with the region's militia leaders in Ituri District (reftels),characterized the meetings as "positive." Mena said he believed the militias were ready to disarm because their operations have been [...]
2006-11-28 12:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA182COAST GUARD GIVES DRC PORTS TEMPORARY THUMBS UP
[...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has suspended its prior determination that the DRC's maritime anti-terrorism measures are inadequate (reftel). The USCG announced in a January 24 Port Security Advisory (PSA) that ships that have visited the DRC during their last five ports of call no longer fac [...]
2006-02-02 15:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
06KINSHASA192MONUC PROVIDES UPDATE ON MILITARY ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Due to recent actions by armed groups (reftel) and the high level of MONUC activity in response, MONUC spokesperson included an extended briefing on MONUC military activities in the east during the weekly MONUC press cQrence held on February 1. Main points follow: NORTH KIVU -------- [...]
2006-02-03 13:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA195GROWING ANGOLAN MISTRUST OF RWANDA?
[...] (C) During a February 1 dinner for visiting Belgian Foreign Minister De Gucht, the Angolan Ambassador, Mawete Joao-Batista, made several interventions conveying mistrust of Rwandan government intentions and motives in the region. Joao-Batista is dean of the diplomatic corps in Kinshasa, and a [...]
2006-02-06 10:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL AO RW CG EU
06KINSHASA215NORTH KIVU: SITUATION FLUID
[...] (C) Summary: Kinshasa has responded both politically and militarily to the crisis in North Kivu, and the relatively rapid response has helped temporarily reduce, but not eliminate, tensions. Both MONUC Head of Office M'hand Lajouzi and Defense Minister Adolphe Onusumba believe that North Kivu [...]
2006-02-08 15:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA217ANTI-TUTSI INCIDENT AT KITONA TRAINING BASE
[...] (C) An apparent anti-Tutsi incident at the Kitona military base, where graduation of the Seventh Integrated Brigade was planned this weekend, could further exacerbate tensions in North Kivu. Initial reports suggest that following a dispute between a Tutsi soldier and a Bantu soldier from the [...]
2006-02-08 16:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA340DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MEETINGS WITH HAMAS
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Feburary 16 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Forign Afairs. Djoli agreed that Hamas must renounce violence and recognize the right of Israel to exist. He expressed hope that the responsibilities of government would [...]
2006-03-01 15:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CG
06KINSHASA341FARDC LEADS MILITARY OPERATION IN SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) For the first time, the Congolese military (FARDC) has played the lead role in planning a joint MONUC-FARDC mission against the FDLR in South Kivu. The FARDC Third Integrated Brigade and the FARDC First Reserve Brigade supplied the majority of the troops -- more than 1,000 to MONUC's 30 [...]
2006-03-01 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG UN
06KINSHASA346TRIPARTITE-PLUS FUSION CELL HOLDS GRADUATION
[...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite-Plus Fusion Cell held a "graduation" in Kisangani for its initial trainees on 25 February. The brief ceremony was attended by MONUC officials, several Congolese political representatives including Governor of Province Orientale Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga, and Nation [...]
2006-03-02 08:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG MONUC
06KINSHASA350CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FEBRUARY EDITION,
[...] (C) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso continued his shuttle diplomacy in February with visits to Tripoli, Libreville, Kinshasa and Paris to solidify his well-publicized image as the man of "peace and reconciliation" following election as Chairman of the African Union in late January. In turn, h [...]
2006-03-02 12:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON EAID AMGT ASEC CF
06KINSHASA360SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: GOING NOWHERE, SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Sector Reform Joint Commission met on March 1 to address a heavy agenda, including the police census and the military disarmament and integration process. Despite the repeated concerns from the international community and the usual excuses from the GDRC, business r [...]
2006-03-03 13:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA369DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONDEMNATION OF
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and statements to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC deplored the attack on the Al-Askariya shrine as well as any acts of violence in Iraq. He added that the USG must find a solution to the violence or ri [...]
2006-03-06 10:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ CG
06KINSHASA37DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMIS REHAT
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Jacques Djoli, the new chief of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the crisis in Darfur required continued attention and security assistance from the African Union and other interested parties. 2. (SBU) [...]
2006-01-09 10:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO SU CG
06KINSHASA370DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING U.S.-INDIA
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points March 3 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said he welcomed the new initiative and its goal of controlling nuclear proliferation. He said the GDRC would need to study the partnership more closely before maki [...]
2006-03-06 10:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC CG
06KINSHASA371DRC: DEMARCHE ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the GDRC was pleased to see the Third Additional Protocol had passed, and it would work to ensure that MDA could join the ICRC Movement. Djoli added t [...]
2006-03-06 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ CG
06KINSHASA372DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA IRAN REPORT
[...] (U) PolOff met March 3 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli and delivered reftel statements and talking points. Djoli said the GDRC was very interested in what the IAEA would report to the UNSC, and hoped it would spur Iran to curtail its nuclear ambitions. Djoli agreed [...]
2006-03-06 10:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC CG
06KINSHASA373DRC: DEMARCHES ON SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) PolOff met March 3 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli to discuss a variety of subjects, including the upcoming elections of new members to the UN Security Council (reftel A) and of a new UN Secretary General (reftel B). Djoli said in light of Guatemala's contri [...]
2006-03-06 10:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN UNSC GT VE CG
06KINSHASA38DRC SATISFIED WITH ICJ RULING, STILL CONSIDERING
[...] (C) While delivering demarche January 6 to new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli (septel),PolOff and Djoli discussed the December 19 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling against Uganda. The Court ruled that Uganda "violated the principles of non-use of force in [...]
2006-01-09 10:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KJUS CG UG
06KINSHASA382OPERATION SOUTH SENTINEL ENDS WITH FARDC CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Operation South Sentinel, a joint FARDC - MONUC mission against the FDLR in South Kivu (reftel),ended March 5 with 300-400 FDLR troops pushed out of the area and with government control established over Ekingi, Manga, and Chibiroro towns. The towns, all in the Bunyakiri area of South K [...]
2006-03-07 16:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA411ITURI: MILITIAS CONTINUE TO ATTACK FARDC POSITIONS
[...] (C) According to MONUC officials, elements of the Patriotic Force for Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militia continue to attack positions of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) in Ituri District. Although Operation Ituri Engraver ceased activities over a week ago (reftel),FARDC and MONUC troops a [...]
2006-03-10 12:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG UG
06KINSHASA424RUBERWA STILL MULLING WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) I met with Vice President Ruberwa at his residence late Monday morning, March 13, to discuss the ongoing debate about his and his party,s (RCD-Goma) status in the Transition and electoral process. Only Ruberwa Chief of Staff Jean-Marie Emungu was also present, and Emungu confined himself [...]
2006-03-13 16:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA434DRC SIGNS OPIC INVESTMENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT
[...] (U) The GDRC has signed the Investment Incentive agreement between the U.S. and the DRC. The agreement is dated December 23, 2005, although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs returned the agreement to EconOff March 9, 2006. The Secretary General of Foreign Affairs and International SIPDIS Coo [...]
2006-03-14 16:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD BEXP PREL KTIA CG
06KINSHASA447CHINESE ECONOMIC OUTREACH IN THE KASAIS
[...] (C) During a February 21-24 visit to Western and Eastern Kasai by EconOff and PolOff, the Chinese ambassador to the DRC, Fan Zhenshui, also visited the region. According to MONUC and other sources in the provinces, the Chinese ambassador met with a variety of local business and political leade [...]
2006-03-16 06:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD EMIN ECON CG CH
06KINSHASA457RCD-GOMA DEBATES CONTINUE
[...] (C) A delegation of CIAT Ambassadors, including UN SRSG Swing and the European Commission, Canadian, British, and American Chiefs of Mission, met with Vice President Ruberwa Thursday evening for about an hour and a half to discuss the ongoing debate about RCD-Goma's status and continuing parti [...]
2006-03-17 11:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA470N. KIVU GOVERNOR POLITICAL POSITIONING
[...] (C) During a February 28 dinner in Goma (North Kivu Province) Governor Eugene Serufuli asserted to the Ambassador his confidence about the electoral future of North Kivu. Serufuli indicated that he has been coordinating with President Kabila and his staff, ostensibly regarding handling of the [...]
2006-03-21 13:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA481MILITARY SITUATION IN THE KASAIS: STABLE, FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 21-24 visit to Western and Eastern Kasai provinces, PolOff met with a variety of local political actors (reftels) and with the commanders of the DRC's 4th and 5th Military Regions. Neither province has been subject to violence and militia activity as have the DRC' [...]
2006-03-23 15:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA488GDRC TERMS UGANDAN THREAT TO INTERVENE
[...] (U) Summary: Press reports suggesting Uganda's possible intent unilaterally to pursue Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) militants into Congolese territory provoked a pointed response from the GDRC. The Ugandan charge was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 22 March where he was told by F [...]
2006-03-24 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CG UG
06KINSHASA490TROUBLING DEVELOPMENTS IN ITURI
[...] (C) Both MONUC Head of Office Sharu Sharif and Ituri District Commissioner Petronelle Vaweka told PolCouns March 22 that the militia group MRC, under the leadership of Peter Karim, is planning to attack Bunia. The MRC has augmented its numbers by recruiting disgruntled ex-combatants who have no [...]
2006-03-24 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA516DRC: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 25 reftel a demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just prior to news of Taylor's capture being announced March 29. Djoli said that the DRC has enough problems with armed groups without Charles Taylor being [...]
2006-03-31 11:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC LI NI KAWC XA XY CG
06KINSHASA517DRC: DEAMRCHE ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 27 reftel demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs March 29. Poloff reminded Djoli of previously pledged Congolese support for U.S. candidate to the International Narcotics Control Board Melvyn Levitsky, and D [...]
2006-03-31 12:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR AORC UN CG
06KINSHASA58CONSTITUTION APPROVED; PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE
[...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced January 11 that Congolese voters approved the DRC's new constitution by a margin of 84 percent to 16 percent. The CEI said that 62 percent of the DRC's 25 million voters participated in the December 18 re [...]
2006-01-12 09:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA583DRC: DEMARCHES ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 13 talking points and letter from Secretary Rice (reftel A) to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, director of the Office of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Matondo said he welcomed the clarification of the USG vote against the creation of the [...]
2006-04-14 11:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC PHUM KUNR CG
06KINSHASA586CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]
2006-04-15 14:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA587CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAY
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]
2006-04-15 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA589CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP)
[...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...]
2006-04-16 12:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF
06KINSHASA592A/S FRAZER VISITS TRIPARTITE PLUS FUSION CELL
[...] (U) A/S for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on April 4 during a brief stopover in Kisangani visited the Tripartite Plus Fusion Cell (TFC),where she received a general briefing on the work of TFC participants. Along with Ambassador Meece and SRSG William Swing, the A/S visited the USG-funded fu [...]
2006-04-17 08:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PINR CG
06KINSHASA612NORTH KIVU: MAI MAI AND RENEGADE SOLDIERS
[...] (C) During an April 12-17 trip to Rutshuru and Masisi territories in North Kivu PolCouns had a chance to meet with some Mai Mai elements near Walikale, including a new figure, Colonel Morph, and also to talk with the troublesome Colonel Smith. Four Mai Mai leaders, having evidently heard that [...]
2006-04-18 16:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA629NORTH KIVU: STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN RUTSHURU
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 12-13 trip through remote areas in North Kivu, Emboff witnessed firsthand the difficult reality of integrated FARDC troops in their pursuit of FDLR elements. While this particular FARDC brigade seemed well-supplied and in good spirits, the obstacles faced by the [...]
2006-04-20 12:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA643GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT
[...] (C) During an April 20 demarche, MFA Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli raised with PolOff Uganda's recent call for the right of "hot pursuit" into the DRC to chase elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park. Djoli said the GDRC would never agree to such a request, and aske [...]
2006-04-25 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO CG UG
06KINSHASA656DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUBSCRIBING TO HCOC
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel talking points and non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC shares USG concerns about the spread of ballistic missiles and their associated technologies. Djoli pointed out, however, that the DRC does not p [...]
2006-04-27 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
06KINSHASA657DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC delegation would vote again in support of the Third Additional Protocol and the inclusion of Magem David Adom into the International Red Cross and [...]
2006-04-27 11:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC CG SZ
06KINSHASA658DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO ASSISTANCE TO AMIS
[...] (C) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC would welcome any assistance NATO could provide the AU, particularly in the form of logistical support. Djoli added that the AU does not have the mea [...]
2006-04-27 11:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALAU EUN MARR NATO PREL CG SU
06KINSHASA661UPDF FORCES REPORTEDLY CLASH WITH LRA, FARDC
[...] (C) MONUC Eastern Division commanders report that elements of the Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) clashed April 26 with suspected rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) near the DRC border post of Lasso (approximately 12 miles northeast of Aba). MONUC commanders also told PolOff that [...]
2006-04-27 14:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG SU UG
06KINSHASA686A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 4 meeting, North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli told A/S Frazer and the Ambassador that the biggest problems facing North Kivu were continued insecurity, a lack of economic progress, and the challenge of establishing a democratic culture. End summary. 2. (C) S [...]
2006-05-02 14:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA697FDLR ACTIVITY MOUNTING
[...] (C) In the volatile eastern Congo region, both North and South Kivu are once again facing unrest. MONUC sources report that recent combined operations against the FDLR have resulted in fifteen deaths, including eight civilians, six suspected FDLR militia members, and at least one FARDC sold [...]
2006-05-04 10:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA698ANGRY CITIZENS WANT ACTION AGAINST FDLR
[...] (C) The airport in Bukavu was temporarily closed May 3 when about 500 residents of the town staged a demonstration on the road leading to the airport to protest perceived lack of action by either the Congolese military (FARDC) or the U.N. peacekeeping force (MONUC) against the FDLR, whose cont [...]
2006-05-04 13:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR CG
06KINSHASA700MONUC INVESTIGATES UPDF INCURSIONS INTO DRC
[...] (C) Summary: Following the reported April 25 incursion of Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) troops into the DRC near Aba (reftel),MONUC dispatched a joint verification mission to the area to investigate. The MONUC team concluded that elements of the UPDF had infiltrated DRC territory, but [...]
2006-05-04 15:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS CG SU UG
06KINSHASA711SSR - BLOCKAGES REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Little progress was made at the May 3 meeting of the Joint Commission on Security on key issues of improving military discipline and establishing a viable rhythm for integration and demobilization. SRSG Swing strongly cautioned the GDRC officials present that the already falteri [...]
2006-05-08 15:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA788ELECTIONS: ITURI POLITICS NOT YET IN FULL BLOOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to the open displays of political showmanship elsewhere in the DRC, Ituri District has yet to see much public electoral campaigning within its borders. Political parties freely operate in the region, but the practice of politics remains largely out of public view, as [...]
2006-05-18 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA793ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...]
2006-05-19 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA796CONGO'S MARITIME PORTS: NEGLECTED TRANSPORT LINK?
[...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is likely to remain off the U.S. Coast Guard's "blacklist," following the second USCG visit to Congolese international maritime ports. Two USCG officers visited three of the DRC's eight listed international maritime ports May 1 and 2 to review security conditions and com [...]
2006-05-21 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
06KINSHASA876RUBERWA ACCOUNT OF MAY MEETING WITH UGANDA
[...] (C) Summary: Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador that he had a frank but useful exchange in a long meeting with Ugandan President Museveni in Kampala on the margins of the latter's inauguration. Ruberwa said he told Museveni that the GDRC is concerned over continuing reports of Ugandan [...]
2006-06-02 10:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UG CG
06KINSHASA897DRC'S ELECTION CALENDAR: LONG-TERM VIEW
[...] (C) Summary: While there are still many hurdles to clear to ensure a successful July 30 first-round election as scheduled, the Independent Election Commission (CEI) and the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) have initiated detailed planning for the second round, and the [...]
2006-06-06 11:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO GC ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA932CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: JUNE EDITION,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: ROC President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is expected to return to Brazzaville on June 13 following widely-publicized visits to New York for his June 2 address to the United Nations on HIV/AIDs, June 5 meeting in Washington with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and a brief visit with [...]
2006-06-13 14:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU PINR UNSC ASEC CF
06KINSHASA976SLOGGING TOWARD JULY 30 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: President Kabila, the four GDRC Vice Presidents, other senior officials and members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met for four and a half hours June 21 to discuss election planning and the post-June 30 future. The Independent Election Committee [...]
2006-06-22 11:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA978ITURI'S MILITIAS: WHY THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Ituri District's security has long been threatened by the presence of local armed militias backed by Congolese and Ugandan elements seeking to profit from the region's abundant natural resources, instability, and lack of central government authority. Over the past three years, a s [...]
2006-06-22 13:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG UG
06KINSHASA984FINANCE MINISTER RESPONDS TO PRESSURES
[...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Banguli organized a lunch June 19 involving Budget Minister Mwamba, Central Bank Governor Masangu, and the German, British, French, Belgian, and U.S. Ambassadors to discuss the GDRC's rather dire fiscal problems. Banguli focused on three issues, the GDRC,s excess [...]
2006-06-23 11:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EADI PREL CG
06KINSHASA987CONTROVERSIAL SPIRITUAL LEADER SENTENCED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kuthino Fernando, the spiritual leader of the Church of the Army of Victory, was sentenced June 16 to twenty years in prison on charges of masterminding a failed December 2002 assassination attempt on a fellow pastor. Kuthino was arrested at his church in Kinshasa where police r [...]
2006-06-23 14:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CG
06KIRKUK10WASHINGTON POST FABRICATED STORY, ACCORDING TO SALAH AD DIN
[...] This is a SET Tikrit telegram. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A January 12 Washington Post news article describes the Iraqi presidential palaces in Tikrit, formally known as FOB Danger. The article claims to quote the Salah Ad Din provincial Governor as accusing his deputy and the ISF of [...]
2006-01-26 21:58:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL ASEC IZ
06KIRKUK100SADRISTS SEEK TO BLOCK KURDISH DESIGNS FOR KIRKUK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sadr group is searching for ways to impede progress on the Kurdification of Kirkuk. A Sadr representative in Kirkuk said the Sadrists, who represented about 75 percent of the Shia Arab population in Kirkuk, were at odds ideologically with the Badr Organization on Kirkuk iss [...]
2006-04-25 13:34:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK101IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...]
2006-04-28 15:34:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KIRKUK104KDP ASAYISH CHIEF ON SECURITY ISSUES IN KIRKUK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The chief of Asayish in Kirkuk said the Iraqi Army and police in Kirkuk were neither effective nor serious in their duties because their loyalties were based on ethnic bonds. He said Hawijah was a terrorist safe haven and that its poor security situation had a negative effect o [...]
2006-04-29 16:49:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK105PUK ASAYISH CLAIMS SECURITY DOMINANCE IN KIRKUK
[...] SUMMARY. The PUK chief of Asayish (internal security) in Kirkuk complained that the MNF-I and Iraqi Army did not recognize the Asayish as a formal security force below the greenline and expressed frustration that the Asayish had to obtain MNF-I permission prior to making an arrest. He claime [...]
2006-04-29 16:49:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK107(C) KRG-ERBIL INTERIOR MINISTER ON BORDER TENSIONS WITH
[...] (C) On the margins of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce conference in Erbil on April 27 Kurdish Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari briefly discussed recent border tensions with Turkey. Sinjari described the shelling of an Iraqi (Kurdish KDP) border post at Zaha-Sidarkan [...]
2006-05-02 07:14:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PNAT PGOV PINR IZ TU IR
06KIRKUK11(SBU) KURDS EXPECT SHIITES WILL AGREE KIRKUK CAN JOIN KRG
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) leaders complained to RC and DRC January 26 that the December elections had cheated the Kurds out of seats, though this would not prevent the Kurdish alliance from participating in the government. PUK Dep GenSe [...]
2006-01-28 19:58:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT EFIN PREL IZ
06KIRKUK112KRG WOOING "COWARDLY CAPITAL" WITH NEW INVESTMENT STRATEGY
[...] Summary: The KRG is attempting to win-over hesitant foreign investors with a combination of new airports, trade shows, and investment incentives. In a meeting April 22 with KRG Deputy Finance Minister Abdullah Abdulrahim, Abdulrahim told Emboffs that he welcomed input and U.S. technical assist [...]
2006-05-10 07:36:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
06KIRKUK117PUK LEADERSHIP: PARTY CHANGE, KRG UNITY, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On May 31 PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed PRT/REO POLOFS that the number of new KRG ministries was linked to building support for the Kurds on the 2007 Kirkuk Referendum. Further, the PUK would soon hold a congress to restructure the party to adapt to the new political [...]
2006-06-13 13:34:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PNAT KDEM KCOR EPET IZ IN
06KIRKUK123(U) NEW KIRKUK KURDISH POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ARTICLE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on June 26 met with leaders representing local Kurdish parties who recently set aside differences to push implementation of Article 140. Kurdish representatives universally agreed that Baghdad must implement Article 140 immediately or risk discredit amo [...]
2006-07-15 14:22:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM ECON EINV IZ
06KIRKUK124(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...]
2006-07-15 14:28:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK125(C) PUK CHANGES; KIRKUK MUST JOIN KDP; IRAN NO ALLY
[...] (C) Summary. PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO on July 1 in Sulaymaniyah that the PUK had undertaken major reforms, including the re-election of all PUK leaders, beginning with the villages, districts, and sub-districts. Also, he said the Article 140 referendum was necessary [...]
2006-07-15 14:33:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK126(C) KDP-PUK UNITED FRONT AFTER DOKAN MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani and PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO in separate meetings on July 2 and 1 respectively that the KDP and PUK politburos had agreed to end direct party interference in government affairs; delay appointment of deputy ministers; [...]
2006-07-15 14:38:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK127(C) PM BARZANI: INVESTMENT LAW PASSES; KRG EDUCATION IN
[...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani said in July 2 meetings with IPAO that the new Investment Promotion Law had been held up in Parliament over the provision for 100% foreign ownership of property. He said the KRG had a window of opportunity for attracting foreign investment t [...]
2006-07-15 14:42:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK128(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS,
[...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...]
2006-07-15 14:45:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK129(U) KIRKUK IECI HEAD ON NORMALIZATION, UPCOMING CENSUS AND
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),Ferhad Talabani, is threatening to close the office due to poor security, government corruption, and lack of funding. Talabani detailed the ethnic breakdown of the office personnel and perceiv [...]
2006-07-19 16:12:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK130KIRKUK ARAB LEADERS DENOUCE PLAN TO RETURN ARABS TO THE
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several Kirkuk Arab leaders including Sunni and Shia representatives criticized plans to return Kirkuk Arabs to the south. They agreed that while many Arabs have already left, it was primarily due to discrimination, persecution, and arrests. They stated that [...]
2006-07-20 13:57:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PREL KISL IZ IR TU
06KIRKUK131(C) ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT LEADER ON CHRISTIANS'
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) General Secretary, Salim Kako, stated on July 9 that poor security and ethnic discrimination were causing Christians and Kurds to resettle to northern areas of Iraq, which was straining the relations between Kurdish and Assy [...]
2006-07-25 09:11:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK133(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO
[...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...]
2006-07-25 11:36:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ
06KIRKUK136(C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK,
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...]
2006-08-02 17:27:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK137(C) KIRKUK TURKOMAN DIVIDED ON ARTICLE 140, FUTURE STATUS OF
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Turkoman political leaders from different blocs said on July 26 they do not agree on the issues of implementation of Article 140 and the future status of Kirkuk. In separate meetings bloc leaders from the Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) and the Iraqi Turkoman Nat [...]
2006-08-02 17:49:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK139KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...]
2006-08-15 11:31:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK140KIKRUK POLICE CHIEF ON KIRKUK SECURITY AND HIS IMPENDING
[...] (C) Kirkuk police chief General Sherko Shirku told IPAO on July 25, 2006, that security is better in Kirkuk than most other places in Iraq. When informed that most sources thought security was deteriorating in recent months, he said he believed that was because two months ago Sadr said that th [...]
2006-08-15 11:35:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK142(C) KRG PROVIDING WATER TO 450-PLUS VILLAGES IN KIRKUK; POOR
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) Minister of Water, Abdul Qadir, told IPAO on July 31 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been supplying well water to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),mostly Kurds, in more than 450 villages on the periphery of Kirk [...]
2006-08-22 06:47:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ IR
06KIRKUK143(C) KRG MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MONITORING MOSQUES,
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MARA) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Mohammad Ahamd Saeed Shakaly, said on August 8 that his ministry monitored more than 3000 mosques in the Kurdistan region and that checking sermons was a matter of "pu [...]
2006-08-22 07:03:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK144(C) KRG MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON CHALLENGES, RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Education (MOE) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Dilshad Abdul Rahman Osman Younis, said on August 8 that his ministry had limited relations with the MOE in Baghdad, which was divided into separate Sunni and Shia departments, and that t [...]
2006-08-22 07:19:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK145(C) KRG MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON REGIONAL AUTHORITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 07:50:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK148(C) KRG INTERIOR MINISTER ON SECURITY CONCERNS, RELATIONS
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Interior (MOI) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Karim Sinjari, said on August 10 that nearly non-existent liaison relations with the MOI in Baghdad would have an impact on security in the Kurdistan region and throughout Iraq. He said [...]
2006-08-22 09:09:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER IZ TU
06KIRKUK17(SBU) PUK FACILITATES ARAB DEPARTURE FROM KIRKUK
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Dr. Farhad Omar works in a new PUK-funded group assisting Arabization Arabs who want to return voluntarily to southern Iraq. He and a Kurdish member of the Kirkuk provincial council told DRC and IPAO on January 25 that "Kurdistan Unity and Brotherhood (KUB)" a [...]
2006-01-29 19:11:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK173KIRKUK GOVERNOR SURVIVES ATTACK, LAYS OUT PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirkuk Governor Mustafa survived a human bomb attack on his car November 28. This was the first time this tactic had been used in Kirkuk. Mustafa was pessimistic that the provisions of Constitutional Article 140 on the final status of Kirkuk would be completed on schedule. Strong [...]
2006-11-29 14:13:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINR PINS MOPS PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK174KIRKUK RULING COALITION AGAINST BAKER-HAMILTON REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10 key representatives of the ruling PUK/KDP-dominated local government demarched the REO, and on October 11 affiliated NGO's held a demonstration in front of our gate, about the Iraq Study Group (ISG) Report. In the PUK/KDP's view, the ISG report was biased in favor [...]
2006-12-14 09:55:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS PINR IZ
06KIRKUK179ANOTHER ANTI-ISG DEMONSTRATION AT REO - KIRKUK
[...] (U) On December 19, a group of about 100-150 demonstrators from the Turcoman People's Women Union assembled in front of the REO to express discontent with provisions of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report. The Women Union is an affiliate of the Turcoman Brotherhood Party (led by Walid Sharika, a [...]
2006-12-21 14:20:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PGOV PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK21(SBU) KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION TALKS THE TALK
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, RC, DRC and IPAO met Abdulrahman Siddiq Karim, the smooth-talking head of public affairs for the Kurdistan Islamic Union. Abdulrahman was upbeat on the KRG investigation into the Dahuk incidents in which several KIU members were killed, includin [...]
2006-01-31 19:51:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PREL IZ
06KIRKUK23(U) RC FAREWELL VISIT TO ERBIL
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, Regional Coordinator (RC),accompanied by Deputy RC and IPAO, held farewell meetings in Erbil with senior Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) leaders affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),including Karim Sinjari, the Minis [...]
2006-02-01 13:53:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL IZ
06KIRKUK34(U) PUK DEMONSTRATION AT REO KIRKUK
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On February 12, PRT Kirkuk Deputy Team Leader, IPAO and RSO met with Provincial Council Chairman and Kirkuk PUK leader Rizgar Ali at the REO. The subject was the February 7 shooting incident in which a REO PSD shot and killed a taxi driver and one of his passe [...]
2006-02-12 18:49:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IZ
06KIRKUK37(U) CORRUPTION IN THE KURDISH NORTH
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Corruption is Kurdistan's biggest economic problem. The two ruling parties' dominant control lets corruption flourish. Corruption relies on family-clan and/or peshmerga ties. Kurdish corruption starts at the top with a few political "godfathers" who quietly di [...]
2006-02-16 19:39:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALKCOR ECON PGOV PREL IZ
06KIRKUK55KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION MAINTAINS A MODERATE, INDEPENDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Islamic Party (KIU) hopes to be a viable option for Kurdish voters that are not satisfied with what they perceive to be the corrupt, self-serving policies of the KDP and PUK. KIU officials reputedly reject violence in the name of Islam and argued that the Iraqi Go [...]
2006-03-07 19:12:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK58KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PUK PRIME MINISTER PUSHES FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, leaders of the Patriotic United Kurdistan (PUK) demanded that the next Baghdad government tackle TAL 58 issues: "Kirkuk is a part of Kurdistan." The leaders reaffirmed the PUK's support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and their desire for continuing long-term [...]
2006-03-09 17:02:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK61TRIBAL LEADER WARNS OF FUNDAMENTALISM, CORRUPTION IN KURDISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the second largest Kurdish tribe in Iraq, the Harki, identified corruption, nepotism and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism fueled by economic instability as the major threats to democracy in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Shaykh Mahmud Asad Fattah Harki said that th [...]
2006-03-14 12:21:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL
06KIRKUK65KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...]
2006-03-18 19:08:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK75KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...]
2006-03-31 15:29:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK83ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...]
2006-04-10 13:50:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK87IRAQI OIL CO. TALKS CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COMPROMISE
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi businessman and CEO of KAR Group Baz Karim said that the Iraqi national government and the Kurdistan Regional Government were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, even though it was not yet in effect. Karim also said the two sides had recently [...]
2006-04-12 10:48:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET ENRG ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ NO CA
06KIRKUK9(C) KRG-E INTERIOR MINISTER OFFERS POLICE HELP
[...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with Regional Coordinator (RC),Karim Sinjari, Minister of Interior for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil (KRG-E),said he agreed with the USG decision to make 2006 "the year of the police." He said Iraq's police force suffered f [...]
2006-01-23 12:28:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PREL MARR IZ
06KIRKUK93BANNED IN TURKEY, POLITICAL PARTY OPENS ERBIL OFFICE ON
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: The Socialist Party of Kurdistan recently opened a party office in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, Iraq. Its representative Nureddin Agiri said Erbil's Kurdistan Regional Government was subsidizing the SPK's Erbil office. Agiri admitted his under-financed party was b [...]
2006-04-16 08:48:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU
06KIRKUK94KRG OIL REP SAYS DOORS ARE OPEN TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: KRG Erbil Oil & Gas Establishment General Director Serwan Aziz said that the Iraqi National Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil were handling new oil contracts in accordance with the new constitution, as if it were already in place. Aziz also said that when t [...]
2006-04-21 13:04:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PGOV ENRG PREL IZ NO
06KIRKUK96KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP SEEKS U.S. RELATIONS
[...] SUMMARY. (C) The Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) supported U.S. invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but has been disappointed with some U.S. actions toward it. The party seeks to uphold the holiness of Islam and advocates Sharia law as the main source of guidance on Iraqi law. The KIG and the [...]
2006-04-21 13:08:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL
06KIRKUK97IRANIAN FORCES ATTACK IRAQI KURDISH VILLAGES
[...] (C) On April 21, Iranian military forces bombed Iraqi villages near the tri-border area of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Deputy speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Kamal Kirkuki, confirmed that the attacks occurred around 5:00 A.M. in the northern Iraqi villages of Haji Umran and Kherena. [...]
2006-04-22 17:22:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PINR PINS PREF PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ
06KIRKUK98BADR ORGANIZATION IN KIRKUK COOPERATING ON SECURITY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Badr Organization claims to be a multiethnic group in northern Iraq. Badr representatives claim most Shia Arabs in Kirkuk are Ba'ath loyalists. The Badr representatives claimed to defer security responsibilities to the Iraqi Army and police. The Badr Organization is postp [...]
2006-04-25 13:34:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK99KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities detained him in June 2005 for writing negatively about the government. He claimed that he was tortured by Iranian intelligence and sent to Mariwan prison for thre [...]
2006-04-25 13:34:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KRAKOW266BIO OF CANDIDATE FOR MINISTER IN POLISH MFA
[...] (SBU) Summary: CG met with Krzysztof Szczerski, Vice Director of the Institute for Political Sciences and International Relations at Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Szczerski confirmed what we had heard--that he is being considered for a high position in the Polish MFA and that he will kn [...]
2006-12-13 15:51:00Consulate KrakowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PL
06KUALALUMPUR1011FURTHER MALAYSIA RESPONSE TO TANCHON COMMERCIAL BANK ACCOUNTS
[...] (C) Econoff met with Koid Swee Lian, Director of Bank Negara's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and FIU official Rahman Abu Bakar June 2 at their request to discuss the alleged relationship between Tanchon Commercial Bank and Malayan Banking Berhad's (aka Maybank) Singapore branch (Ref A). T [...]
2006-06-02 10:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALEFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN MY
06KUALALUMPUR1091MALAYSIAN RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHE ON BAKU OIC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 07:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC IR MY
06KUALALUMPUR1092SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS: MALAYSIAN RESPONSE ON
[...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us June 14 that the governments of Sri Lanka and India had recently made approaches to the MFA to discuss cooperation in cutting off the Tigers from their funding and weapons sources. During the May [...]
2006-06-14 07:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1096PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) Embassy Kuala Lumpur strongly endorses the DS/ATA and S/CT maritime border control technical needs assessment in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia and looks forward to working with the Department in arranging this visit. 2. (S) Post agrees with Embassies Jakarta and Manila with r [...]
2006-06-15 02:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER ASEC PREL ID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1227SRI LANKA: MALAYSIA CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF
[...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us July 3 that Malaysia was still considering whether to join contact groups on Tiger financing and weapons procurement. Nik Mustafa frankly admitted that the decision would be politically difficult [...]
2006-07-03 07:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1259SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...]
2006-07-07 08:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1353MIDDLE EAST: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HAMID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador called at the Foreign Minister's request, FM Hamid urged that the U.S. get all sides in the current Lebanon crisis to implement a cease fire as soon as possible. He labeled Israel's response to the kidnapping of its soldiers as "dis [...]
2006-07-21 08:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MY IS LE
06KUALALUMPUR1354MALAYSIA MULLS SENDING PEACEKEEPERS TO LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak told the press during a July 20 encounter in London that Malaysia would be willing to send peacekeeping forces to southern Lebanon should the UN Security Council call for such a force. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Hamid Albar has issued a seri [...]
2006-07-21 09:26:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR141661ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PM ABDULLAH AND FM SYED
[...] (SBU) Reftel requested an interim report on official attendance at the 61st UN General Assembly. On July 31, Johan Ariff Abdul Razak, MFA Assistant Secretary of the United Nations and Disarmament Branch stated that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi will lead the Malaysian delegation, accompanied [...]
2006-08-01 00:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MY
06KUALALUMPUR1458MALAYSIA HOSTS OIC CONFERENCE ON LEBANON AND
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on August 3 hosted dignitaries from 17 other countries belonging to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to discuss and plan a course of action in the Lebanon and Palestine conflicts. Predictably, Abdullah called for an immedi [...]
2006-08-03 23:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1466OIC RELEASES STATEMENTS ON LEBANON AND PALESTINE
[...] (C) Summary: The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) released two documents concerning Lebanon and Palestine following their August 3 meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia (reftel). While both documents reiterated old rhetoric condemning Israel and predictably called for an immediate ceasefire, [...]
2006-08-04 07:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1499MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S LATEST COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar rejected the draft United Nations (U.N.) resolution on Lebanon during an August 8 press conference. He also fielded questions on suggestions by former Prime Minister Mahathir that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) supply arms [...]
2006-08-09 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1516RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEBATE LEADS TO GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Pressure from non-Muslims to examine religious freedom in Malaysia has generated passionate debate here in recent months, leading to PM Abdullah's July 25 warning, repeated on August 11, for the media and public to refrain from openly debating contentious religious and racial issues. For t [...]
2006-08-11 08:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL KIRF KDEM KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1524MALAYSIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on UNSC resolution 1701 on August 12 to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Muhammad Shahrul Ikram. We highlighted in particular the resolution's call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, its reference to Lebanon's Seven [...]
2006-08-12 10:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
06KUALALUMPUR1525MALAYSIAN VIEW OF GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS
[...] (S) Summary: Malaysian lead facilitator for the Philippine Government(GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process Othman Abdul Razak told the Ambassador August 9 that he anticipated that the parties would sign an interim agreement late this year, with conclusion of a "comprehensi [...]
2006-08-14 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PINS PTER EAID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1559MALAYSIA: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS UNIFIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 10:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1587MALAYSIA REACTS TO CEASEFIRE
[...] (C) Summary: Malaysian officials have welcomed the passage of United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1701, and the Malaysian media's preoccupation with the Middle East crisis has quickly diminished. GOM officials reaffirmed their commitment to a lasting peace in the Middle East [...]
2006-08-18 11:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1618COUNTERING CHAVEZ'S UNSC LOBBYING IN MALAYSIA
[...] (C) As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez conducted a state visit to Malaysia (below),Polcouns delivered reftel demarche August 28 on countering Venezuela's UNSC lobbying to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Acting Under Secretary for American Affairs Khairi Omar. We particularly highlighted V [...]
2006-08-28 09:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM UNSC VE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1633INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 06:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA MY
06KUALALUMPUR1634MALAYSIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELA'S UNSC BID
[...] (C) Polcouns met August 30 with Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division/UN Affairs at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry, and reiterated ref B demarche regarding Venezuela's lobbying for a UNSC seat. We asked whether President Chavez's repeated publi [...]
2006-08-30 08:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM UNSC VE GT MY
06KUALALUMPUR1635MALAYSIA REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND USDOL APEC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ELAB APECO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1636PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER FACES DEATH THREAT
[...] (C) Prominent Muslim lawyer and human rights activist Malik Imtiaz has become the target of a death threat printed on a leaflet and distributed via email beginning in mid-August. On August 24 Imtiaz privately told us he believes the death threat was orchestrated by several newly established Muslim [...]
2006-08-30 10:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1660A/S SAUERBREY URGES MALAYSIA TO EDUCATE REFUGEE
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey used her August 24-26 mission to Malaysia to stress our support for the UNHCR's activities, commend the GOM for providing temporary residency to Acehnese and Rohingya refugees from Burma, and urge the GOM to [...]
2006-09-06 00:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SMIG PREF KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1661MALAYSIA ANNOUNCES NEW ANTI-TIP MEASURES DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey used her August 24-26 mission in Kuala Lumpur to press Malaysia to take action on trafficking in persons (TIP) and she received new information concerning the GOM's current approach. A senior Internal Se [...]
2006-09-06 00:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN PREF SMIG MY
06KUALALUMPUR1740MALAYSIA: POTUS INVITATION TO UNGA DEMOCRACY EVENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 08:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA OVIP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1752MALAYSIA'S AGREEMENT TO 505 TEXT
[...] Post provided reftel text regarding an agreement on end-use, security and retransfer assurances for defense articles to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on March 3, 2006, via diplomatic note no. 252. Following internal Malaysian government consultations involving the Defense Ministry and the Atto [...]
2006-09-19 03:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL KTIA MY
06KUALALUMPUR1764"NO TEARS FOR THAKSIN" -- INITIAL MALAYSIAN
[...] (S) Summary: Malaysian officials and politicians reacted with ambivalence on September 20 to news of Thailand's military coup, shedding no tears for the widely disliked Thaksin, but expressing disapproval at the use of force to change their neighbor's government. Malaysians, beginning with P [...]
2006-09-20 10:23:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PINS MOPS TH MY
06KUALALUMPUR1779MAHATHIR DEFEATED AS PARTY DELEGATE, STILL INVITED
[...] (C) Summary: UMNO party machinery working for Prime Minister Abdullah defeated former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad's efforts to become a delegate to the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) General Assembly to be held in Kuala Lumpur November 14-17. Mahathir's son, Mukhriz, came [...]
2006-09-22 09:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1804MALAYSIA'S NEW POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR ANTI-TIP LAW
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's new Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan, during a September 21 conference hosted by the police and the NGO Tenaganita, called for the creation of comprehensive legislation to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and for the establishment of government run shel [...]
2006-09-26 09:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY
06KUALALUMPUR1812MALAYSIA SEES "DEADLOCK" IN GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS
[...] (S) Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak, facilitator for the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process, told Polcouns September 26 that the talks had "deadlocked." The previous round in early September had gone nowhere because GRP negotiators had failed to dem [...]
2006-09-27 09:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1834SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ANWAR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, Chief of Malaysian Defense Forces, will visit the U.S. from September 30 - October 12. Admiral Anwar's visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to strengthen our efforts for mil-mil cooperation, influence Malaysia's military equipment acquisitions and [...]
2006-09-30 00:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1862Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) Initial Team
[...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. team held initial consultations on September 21 with nine Malaysian government maritime security agencies as a first step in the Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) in Malaysia. The GOM representatives provided broad overviews of their activities, including in t [...]
2006-10-04 07:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL MARR MY
06KUALALUMPUR1874INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON
[...] Malaysia hosted the second International Maritime Organization (IMO)-sponsored meeting on "The Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Enhancing Safety, Security and Environmental Protection," held September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Delegations from the three littoral States (Indonesia, Malays [...]
2006-10-06 06:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1884MALAYSIA "DEPLORES" NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST,
[...] (S) Malaysian Foreign Minister Hamid reacted initially to the October 9 North Korean nuclear test announcement by calling for North Korea to halt its tests and return to the Six-Party Talks. Kuala Lumpur toughened its rhetoric somewhat on October 10 with the release of a Foreign Ministry sta [...]
2006-10-10 09:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PARM KNNP KN MY
06KUALALUMPUR1898INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON
[...] Summary: This cable conveys the full texts of four U.S. statements presented during the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Meeting on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Reftel contains a summary report on the conference and the text of the fo [...]
2006-10-12 06:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1908MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 08:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1913MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS SHARP ETHNIC DIVIDE
[...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll, funded by The Asia Foundation, of over 1,500 young Malaysian adults aged 18-32 showed sharp differences of views on religion and national identity and the relation between state and religion among the country's three largest ethnic groups - the Malays, Chinese and [...]
2006-10-13 02:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1932MALAYSIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) On October 13, New Zealand Deputy High Commissioner Felicity Bloor, joined by New Zealand emboff, the human rights officer from the Australian High Commission, and poloff, delivered ref A demarche and accompanying documents to Astanah Banu, Principal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's mul [...]
2006-10-13 09:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN MY
06KUALALUMPUR1935SARAWAK: OPPOSITION ADRIFT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LACK SERVICES; POLICE REJECT CRITICISM
[...] (C) We met with political opposition leaders, human rights advocates and police during an October 2 visit to Sarawak's state capitol of Kuching. While the nationally active ethnic Chinese opposition party DAP performed well in the May 20 state assembly election, we found the party has not yet [...]
2006-10-13 09:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1942FOLLOW THE MONEY: THE POLITICS OF SHARE OWNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: A report by a respected local think tank has sparked a political uproar by claiming that ethnic Malays already control more than the government's target of 30% of the shares on the KL Stock Exchange (KLSE). As the 30% goal provides the underlying rationale for the bumiputera [...]
2006-10-16 07:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EXIM PHUM PREL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1948SABAH: POROUS BORDERS; PROBLEMS WITH FOREIGNERS; UNHAPPY UMNO COALITION PARTNER
[...] (C) The police, political leaders, a human rights official in the East Malaysia state of Sabah recently expressed their concerns to us about rising crime and the security impact from the high number of foreigners - both legal and illegal - residing in the state. Sabah's Acting Police Commissio [...]
2006-10-17 05:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SMIG ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR1958MALAYSIA AWAITS INTERPRETATION OF NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) We delivered ref B points to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on October 16 and Polcouns followed up with the Under Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs Shahrul Ikram on October 17. With Shahrul, Polcouns discussed the nature of the sanctions and emphasized the importance of internati [...]
2006-10-17 09:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN MY
06KUALALUMPUR1975MALAYSIA’S CHINESE MINORITY: THE POLITICS OF MARGINALIZATION
[...] (C) Malaysia's Chinese minority struggles to find new footing in national politics. In September Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew ignited a nation-wide debate on the marginalization of Malaysia's Chinese minority. Leaders from across the Chinese political spectrum agreed, at least p [...]
2006-10-19 09:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR1976SURAYUD'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOCUSES ON SOUTHERN
[...] (C) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud's October 18 visit to Malaysia focused on unrest in Thailand's ethnic Malay/Muslim south. Surayud pledged Thailand would increasingly consult with Malaysia regarding efforts to end the southern conflict, according to a Thai diplomat, but Malaysian Prim [...]
2006-10-19 10:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TH MY
06KUALALUMPUR1977MALAYSIA RELEASES 11 DETAINEES WITH PAST TERRORIST
[...] (S/NF) Malaysia unexpectedly released 11 people, originally held for terrorist links, from ISA (Internal Security Act) detention on October 18. The eleven represent Malaysian citizens previously tied to the Malaysia Militant Group (KMM) or the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group. Local med [...]
2006-10-19 10:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PINR ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR1996MALAYSIA RELEASES SIX MORE ISA DETAINEES LINKED TO
[...] (SBU) Following the unexpected October 18 release of 11 prisoners from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention (reftel),late on October 19 Malaysia freed an additional six detainees who had been held for suspected links to terrorism. The six men are all Malaysian citizens originally arrested [...]
2006-10-20 08:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PINR ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR2019MALAYSIA UPDATE ON DPRK VESSEL BONG HOA SAN
[...] (S) Summary: After Post conducted follow up demarches with Malaysia's Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Department, the GOM informed us it had issued an instruction October 30 to board and inspect the Bong Hoa San if the vessel called at Malaysia's Port Klang, as indicated by informa [...]
2006-10-30 09:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC EWWT XC KN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2035SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JOHN MILLER'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Miller, we welcome your visit to Kuala Lumpur and hope that your presence in Malaysia will assist us in encouraging the GOM to take substantive and positive measures as outlined in the Malaysia TIP Action Plan (ref A). Your schedule will allow you to engage with a range of g [...]
2006-11-01 07:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2041SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...]
2006-11-01 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2054DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MALAYSIAN ARMY INQUIRIES
[...] (S) We delivered reftel A demarche, concerning the Malaysian Army's attempts to purchase surveillance equipment from Iran, to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division on November 3. We SIPDIS asked for the Malaysian Government to provide us with [...]
2006-11-03 06:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC IR MY
06KUALALUMPUR2055DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 06:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU
06KUALALUMPUR2056DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS AND MARITIME
[...] (C) We delivered refs A and B demarches, concerning obligations under UNSCR 1718 on DPRK conventional arms and maritime services for DPRK ships, to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division, on November 3. Bala Chandran indicated that Malaysia takes [...]
2006-11-03 07:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PARM ETTC MNUC KN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2063MALAYSIA POINT OF CONTACT FOR ASEAN ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-07 01:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEAN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2087DEMARCHE ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) We delivered reftel A talking points on November 6 to Bala Chandran Tharman, Pricipal Assistant Secretary in the MFA's mulilateral political affairs division. We have thus far received no substantive comment from the MFA. 2. (C) In our recent discussion with Tharman about the Cuba emba [...]
2006-11-08 06:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2089SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...]
2006-11-08 08:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
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