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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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07KABUL581SOUTHERN GOVERNORS OUTLINE MAJOR SECURITY
[...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: During a February 6 introductory meeting in Kandahar with COMISAF, the governors of Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul pressed for increasing police salaries and getting more police officers into the Southern provinces to provide leadership to new recruits. ANA 205th Corps Co [...]
2007-02-21 13:15:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PTER EAID NATO MARR AF
07KABUL606KARZAI DISCUSSES SECURITY, PAKISTAN WITH CODEL
[...] (U) On February 21, Codel Dicks discussed security and reconstruction issues with President Karzai. Karzai expressed confidence about GOA and ISAF ability to succeed. Attendees included Representatives Dicks, Kaptur, Frelinghuysen, Rothman, Carney, and Murphy. ---------------------------- [...]
2007-02-25 11:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL621APHSCT TOWNSEND'S FEBRUARY 8 MEETING WITH COMISAF
[...] (S) Summary: General McNeill emphasized that ISAF will maintain the initiative, and that the "spring offensive will be mine." He said that, from a military perspective, he does not like the current situation in Musa Qala (reftel). However, he said that he is prepared to leave things as they [...]
2007-02-26 09:03:00Embassy KabulSECRETNATO MOPS MARR PREL PINS AF
07KABUL622PRT CHAGHCHARAN:THE COST OF ALLOWING NICE GUYS TO
[...] (C) Summary: The case of Ghor Province in Afghanistan's mountainous center suggests that major flows of assistance to areas of instability can have the unintended consequence of undermining government authority in ostensibly stable areas. Ghor province enjoys a generally benign security envi [...]
2007-02-26 09:04:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL661STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SECURITY WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 15 Strategic Partnership Working Group meeting ranged broadly over issues related to building Afghan National Security Force capacity and increasing security sector links. The discussion covered the growth, equipping, and capacity building of both the army and poli [...]
2007-02-28 14:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL679TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA FOCUSING ON HELMAND
[...] Helmand Governor Wafa assesses that most districts in his province are either under the control of the Taliban or surrounded by Taliban, as Taliban and Al Qaeda are focusing on Helmand and their numbers are on the rise. Wafa wants military operations to commence in five districts in Helmand, [...]
2007-03-01 15:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL68DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy National Security Adviser Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada convened GOA representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Justice, and the National Directorate of Security on January 2 to discuss the legal basis for detention and prosecution of any detainees transferred [...]
2007-01-07 11:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL680PRT/GARDEZ: GOVERNOR'S PLAN TO DEAL WITH TALIBAN
[...] (SBU) Paktia governor Rahmatullah Rahmat announced on Jan. 30 that he intends to move energetically and methodically to bring Zormat District, currently plagued by insurgency, under government control. He outlined a plan, developed with UNAMA, to reform the district administrative and securit [...]
2007-03-02 04:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL696EXPEDITING MEDICAL RELEASE/TRANSFER OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Per ref A, Canadian officials paid a first consular visit to detainee Khaled Samy Abdalla ISMAIL in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) on January 11 and advised that Mr. Ismail, who is a dual Canadian/Egyptian national, [...]
2007-03-04 06:51:00Embassy KabulSECRETCASC KAWC MARR PTER CONS CA EG AF
07KABUL700PRT FARAH: SEMI ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Incidents and attacks continue and security remains tenuous and uncertain, but the police now show a heightened presence with patrols and raids in Farah Province. Governing dynamics will be seriously affected as Farah deals with its third governor in less than six months. The [...]
2007-03-04 06:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALECON MARR PINS PREL SOCI IR AF
07KABUL723PRT FARAH: A NEW GOVERNOR TAKES OFFICE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Farah Province welcomed its third governor in six months as Mawlawi Mohideen Baluch took up office January 31. In a public speech, Baluch outlined his priorities to build a madrassa and university, improve the economy, maintain existing Iran-Afghan relations, reach out to anti-g [...]
2007-03-04 14:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR IR AF
07KABUL756AUSTRALIAN DESIRE TO PUT THEIR FORCES UNDER US
[...] (S) Reftel explains that the Australians wish to put their additional forces under the Special Forces rather than NATOISAF command. Several of the issues discussed in the cable are not matters of the ROE or ISAF practice, but are specifically Dutch issues and we think some of them may be outd [...]
2007-03-05 14:01:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS AS
07KABUL775U.S.-AFGHANISTAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) In the second meeting of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership Prosperity Working Group, Afghan and USG dels reaffirmed their commitment to a long-term economic partnership and advanced preparations for the March 13-14 Strategic Partnership plenary in Kabul to be co-led by Under Secretar [...]
2007-03-06 09:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL AF
07KABUL790PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ghor Province should be one of Afghanistan?s success stories, but because it remains unable to attract the resources needed to overcome its developmental deficit, the province continues to lack the wherewithal for economic and political "take-off". Marginal progress was made [...]
2007-03-07 13:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MARR NATO SOCI AF
07KABUL791NOTIFICATION: TWO AFGHAN DETAINEES IN GUANTANAMO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request: Please pass paragraph two information to appropriate Department of Defense colleagues to begin the transfer process: 2. (S) COL Humdard of the Afghan Ministry of Interior advised CSTC-A Detainee Operations on March 5 that he approves release of the following [...]
2007-03-07 13:48:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC PTER MARR AF
07KABUL804SCENE SETTER: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Your March 13-14 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by an Afghan government eager to host the Second U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Dialogue meeting. As some Afghans begin to fear international support may be slipping, the GOA sees the Strategic Partnership as a key vehicle to r [...]
2007-03-08 16:35:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL805SCENESETTER II: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Reftel reported scenesetter for the March 13 U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Plenary meeting. This message provides points for March 13-14 bilateral meetings in Kabul (in order of the meeting schedule). FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ----------------------- 2. (S) Under constant press [...]
2007-03-08 17:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL806DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA PART TWO RESPONSE
[...] (S) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (S) Expecting to receive the remainder of the GOA response on the detainee legal framework that will apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) to Afghan custody at the Afghan National Detention Facil [...]
2007-03-09 12:36:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL827AFGHANISTAN: H5N1 SPREADS TO 3 PROVINCES INCLUDING KABUL
[...] The avian influenza outbreak in Jalalabad late last month (reftel) has spread to a total of six districts in three provinces. Confirmed cases of H5N1 in backyard poultry have now been reported in Nangarhar (3 districts),Kunar (2 districts),and Kabul (1 district) provinces. The pattern of spr [...]
2007-03-12 04:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU SOCI ECON CASC AF
07KABUL834LOWER HOUSE APPROVES PRESIDENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, the Lower House of Parliament passed the amended amnesty bill that included the President's proposed changes by a vote of 128-3. Speaker Qanooni interrupted the budget discussions in the plenary to announce that he had received the President's amendments to the bill [...]
2007-03-12 10:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL839KARZAI DESCRIBES "TERRIBLE" RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 8 meeting with Governors Tim Pawlenty (R-MN),Janet Napolitanto (R-AZ),and Brad Henry (D-OK),Lisa Marie Cheney, Lt. Gen. Steven Blum (Chief, National Guard Bureau),and Charge, President Karzai described Afghanistan's current relationship with Pakistan as "terrib [...]
2007-03-13 02:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL881EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) has approved a plan for a European mission to Afghanistan aimed at enhancing training for the Afghan National Police. The ESDP mission will strengthen the European contribution to police training, of which the largest part is now the German Police Prog [...]
2007-03-15 13:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL882EXBS AFGHANISTAN ADVISOR AND BORDER MANAGEMENT MONTHLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During this reporting period, the BMTF position for Border Police and Immigrations Systems Coordinator was filled. The Afghan Customs Department (ACD) drafted a proposal for transferring the Customs Police unit to MoF. The GoA accepted the Iranian proposal to fund and construc [...]
2007-03-15 13:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL910PRT HERAT: IRAN INCREASES VISIBILITY IN WESTERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran has recently taken steps to establish "operational centers" for police cooperation in three provinces in western Afghanistan: Nimroz, Herat and Farah. These new centers complement Iranian efforts to establish relations with Afghan security forces and increase the range of the [...]
2007-03-19 16:07:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL926AFTEL'S PUZZLING EXPANSION PLANS
[...] (SBU) State-owned Afghan Telecom plans to quadruple the number of lines the company has by an aggressive build-out of wireless and copper networks, funded by the GoA and donors. The wireless plans will put AfTel into competition with mobile service providers, which could bring charges of anti- [...]
2007-03-20 13:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EFIN EINV ECON KPRV PGOV AF
07KABUL94PAKISTAN PM AZZIZ VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim characterized the January 4 visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Azziz as a "good trip." There had not been agreement on substance, but Azziz and Karzai held frank and open discussions on a range of bilateral issues. Foreign Minister S [...]
2007-01-10 06:04:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
07KABUL940PRT/KUNDUZ: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NORTHEAST
[...] (SBU) The situation on the ground in the Northeast region of Afghanistan has not changed appreciably in the past six months. The security situation remains relatively calm, with only occasional criminal or terrorist attacks against local officials and ISAF. The primary threat and cause of ins [...]
2007-03-22 09:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL944PRT GHAZNI: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security and governance in Ghazni have improved over the last six months due to an increase in troops and a change in governor. Reconstruction and development appear to be moving forward, but there is still no prioritized provincial development plan. Ghazni's citizens are expe [...]
2007-03-22 12:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON AF EAID
07KABUL946UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN DEBT FORGIVENESS AND DEBT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-24 10:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON AF
07KABUL950PRT/QALENOW: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Qal-e Now, in the western part of Afghanistan, has witnessed much progress over the last year. Residents of the capital enjoy a much better quality of life then they did under the Taliban. The PRT has had a direct impact on economic growth in the provincial capital. However, th [...]
2007-03-24 12:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL951PRT/PANSHJIR: FUTURE PLANS OF THE PROVINCE I
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir Province has progressed in formulating plans for its future. The current Provincial Development Plan (PDP),a synthesis of three processes, represents a prioritization of projects, mostly infrastructure. It does not, however, match these priorities against availabl [...]
2007-03-24 12:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF
07KABUL955PRT/QALENOW: THE SPANISH BRING MODERN MEDICINE TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: One of the primary objectives of the Spanish Development Agency (AECI) is to expand and improve healthcare throughout Badghis. AECI places a special focus on medical care for women and newborns. It aims to transform the central hospital in Qal-e Now into a fully functioning prov [...]
2007-03-24 13:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID AF
07KABUL956DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: REVIEW BOARD MEETS
[...] (S) Summary: The GOA has been informed that the first transfer of 13 detainees to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) is scheduled for March 25, when the facility will be formally opened; the actual transfer will occur on April 2. Post passed evidentiary files for the first transfer [...]
2007-03-25 03:47:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL975PRT BAMYAN: GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL FOES INITIATE NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bamyan provincial governor Harabi Sarabi publicly disclosed that she is being investigated by the Attorney General,s office. Sarabi does not appear concerned about this investigation, which may have been initiated by her political opponents. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) At a Marc [...]
2007-03-26 04:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL979PRT/MAZAR: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Northwest Afghanistan enjoys a better security situation than much of the rest of the country but drought and crime hamper development. The Afghan National Police (ANP) and the judicial system need much work but progress has begun with the ANP. The balance of power between T [...]
2007-03-26 05:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL99 IDPS, URBANIZATION AND THE CHANGING FACE OF AFGHAN
[...] SUMMARY: Ebbing and flowing tides of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been a constant feature of the Afghan landscape for, at least, the past thirty years. Events in recent years seem only to mirror, in many ways, similar displacements following the Soviet invasion, the civil strife [...]
2007-01-10 09:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL996PRT/PANSHJIR: FUTURE PLANS OF THE PROVINCE II
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir Province is changing. Its transformation will continue thanks to agents of change: a new road, radio broadcasts, cell phones, a maturing administration and an active PRT. Provincial officials have formulated specific plans to lay the foundation (ref A). Panjshir's f [...]
2007-03-26 16:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EAGR AF
07KABUL997PRT HERAT: SIX MONTH REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Herat Province is a region of significant but still unrealized economic potential. During the past six months, the security situation has deteriorated, as has confidence in GOA institutions and leaders. Key sectors, such as the judiciary, require reform, and additional police [...]
2007-03-27 02:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON MARR AF IR
07KAMPALA1011NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 4-16, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-15 07:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1050UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]
2007-06-26 12:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1171SLM-Abdelshafi's Faith in UN/AU Roadmap Undermined
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Abdelshafi faction were disappointed in the failure of the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue meeting to take place. After being informed by UN/AU officials that the CHD meeting was off, faction members concluded that the UN/AU may h [...]
2007-07-17 03:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL UG SU
07KAMPALA1187UGANDA: RESPONSE ON FOREIGN ACQUISITION OF NATURAL
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese interest in Uganda's natural resources consists largely in importing timber, copper, and cobalt. Currently, Chinese investment in these sectors is limited. Ugandan law contains a variety of legal statutes aimed at protecting biodiversity and natural resources, but natio [...]
2007-07-20 07:16:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALECON CH PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA1199UGANDA: CORRUPTION TRIAL POSTPONED
[...] (C) Summary: The Government requested a postponement of the high profile trial of former Ministry of Health officials involving the redirection of funds for immunization to political mobilization campains. The trial, which began on July 16, was delayed because the Government said it was not [...]
2007-07-24 08:10:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCRM UG
07KAMPALA1209UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY (August 18-23)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]
2007-07-26 04:19:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1224NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-07-27 05:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1236NORTHERN UGANDA: CURRENT TRENDS IN PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: The Juba Peace Talks are on recess while the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) undertake consultations with various stakeholders. The break has provided many observers and the Government of Uganda an opportunity to take stock of the process and potential scen [...]
2007-07-31 11:43:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1310UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 26-30,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive partner for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. Uganda is vigorously supporting a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives on HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) and malaria (PM [...]
2007-08-15 10:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID UG
07KAMPALA1360 AFRICA BUREAU SENIOR ADVISOR ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION
[...] Summary: August 15 to 17 Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley, traveled to northern Uganda to meet with local leaders and affected populations. The primary objectives of the trip were to discuss the peace process in Juba, including community consultations on agenda item th [...]
2007-08-27 14:45:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDUG
07KAMPALA1419SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES NORTHERN UGANDAN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with a wide range of government officials, local and religious leaders, military officers, internally-displaced persons, UN officials and international donors to discuss the current situation in northern Uganda during his visit from August 26 to 30. [...]
2007-09-07 09:48:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1426SENATOR FEINGOLD RAISES REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC
[...] Summary: Senator Russell Feingold discussed Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Congo, the war on terror, and the President's plans for the 2011 election with President Yoweri Museveni on August 28. Museveni described potential military action against the LRA in Congo as "easy" and di [...]
2007-09-11 08:24:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1449UGANDA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES LRA, CONGO, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on September 5 to discuss current developments in the negotiations with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA),developments in eastern Congo, and stabilizing Somalia. President Museveni, similarly to [...]
2007-09-14 09:01:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL UG SU CG SO
07KAMPALA1467NORTHERN UGANDA: PEACE PROCESS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tim Shortley, Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution, traveled to Kampala with AF A/S Secretary Jendayi Frazer and remained in the region to meet with key officials in Uganda, Southern Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo from September 5-17. The GOU's lead negotiator at [...]
2007-09-20 13:24:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1491UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALITY REMAINS ILLEGAL AND CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (SBU) Public resentment against homosexuality has sparked demonstrations and significant public debate over the past few months. The GOU continues to take a strong position against the practice of homosexuality in Uganda, which is illegal. A local NGO, Sexual Minorities in Uganda Group (SMUG [...]
2007-09-27 09:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC UG
07KAMPALA1691UGANDA: PARLIAMENT INVESTIGATES AGOA ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development met October 18 to begin an inquiry into the status of companies exporting under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the implications of renewing production at Tri-Star Apparels. The inquiry comes [...]
2007-10-31 08:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA1708UGANDA: GAVI SCANDAL TRIAL RESUMES
[...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Health Ministry officials and a State House mobilizer for the diversion of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) funds resumed on October 29. The Chief Magistrate overruled two defense team motions, causing the lawyers to walk out of court. [...]
2007-11-02 08:37:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
07KAMPALA1741UGANDA: SOLICITOR GENERAL SQUARES OFF WITH IGG
[...] (C) Summary: A continuing showdown between the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Faith Mwonhda, and the Solicitor General, Lucian Tibaruha, could have important Constitutional implications for the IGG's institutional credibility and its capacity to fight corruption. The High Court found [...]
2007-11-09 05:36:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1743NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA REPORTEDLY SPLINTERING
[...] (C) Summary: In a phone call to a northern Ugandan politician, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony confirmed a rupture within the LRA, and claimed that Vincent Otti was under arrest for plotting against him. GOU officials are convinced that Otti is dead. On November 7, GOU intel [...]
2007-11-09 12:35:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1774UGANDA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Uganda is not a regional financial center or a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing. Money laundering takes place in Uganda, but the GOU has no systematic research on its scope and magnitude. Recent efforts by GOU officials to address the smuggling of counterfeit [...]
2007-11-16 09:32:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR ASEC UG
07KAMPALA1853 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (November 3-30, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-12-07 08:30:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1895UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI FLEXIBLE ON "PLAN B"
[...] (C) Summary: President Yoweri Museveni does not believe that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony wants peace, but is willing to allow the peace process to continue until March. On December 14, Museveni complained to U.N. Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano that [...]
2007-12-17 13:39:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG
07KAMPALA247 UGANDA REQUESTS ACOTA SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA BOUND
[...] (U) Summary: Senior Ugandan military leaders and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials met in Kampala 9-10 February 2007, to discuss the possibility of ACOTA peace support operations (PSO) training and equipping support for Uganda. The Ugandans stres [...]
2007-02-12 12:06:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS KPKO PREL UG
07KAMPALA297 UGANDA: Parliamentarians Concerned about Immigrants
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, 2007, RefCoord met with parliamentarians Stephen Mukitale and Beatrice Mpairwe of Bulisa district, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). RefCoord asked for the meeting to determine how IDP and refugee settlements impacted the local economy. H [...]
2007-02-20 11:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PINS UG
07KAMPALA312UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD (FEB 27-28)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money, and logistics. Uganda cooperates fully in the War on Terror, and is highly receptive to U.S. training and presence. On the humanitarian and develo [...]
2007-02-23 03:10:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA341NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 10-26, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the fourteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...]
2007-02-28 10:49:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA345UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR AND NSC DEPUTY ADVISOR DAVID
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of US initiatives including Presidential initiatives o [...]
2007-03-01 03:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA367UGANDA: GOVERNMENT RE-ARRESTS PRA SUSPECTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government re-arrested the remaining Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) suspects, after they were released on bail on March 1, during a confrontation that turned violent on the premises of the High Court. Over the past year, the Executive and President Museveni have defied two [...]
2007-03-02 06:36:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM PINS UG
07KAMPALA399UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON MCCORMICK-POWELL VISIT
[...] Summary: David McCormick, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs and Dina Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs led a delegation through Uganda from March 2-5. The delegation came to observe the impact of foreign assistance and public di [...]
2007-03-07 11:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EFIN EAID PGOV PHUM PREF UG
07KAMPALA463UGANDA: GOVERNMENT CLOSURE OF NATIONTV
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's closure of NationTV and concurrent demands on its sister organization, Monitor Publications, highlight the Ugandan Government's questionable commitment to an independent media. In exchange for allowing the station to broadcast, President Museveni has reportedly [...]
2007-03-15 10:43:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO UG
07KAMPALA488UGANDA SUPPORTS EAST AFRICAN INTEGRATION BUT PROGRESS SLOW
[...] SUMMARY: The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Mr. Eriya Kategaya, reiterated the importance of East African integration for the creation of a large and viable economic bloc to transform the economies of the region. Kategaya reported the findings of the Natio [...]
2007-03-21 04:31:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KECF PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA511UGANDA SUPPORTS EAST AFRICAN INTEGRATION BUT PROGRESS SLOW
[...] SUMMARY: The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Mr. Eriya Kategaya, reiterated the importance of East African integration for the creation of a large and viable economic bloc to transform the economies of the region. Kategaya reported the findings of the Natio [...]
2007-03-23 03:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KECF PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA526NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 10-23, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: Post presents the sixteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good g [...]
2007-03-27 08:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA577GOVERNMENT DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST UGANDAN REBELS IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following recent infiltrations of Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels into western Uganda from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Ugandan Government formally protested to the DRC and the U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC). The Ugandan military killed over 46 ADF r [...]
2007-04-03 01:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL PGOV PTER UG ASEC PHUM
07KAMPALA669UGANDA: OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ERITREA ON
[...] (C) Summary: President Museveni and Foreign Minister Kutesa held two separate, but similar, meetings with Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki over the issue of external support for Somali factions. Museveni and Kutesa asked that Eritrea end its support for the Islamic Courts in early April an [...]
2007-04-20 10:05:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG
07KAMPALA871NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 1-18, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-05-22 07:35:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA883SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT: KAMPALA-BASED DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction tied to Ahmed Abdelshafi, based in Kampala, wants a reconciliation conference among the various SLM factions. Abdelshafi is expected back in Kampala in the next week. His faction claims to have assumed Abdelwahid El-Nur's leadership [...]
2007-05-23 10:11:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA909UGANDA: CORRUPTION SCANDAL'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The arrests of former health officials implicated in an immunization fund scandal has set in motion a chain of events with an uncertain outcome and potentially damaging implications for the Museveni family and other key political actors. Military and police arrested two former [...]
2007-05-29 10:04:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KCRM UG
07KAMPALA964NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting MissionQs objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to socia [...]
2007-06-05 12:02:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA968NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-06-06 03:52:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KARACHI784SINDH GOVERNOR SUMMONS THE CONSULAR CORPS TO HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: On November 5, 2007, the Governor of Sindh summoned all Consuls General for a meeting to explain and justify the recent declaration of a State of Emergency. Within the one-sided conversation, the Governor touched upon press freedom, judicial activism, and how the abuse of freed [...]
2007-11-06 12:30:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC CASC PK
07KARACHI861MQM LEADERS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders discussed their election plans at a meeting with the Consul General (CG) at their party headquarters on December 13, 2007. The MQM sees itself as a national party and will field candidates throughout Pakistan. Party leaders have been in [...]
2007-12-14 06:26:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PK
07KARACHI869CONTINUING ORDEAL OF MUNIR MALIK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir Malik has been released from detention and hopes to travel from hospital to the UK for treatment of renal failure. Malik alleges that he is suffering due to abuse he received while in jail; the government claims this is a pr [...]
2007-12-18 17:59:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PK
07KATHMANDU1001BHUTANESE REFUGEES WORRY ABOUT ONGOING
[...] (C) Recent press reports in Nepal and India have concluded that 70,000 - 80,000 Nepali-ethnic Bhutanese, called Lhotsampa, were not permitted to participate in the mock elections held in Bhutan in April. The reports also suggested that these people might be subject to eviction from Bhutan. G [...]
2007-05-18 11:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1003NEPAL: SILENCE HANDICAPS OHCHR
[...] (C) On May 17, the Ambassador told Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),that OHCHR's silence regarding the Young Communist League (YCL) was destroying OHCHR's credibility. Sundh assured the Ambassador that OHCHR was preparing [...]
2007-05-18 12:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1009NEPAL: MAOIST COMBATANT VERIFICATION TO BEGIN SOON
[...] (C) On May 21, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Suresh Chalise confirmed to Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Hugins that the Maoists had agreed to allow verification of Maoist combatants to begin. Chalise expected verification might commence within a week. Prime Minister [...]
2007-05-21 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1028NEPAL: FORMER PM: "EVERYONE IS KEEPING MUM"
[...] (C) On May 23, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that King Gyanendra had no intention to step down. Thapa had told Gyanendra that it might be wise to abdicate in order to "preserve [...]
2007-05-23 12:54:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1032SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] Barry, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a country that is teetering on the brink of becoming either a showcase for democratic transformation or a failed or totalitarian state threatening stability in the reg [...]
2007-05-24 11:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1035MELAMCHI FIASCO HAS JAPANESE WONDERING ABOUT
[...] (C) On May 24, Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka indicated to the Ambassador that Japanese soft lending may be affected by recent mishandling of the Melamchi Water Supply Project by Minister of Physical Planning and Works Hisila Yami. Her decision to refuse to award the management contract [...]
2007-05-25 09:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ADB ABLD JA NP
07KATHMANDU1058NEPAL: NEW ELECTION DATE STILL PROVING ELUSIVE
[...] (C) A leading Nepali Congress - Democratic politician told the Ambassador May 28 that the governing Eight-Party Alliance was still at loggerheads over a new date for the Constituent Assembly election. According to Member of Parliament Minendra Rijal, Alliance meetings on May 27 and 28 failed t [...]
2007-05-29 12:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1064NEPAL: PURE PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM FOR CONSTITUENT
[...] (C) In two recent meetings, IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission that the Government of Nepal's agenda for the Constituent Assembly election was largely stalled. Certain steps, such as the registration of political parties, were moving ahead, but man [...]
2007-05-30 11:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1077NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS GROWING INCREASING
[...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on May 22 and May 30 both Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D),and Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (CPN-UML),blamed Prime Minister Koirala for [...]
2007-05-31 09:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1089FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES FOR MORE PROGRESS ON MAOIST
[...] (C) On May 31, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Barry Lowenkron highlighted to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan U.S. concern regarding continued Maoist abuses; he also stressed the need to set a timetable for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and to include marginalized ethnic [...]
2007-06-01 12:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PTER PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1091NEPAL: SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT HOPEFUL POLITICAL
[...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty May 31 that the governing Eight-Party Alliance had reached an informal understanding on a new date for a Constituent Assembly ele [...]
2007-06-01 12:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREF NP
07KATHMANDU1092NEPAL: ELECTION COMMISSION HAS PLAN BUT LACKS LAWS
[...] (C) Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty May 31 that the externalities, including the uncertain security situation and the absence of election legislation, were the Election [...]
2007-06-01 13:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1093NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESOLUTE THAT ELECTION BE
[...] (C) On June 1, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala explained to Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the Eight-Party Alliance had agreed the day before to hold the Constituent Assembly election in November. All of the parties had si [...]
2007-06-02 05:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1099OHCHR FAILING TO REPORT ON MAOIST HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) On May 31 Lena Sundh, head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, defended her recent newspaper interview in which she slammed the failure by the Government of Nepal (GON) to implement its human rights commitments while saying nothing about Maoist abuses [...]
2007-06-04 11:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1112INDIAN AMBASSADOR ACKNOWLEDGES MAOISTS ARE OUT OF
[...] (C/NF) Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador June 4 that the Maoists had intensified their campaign of threats and intimidation. Mukherjee admitted he was being recalled by the Government of India (GOI) for consultations amid fears that the Maoists were out of control. [...]
2007-06-05 12:48:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1116NEPAL: MEETING LEAHY AMENDMENT CONDITIONS ON
[...] (C) There is a strong case for certifying that the requirements of the Leahy Amendment for U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) have been met for Nepal given the significant progress the Government of Nepal (GON) has made in restoring human rights. Resumption of FMF is also in U.S. national [...]
2007-06-05 13:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1117KATAWAL CONFIRMS NEPAL ARMY'S COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal(COAS) told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty June 1 that the Nepal Army (NA) was uncomfortable with the prospect of working under a "leftist" regime. Katawal explained th [...]
2007-06-06 10:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU1118NEPAL: MINORITY LEADERS DEMAND MEANINGFUL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) On May 31, three leaders from politically underrepresented groups and a human rights leader expressed to visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty their concerns about equal representation in the Government and a meaningful C [...]
2007-06-06 11:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1119NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL NGOS PESSIMISTIC ON NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) The IFES Country Representative, Asia Foundation Country Representative, and Carter Center Field Director told Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron on June 2 that many complex issues would have be resolved if the Government of Nepal hoped to [...]
2007-06-06 12:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1132HOME MINISTER RELINQUISHES ROLE AS NEGOTIATOR WITH
[...] (C) Home Minister Sitaula stressed to the Ambassador June 6 that "it was no longer my job" to negotiate with Maoists on behalf of the Seven-Party Alliance. Peace and Reconstruction Minister Poudel would now be taking the lead. Sitaula told the Ambassador that the four Young Communist League [...]
2007-06-07 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1137NEPAL: NHRC STILL AWAITING COMMISSIONERS
[...] (C) On June 1, Acting Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),Padma Mathema, told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron that the absence of Commissioners was the NHRC's most critical concern. Mathema said that she had stressed to [...]
2007-06-08 10:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1167NEPAL: ACTIVE MAOISTS, INACTIVE POLICE IN POKHARA
[...] (C) In Pokhara on June 12, Western Region Administrator Medini Sharma told the Ambassador that attacks by the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) were ongoing, despite police efforts to "coordinate with security forces and political parties." Political party representatives from the Nepali Co [...]
2007-06-13 12:18:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1168UNMIN CHIEF SAYS MAOIST COMBATANT VERIFICATION TO
[...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),announced at a June 12 press conference that UNMIN would begin verification of Maoist combatants on June 14. Martin also highlighted the importance of public security for a free and fair Constituent Assembly election an [...]
2007-06-13 12:30:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1194SPEAKER NEMWANG UPBEAT AFTER PARLIAMENT PASSES
[...] (C) On June 15 the Ambassador congratulated Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang on the Interim Parliament's passage on June 14 of the key Constituent Assembly Members Election Act. The Speaker emphasized that he and others had made great efforts to ensure the election process woul [...]
2007-06-18 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1197NEPAL: INDIAN OFFICIALS TAKE TOUGHER STAND ON
[...] (C) On June 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee confirmed to the Ambassador that the Government of India had taken a tougher line on Maoist abuses. Mukherjee's recent visit to New Delhi had coincided with the visit of Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Ma [...]
2007-06-18 13:21:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR IN NP
07KATHMANDU1248NEPAL: FINANCE MINISTER WANTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Finance Minister Mahat told the Ambassador June 22 that the Government of Nepal's most pressing need was support for the Nepal Police to ensure a free and fair Constituent Assembly election. The Ambassador said the U.S. had come up with an additional USD 2.8 million for election security [...]
2007-06-25 12:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1249NEPAL: CABINET SETS DATE OF NOVEMBER 22 FOR
[...] (U) The Nepali Cabinet agreed at its meeting on June 24 to hold the Constituent Assembly election on November 22. The decision, which had been expected at the previous cabinet meeting on June 21, was on the early side of the range of dates under consideration. Prime Minister Koirala had publ [...]
2007-06-25 12:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1292NEW DELHI OFFERING NEPAL SIGNIFICANT SECURITY
[...] (C) On June 29, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee assured the Ambassador that the Government of India (GOI) would significantly enhance security assistance to the Nepali Police and Armed Police Force. The Indian Ambassador said New Delhi had already clamped down on the Nepal-India borde [...]
2007-07-03 06:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PINR IN NP
07KATHMANDU1320AMBASSADOR TELLS FOREIGN MINISTER: REFUGEE CAMPS
[...] (C) On July 6, the Ambassador highlighted to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan U.S. concerns regarding the intimidation and terror tactics the Bhutanese Communist Party and traditional Bhutanese refugee leaders were using in the refugee camps to discourage resettlement. Pradhan agreed that ther [...]
2007-07-09 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER CVIS KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1328NEPAL: HOME MINISTRY TO HIRE 75,000 POLICE FOR
[...] (C) During a farewell call July 10 on Home Minister Krishna Sitaula, the Ambassador stressed that the Maoists had miscalculated by assuming that the Nepal Army would acquiesce if the Maoists attempted to seize power. Pushing ahead with the Constituent Assembly polls in November was the best wa [...]
2007-07-11 10:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1329NEPAL PROMISES TROOPS FOR DARFUR MISSION
[...] (C) The Acting Defense Secretary told Emboff and the Defense Attache July 3 that the Defense Ministry supported contributing troops to the planned UN/African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur. The Prime Minister had recently approved increasing the ceiling on the number of Nepali peacekeepers [...]
2007-07-11 11:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC MASS KDEM SU NP
07KATHMANDU1332NEPAL: SPEAKER SAYS INTERIM PARLIAMENT SERIOUS
[...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador July 10 that the Interim Parliament was busy preparing for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and the passage of a new budget. Nemwang stated that, after the budget was passed, the Interim Parliament had one more ele [...]
2007-07-12 15:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1339MAOIST DELAYING VERIFICATION PROCESS
[...] (C) On July 12, UNMIN Chief Ian Martin told the Ambassador that the Maoists had suspended the verification process, stating that they wanted further discussions on separate issues with other political parties and wanted to hear the views of the Maoist commanders on the ground. Martin indicate [...]
2007-07-13 04:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1347MK NEPAL CONFIRMS NO LEFT ALLIANCE
[...] (C) On July 10, MK Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),reported to the Ambassador that his party had finished a 15 day party meeting at which the party members had discussed the conditions for the election in the countryside. Nepal told [...]
2007-07-13 08:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1376BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT STILL FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Government of Nepal (GON) has agreed to third-country resettlement as an option for the Bhutanese refugees, bureaucratic and security obstacles continue to delay the start of resettlement processing: IOM still needs to conclude an MOU with the GON; the GON is resis [...]
2007-07-18 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL BT NP
07KATHMANDU1389GON OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT ON CAMP SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Government of Nepal (GON) officials advised refcoord July 19 and 20 that the MOU between the GON and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) should be signed within two weeks; that the GON is fully committed to establishing security in the Bhutanese refugee camps and [...]
2007-07-20 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL NP BT
07KATHMANDU1488AI CONSIDERED UNDETECTED IN NEPAL
[...] At an August 2 meeting of Post's avian influenza (AI) working group, Dr. Zandra Andre from USAID's Health and Child Survival Fellows Program briefed post on the spread of AI in South Asia and the level of Nepal's preparedness. With reported outbreaks in India, Burma, and Bangladesh, Nepal was [...]
2007-08-06 05:55:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC KFLU AID SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU1530NEPAL'S PM READY TO DEAL WITH TERAI
[...] (C) At an August 10 meeting Prime Minister Koirala informed the Ambassador that he would be speaking later that day with leaders of the Madheshi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) and expected to reach an agreement on their demands. The PM stated that Indian government leaders were also ready to tak [...]
2007-08-10 11:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU157INDIA, UK, NORWAY ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (C) In separate meetings January 18 with Ambassador Moriarty, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee, Norwegian Ambassador Toreng and UK Ambassador Hall lamented the agreement to give a Maoist the Deputy Prime Minister slot, discussed the need for a strong Election Commission mandate, and shared growing [...]
2007-01-22 10:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU1603NEPAL: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ELECTION, REFUGEES AND
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Pradhan on August 13, the Ambassador emphasized the ongoing U.S. interest in assisting Nepal with its upcoming Constituent Assembly election and its democratic transition. Minister Pradhan responded that the election was the Gov [...]
2007-08-24 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PREF ELAB KDEM KWMN AMGT BT
07KATHMANDU1613HOME MINISTER TRYING TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER
[...] (C) On August 23 Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula told the Ambassador that the violent activities of the Maoists and of Madhesi splinter groups in the Terai were among many challenges to the Constituent Assembly election. Sitaula said that the Government of Nepal (GON) was attempting to r [...]
2007-08-27 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PREF EAID KSEC KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU165NEPAL: IAN MARTIN COMMENTS ON ARMS MANAGEMENT,
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- See para. 3. Summary ------- 2. (C) The UN Secretary General's Personal Representative Ian Martin informed the Ambassador January 22 that the process of Maoist arms management was progressing fairly smoothly at the two main People's Liberation Army camps [...]
2007-01-24 11:43:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER MARR UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1665INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON UNMIN MANDATE AND CONCERNS OF
[...] (C) During a meeting August 31 with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee noted that he is increasingly concerned about UN mission creep in Nepal. He started by saying that unless work begins now in New York on an extension of the current mandate, the UN staff here will s [...]
2007-09-04 11:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1687NEPALI CONGRESS CENTRAL COMMITTEE ENDORSES FEDERAL
[...] (U) On September 5, the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress endorsed a proposal for a federal democratic republic. A long time in the making, this step demonstrates that those in favor of a ceremonial monarchy have lost the upper hand within the party. Measures in the proposal d [...]
2007-09-06 10:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1691UPDATE ON ELECTION ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL
[...] (C) At the inaugural meeting of Post's Democracy Working Group August 31 representatives from NDI and IFES presented sobering assessments of the status of preparations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election on November 22. Behind the scenes discussions to ensure that leaders of the Eight- [...]
2007-09-07 05:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU171NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR TALKS TOUGH, BUT SEEMS WORRIED
[...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, stressed to the DCM January 24 that the Maoists would not be allowed into the Interim Government until Maoist arms management was complete. Chalise was unhappy with the way the UN was handling arms monitori [...]
2007-01-25 09:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1744NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 65 DAYS TO GO
[...] (C) During the week of September 10, the Carter Center's observers, USAID partners IFES and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and other Embassy contacts reported increased political party activity in the districts and more momentum at the center to hold the November 22 Constituent Assembl [...]
2007-09-17 12:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1750NEPAL: MAOIST MINISTERS RESIGN FROM INTERIM
[...] (C) Citing the Interim Government's failure to operate as agreed, the four remaining Maoist ministers submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the afternoon of September 18. The Maoists had been threatening to resign on the 18th if their 22 demands, including the im [...]
2007-09-18 11:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1755NEPAL: MAOIST RESIGNATIONS STILL UP IN THE AIR
[...] (C) One day after the September 18 resignations of the four remaining Maoist ministers in Nepal's Interim Government, it is still not clear if the Maoists will leave the cabinet or not. Prime Minister Koirala's nephew and close adviser Dr. Shekhar Koirala told Emboff September 19 that an eigh [...]
2007-09-19 12:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU176AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR PLANS TO MEET WITH MAOISTS
[...] (C) Australian Ambassador Lade told Ambassador Moriarty January 24 that Canberra had authorized him to meet with the Maoists. He conceded that he had no illusions about the Maoists and acknowledged they were continuing their abuses. Nevertheless, the Government of Australia had interests in N [...]
2007-01-26 00:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON ENRG EAID AS NP
07KATHMANDU1783NEPAL CA ELECTION UPDATE: 58 DAYS TO GO
[...] (C) Declaring Nepal a republic before the Constituent Assembly election and switching from the previously agreed upon mixed electoral system to a purely proportional electoral system for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election featured prominently in Maoist pronouncements during the week of Sep [...]
2007-09-24 11:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU179INDO-NEPAL BORDER TOWN SOUNDS OFF ON MAOISTS
[...] (C) In a visit to the Terai border town Nepalgunj January 19, government officials told Emboffs that Maoist activity had stopped in the region and that the government would now solve the problems. The police were struggling to win public approval and noted that now was the time to remind the [...]
2007-01-26 08:10:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1811NEPAL: DRAFT GUIDANCE AND ACTION PLAN IF ELECTION
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARA. 3. 2. (C) Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, his partners in the Interim Government and the Maoists may agree in the coming days to postpone Nepal's Constituent Assembly election, which is currently scheduled for November 22, 2007, until April or May 200 [...]
2007-09-28 11:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KDEM KPAO UN NP
07KATHMANDU1817CA ELECTIONS - TO BE OR NOT TO BE: 51 DAYS
[...] (C) The week of September 24-30 ended with an 11th hour announcement from the Election Commission (EC) that the deadline for candidate nominations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election would be delayed by five days at the request of all seven major parties. The new deadline for submissio [...]
2007-10-01 10:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1833NEPAL'S ELECTION: DO THE COMBATANTS HOLD THE KEY?
[...] (C) In recent days, senior diplomats have told the Ambassador that if Prime Minister Koirala wishes to hold a Constituent Assembly election in November, he must come up immediately with some satisfactory solution on the Maoist combatants. UN Mission in Nepal political adviser John Norris insi [...]
2007-10-04 03:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PTER KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU188PARTY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT A MAOIST DEPUTY
[...] (C) In separate meetings January 22, 23 and 26, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Pashupati Shumsher Rana, and Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal all told the A [...]
2007-01-26 11:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU1922NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN
[...] (C) On October 29, K.B. Rokaya, a Nepali Christian leader who was recently appointed as a member of the National Human Rights Commission at the urging of the Maoists, delivered a letter dated October 28 from Krishna Mahara, in his capacity as a member of the Maoist Central Committee, via Emboff [...]
2007-10-30 10:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1945AS SAUERBREY'S MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER AND
[...] (C) In a meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Sauerbrey November 3, Prime Minister Koirala expressed concern about four aspects of the resettlement program for Bhutanese refugees: the citizenship status of the refugees, speed of the resettlement program (he [...]
2007-11-06 07:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1961NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY BUT
[...] (C) A temporary parliamentary alliance with the center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),gave the Maoists the votes on November 4 to pass their resolution calling for a fully proportional election system. In return the Maoists backed UML's resolution directing the [...]
2007-11-08 09:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1983NEPAL'S POLITICIANS STRUGGLING TO FIND THE WAY
[...] (C) Nepal's peace process, which established an interim government and brought the Maoists into the Parliament, is experiencing a crisis. Despite weeks of talks, the Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists have yet to agree on a new date for the Constituent Assembly election, which was postponed i [...]
2007-11-15 10:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU199NEPAL: UN CONCERNED ABOUT DETERIORATING SITUATION
[...] (C) John Norris, Political Advisor to the Secretary General's Personal Representative Ian Martin, told the DCM on January 25 that the UN was concerned that the deteriorating security situation in the Terai could have an adverse effect on UN arms monitoring operations. Norris said that the Gov [...]
2007-01-29 08:47:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU2005NEPAL'S SOUTHEAST SHOWING IMPROVED SECURITY FOR NOW
[...] (C) Government, police, and party officials in Jhapa (on November 14) and Ilam (on November 15) reported to Emboff that the security situation in their district was manageable. However, all the officials agreed that if the politicians in Kathmandu cannot resolve their current impasse and set a [...]
2007-11-21 09:54:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU2012NEW COMMERCE MINISTER MAY STRAIN MADHESI UNITY
[...] (U) Prime Minister G.P. Koirala swore in Shyam Sundar Gupta of the Madhesi-based Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi (NSP-A) as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies on November 20. The post had been vacant since Rajendra Mahato resigned on September 30 after the Election Commission den [...]
2007-11-26 08:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ECON NP
07KATHMANDU203NEPAL: NC LEADERS SAY SITUATION BAD IN COUNTRYSIDE
[...] (C) On January 25, five Parliamentarians and district leaders of the Nepali Congress Party (NC) and one from the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told the Ambassador that the security situation in the countryside in their districts remained poor. They wanted to see the current Home Minister [...]
2007-01-29 09:03:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU2065NEPAL: MADHESI CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS TO PROTEST
[...] (C) Several senior Madhesis, including Minister of Science and Technology Thakur and three other Members of Parliament, resigned their positions in the Cabinet, Parliament and respective political parties on December 10 to protest the government's failure to address Madhesi concerns. They in [...]
2007-12-11 10:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU21NEPAL: ARMS MONITORING TO START, POLICE MONITORS A
[...] (C) In a January 4 meeting, UN Special Envoy Ian Martin informed Ambassador Moriarty that arms monitoring operations by at least 15 UN monitors would begin o/a January 8 with the remaining contingent of 20 monitors on the ground by mid-January. Martin also reported that recruitment of 111 e [...]
2007-01-05 07:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU210NEPAL REQUESTS EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
[...] (C) On January 25, Post received a letter from Under Secretary for Planning and Procurement Shiva Thapa of the SIPDIS Ministry of Defense requesting delivery to Nepal of all its excess defense articles (EDA). In a conversation with the Office of Defense Cooperation Chief the same day, Secr [...]
2007-01-30 07:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS NP
07KATHMANDU2110NEPAL: NO ELECTION IN TERAI ABSENT PROGRESS
[...] (U) Local political leaders and officials in Danusha District, in the central Terai, opined to Emboffs December 4-5 that without first addressing Madhesi issues of inclusiveness and federalism, holding the Constituent Assembly election would not be possible in the Terai. Despite reinstating [...]
2007-12-21 12:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2118NEPAL: POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED BUT OBSTACLES
[...] (C) On December 23, after a nearly three-month stalemate, the Six-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed a twenty-three-point agreement, which addressed two major Maoist concerns: declaration of the republic and the electoral system. They agreed to revise the Interim Constitution to decl [...]
2007-12-26 12:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2123NEPAL CRIMINALIZES ABDUCTION
[...] At the end of November, the Interim Parliament passed a law making abduction or hostage taking a criminal offense. Those convicted will now face from 4-15 years in prison and a fine ranging from Rupees 25,000 - 200,000 rupees (around USD 400 - 3,200),with longer sentences for crimes involving [...]
2007-12-27 11:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKSEC PHUM PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU2135NEPAL: ALLEGATION OF MASS CREMATION SITE STILL
[...] On December 19, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) members, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) staff, and local human rights representatives went to Shivapuri National Park. At least one, and possibly more, of the 49 Maoists allegedly killed by the Ne [...]
2007-12-31 09:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2138NEPAL: UNMIN COMPLETES VERIFICATION OF MAOIST
[...] (C) On December 27, the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin announced that UNMIN had verified 19,602 members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army and disqualified more than 12,600. In a conversation with the Defense Attache December 28, the Nepal Army's Director of Public Relations [...]
2007-12-31 11:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU2139NEPAL: MAOISTS REJOIN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala appointed five Maoists to Nepal's Interim Government on December 30. With the exception of the new Minister for Women, Children, and Social Welfare, the Maoist ministers returned to portfolios they had held before they resigned in August and September. Additionally [...]
2007-12-31 12:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM PINR NP
07KATHMANDU24NEPAL CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF FEELS BELEAGUERED, SEEKS
[...] (C/NF) In a January 4 meeting with Ambassador Moriarty, Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal worried that armed Maoists were occupying strategic locations in and around Kathmandu and questioned why they had not been sent to cantonment sites. Katawal felt somewhat beleaguered, with little su [...]
2007-01-05 10:31:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU267NEPAL: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TERAI? A SHORT
[...] (C) The Madhesi people believe they have been consistently oppressed in the course of Nepal's social, economic, and political development. The Terai (the lowlands of Nepal where most Madhesis live) is the breadbasket of Nepal, producing most of its agricultural and industrial output, and serv [...]
2007-02-02 10:05:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU316COMMUNIST PARTY OF BHUTAN INTENSIFIES ACTIVITIES
[...] (C/NF) According to several recent reports in the Royal Government of Bhutan's (RGOB) news service and the Indian press, the Communist Party of Bhutan - Marxist Leninist Maoist (CPB) has intensified its activities in the Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal. A close Embassy contact and r [...]
2007-02-07 12:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PREL PGOV PTER BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU326NEPAL: PM'S SPEECH MIGHT CALM TERAI UNREST
[...] (C) At nearly midnight on February 7, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala went on national television to announce a series of steps to meet Madhesi demands and to call for calm in the Terai (his second address to the nation in one week). The speech followed several days of negotiations among [...]
2007-02-08 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU366NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR UPBEAT ABOUT PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C/NF) Dr. Suresh Chalise, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM February 12 that he was confident that the Government of Nepal (GON) would find a solution to the situation in the Terai. The Maoists had been put on the defensive due to the Terai unrest, and the Nepali Cong [...]
2007-02-14 12:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PREF NP
07KATHMANDU367NEPAL: MAOIST RALLY BIG BUT BLAND
[...] (SBU) On February 13, Maoist Supremo Prachanda and other Maoist leaders addressed a rally in Kathmandu, drawing between 150,000 and 200,000 people. The rally was peaceful and well-organized, with security provided by 4,000-5,000 members of the Maoist Youth Communist League. Many of the parti [...]
2007-02-14 12:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER ECON NP
07KATHMANDU423NEPAL: STAFFDEL FITE HEARS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE U.S.
[...] (C) During a visit to Kathmandu from February 20-22, Staffdel Fite heard from various interlocutors that, despite many obstacles and challenges in the months ahead, there was an opportunity for Nepal to achieve a peaceful democracy; the Staffdel also heard that additional funding would be nece [...]
2007-02-23 09:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER OREP NP
07KATHMANDU426NEPAL: THE PERFECT STORM GATHERING
[...] (C) Three issues threaten to coalesce into a "perfect storm" that could blow the winds of change in Nepal in a dangerous direction: Maoist arms management and entry into Nepal's interim government, ethnic unrest in the Terai, and the fate of the monarchy. A derailing of Nepal's peace process [...]
2007-02-23 15:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU427NEPAL: UNMIN COMPLETES ARMS AND COMBATANT
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador February 22, UNMIN chief Ian Martin said that the UN would be releasing final numbers of arms (roughly 3,400) and combatants (roughly 30,000) registered by UNMIN on February 23. The Ambassador emphasized to Martin that he should also release the types of w [...]
2007-02-23 15:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU445FOREIGN MINISTER WORRIES BUT HOME MINISTER
[...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on February 26, Foreign Minister K.P. Oli worried that the Maoists intended to make a grab for power while Home Minister Sitaula hoped that Maoists would enter the political mainstream and renounce violence. Oli believed the Prime Minister would st [...]
2007-02-28 10:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU447NEPAL: NO OBJECTION TO RESETTLEMENT OF BHUTANESE
[...] (C) In separate meetings on February 26, the Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister K.P. Oli and Home Minister K.P. Sitaula on Prime Minister Koirala's February 7 approval of U.S. plans to resettle Bhutanese refugees (reftel). Both ministers were noncommittal, but raised no objections to the U.S [...]
2007-02-28 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU469NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS FEAR UNCERTAIN FUTURE
[...] (C) In separate meetings on February 29 and March 1, leaders of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told the Ambassador they were not optimistic about the prospects for Nepal in light of Maoist insincerity. Political leaders [...]
2007-03-02 11:30:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU480NEPAL: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER HAS HANDS FULL
[...] (C) Speaker Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 1 that he expected the Interim Parliament to amend the Interim Constitution in two phases. The Government of Nepal (GON) was under pressure, he said, to act quickly to translate into action the promises in Prime Minister Koirala's February 7 [...]
2007-03-05 12:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU493SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] Henrietta, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal, at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a fascinating country, great weather, and a talented country team that is getting the Mission fully ready for the 21st century. You will also find a country that i [...]
2007-03-07 11:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PGOV NP PREL
07KATHMANDU512NEPAL: FORMER PRIME MINISTER OFFERS DIRE
[...] (C) Three-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa agreed with the Ambassador March 8 that the government was not acting quickly enough to resolve the Terai unrest or negotiate with other ethnic groups. Thapa worried that the Indian government would become involved if the situation wors [...]
2007-03-09 11:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU530UNDER SECRETARY FORE DECRIES LAW AND ORDER VACUUM
[...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore voiced her concern about the poor law and order situation in Nepal to Prime Minister Koirala. The Prime Minister acknowledged the problem. He told the Under Secretary and the Ambassador that one reason was the failure by the Maoists to meet their [...]
2007-03-12 12:05:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU550UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO
[...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic minorities and other historically disadvantaged groups. The Prime Minister responded that he had asked Subash Nemwa [...]
2007-03-15 09:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU551UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO
[...] (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF KATHMANDU 550. CORRECTION IN FINAL PARAGRAPH (COMMENT). Summary ------- 2. (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic [...]
2007-03-15 10:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU568NEPALI CONGRESS VICE PRESIDENT INSISTS ON
[...] (C) Sushil Koirala, Vice President of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's Nepali Congress Party (NC),told the Deputy Chief of Mission March 14 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had taken Maoist Supremo Prachanda's allegation of a royalist threat against U.S. officials very seriously. Koirala, who [...]
2007-03-19 07:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU581HOME MINISTER WILL ASK PRACHANDA TO INSTRUCT CADRE
[...] (C) On March 17, the Ambassador stressed to Home Minister Sitaula that, although he considered Maoist Supremo Prachanda's March 8 allegation of a royalist plot to kill U.S. officials (reftel) to be a hoax, the U.S. remained concerned. The Ambassador expressed appreciation for Prime Minister K [...]
2007-03-20 12:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU583NEPAL: THE ROYAL QUESTION
[...] (C/NF) Royal family confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador March 19 that King Gyanendra had been discussing abdication but had yet to make a decision. Meanwhile, mixed messages from India had not clarified the King's thinking. Rana also relayed that former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur T [...]
2007-03-21 06:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU589NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR ACKNOWLEDGES PEACE PROCESS AT
[...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty encouraged Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng March 19 to support fully Prime Minister Koirala's efforts to prevent Maoist entry into an interim government until Maoist behavior improved. Toreng worried, however, that the widening credibility gap between the Seven-Party [...]
2007-03-21 11:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PREL PGOV PREF UN BH NP
07KATHMANDU60NEPAL: GON HAS NO PLAN FOR DEALING WITH MAOISTS
[...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Charge January 10 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had no plan on how to handle the Maoists once they joined the interim parliament. He insisted, however, that Prime Minister Koirala would stand firm and not allow th [...]
2007-01-11 08:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU61NEPAL: INTERIM PARLIAMENTARY CHALLENGES ABOUND
[...] (C) In a meeting on January 10, Subash Nemwang, Speaker of the House of Representatives, told Charge that he was optimistic about the peace process, but expected difficulties in the interim parliament. Nemwang told Charge about the logistics of the upcoming promulgation of the interim constit [...]
2007-01-11 08:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU614PRACHANDA ORDERS CADRE NOT TO HARM U.S. OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's nephew Dr. Shekhar Koirala told Emboff March 21 that, per the U.S. request, Maoist Supremo Prachanda had verbally conveyed to Maoist cadre that same day that they should not harm U.S. officials. According to Dr. Koirala, Prachanda finally issued the order after the [...]
2007-03-22 11:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU619UN WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE; JUNE ELECTIONS NOT
[...] (C) UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal Ian Martin briefed Kathmandu-based Chiefs of Mission on March 22, expressing appreciation for the outcome of the UNMIN budget exercise. Martin worried that ethnic and communal violence in Nepal was rising and doubted that the Governm [...]
2007-03-23 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MCAP NP
07KATHMANDU638PARTIES AND MAOISTS JOCKEYING FOR MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Nepal's three major legitimate political parties and the Maoists have spent much of the past few days publicly squabbling over the division of ministries in a long-awaited interim government. The Interim Government's first decision will be to choose the date for Constituent Assembly elect [...]
2007-03-26 12:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU653NEPAL: PEACE NEGOTIATOR EXPECTS FORMATION OF
[...] (C) Pradip Gyawali, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) representative on the Government talks team with the Maoists, told the Ambassador March 28 that he expected the formation of an interim government would be delayed until after the South Asian Association for Region [...]
2007-03-29 09:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAIR ETRD SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU668PRIME MINISTER UNEASY ABOUT FORMING INTERIM
[...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador March 30 that he faced tremendous pressure to form an interim government with the Maoists before he departed April 1 for New Delhi to attend the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit. Koirala said he was being pressed by [...]
2007-03-30 16:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU669NEPAL: INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH MAOISTS SWORN IN,
[...] (C) On April 1, after days of bickering between the parties, Prime Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala administered the oath of office to an interim Nepali government. The 16 ministers and five state ministers include five Maoists. Koirala once again kept the defense mini [...]
2007-04-01 14:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU676REACTION ON FORMATION OF INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Political leaders offered mixed reactions to the formation of the 22-member interim government headed by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (reftel). Although the leaders were largely supportive of the formation of an interim government, they were not pleased with the reappointment o [...]
2007-04-02 13:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR NP
07KATHMANDU678INDIAN AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS JUNE ELECTIONS AND LAW
[...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador April 2 that he supported Prime Minister Koirala's decision to hold Constituent Assembly elections by June 20. He suggested, however, that the GON might have to stagger the elections. The Ambassador replied that the U.S. would do everything [...]
2007-04-03 11:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU698AMBASSADOR TO OHCHR, DIP CORPS: TOUGH MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) On April 3, the Ambassador urged Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),to send a stronger message to the Maoists. The Ambassador stressed that it was important for the Maoists to know that, if the Constituent Assembly elec [...]
2007-04-04 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU719AMBASSADOR URGES BRITISH TO SEND MAOISTS MESSAGE
[...] (C) On April 5 British Ambassador Hall, briefed the Ambassador on the April 2-5 visit to Nepal by Gareth Thomas, UK International Development Minister, and the additional British Pound (BP) 13 million (USD 25.6 million) in aid Thomas had promised to the Government of Nepal's (GON) Peace Trust [...]
2007-04-06 12:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID UK NP
07KATHMANDU720NEPAL: COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION
[...] (C) Nepal will need significant assistance if its planned June 20 Constituent Assembly election is to have a chance of success. Our work in the coming 75 days falls into four main categories: support for the Election Commission and the security forces, support for voter education, diplomatic [...]
2007-04-06 13:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU728SECOND PHASE OF MAOIST COMBATANT REGISTRATION
[...] (C) A Nepali journalist told the Ambassador April 5 that, on a recent tour of one of the Maoist cantonments, he had observed military training of new People's Liberation Army (PLA) recruits. He claimed that many of the PLA's most skilled combatants remained outside the UN-monitored camps; mos [...]
2007-04-09 12:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU739AFTER PUSHING FOR AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, INDIANS
[...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador April 9 that the re-appointment of Krishna Prasad Sitaula as Home Minister would exacerbate existing tensions in the Terai and make it more difficult to impose law and order. They also agreed that problems remained with t [...]
2007-04-10 12:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PREF BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU741NEPAL: DIFFICULT TO HOLD ELECTION ON TIME
[...] (C) Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES Nepal, and Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),told the Ambassador April 6 that holding the Constituent Assembly (CA) election by the proposed June 20 date would be difficult. Erben outlined the major technical [...]
2007-04-10 12:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU753UNMIN CHIEF PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL BE POSTPONED
[...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),told the Ambassador April 10 that he expected Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel to state publicly soon that the Constituent Assembly election would have to be postponed until the fall. Martin said Communist P [...]
2007-04-12 10:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU76NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST AGREE MAOISTS
[...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that the Maoists were effectively in control of their districts. The only difference between the Maoists before the April 2006 cease-fire and after the cease-fire [...]
2007-01-12 09:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU761PRIME MINISTER SAYS ELECTION DELAY LIKELY,
[...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador April 13 that an election delay was likely. The Ambassador acknowledged that free and fair elections now would be difficult, noting that security in the country remained poor and marginalized ethnic groups continued to feel excluded from the poli [...]
2007-04-13 11:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MASS ETRD IN BT NP
07KATHMANDU762ELECTION COMMISSION CALLS FOR ELECTION DELAY;
[...] (C) IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Ambassador April 13 that Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel had given a letter to Prime Minister Koirala stating that a Constituent Assembly election could not be held by June 20. Pokhrel and his fellow commissioners were asking f [...]
2007-04-13 12:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU77NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST--WHAT'S NEXT?
[...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that they trusted the police as a legitimate force to restore security and lamented the fact that the police were not allowed to do their jobs. There was, for the [...]
2007-01-12 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID NP
07KATHMANDU78BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK
[...] (C) In recent meetings with Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet, UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham, and Core Group Chair and Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade, RefCoord promoted coordinated donor action to encourage the Government of Nepal (GON) to adopt a resettlement policy. Basnet [...]
2007-01-12 09:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV BH NP AS
07KATHMANDU8082006 END-USE MONITORING REPORT FOR NEPAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 11:41:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KCRM KWMN EFIN PGOV EAID NP
07KATHMANDU809CORE GROUP MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON
[...] (C) In a meeting April 20 with Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, members of the Core Group representing the U.S., Australia, Canada, Denmark and Norway laid out the basis for technical discussions on third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. FM Pradhan emphasized the need to repatriate [...]
2007-04-20 12:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU82NEPAL: STUDENT LEADERS TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
[...] (C) Student leaders from four districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25, 2006 that they were ready for change in Nepal's political system. Students lamented the fact that they had no option outside of the mainstream political parties for having their voice [...]
2007-01-12 10:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU825NEPAL: ELECTION PROCESS FLAWED, MAOISTS BENEFIT
[...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),and Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES, told the Ambassador that the election process thus far had been flawed -- to the Maoists' advantage. The new constituencies t [...]
2007-04-23 13:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU826NEPAL: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE MODEL IS UNDER DEBATE
[...] (C) Retief Olivier, a USAID-contracted peace facilitator, told the Ambassador April 20 about a 10-person official delegation headed by Deputy Speaker Chitra Lekha Yadav that he was taking to the United Nations in New York as well as Peru April 22 - May 1 to look at transitional justice issues. [...]
2007-04-23 13:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID PTER CVIS UN SF NP
07KATHMANDU830CENTER-LEFT LEADER SAYS MAOISTS DIFFICULT TO
[...] (C) MK Nepal, General Secretary of the center-left Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),told the Ambassador April 21 that he believed there was an internal struggle within the Maoist ranks that made it difficult to predict their next move. MK Nepal reiterated his frust [...]
2007-04-24 11:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU858NEPAL: PM SAYS NOVEMBER ELECTION LIKELY; POLICE
[...] (C) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala told the Ambassador April 27 that the eight parties would set a date for the Constituent Assembly election "very soon," likely for late November 2007 following Nepal's autumn holidays. The Ambassador stressed that an election date announcement was ke [...]
2007-04-27 13:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU859CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SAYS MAOISTS CAN'T BE TRUSTED
[...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Katawal (COAS) told the Ambassador April 27 that the Maoists could not be trusted and stressed that the Nepal Army (NA) had to be kept intact. For law and order to be restored, a new Home Minister would have to be appointed. Katawal expressed his gratitude for [...]
2007-04-28 07:18:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU883NEPAL: POLITICO PREDICTS BAD TIMES AHEAD
[...] (C) Dr. Narayan Khadka, Central Committee Member of the Nepali Congress-Democratic Party (NC-D),told Emboff April 30 that Nepal was heading in a bad direction with the Maoists poised to take control. Prime Minister Koirala had been acting alone, and all the main parties in the coalition gove [...]
2007-05-03 11:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU884MPRF EXPECTS TO DOMINATE THE VOTE IN THE TERAI
[...] (C) Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Nepali lawyer and second-in-command of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),told Emboff May 1 that the MPRF had recently registered as a political party and had been gaining strength in the Terai (along Nepal's southern border with India),especially in the wes [...]
2007-05-03 11:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU914FAR-LEFT LEADER APPOINTED MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND
[...] (SBU) On April 29, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala appointed People's Front Nepal (PFN) leader Giriraj Mani Pokharel as Minister for Health and Population. Although the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed that the far-left party would have two representatives in the Interim C [...]
2007-05-08 11:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR EAID NP
07KATHMANDU919SOLIDIFYING NEPAL'S SUPPORT FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE
[...] (SBU) During their visit to Nepal April 23 - 28, Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Deputy Director for Asia and the Near East Larry Bartlett and PRM Deputy Director for Admissions Jan Belz met with key Government of Nepal (GON) officials to solidify GON support for the Bhutanese refugee [...]
2007-05-09 11:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU92PM KOIRALA ASKS FOR U.S. ADVICE ON COMMUNISTS AND
[...] (C/NF) Prime Minister GP Koirala told the Ambassador January 17 that he planned to tell Maoist Supremo Prachanda later the same day in plain terms that, with the Maoists in the interim parliament, the time had come for them to end their violence and extortion and dissolve their "people's gover [...]
2007-01-17 11:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PREF MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU96NEPAL: JAPANESE TO ASSESS AREAS FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) On January 17, Ambassador Moriarty met with Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tsutomu Hiraoka to discuss U.S. and Japanese assistance plans as a follow up to their December meeting (reftel). Now that the Security Council was close to a resolution on Nepal, Hiraoka reported, Japan's Director [...]
2007-01-18 07:54:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID JA NP
07KATHMANDU972DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE
[...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points on May 10 to Mani Battarai, Section Officer for the United Nations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing the importance of Nepal's continued cooperation with the World Health Association (WHA) on the issues of pandemic influenza preparedness a [...]
2007-05-16 12:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALTBIO ARC PREL KFLU WHO NP
07KATHMANDU974NEPAL'S HOME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEMS, BUT
[...] (C) Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula suggested to the Ambassador May 15 that the security situation had improved. Nepal Police had taken action against the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) in three districts, but police were ill-equipped to effectively implement law and order. The Amba [...]
2007-05-16 12:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PTER PHUM MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU975INDIAN AMBASSADOR AGREES ON NEED FOR LAW AND ORDER
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador May 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee was hopeful that problems with the Madhesi rights groups would be resolved soon, but pessimistic about the law and order situation in Nepal generally. Mukherjee noted that Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandr [...]
2007-05-16 12:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU988NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA FEISTY, FRUSTRATED
[...] (C) On May 17, Prime Minister Koirala expressed his frustration to the Ambassador with the Maoist failure to change their behavior since joining the Interim Government. Koirala said he was determined to enforce law and order and to crack down on the criminal activities of the Maoist Young Comm [...]
2007-05-17 11:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU989AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE LOST: U.S.
[...] (SBU) Mr. Deputy Secretary, during our recent consultation in Washington, you requested that I send you my reflections on how the new foreign assistance reform process was working for Nepal. As we discussed, a historic window of opportunity has opened in Nepal to ensure its transition to a pea [...]
2007-05-17 13:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID UDEM NP
07KATHMANDU990NEPAL: CARTER CENTER WORRIED ABOUT THE TERAI
[...] (C) On May 7, Peter Burleigh, Carter Center consultant, described the situation in the Terai as one of fundamental insecurity. Burleigh told the Charge d'Affaires that the Government of Nepal (GON) needed to set a firm date for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and expressed concern over [...]
2007-05-18 05:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KHARTOUM1 Sudan/Uganda/DRC: Special Envoy for LRA Issues Returning
[...] (SBU) The UNSYG's special envoy for areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano, is tentatively planning return to the region January 11-22 for extensive consultations. Government of Southern Sudan-brokered peace talks, now in recess, are expecte [...]
2007-01-03 04:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SU CG UG PREL
07KHARTOUM1006DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: UN/AU UPDATE ON THE EVE OF
[...] (SBU) On the eve of the June 25 ministerial summit in Paris, United Nations and African Union representatives in Khartoum provided detailed updates on the Darfur political process. They said that the immediate focus should be on repairing the rift between the Darfur rebels' political and mili [...]
2007-06-25 08:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM1036DARFUR SAGE EXPOUNDS ON SOME UNCOMFORTABLE GROUND
[...] (C) CDA caught up with Al-Fasher University Professor Abdulajabbar Abdullah Fadul, probably the single most knowledgeable Darfuri academic alive today, on June 28 right before his departure for London to participate in a panel on social science research methods on Darfur. ------------------- [...]
2007-06-29 10:36:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1037IRC PRESIDENT SEES TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN GOS
[...] (SBU) CDA met with International Rescue Committee President George Rupp and his visiting delegation (and IRC Country Representative Nicky Smith) to get a sense of their week-long stay in Sudan and interaction with the GOS. The delegation was generally quite pleased with their meetings with GO [...]
2007-07-01 09:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1047DARFUR POLITICAL PROCESS: UN/AU PLANS STILL LACK
[...] (C) In advance of the Darfur summit meeting scheduled for Tripoli July 15-16, the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) are assessing the viability of two parallel efforts to energize the Darfur political process: a conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories hosted by the [...]
2007-07-02 13:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER
07KHARTOUM1049OUT WITH THE DINAR, IN WITH THE POUND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 30, the Central Bank of Sudan came one step closer to converting its currency, announcing that the dinar is now invalid in commercial transactions. Although the general public can still trade in dinars at banks until September 1 of this year, vendors are no longer oblig [...]
2007-07-03 09:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM105KHARTOUM CDA PRESENTS CASE ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) On January 24 CDA Hume met Presidential Adviser Mustafa Ismail in the airport's VIP departure lounge to ask that President Bashir not submit his candidacy for AU Chairman. Hume explained that, with AU troops still in Darfur, a Bashir candidacy would present questions of a conflict of inte [...]
2007-01-24 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AU SU
07KHARTOUM1051BETWEEN DEFIANCE AND COMPLIANCE - THE KHARTOUM
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with a wide range of local players and observers reveal a Sudanese regime that is aggressively honing its survival strategy in the wake of its apparently real but very reluctant acceptance of the UN/AU Hybrid Force. Seeking to navigate a "middle path" between outrig [...]
2007-07-03 11:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM106SAVING THE NORTH/SOUTH PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),the keystone of U.S. policy toward Sudan, is at risk. The death of John Garang, the south,s charismatic leader, and the marginalization of Vice President Ali Osman Taha, the co-architect of the peace agreement, have taken vision and energ [...]
2007-01-24 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM1060DARFUR: IMPROVING AMIS UNDER AGWAI
[...] (SBU) With the arrival of the new AMIS force commander, the international community has the opportunity to strengthen the security provisions of the DPA to increase stability on the ground. U.S. leadership could lead to substantive improvements in the operation of the Cease-fire Commission an [...]
2007-07-05 09:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1066UN ENVOY ELIASSON BRIEFING ON AU/UN ROADMAP
[...] (SBU) In a July 6 briefing for chiefs of mission in advance of the upcoming Tripoli meetings (July 15-16),UN Secretary -General Special Envoy for Darfur Mr. Jan Eliasson discussed recent efforts made in support of the three-phased AU/UN roadmap. He described the "convergence" phase of the road [...]
2007-07-08 11:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1083FACILITATING SPLM DARFUR INITIATIVE: GAME PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Confusion over the UN/AU roadmap and SPLM initiative persists despite face-to-face meetings between SPLM and UN/AU officials. Both the UN/AU and the SPLM have not communicated their plans clearly enough to each other to eliminate misunderstandings. As a result, the SPLM plans t [...]
2007-07-11 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1090SUDAN OFFICIALS DIFFER ON DARFUR PKO, POLITICAL
[...] (C) On July 12, Special Envoy Natsios met separately with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie, and Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs (and UN/AU hybrid negotiator) Mutriff Siddiq to discuss deployment of the hybrid peace-keeping force and bolster UN/AU efforts to ach [...]
2007-07-13 10:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM1091S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...]
2007-07-13 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUSAU ET
07KHARTOUM1094S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR (CORRECTED COPY OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...]
2007-07-13 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU AU
07KHARTOUM1097MINAWI PROPOSES U.S.-NCP DIALOGUE, DISCUSSES
[...] (S/NF) Reporting on recent conversations with two senior National Congress Party (NCP) figures, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi has renewed a previous proposal to facilitate a regular dialogue between the CDA and the NCP on the Darfur c [...]
2007-07-15 12:33:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SU UN AU
07KHARTOUM1100MINAWI TO S/E NATSIOS: IDP CAMPS POLITICIZED FROM
[...] (C) During a meeting with Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi, Special Envoy Natsios solicited insights on the UN/AU political process, rival SLM leader Abdulwahid al-Nur, and widespread reports of the resettlement of Chadian Arab groups in [...]
2007-07-15 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1105SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS JULY 11 MEETING WITH SPLM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Envoy met with GOSS senior officials Luka Biong Deng, Paul Mayom, and Cirino Hiteng to discuss the status of CPA implementation, U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Abyei impasse, road development in the South, and the SPLM's efforts on Darfur. Despite the u [...]
2007-07-16 06:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM EPET EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1109NCP OFFICIAL IMPLICATES U.S. IN ALLEGED COUP
[...] (SBU) Influential regime hard-liner Nafie Ali Nafie has implicated the USG in a coup plot that the Sudanese Government claims to have disrupted on July 14. Speaking on Al Jazeera, the Presidential Assistant and former director of the security services accused the U.S. of supporting an attempt [...]
2007-07-16 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1119 SUDAN - S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH NGOS
[...] Summary: On July 12, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Alberto Fernandez and others, met with the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee in Khartoum to discuss issues facing the humanitarian community in Sudan. The NGOs noted that the Joint Communiq [...]
2007-07-18 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1129DARFUR: UN/AU PLANS FOR POLITICAL PROCESS SHOW
[...] (C) A July 19 briefing by UN Envoy Jan Eliasson in Khartoum and subsequent conversations with two UN staffers shed light on the UN/AU's plans for the August 3-5 meeting in Arusha, the role of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),and internal deliberations on the format for negotiatio [...]
2007-07-20 12:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1132ARAB TRIBAL RESETTLEMENT IN DARFUR ISSUE MORE
[...] (SBU) The much-anticipated report by the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) on the influx of Arabs from Chad into Darfur will determine their legal status rather than assess whether the Sudanese Government has launched a program to resettle Chadian Arabs in the region, according to UNHCR D [...]
2007-07-22 15:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM EAID SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM1133DARFUR: MINAWI DESCRIBES SAUDI TRIP, PREVIEWS TRIP
[...] (S) Buoyant after his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi described his visit to Jeddah--which had included a rare 40-minute private meeting with King Abdullah and promises of financial support for the SLM--as " [...]
2007-07-22 15:26:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR SU SA UN AU
07KHARTOUM1134SLM TRIAL BEGINS FOR DEADLY MARCH CONFRONTATION IN
[...] (C) The trial of five members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) involved in the Spring confrontation with Sudanese security services in Khartoum began July 2. SLM Legal Advisor Abdulaziz Sam told Poloff on July 19 that the five are accused of killing three policemen and wounding six afte [...]
2007-07-22 15:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1135SPLM Diaspora Conference in Juba
[...] Summary: Over 100 Sudanese Diaspora SPLM members participated in the First Sudan People's Liberation Movement Chapters' Conference. The purpose of the conference was to familiarize Sudanese Diaspora members with the reality in Southern Sudan, to mobilize resources and, if possible, to draw upon [...]
2007-07-23 05:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM1150BASHIR IN DARFUR: UNITY, STABILITY, DEVELOPMENT,
[...] (C) President Bashir and members of the Sudanese cabinet made an unprecedented trip to Darfur July 21-23 in an attempt to portray the region as stable, emphasize the unity of the Sudanese people, underscore the need for development, and call for the return of the internally displaced to their [...]
2007-07-24 14:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM116DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONF INCHES FORWARD, THREAT
[...] (C) The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur is inching forward. In a meeting on January 25 with S/CRS Poloff, North Darfur Wali Yousef Kibir said that a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) general from Khartoum met with local military commanders and poli [...]
2007-01-26 09:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1174MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE MINISTER CLAIMS 24 JEWISH GROUPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 26 the Arabic pro-government "Al-Rai' Al-Aam" reprinted an interview with Sudanese Minister of Defense Abdelrahim Hussein in which he claims that 24 Jewish organizations are provoking the conflict in Darfur. In the article, reprinted from an earlier interview from the i [...]
2007-07-29 11:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM118U.S./SUDANESE RELATIONS: IN A LONG WAR, NO QUICK
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy toward Sudan confronts a fundamental contradiction: although legally Sudan is organized as a nation-state, in reality Khartoum is an Arab capital struggling to rule a vast African hinterland. Ethnic conflict, economic change, and the declining legitimacy of Khartoum' [...]
2007-01-26 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KDEM SCUL AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM119CHINA IN SUDAN: RISING DRAGON OR PAPER TIGER?
[...] (C) Summary: China has quickly become Sudan's most important market, absorbing nearly 70 percent of its total exports in 2004, and 96 percent of its oil exports in 2005. Chinese investment and immigration have risen sharply in the past five years, especially in Khartoum, creating a kind of Ch [...]
2007-01-26 11:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI SU CH
07KHARTOUM1210SUDAN FLOODING UPDATE
[...] Summary. The Government of National Unity (GNU),Government of South Sudan (GOSS),and humanitarian community continue to respond to flooding that has affected hundreds of thousands of people throughout Sudan in July. The GNU Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) estimates that flooding has dama [...]
2007-08-05 12:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1262MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FLOOD RELIEF PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8, the AmEmbassy held a press conference highlighting the U.S. contribution to Sudanese flood relief. The USG airlifted 1300 rolls of plastic sheeting valued at over one-half million U.S. dollars that will help provide shelter to 78,000 individuals in flood-affected a [...]
2007-08-13 07:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1337DARFUR: USG CAN SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESSFUL UN/AU
[...] (SBU) The United Nations and African Union have developed a timetable for the Darfur political process that culminates in negotiations between the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories and the Sudanese Government in early October. However, unrealistic expectations of the outcome of thes [...]
2007-08-23 13:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU LY ER CD CH
07KHARTOUM1372CODEL JACKSON-LEE'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 28 courtesy call, Codel Jackson-Lee briefed Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol on their visit to Darfur. The delegation also urged the expeditious implementation of UNSCR 1769, full implementation of the CPA, unfettered access for humanitarian NGOs, expedited [...]
2007-08-30 15:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1384ON EVE OF UNSYG VISIT, UN CHIEF DISCUSSES NCP,
[...] (C) Noting that the relationship between Sudan and the UN had improved in the last year, the UN Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General told CDA Fernandez that UNSYG Ban Ki Moon's September 4-8 visit comes at an ideal time to sustain momentum on the Darfur peace process, pave th [...]
2007-09-04 06:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM1385SUDAN - FLOOD RESPONSE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] Summary. Since June, flooding has affected more than 91,000 people in Lakes, Warrab, Unity, Upper Nile, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, and Jonglei states in Southern Sudan, according to the U.N. It is unclear whether the floods are worse than in previous years; however, non-governmental organizati [...]
2007-09-04 08:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1386MINAWI: "WE WILL NOT BE VICTIMIZED"
[...] (U) See para. 10 for recommendation. 2. (S/NF) In a recent meeting with CDA Fernandez, SLM leader Minni Minawi lamented the loss of international support for the DPA and warned that "we will not be victimized." While supportive of enhancing the agreement in the context of upcoming negotiat [...]
2007-09-04 09:57:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER UN AU SU SA
07KHARTOUM1403IMF RESREP BRIEFS SUDAN DONOR COMMUNITY ON CURRENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep described 2006 as a &challenging8 year for Sudan, as the government, with only limited success, wrestled with a combination of growing expenditure commitments and disappointing revenues. As a whole the economy grew by a robust 12%. A one-time, 300% jump in inflati [...]
2007-09-05 15:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL IMF IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM1411UN/AU, SPLM IRONICALLY OUT OF STEP ON DARFUR
[...] (C) The UN/AU and the SPLM are proceeding along two parallel tracks in their political initiatives for Darfur. While the SPLM hopes to hold a meeting in Southern Sudan in the next two weeks to bring unity to the SLM and prepare the movement for negotiations, the UN/AU have positioned themselve [...]
2007-09-06 12:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM142 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Advance Team for
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for the advance team for former President and Mrs. Carter and delegation to Khartoum and Juba on February 3 to 13, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. Th [...]
2007-01-30 15:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM143SO. SUDAN: UPDATE ON UNMIS PKO KILLING AND LRA
[...] (C) Summary: A January 26 ambush of a UN peacekeeping convoy southeast of Juba left one Indian peacekeeper dead and one injured. The Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is suspected of responsibility for the attack. The incident follows a breakdown in peace talks between the LRA [...]
2007-01-30 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM SU UG CG KE
07KHARTOUM1432AL-SAMANI: SUDAN READY FOR THE HYBRID
[...] (C) Summary: Reiterating Sudan's committment to the hybrid force in a September 11 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani said the ball was now squarely in the UN's court. Appealing to the perceived close relationship between the US and the south, al-Sa [...]
2007-09-11 15:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1461UN/AU UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS IN LEAD-UP TO
[...] (SBU) One week before the September 21 meeting on Darfur in New York, the UN/AU provided an update on the peace process for representatives in Khartoum. With the exception of a proposed meeting of Darfur rebel leaders in N'djamena from September 16-17, the UN/AU provided few details on its pl [...]
2007-09-17 12:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU CD LY SU
07KHARTOUM1477NEW--AND GROWING--CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Calls for an independent Darfur--infrequent in the past--have now taken a more prominent place in the region's political discourse. In a recent television interview, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim warned that the failure of negotiations with the Sudanese Gover [...]
2007-09-19 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN AU US SU
07KHARTOUM1497U/S SIDDIQ: TRIPOLI IS THE LAST CHANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and the Sudanese government's UNSCR 1769 implementation coordinator Dr. Mutrif Siddiq called Sudanese support for the resolution "unanimous." Any delays or question regarding UNAMID deployment were [...]
2007-09-24 08:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM15GOS BOMBS VILLAGES AFTER AU OUTREACH TO REBEL
[...] (C) Summary: As an outgrowth of the December 15 Cease Fire Commission and with the support of UNMIS, the AU Force Commander traveled to Um Rai in North Darfur to meet with non-signatory rebel commanders on December 28. He reportedly obtained an agreement by the rebels to join the second chamb [...]
2007-01-04 12:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1509SPLM TO PROCEED WITH DARFUR INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Despite the failure of recent overtures to Darfur rebel leader Abdulwahid al Nur, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) intends to proceed with an initiative in the next 10 days to prepare Darfur's rebel groups for negotiations scheduled to begin in Libya at the end of October, a [...]
2007-09-26 12:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1539S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Meeting with S/E Natsios in Nyala on September 30, South Darfur Governor Ali Mahmoud explained that the current conflict had exacerbated tribal divisions. He criticized the peace process for re-inforcing these divisions and warned that if the parties to the conflict participated in nego [...]
2007-10-03 06:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1540MEETING WITH S/E NATSIOS, FUR LEADERS ENDORSE
[...] (SBU) From the Fur stronghold in West Darfur, influential Fur leaders told S/E Natsios that Abdulwahid Al Nur remains their sole legitimate representative and that six maximalist conditions affecting security, compensation, and land must be met before they can participate in peace negotiations [...]
2007-10-03 08:02:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1541 CFC WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24: NO MEETINGS BUT WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Neither the First nor Second Chamber of the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) met the week of September 24 because Force Commander Agwai had left for Nigeria and Deputy Force Commander Karake was traveling the area of operation. The working group, however, addressed the two general topics of i [...]
2007-10-03 10:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1548S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH SOUTH DARFUR'S WARRING ARAB
[...] (SBU) In a visit to South Darfur, S/E Natsios met with representatives of two warring Arab tribes, the Turjum and the Rizeigat, to explore the antecedents to their internal-tribal conflict, discuss the prospects of reconciliation, and encourage a cessation of hostilities and support for the de [...]
2007-10-04 13:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM155DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONFERENCE IN FLUX
[...] (C) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) again postponed the conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur to February 5 due to logistical problems in transporting the commanders to the event site, having already moved 24 commanders to North Darfur on [...]
2007-02-01 16:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM1554SPLM TELLS S/E NATSIOS NCP IMMUNE TO PRESSURE, IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-06 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1563S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH UN ENVOY ON EVE OF STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) On the eve of a UN and AU retreat in Addis Ababa to strategize on the Darfur political process, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson told S/E Natsios that the first order of business for the Darfur peace negotiations will be achieving a cessation of hostilities. It is important to "stay the course" de [...]
2007-10-08 10:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM1569S/E NATSIOS, MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) S/E Natsios and Presidential Advisor Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie agreed that they have low expectations for the initial Darfur peace talks in Tripoli, but hope that it may start a process that will eventually bear fruit. Nafie responded defensively to S/E Natsios, proposal for a package of confi [...]
2007-10-08 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM157SO. SUDAN: SOUTH'S MINISTRY OF FINANCE WRACKED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The troubled finance ministry in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) has been hit by new allegations of corruption. The latest dispute concerns $60 million in interim payments from Khartoum to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),most of which the SPLM believes was [...]
2007-02-04 11:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KCRT SU
07KHARTOUM1581UNMIS HEAD TO S/E NATSIOS: SPLM MUST EMPOWER ITSELF
[...] (SBU) The SPLM must develop strategies that empower the party within the Government of National Unity over the next three years or risk irrelevance, UNMIS head Taye Brooke-Zerihoun told S/E Natsios. Support for the SPLM is "wide and deep" in Northern Sudan and the movement must "flex its musc [...]
2007-10-09 09:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UN SU
07KHARTOUM1585 DEMARCHE REQUEST: ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Note: This cable contains an action request. Please see para 4. End note. The Arab League, the government of Sudan and other regional entities are planning an Arab donors conference on Darfur to be held October 30-31 in Khartoum. Foreign Minister Lam Akol and presidential advisor Mustafa [...]
2007-10-09 12:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1588GENERAL AGWAI: MONTHLY SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES A
[...] (C) On October 9, CDA met with African Union (AU) force commander Lt. General Martin Agwai Also present were DATT and poloff (notetaker). Agwai said that problems with the MSA could spark future unrest amongst rebel forces, that he believed that the Haskanita attack may have been the result [...]
2007-10-09 14:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1589`S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with S/E Natsios, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail charged that a hostile United States has poisoned the atmosphere, and that the U.S. must prove itself a neutral partner before Sudan can accept its proposals to reduce tensions between North and South. S/ [...]
2007-10-09 14:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1600 SUDAN - DISASTER REDECLARATION
[...] The humanitarian situation in Sudan continues to warrant U.S. Government (USG) assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected civilian populations throughout the country. USG humanitarian assistance in Sudan saves lives, mitigates the economic impact of conflict on livelih [...]
2007-10-11 06:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1649SOUTH SUDAN GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO CONSTRUCT A
[...] (SBU) Budgetary planning by the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) is hampered by excessive personnel costs and dependence on unreliable revenue sources. The GoSS is working to correct these deficiencies, but faces an uphill struggle given a lack of institutional capacity and likely resistance [...]
2007-10-23 12:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1653 SPLM TO DIPLOMATS: NCP MUST ACT ON OUR DEMANDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM leaders, principally Deputy Chairman Malik Agar, told members of the diplomatic community that the SPLM believed that they had no choice but to suspend ministerial level participation in the GoNU in order to pressure the NCP to act on SPLM core issues. The SPLM blamed NCP [...]
2007-10-24 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM166 Fiscal Federalism Comes to Sudan
[...] (U) Summary: The Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC),created under the CPA, has the responsibility to establish an entirely new, decentralized, federal, financial system. The first transfers to the 25 state governments under this new fiscal federalism are to tak [...]
2007-02-05 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1660SPLM STRATEGY FOCUSED ON NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. October 25, CDA Fernandez and poloff (notetaker) met with GOSS President Affairs Minister Luka Biong Deng, SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yasir Arman, and SPLM Deputy Chairman Malik Agar. Luka expressed satisfaction that the SPLM successfully raised the alarm about the non-implemen [...]
2007-10-25 13:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1673FORMER DARFUR GOVERNOR SUGGESTS POSSIBLE NCP PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and Pol/Econ Chief met October 27 with the Governor of Khartoum State Dr. Abdel Halim Mutaafi. The Governor provided insights on the Darfur conflict and made suggestions on how it might be resolved. Mutaafi is the former Governor of Darfur State and is married t [...]
2007-10-29 14:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1680 UNREST AND TURMOIL IN CAMPS CREATE SUSPICIONS OF GOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1684AMIS INVESTIGATION REPORT ON HASKANITA ATTACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: An informal Ceasefire Commission (CFC) report on the Haskanita attack blames SLA/Unity and JEM for the unprovoked assault. Rebel superior firepower and AMIS poor readiness and communications capability contributed to the worst battlefield loss since the deployment of AMIS. End s [...]
2007-10-31 07:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PMIL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM17UN LIGHT PACKAGE IN DARFUR NEEDS AN ENERGIZER
[...] (C) Summary: A January 3 visit to El Fasher revealed numerous problems with the initial deployment of the UN light package. As reported septel, the small initial UN military contingent has yet to be integrated with the AMIS peace-keeping force. The UN police contingent is trying to define a [...]
2007-01-04 12:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM170DARFUR: STATUS OF THE NON-SIGNATORIES
[...] (C) Summary: The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders has again been delayed to allow time for more commanders to assemble in North Darfur. A variety of Embassy contacts report that efforts to unify the commanders, facilitate negotiation within the framework of [...]
2007-02-05 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1708S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH NISS CHIEF SALAH GHOSH
[...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met with GNU Intelligence Chief Salah Ghosh November 2 during the Special Envoy's visit to Sudan. On UNAMID troops contributions, Ghosh said President Bashir's preference is for African or Muslim troops. He said the Norwegian engineering unit is a problem, but the Tha [...]
2007-11-04 11:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1719SUDAN: SEPARATE ABYEI'S OIL AND LAND NEGOTIATIONS AND PLAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, the Norwegian Petroleum Envoy to Sudan Anders Hannevik reported that he has urged Sudanese leaders to separate Abyei's oil and land negotiations. He also shared his calculations of northern and southern percentages of [...]
2007-11-04 14:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG SU
07KHARTOUM172DARFUR: UNDP ISSUES STATEMENT ON NYALA ASSAULTS
[...] (C) Summary: Reftels detail the January 19 incident wherein 20 UN, NGO, and African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) personnel were arrested following the violent breakup of a social event, which resulted in serious injuries to several of the humanitarian personnel. On January 30, UN Deputy Special R [...]
2007-02-05 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EAID PREF SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1720S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ
[...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met November 3 with MFA Undersecretary and NCP insider Mutrif Siddiq. Siddiq said that Qaddafi's statement at the beginning of the Sirte talks on Darfur had "spoiled the show" and recommended that the talks be moved to South Africa. Siddiq outlined ways he had facili [...]
2007-11-05 06:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSCAPU AU SU
07KHARTOUM1721S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT ALI OSMAN
[...] (C) Summary: S/E Andrew Natsios met November 3 with GOS Vice President Ali Osman Taha. Taha, the chief NCP negotiators of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),said that there is "no time to waste" on implementation of the CPA. He said all of the decisions taken the previous night by [...]
2007-11-05 07:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1723S/E NATSIOS' MEETING WITH SPLA SENIOR LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 1 meeting in Juba, the senior leadership of the Sudan People,s Liberation Army (SPLA),told U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios that the SPLA is showing restraint in the face of provocations by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) along the North-South border and avowed [...]
2007-11-05 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SU
07KHARTOUM1761NCP SEES SPLM AS INCREASINGLY HARDLINE
[...] (C) Summary: NCP officials participating in negotiations with the SPLM on a way out of the current political crisis complained that the SPLM has reneged on past agreements during the negotiations, and that the SPLM has become more hardline in its tactics with each meeting. Based on Embassy me [...]
2007-11-12 10:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1764ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TO PRESS SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet SIPDIS briefed Ambassadors in Khartoum on UNAMID deployment issues. While in Sudan, Mulet will seek Sudanese commitment on outstanding issues including approved compositio [...]
2007-11-13 05:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV DPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1770ADADA CITES "PROGRESS" IN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) Encouraged by his meeting with MFA State Minister Al Wasila earlier in the day, Joint Special Representative Adada told Western governments on November 13 that UNAMID deployment is "progressing" and that Sudan has re-affirmed its commitment to facilitate the force's deployment through th [...]
2007-11-14 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1771 DARFUR - USAID NUTRITION UPDATE
[...] Recent nutrition surveys in pockets of Darfur reveal that the nutrition status of children under five has deteriorated since May 2007 to levels approaching those recorded in 2004 -- the beginning of the Darfur humanitarian response when the nutritional situation was at its worst. From Septemb [...]
2007-11-15 07:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1779SUDAN CHAPTER: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Attached, below, is the draft text for the Sudan chapter of the INCSR, Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. To our knowledge, this is the first time the report has been submitted for Sudan. POC at post for this report is Paul J Martin: email martinpj@state.gov; tel: (011-249-1-83- [...]
2007-11-15 15:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR SU
07KHARTOUM1780SPLM OUTLINES RISKY STRATEGY OF BRINKSMANSHIP WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met November 15 with SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum. Amum said the SPLM could no longer afford to play the National Congress Party's (NCP) game, which is just to play for time in talks over implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in order to continue to [...]
2007-11-15 15:26:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1793MEDIA BATTLE ESCALATES WHILE NCP-SPLM NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The media battle between the NCP and the SPLM has intensified, with President Bashir mobilizing the Popular Defense Forces (septel) and rallying the "mujahadeen" at a mass rally south of Khartoum November 17, seemingly in response to SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum's widely publ [...]
2007-11-18 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1798AS SLM FRAYS, MINAWI STANDS BY POSITION ON UN/AU
[...] (C) Despite NCP demands to the contrary, SLM leader Minni Minawi insists that his movement will only participate in the UN/AU-led Darfur peace process as a signatory to the DPA and not as a member of the Government delegation. Secretary General Mustafa Tirab defied the SLM's official position [...]
2007-11-19 08:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM18DARFUR: DSRSG DEFENSIVE ON LIGHT PACKAGE, CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 5 meeting between Charge d'Affairs Hume and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for the United Nations (UN) in SIPDIS Sudan Manuel Aranda d'Silva, the two discussed the CDA's recent visit to UN Light Package elements in El Fasher (ref [...]
2007-01-05 11:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL SU UN
07KHARTOUM1804UNAMID PLANNERS RECOMMEND DELAYING DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate conversations with FieldOff on November 15 and November 18 in El Fasher, two UN senior military transition planners shared the joint recommendation they had made to UNAMID Force Commander GEN Agwai that deployment of UNAMID police elements be put on hold until the inf [...]
2007-11-19 12:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1807GULF BETWEEN AFRICAN AND ARAB TRIBES IN DARFUR
[...] (C) During his November 13-14 visit to El Fasher, Darfur, both African and Arab tribal representatives told CDA Fernandez that they have historical grievances that are not being addresses adequately by the UN/AU peace process. Both groups feel marginalized by the process and believe that neit [...]
2007-11-19 14:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1810DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
[...] (C) The next critical milestone in the Darfur peace process is UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson's briefing for the UN Security Council scheduled for November 27. While admitting that the rebel factions were unprepared to engage in negotiations in Sirte in late October, the UN and AU have set a t [...]
2007-11-19 15:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1814JSR CALLS MSA "BIGGEST THREAT TO UNAMID"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On his first official day in the new El Fasher Headquarters, Joint Special Representative (JSR) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Rodolphe Adada told Charge Fernandez in a November 14 meeting that the single biggest threat to UNAMID's success was the [...]
2007-11-20 10:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1819LAM AKOL CRITICIZES SPLM FOR NEGOTIATING IN BAD
[...] (C) Summary: Erstwhile Minister of Foreign Affairs, potential Minister of Cabinet Affairs and SPLM renegade Lam Akol told CDA Fernandez November 13 that the SPLM is engaged in dangerous brinksmanship and is negotiating in bad faith with the NCP. He said that if the SPLM wants to make accusati [...]
2007-11-21 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1828AEC CHAIRS DISCUSS NEXT CHAIRMAN/POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 20 urgent AEC working group chairperson meeting called by the UK Ambassador, Attendees (US, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy) discussed the draft UK paper on "Future Direction" of the AEC, a possible UK nominee for the AEC chairmanship, and the proposed Rome preparat [...]
2007-11-21 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1834ELECTIONS TIMELINE URGENT; DONOR GROUP TO EXPRESS CONCERN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Elections donor group Ambassadors met November 22 in Khartoum to discuss strategies to keep the elections timetable outlined in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on track. All agreed there is an increasingly narrow window and the NCP and SPLM must resolve their differences [...]
2007-11-25 05:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1845TWO MAJOR DARFUR FACTIONS STEP TOWARD UNION WHILE
[...] (SBU) JEM/Collective Leadership and SLA/Unity, two of the strongest rebel movements in Darfur, have taken steps toward a tentative alliance, and JEM/CL plans to conduct consultations with SLA/Unity leaders Abdullah Yehia, Suleiman Jamous, and Sharif Harir in Darfur over the next week to solidi [...]
2007-11-26 05:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1853 DARFUR - ADMINISTRATOR FORE SITE VISIT TO EL FASHER
[...] (U) On November 22, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the Mission Director for USAID/Sudan traveled to El Fasher, North Darfur, to re [...]
2007-11-27 06:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1856 SUDAN - NGOS BRIEF AA/AFR ON CURRENT CHALLENGES
[...] On November 21, representatives from the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee and other USAID implementing partners briefed the Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist on the current operating environment in Sudan. The NGOs reported that their [...]
2007-11-27 09:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1859SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES AMONG SLA AND JANJAWEED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Some rebel and political leaders on the ground in Darfur are signaling a shift in the current political climate where by some support for Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) faction leader Abdelwahid al-Nur is shifting to Ahmed Abdelshafie and whereby some Arab militias (encouraged by t [...]
2007-11-27 12:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1861AEC PLENARY: VRAALSEN URGES PARTIES TOWARD GREATER CPA
[...] Summary: At the November 27 monthly plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),departing Chairman Tom Vraalsen used his farewell statement to warn of the dangers of the current stalemate on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). He urged the AEC's [...]
2007-11-27 13:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1862ADDRESSING ABYEI
[...] (SBU) The complex issue of Abyei has haunted implementation of the CPA since the beginning. It is the only part of the agreement that seen zero progress towards implementation since the signing of the peace accord in 2005. A warning should be sounded to any in the international community who se [...]
2007-11-28 07:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1866CHINESE ENGINEERS ARRIVE AMIDST REBEL THREATS
[...] (SBU) Soon after the arrival of 135 Chinese engineer peacekeepers on November 24 in Nyala, media reported the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group threatened to attack the Chinese engineers. According to the media, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhhamed said, "They are not welcome...the [...]
2007-11-28 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1873BASHIR MEETS WITH UMMA PARTY CHIEF SADIQ AL-MAHDI
[...] (SBU) President Bashir met with opposition Umma party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on November 27 to discuss "national reconciliation," according to the media. Presidential advisor and National Congress Party (NCP) Vice President Nafie Ali Nafie in press statements characterized the meeting as fruitfu [...]
2007-11-29 12:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1881AEC COORDINATORS REVISE STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Khartoum November 29, AEC Working Group coordinators (UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy Ambassador plus US CDA) decided to delay presentation of their proposal on strengthening the role of the AEC chair till after presenting and gaining confirmation of the proposed UK cand [...]
2007-11-30 08:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1883ISLAMIC AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY SEEKS RECONSIDERATION AS
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the Islamic African Relief Agency (IARA) called on embassy November 27 to discuss their organization's designation as a sponsor of terrorism. The delegation consisted of Dr. El Jizouli Dafaal, former Prime Sudanese Minister (in the early 1980s) and Chairman of the IA [...]
2007-11-30 10:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1884USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO SOUTHERN SUDAN: LUNCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: SPLM Crisis Committee members told Administrator Fore that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is providing an opportunity to advance democracy and development throughout Sudan. They identified the "three areas," independent media, and rural development as priorities. Deput [...]
2007-11-30 10:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1886NYALA MAQDUM DENIES JANJAWEED TURNCOAT TREND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 29 meeting with FieldOff, the Maqdum (traditional viceroy of the Fur) of Nyala, Ahmed Rajal, denied reports that members of the janjaweed in Darfur were deserting their traditional benefactor, the Government of Sudan (GoS),in favor of rebel movements, as reported [...]
2007-11-30 11:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1893 ALEX DE WAAL ON SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan expert Alex de Waal told poloff on November 28 his thoughts on the current situation in Sudan. De Waal cautioned that the international community should not expect an immediate success with the UNAMID deployment, and that the situation in Darfur has turned from genocide int [...]
2007-12-02 07:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1894NCP AND SPLM READY TO RESUME TALKS BUT DIFFERENCES
[...] (C) Summary: President Bashir and First Vice President Kiir will meet again December 3 to try to clear the way for the NCP and SPLM to resume negotiations to end their political stalemate, representatives of both parties confirmed. The SPLM is still holding out for a negotiating agenda that i [...]
2007-12-02 10:25:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1903USG HOLMES: GOVERNMENT WILL EXTEND HUMANITARIAN MORATORIUM
[...] (SBU) On November 29, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Sir John Holmes briefed the donor community on his conversations with Sudanese government officials and previewed his upcoming trip to Darfur. He thanked the international community for its support, saying that the UN's h [...]
2007-12-03 10:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN PHUM KPKO SU
07KHARTOUM1904MINAWI PUSHES FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION, SUSPICIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: Sole signatory to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Mini Minawi told CDA Fernandez he plans to work through regional partners and the international community to pressure the Government to implement the agreement. Despite sitting in a regal office on the grounds of the Presidential [...]
2007-12-03 11:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1906FIRST TRANCHE OF CHINESE ENGINEERS WAITING FOR
[...] (SBU) Chinese Defense Attache Dong Jian Dong told poloff December 3 that 140 Chinese engineers arrived at the Nyala Forward Operating Base (FOB) on November 24, but have not yet started construction of the initial part of the UN-African Union Mission In Darfur (UNAMID) supercamp. Dong said tha [...]
2007-12-03 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1907FUR LEADERS EVASIVE ABOUT JANJAWEED TIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nyala Fur leaders were tight-lipped in a December 2 meeting with FieldOff about rumors of a growing alliance between the Fur and some janjaweed formerly loyal to the Government of Sudan (GoS). They spoke instead about growing insecurity throughout Darfur as a result of heighten [...]
2007-12-04 06:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
07KHARTOUM1908BEJA CONGRESS: WE NEED INVESTMENT IN THE EAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory call with CDA on December 3, Beja Congress president and Presidential Advisor Dr. Amna Dirar stressed the need for investment in the eastern states of Kassala, Gedarif and Red Sea to promote development in the impoverished region ("Now, it's just us and the sun [...]
2007-12-04 08:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1911ALMOST FIVE MONTHS LATER, OPPOSITION LEADER RELEASED FROM
[...] (SBU) After more than four months in Khartoum's Khober Prison, accused of plotting a coup against the government but never formally charged, Umma Party Reform and Renewal leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi has been released. On December 2, family members told poloff that his release seemed immine [...]
2007-12-04 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1916DEPUTY SRSG ON PROSPECTS FOR CPA
[...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez met with Deputy SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun December 2 to discuss the prospects for CPA implementation. A shrewd observer of Sudan and the region for many years, Zerihoun is not overly concerned by the current crisis and believes war is unlikely. The parties are comf [...]
2007-12-04 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1919JUBA/DARFUR: CONVERGANCE CONTINUES, NOW WITH THE JANJAWEED
[...] (SBU) SPLM Darfur Taskforce Member (DTF) Edward Lino informed ConGen PolOff that Musa Hilal will be arriving in Juba on December 5. Expected to spend at least two days in the South's capital, the Janjaweed leader will be meeting with a cross-section of newly-consolidated Darfur rebel movemen [...]
2007-12-05 07:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1924"GUEHENNO IS LYING" ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, SUDAN CLAIMS
[...] (SBU) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) In a December 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila decried recent UN allegations that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is obstructing the conditions necessary for the deployment of the AU-UN hybrid for [...]
2007-12-05 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1927SOUTHERN SUDAN - ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S SITE VISIT TO JUBA
[...] On November 23, the USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore, Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, Assistant Administrator for USAID's Africa Bureau (AA/AFR) Kate Almquist, and the USAID/Sudan Mission Director traveled to Juba, Southern Sudan, to review progre [...]
2007-12-05 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1928SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF OYAI DENG ON MILITARY STATE OF PLAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA Chief of Staff Lt. General Oyai Deng Ajak told CDA that he was pessimistic about any great progress in deploying SAF-SPLA Joint Integrated Units (JIUs),and downplayed the significance of remaining southern troops on the border areas such as Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile. He [...]
2007-12-06 06:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS PREL AU SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM1929AEC CHAIRMAN VRAALSEN ARGUES FOR MORE INDEPENDENCE AT FINAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen, wrapping up a contentious two year stint in Khartoum, held a final press conference December 3. He used his statement to warn of the dangers of the current NCP-SPLM stalemate and to argue for a more pro-active AEC led by a chairman with increased indepe [...]
2007-12-06 08:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1930VP TAHA: AMERICA CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IN SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: VP Ali Osman Taha sees steady progress on the CPA, even on Abyei, entering a decisive phase next week. The Sudanese Government remains deeply suspicious of American intentions and believes that its "improved behavior" in recent months has not been appreciated by the United States [...]
2007-12-06 11:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1934WHITE NILE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE, ELECTIONS, AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting with emboffs, the Governor of White Nile State, Dr. Mohammed Nur Al-Tigani, highlighted the importance of agriculture for Sudan, expressed confidence that mid-term elections would be conducted in a free, fair, and timely manner, and dismissed the existence o [...]
2007-12-06 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1936SWEDISH SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ON SUPPORTING CPA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Michael Fruhling, Swedish Ambassador and Special Envoy for Sudan, called on CDA Fernandez December 6 to discuss issues relating to Southern Sudan. He said his Government is looking for ways to be more active, "as a smaller country," on helping to advance the CPA process. He pr [...]
2007-12-07 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1937DARFUR TASK FORCE MEMBER ON JUBA TALKS AND THE FUTURE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6, SPLM Darfur Task Force member Edward Lino asserted that the National Congress Party (NCP) is alarmed by the success of the Juba Darfur initiative and is seeking to thwart its success. He said that the Darfur rebel groups have continued to talk in Juba and make p [...]
2007-12-07 11:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1938SPLM AND NCP SPIN PEACE TALKS PROGRESS, MANUEVER
[...] (C) Summary: If all outstanding CPA issues including Abyei are not resolved by January 9, the SPLM may rejoin the Government of National Unity, but will not partner with the NCP in the 2009 elections, according to SPLM Deputy SG for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman. Meanwhile NCP sources ind [...]
2007-12-07 11:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1940PREVIEW OF UNAMID'S 2008-2009 BUDGET FRAMEWORK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN HQ's budget team presented its initial framework for UNAMID's 2008-2009 budget to JSR Adada December 5. This strategic document lays out goals and outputs for achieving UNAMID's mandate but does not yet include funding requirements. Although a first step in the budget process, [...]
2007-12-07 12:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM195 SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMY WENDT AND FRUZSINA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Amy Wendt and Fruzsina Csaczar, for the purpose of conducting monitoring and evaluation of PRM-funded projects in Southern Sudan from February 17-24. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for [...]
2007-02-11 04:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA APER PREF ET SU
07KHARTOUM1955U.S. SANCTIONS HURT SUDAN'S ECONOMY SAY CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007 in a conference entitled "Sudan in a Global Economy," almost all speakers stated that U.S. sanctions have hurt the Sudanese economy. Presenters claimed that U.S. sanctions have resulted in a shortage of medical supplies, prevented the economy from fully libe [...]
2007-12-11 07:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1957MSA ISSUE MOVES TO RESOLUTION BUT PROBLEMS LINGER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Payment of overdue Mission Subsistence Allowance (MSA) to CFC party representatives began in El Fasher December 6 and continues this week. Donors appear willing to cover the entire US$4.6 million MSA estimated cost under certain conditions. Although the MSA arrears issue may be [...]
2007-12-11 08:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM196 SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KENT (SAM) HEALY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sam Healy, for February 17 to 27, 2007 for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating PRM-funded projects in Tambura, Yei, Kajo, Keji, Twic East/Duk (Panyagor/Bor) and Juba. 2. (SBU) U.S. Citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas [...]
2007-02-11 04:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREF AMGT SU
07KHARTOUM1964JEM DENIES RADICALISM, EXPLAINS UNAMID CONTROVERSY
[...] (SBU) The NCP has falsely painted Khalil Ibrahim's JEM as an Islamist movement, two of the group's representatives told Poloff in a recent El Fasher meeting. Rather than pursuing a radical agenda, they asserted, JEM seeks to transform the country through "revolution," end the marginalization o [...]
2007-12-11 11:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1968JANJAWID WARLORD: WE WANT AMERICA AS OUR PATRON
[...] Summary: Alleged Janjawid turncoat Juma Dagalo claims that his well-armed movement is sincerely opposed to Khartoum, despite sketchy evidence to the contrary, and has forged new ties with mostly African Darfur rebel groups. He seeks American moral and political support for a confrontation with [...]
2007-12-12 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1988 DARFUR - WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE UPDATE
[...] From November 11 to 24, a water, sanitation, and hygiene specialist from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to North and South Darfur to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing USAID-funded programs and make recommendations for future interventions. The USAI [...]
2007-12-13 06:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1989MILITANT DARFUR IDP LEADERS: NO CHINESE, ARABS
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Kalma IDP camp disavow having any weapons while at the same time admitting that they successfully drove out thousands of fellow IDPs in an October uprising. The Kalma sheikhs claimed AMIS was a failure and UNAMID would also fail if it consisted only of African, Arab an [...]
2007-12-13 06:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2007TURABI DECRIES LACK OF REAL POLITICAL FREEDOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudanese government is afraid of political freedom and the opposition parties don't know what political freedom means, Hassan al Turabi told CDA Fernandez during a meeting December 12. The former leader of the National Islamic Front, former Justice Minister, and current lea [...]
2007-12-16 07:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2010GHAZI SULEIMAN: US SUDAN POLICY "SATISFIES MORAL
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) National Assembly leader and human rights advocate Ghazi Suleiman sees the SPLM as almost certainly running with and not against the National Congress Party in 2009 elections, criticized US Sudan policy as "too clumsy," described power in [...]
2007-12-16 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM2011SUDANESE ELECTIONS FACE A TIGHT TIMEINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiation on the national election law is ongoing in the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC). It is unlikely that the draft law will be agreed upon and ratified this month, pushing passage of the law until at least April 2008 when the next parliamentary session be [...]
2007-12-16 09:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2013MINAWI: SLM CRIPPLED BY INTRIGUE AS NCP ATTEMPTS
[...] (C) Para 7 contains an action item recommending demarching the UAE government on the appropriate channel for UAE assistance to Darfur. 2. (C) The Sudan Liberation Movement's (SLM) political paralysis has grown worse in recent days as Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie is using SLM Secreta [...]
2007-12-16 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM2019WISE WORDS FROM FREED OPPOSITION LEADER MUBARAK
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez on December 17, Umma Renewal and Reform leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi urged the US to encourage widening the CPA to include parties other than the NCP and SPLM. Al-Fadil described President Bashir as essentially a 'fall guy' for the [...]
2007-12-17 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2020AEC COORDINATORS TO PUSH UK CANDIDATE WITH WARY SPLM
[...] (SBU) Summary: UK and Norwegian Ambassadors briefed other Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) coordinators December 16 on their presentation of the UK candidate for the now vacant AEC chairmanship. While the NCP has been non-committal, SPLM representatives have expressed concerns about [...]
2007-12-17 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2026PAGAN AMUM: ABYEI IN EXCHANGE FOR NCP/SPLM UNITY
[...] (C) Summary: The NCP has made a strategic decision to meet all SPLM demands and ultimately will have to accept the ABC report on Abyei if it wants a partnership with the SPLM in the 2009 election, according to SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum. Although SPLM Ministers will rejoin the Governmen [...]
2007-12-18 12:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2028CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DARFUR'S "GREATEST WARLORD"
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UN DSS) told FieldOff in late November that the threat it feared most in Darfur comes from a Mahariya Arab called Mohamed Hamdan, aka "Hamety." He is at the helm of a Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory group which includes disaffect [...]
2007-12-18 13:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
07KHARTOUM2030KHARTOUM CENTRAL BANK GRANTS THE SOUTH AUTHORITY TO
[...] (U) On December 15 the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) Board of Directors approved the "Central Bank of Sudan Policies for the Year 2008." Inter alia, the "2008 Policies" document grants the Bank of Southern Sudan (BoSS) the authority needed to promulgate long-delayed independent financial regul [...]
2007-12-21 11:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM2031MORE TO COME WITH JEM-GOS IN WEST DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 20 conversation with FieldOff, a commander of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in El Fasher assessed that Government of Sudan (GoS) frustration with JEM for a December 16 attack on a GoS convoy in West Darfur was to blame for the GoS' continued detention of a [...]
2007-12-21 12:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM2048HSP DELAYS REQUIRE LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) officials must rapidly address key issues required for ensuring that the Chinese and Bangladeshi HSP units become operational. While there will always be some excuse for delay, the units have the equipment necessary to do their jobs in [...]
2007-12-27 11:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC
07KHARTOUM2053SPLM MINISTERS SWORN IN, PAGAN AMUM IS MINISTER OF CABINET
[...] (SBU) The GNU announced a cabinet reshuffle December 26 as part of a deal that ends the two-month long crisis provoked when the SPLM walked out of the government in mid-October 2007. The new ministers were sworn in December 27 at 11:30 a.m. local time, and were expected to take part in their [...]
2007-12-27 12:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM2058CHINESE HAVE YET TO BEGIN NYALA SUPERCAMP CONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese Defense Attache told poloff December 24 that Chinese engineers have not started construction on the Nyala supercamp and are still waiting for AMIS escort of heavy construction equipment (Ref A) which arrived in Sudan November 10. Dong said he was comfortable with the prog [...]
2007-12-27 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2059SUDANESE LABOR UNIONS: THEATRICS OR REAL PROGRESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meetings with the Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) and an independent Sudanese labor and human rights lawyer paint two different pictures of the Sudanese labor environment. On the one hand, the SWTUF claims that unions operate freely at the state and national levels [...]
2007-12-27 16:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI AU UNSC ECON ELAB SU
07KHARTOUM2072RIEK MACHAR CLAIMS PDF IS BEHIND MISSERIYA ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Khartoum is trying to destabilize the Abyei region by organizing the Misseriya Arab Popular Defense Forces (PDF) to attack SPLA positions, claimed Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar. Machar claimed the Misseriya forces have been using vehicles with 12 [...]
2007-12-31 14:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM208REBELS' DESTINY IN THEIR HANDS
[...] (C) On February 7, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) completed the airlift of many Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders to attend the leadership conference in North Darfur. Some additional commanders may move to the conference site by ground in the coming days. Comman [...]
2007-02-12 13:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU CD UN US
07KHARTOUM211 GOSS 2007 Budget Adopted
[...] Summary: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) adopted its 2007 budget on January 29 with a projected revenue level of USD 1.536 billion. The anticipated amount flows from oil, non-oil, and non-tax revenue sources, excluding donor grants. The budget, as in 2006, allocates over 40 p [...]
2007-02-13 07:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV PINR ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM224CDA AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY MUTRIFF DISCUSS
[...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Mutriff al Siddiq, Under Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CDA Hume SIPDIS explained the U.S. position with respect to Darfur rebels who had not yet signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The United States, along with other members of the inte [...]
2007-02-14 12:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM228DARFUR APPOINTMENTS: A HOLLOW GESTURE
[...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with poloffs, Ibrahim Madibbo -- a signatory to the Declaration of Commitment (DoC) and Rizeigat leader -- admitted that the January 4 announcement of his appointment as chairman of the Darfur Resettlement and Rehabilitation Commission was unexpected (reftel). Mad [...]
2007-02-14 16:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM232GIVE "PLAN A" A CHANCE
[...] (C) In the past six months Khartoum has grudgingly shifted toward acceptance of the UN/African Union (AU) three-phase peace-keeping plan. President Bashir knows that the plan of regime hard-liners for a military solution to the problems of Darfur has failed, and persistent efforts by the USG, [...]
2007-02-15 11:20:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM235ELIASSON, SALIM: POLITICAL PROCESS TAKING OFF
[...] (C) The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and the Africa Union's Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim briefed ambassadors near the conclusion of their February 12-17 visit to Sudan. Despite the deteriorating humanitarian situation, they underscored the renewed willingness of the Su [...]
2007-02-16 13:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LI US
07KHARTOUM239CDA MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAH
[...] (C) On February 18, CDA Hume met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah ed-Dine to discuss the situation in Darfur, the threats to humanitarian operations, and peace-keeping. Hume said the USG was deeply concerned about trends in Darfur and about President Bashir's recent statements criticizing [...]
2007-02-18 12:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM250DARFUR - VISIT OF THE USAID/DCHA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR
[...] (U) From January 20 to 25, USAID Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Assistant Administrator Michael E. Hess visited Sudan. Hess and six USAID/Sudan staff members traveled to North and South Darfur to gain a better understanding of the current humanitarian, political [...]
2007-02-19 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM251 SUDAN - BLUE NILE STATE - HEALTH CARE FOR RETURNING
[...] The USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA),accompanied by the Blue Nile State Minister of Health and the Dean of the Academy for Health Sciences, visited the Chali Way Station to consider options to improve working and living conditions for health care providers. The group also visited the r [...]
2007-02-19 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM272SUDAN: END OF TOUR REPORT
[...] (C) Note: the following represents the end of tour report of departing Political/Economic Counselor Eric Whitaker, who served at Embassy Khartoum from August 2005 ) February 2007. The opinions expressed are his own reflections on his experiences over the course of his tour, as well as from hi [...]
2007-02-22 12:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM275STATE OF DARFUR: THE POLITICAL PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: CDA Hume traveled to Darfur from February 19-21 to gauge the status of the political process, monitor the conditions for humanitarian operations, and assess the status of the peace-keeping operation stipulated in the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006. In visits to [...]
2007-02-22 16:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM280STATE OF DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). In North, South, and West Darfur, INGO and UN agencies' opera [...]
2007-02-23 09:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US EUN
07KHARTOUM281STATE OF DARFUR: PEACE-KEEPING AND SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). This message--the last of three cables on these meetings--focu [...]
2007-02-23 11:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD US
07KHARTOUM30GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS SUDANESE FM AKOL AND
[...] (C) Summary: On January 8 New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson had separate meetings with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and President Omar al Bashir. Richardson asked for progress on four points: implementation of the UN's three phase plan for peace-keeping in Darfur; a renewed cease-fir [...]
2007-01-08 16:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM303Darfur CFC: Stolen Vehicles Returned
[...] Summary: The key issue in the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) the week of February 19 was funding for faction representatives' Mission Support Allowance (MSA),which is several months in arrears. Force Commander Luke Aprezi asked the representatives to consider six options for realigning the CFC, i [...]
2007-02-28 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM309LRA ENTERS CAR, SPLA AND UPDF PLAN MILITARY ACTION
[...] (C) Summary: Reports have proliferated in southern Sudan that Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has entered the Central African Republic (CAR) with a small force. However, the senior Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) official with responsibility for th [...]
2007-02-28 15:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SU CG UG CT
07KHARTOUM317SLM DISCONTENT ON DARFUR APPOINTMENTS
[...] (C) Though the Sudanese government has moved forward with appointments to the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA),the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minni Minawi has not signed off on any of the nominations prior to their announcement. In a February 27 meeting with Poloff, Minawi [...]
2007-03-01 10:04:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU US
07KHARTOUM319INFLATION RATE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
[...] (SBU) An IMF team visiting Sudan the week of February 26 concluded that the inflation rate is likely to increase, perhaps to as high as 20 percent. In a meeting with Econ officer, members of the IMF team stated that, while inflation one year ago was running at about 7 percent, it is now estim [...]
2007-03-01 10:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN EAID EFIN PREL SU
07KHARTOUM328SUDAN - LAUNCH OF SUDAN HUMANITARIAN POLICY 2007
[...] On February 1, the USAID Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA) and two USAID/Sudan officials attended the launch of the Sudan Humanitarian Policy 2007 by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Khartoum. The policy document disseminated to attendees included general goals of improving coordinatio [...]
2007-03-02 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM332AHMADINEJAD: DOWN, DOWN USA; COME TO JESUS
[...] (C) Summary: In a speech March 1 at the Chinese-built Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excoriated the U.S. for its role in the region, support for Israel and opposition to Iran's nuclear program, as well as heaped criticism on the United Nations and Israel. L [...]
2007-03-02 13:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU IR
07KHARTOUM351UN ENVOY MEETS WITH LRA CHIEF KONY; PEACE TALKS
[...] (C) Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano met with Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony March 2 in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to sources in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). Chissano, the UN special envoy for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) pro [...]
2007-03-05 13:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM362NATSIOS-BASHIR MEETING, MARCH 7, 2007
[...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met President Bashir at his residence for a two-hour frank exchange on Darfur, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Bashir said he agreed to see him despite doctor's orders that he rest. Foreign Minister Lam Akol was pres [...]
2007-03-08 10:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LY US
07KHARTOUM373 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for SPG Desk Officer
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for SPG Desk Officer Rebecca Jovin to travel to Khartoum and Darfur for consultations from March 10 to 17, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudane [...]
2007-03-11 08:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM384SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH FM LAM AKOL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 7 meeting with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, SE Natsios described the USG's frustration at the delay in implementation of the November Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements, called on Sudan to provide an immediate response to the UNSYG's January 24 letter on the Heavy Support P [...]
2007-03-13 08:25:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPREF PGOV KPKO PTER AU UN SU US CD LY
07KHARTOUM388SE NATSIOS DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SE Natsios delivered a strong message of support for the modernization of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in a meeting with senior SPLA officers on March 6. SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng said he faces enormous difficulty in simultaneously absorbing thousands of former militia int [...]
2007-03-13 11:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM394 DPA SIGNATORIES CLAIM HELP NEEDED NOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ongoing frustration at the lack of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) implementation boiled over in El Fasher as signatory factions forcibly entered the USG-funded Peace Secretariat to demand that their concerns be addressed. The factions claim that their soldiers are "starving" and [...]
2007-03-13 16:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM406SUDAN, ACCEPTING ISOLATION, TURNS TO IRAN, QATAR
[...] (C) Egypt's influence on Sudan's leadership and its ability to persuade the government to engage in constructive dialogue with the international community has waned, Egyptian diplomat Hani Khedr (please protect) told Poloff on March 15. Sudan has accepted its growing isolation from the West, m [...]
2007-03-15 15:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UN SU EG IR CD QA
07KHARTOUM409MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]
2007-03-16 14:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR ER US
07KHARTOUM410MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]
2007-03-16 14:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR US
07KHARTOUM437 STATEMENT OF THE ACTING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Following is the text of remarks given by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan Mr. Taye Brooke-Zerihoun to the Sudan Consortium on March 20, 2007. Further consortium reporting will follow septel. (Begin Text) Mr. Chairman, Honourable Ministers and Delegate [...]
2007-03-20 13:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU EAID PINS MARR PHUM
07KHARTOUM44GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS PRESIDENT BASHIR AND
[...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Governor Bill Richardson met again with Sudan's President Omar El Bashir and concluded his visit to Sudan. At the end of the Richardson/Bashir meeting, representatives of the Save Darfur Coalition (which sponsored Richardson's trip) spoke briefly with Bashir. The tw [...]
2007-01-11 12:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM445CFC Week of March 12 - SLA/Minawi Takes Responsibility for
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Force Commander announced that the next Joint Commission would not be held in El Fasher because of insecurity but did not suggest a date or an alternate venue. He discussed the new arrangements in the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) with a drop in MSA payments and a reduction in [...]
2007-03-22 05:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM459 AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 19: SECOND CHAMBER
[...] (SBU) SLA-Minawi raised objections to the African Union Mission in Sudan's (AMIS) potential restructuring of the CFC Second Chamber, contending that the proposals may violate the DPA. Carjackings remain a persistent threat, and AMIS is seeking input from all key stakeholders on means to mitiga [...]
2007-03-22 15:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM460US/SUDANESE RELATIONS AT THE DIVIDE
[...] (C) Summary. U.S./Sudanese relations are poised to pass from one watershed into another. From the U.S. perspective, Sudan's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur pushes relations toward direct confrontation, just as Sudanese see the U.S. imposition of additional sanctions as proof of enduri [...]
2007-03-23 11:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU AL CH IN
07KHARTOUM470SUDAN: SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE MIGHT BE
[...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng has had a history of disagreement with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, and admits that Kiir may replace him. Deng blames Kiir for inaction on problems facing the SPLA, and denies rumors that [...]
2007-03-25 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SU UG
07KHARTOUM484MINAWI CONTEMPLATES DARFUR RETURN
[...] (C) In private, Minni Minawi continues to contemplate a return to Darfur in the wake of the March 24 attack on Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) facilities in Khartoum and the ambush of a prominent SLM commander near Nyala. Minawi is pressing the Sudanese government to account for the dead, wou [...]
2007-03-27 16:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM506 DARFUR - INCREASINGLY PRECARIOUS HUMANITARIAN ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives again appealed to donors for support in addressing the deteriorating humanitarian environment in Darfur and growing obstacles in providing assistance. Painting a particularly bleak picture, U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) Man [...]
2007-03-29 06:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM507 SUDAN - IOM OVERVIEW OF IDP RETURNS
[...] (U) The International Organization for Migration (IOM),the primary operational agency in the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Southern Sudan, recently provided a breakdown of projected IDP returns and an overview of current operations. Although establishing the logistical infr [...]
2007-03-29 06:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM520CPA: PROGRESS MADE IN SHARING PETROLEUM DATA
[...] Summary. Under the CPA, the Government of National Unity is required to share information on oil production, revenues and contracts with the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). In the past, the GOSS has repeatedly alleged that this information is not being made available. Now, it appears tha [...]
2007-04-02 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM521STATUS OF UN/AU POLITICAL INITIATIVE
[...] (C) The UN and AU plan to begin negotiations with the non-signatory rebels in late June. Many UN and AU contacts, however, question Special Envoys Eliasson and Salim's commitment to the process and ability to lay the groundwork for successful negotiations. Though Eliasson has secured a renun [...]
2007-04-02 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM529 DARFUR - HAC RANKS LOCAL NGOS, USAID PARTNERS "DISMISSED"
[...] (SBU) On March 20, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Office in Nyala, South Darfur, publicly posted the results of an evaluation report ranking local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at the Nyala HAC office. According to U.N. Civil Affairs, a total o [...]
2007-04-04 09:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM544SUDAN: AN ECONOMIST SHARES HIS PESSIMISTIC OUTLOOK
[...] (SBU) The economic advisor to the Khartoum stock exchange expressed pessimism on the outlook for the Sudanese economy for the near term. He predicts "turmoil" because of the pressures on the budget. He described how the ruling NCP is skimming off money in preparation for elections, and alleg [...]
2007-04-05 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM575DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: During an 13 April meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol, the Deputy Secretary underlined that the AU/UN hybrid force must be accepted immediately and under complete UN command and control. Akol responded that the GoS has accepted a hybrid force in principal, and the UN [...]
2007-04-14 06:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL EAID MOPS PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM576DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UNMIS FC LTG
[...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with UNMIS Force Commander (FC) Lt. General Lidder and Head of Security for UN/OCHA in Darfur Michael McDonagh. Both emphasized that simply increasing the size of peace-keeping operations (PKO) would not stabilize Darfur. General Lidde [...]
2007-04-15 03:06:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM583DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...]
2007-04-16 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM
07KHARTOUM589DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Nafie Ali Nafie, a trusted advisor to President Bashir and a key hard-liner in the National Congress Party (NCP). The Deputy Secretary told Nafie that the most pressing issue of his trip was the situation in Darfur in all its aspects [...]
2007-04-16 09:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM592Sudan - Juba Teaching Hospital
[...] (U) Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) faces numerous challenges as it adapts to rapidly increasing demand and the new management of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). The imminent withdrawal of longtime supporter International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be a serious test for the ho [...]
2007-04-16 14:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM599DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR
[...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for over an hour. Negroponte emphasized USG concern over Darfur, including the fragility of the humanitarian situation, the need to transition to a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping operation, and the chal [...]
2007-04-17 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM613SPLA AND FORCES LOYAL TO FORMER MILITIA LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) military police had a standoff over food rations at SPLA Headquarters (HQ) with forces under the control of the current Deputy Commander in Chief (also the former Southern Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) leader, Lt. Gen. Paulino Matip [...]
2007-04-19 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM636SUDANESE ASK TO OPEN DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting April 22, Sudanese officials asked to establish a bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on key issues surrounding Darfur. Embassy recommends that this opportunity be seized. The process for dialogue should be based on frequent meetings, held outside of Khartoum or Washingt [...]
2007-04-23 08:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM637THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UN AND AEC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Khartoum's rejection of the international community's concept for Darfur peacekeeping continues to impede resolution of the crisis. UN officials caution, however, that UN bureacratic obstacles -- and a dearth of willing troop-contributing countries -- will delay force deployment [...]
2007-04-23 15:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV KPKO PINS PINR
07KHARTOUM644SENIOR UN OFFICIALS PROPOSE STRUCTURE FOR TRIPOLI
[...] (C) The April 28 summit in Tripoli on the Darfur political process presents an opportunity to harmonize international efforts to overcome the political stalemate and establish a common set of principles for re-invigorating peace negotiations, according to senior UN officials in Khartoum. Agree [...]
2007-04-24 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LY ER US
07KHARTOUM65 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for TDY Econ Officer
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF WAE Econ Officer Curtis Stewart to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 17 to mid-May, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese [...]
2007-01-16 08:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM668SUDAN: LOW PRICE FOR PETROLEUM CAUSING BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Energy and Mining has provided information on why a large part of Sudanese oil production is being sold at a price of less than USD 25 per barrel while the benchmark crude price is over USD 60 per barrel. Difficulties in refining Sudanese oil limits the price that [...]
2007-04-29 03:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EPET PREL SU
07KHARTOUM671SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS RESUME IN JUBA
[...] (C) Summary: Warning the parties not to squander an opportunity for peace, Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano formally reopened talks in Juba between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) April 26. Chissano and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) GOSS P [...]
2007-04-29 14:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KPKO UG CG KE CT MZ ZA TZ SU
07KHARTOUM693Governance, Capacity and Infrastructure Challenges in
[...] (SBU) Summary: ConGen Juba staff visits to key Southern Sudan cities reveal weak but emerging local governments trying to fill the void of undelivered services from the central government. Capacity is limited, with most decision-making concentrated in a few people trained in the Diaspora. In [...]
2007-05-02 13:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREF ECON EAID KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM70Darfur: Inauguration of Second Chamber of CFC, Clearing
[...] (SBU) Summary: The AMIS Cease Fire Commission met January 8 and 10 to clear out a backlog of cease fire violations, receive briefings on the Force Commander's outreach to non-signatory rebel factions (septel),and inaugurate the Second Chamber for non-signatories. The First Chamber meeting on [...]
2007-01-17 15:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM73MFA RAISES GUANTANAMO ISSUES
[...] (C) On January 17, MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi raised the matter of Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo with the DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor during a meeting to which they were summoned (other aspects covered septel). Al-Sanosi specifically requested an update on the status of Sani [...]
2007-01-17 16:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM KAWC US SU
07KHARTOUM749SUDAN/UGANDA/CONGO: PLANS FOR LRA MOVEMENTS NOT
[...] (C) Summary: Proposed corridors for the movement of the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to a single assembly point on the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border have not yet been accepted by LRA leadership, according to sources in ongoing peace talks between the LRA a [...]
2007-05-13 12:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM757COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHARON MORRIS TO SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for AF/SE Senior Advisor Sharon Morris to travel to Khartoum o/a May 21 to o/a June 15, 2007. Travel within Sudan is contingent on approval from the Regional Security Officer based on an assessment of the fluid security situation. T [...]
2007-05-15 03:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ASEC SU SZ
07KHARTOUM76 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for Jason Small and Herb
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Sudan Programs Group Deputy Director Jason Small and Worldwide Humanitarian Program Manager Herb Bentz to travel to Khartoum and Juba, Sudan, from January 19 - 25, 2007. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review [...]
2007-01-18 16:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM764DARFUR - JOINT COMMUNIQUE - WHERE ARE WE NOW?
[...] (U) On April 21, USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu met with the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) Manuel Aranda da Silva in Khartoum to discuss the March 28 Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian affairs (REFTEL). The [...]
2007-05-15 15:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM768AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007
[...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]
2007-05-16 11:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM775DARFUR - HUMANITARIAN ACCESS DOWN BY 40 PERCENT IN SOUTH
[...] (U) In all three Darfur states, an estimated 900,000 people out of a total affected population of 3.8 million people currently can not be accessed by aid agencies. The inaccessible populations live in rural areas outside of towns or IDP settlements with helicopter landing sites. USAID/OFDA is [...]
2007-05-17 07:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM78 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for AF/SPG Josh Drake and
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for Josh Drake of AF/SPG and Ann Truitt and Kelly Bracey from A/LM/AQM to travel to Sudan from January 20 - 29. Please note that the RSO is away from post and will review specific travel requests upon his return; permission to travel [...]
2007-01-18 16:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM782REQUEST FOR SECURITY WAIVER AND EXCEPTIONS - JUBA,
[...] (U) Summary: Post requests expedited consideration of the following waiver request, for an interim, unclassified U.S. Government facility in Juba, Southern Sudan. Charge signed COM statement on May 17, 2007. The package, including attachments, will be forwarded via DHL. End Summary. 2. (S [...]
2007-05-20 11:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT EAID SU
07KHARTOUM798DARFUR - UN AGENCIES PLAY VITAL ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN
[...] (U) UN agencies are crucial to the provision and coordination of humanitarian assistance in Darfur. The UN agencies provide important leadership, through coordinating a wide variety of assistance activities, acting as a liaison between the humanitarian community and the Sudanese government, an [...]
2007-05-23 07:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM80DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES DPA NON-SIGNATORIES: RETRANSMISSION
[...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]
2007-01-19 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM800SOUTHERN SUDAN - FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) During the civil war, USAID's humanitarian programs in Southern Sudan supported essential services in the vast rural areas where most internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees originated. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and USAID's Office of Food for [...]
2007-05-23 11:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM801SOUTHERN SUDAN - DISPLACED SOUTHERN SUDANESE RETURNING HOME
[...] (U) As of early May, IOM reported to the USAID team that it had assisted 26,000 displaced Sudanese to return home. IOM expects to assist between 50,000 and 55,000 additional people to return home by the end of 2007, a total of less than the original goal of 83,000 people. The shortfall is due [...]
2007-05-23 12:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM813SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE: ABDELWAHID AND FINANCES
[...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement continues to move towards a June 11 commencement of "consolidation talks" between Darfur rebels interested in participating in a rejuvenated political process. Limited financial resources and a lack of clarity on future funding streams i [...]
2007-05-24 12:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM814SOUTHERN LEADERS WELCOME U.S. SUPPORT FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has deployed teams to Darfur and Chad to try to gain support for a planned conference of Darfur rebel groups to be held somewhere in southern Sudan by mid-June. Senior SPLM officials welcomed a strong message of U.S. support for their initiati [...]
2007-05-24 12:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM832MINAWI OFFERS TO MEDIATE BETWEEN NCP AND WEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 10:34:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV UN SU CD LY
07KHARTOUM839SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY FORCES
[...] (C) Summary: "Most" Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces east of the Nile in southern Sudan have now crossed to the west and gathered in the vicinity of Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to the head of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Peace tal [...]
2007-05-29 15:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM849DARFUR: STATUS OF THE SPLM INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Recent meetings with First Vice President Salva Kiir, SPLM insider Luka Biong Deng, and SPLM Darfur Task Force members have underscored the SPLM's intention to bring DPA non-signatories to Southern Sudan to prepare them for negotiations with the Sudanese Government. Though the SPLM views [...]
2007-05-30 13:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN AU SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM855COMMANDER OF JOINT INTEGRATED UNITS PROVIDES GRIM
[...] (C) Summary: The commander of Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIU) provided a grim assessment of the JIUs, their progress toward forming the nucleus of a new national army under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the prospects for withdrawal of the Khartoum-based Sudan Armed Forces ( [...]
2007-05-31 09:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM88 Sudan Country Clearance Granted for S/CRS Eythan Sontag
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes and grants country clearance for S/CRS Eythan Sontag to travel to Khartoum to assist post from January 27 to April, 2007. 2. (SBU) U.S. citizens are reminded that Sudanese visas are now required for travel to all parts of Sudan. The Sudanese Government has i [...]
2007-01-22 09:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA AMGT APER ACOA ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM890MINAWI ON JEM DYNAMICS, ARAB-GOVERNMENT CONFLICT
[...] (C) Meeting with AID Mission Director and Poloff on June 3, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi discussed the shifting power dynamics within the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the increasing disaffection among Arab tribes toward the [...]
2007-06-05 14:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU CD
07KHARTOUM897 SUDAN - DEMARCHE ON UNHCR CLUSTER ROLE IN DARFUR DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) In response to the points of the demarche, the Officer in Charge of UNHCR noted that the cluster approach has not yet been formally launched in Sudan, and that UNHCR and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are still collaborating on camp coordination and prot [...]
2007-06-07 06:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM902REACTING TO THE SANCTIONS - SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SELLS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a decree decrying the latest U.S. sanctions, newspaper reports, government announcements, and interviews with businessmen have revealed that the GNU has already taken a number of defensive economic measures. Within a wee [...]
2007-06-07 16:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP SU
07KHARTOUM904SPLM Appeals for Funds, Outlines Efforts for Darfur
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) initiative to organize a conference of various Darfur factions faces significant logistical and financial obstacles but is moving forward. In several meetings in Juba, members of the SPLM's Task Force on Darfur (TFD) provided a detai [...]
2007-06-08 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM93DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES CHADIAN CONNECTION
[...] (C) In a January 20 meeting with Poloff and a January 21 meeting with AF/SPG Deputy Director Jason Small, Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi described the Chadian connection to the Darfur crisis and to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA [...]
2007-01-22 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM935SPLM/DARFUR: AMUM REITERATES FOCUS ON REBELS, SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Meeting with Acting CG Juba and Poloff on June 13, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Secretary General Pagan Amum said that he shared U.S. concerns about the first phase of the SPLM's conference on Darfur. As outlined by the SPLM, phase one would bring together civil society grou [...]
2007-06-13 12:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM938 DARFUR - STILL WATERS RUN DEEP IN MUKJAR
[...] (U) Mukjar and the surrounding area in southern West Darfur is populated predominantly by the Fur ethnic group. The current population is approximately 15,000 people, including internally displaced persons (IDPs),300 refugees from Chad, and an estimated 400 of the original 5,000 residents. Mo [...]
2007-06-14 06:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM94TIME TO TEST PRESIDENT BASHIR ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy in Sudan is blocked on three fronts. This message, the first in a three-part analysis, examines the worsened situation in Darfur and identifies a narrow window of opportunity to implement Plan A by re-activating the Darfur peace process and by pushing for UN peacekee [...]
2007-01-22 15:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM947EMBASSY'S PROPOSED RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN
[...] This is an action cable. See para. 4. 2. On June 12 the Embassy's Regional Affairs Officer and Regional Security Officer met with the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in order to seek clarification concerning the Sudanese Government's intention to reopen the stre [...]
2007-06-14 15:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC AMGMT SU
07KHARTOUM948FIRST SUDATEL, NOW SUDAN AIRWAYS - PRIVATIZATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 11, the Sudanese State Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sudan Airways, Kamal Abdel Latif, announced that Sudan Airways will be privatized. The following day the government of Sudan (GoS) signed the deal with Aref Investment Group of [...]
2007-06-14 15:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM952Southern Sudan--Conflict Threats in Urban Areas
[...] (U) Summary: USAID implementing partner Pact conducted a conflict analysis and threat assessment in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The focus of the assessment was on urban areas. A variety of threats that could lead to conflict were identified and presented to the South Sudan Peace Commiss [...]
2007-06-15 13:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM956BASHIR TO UNSC: "THE BALL IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a relatively cordial (compared to last year) meeting with UNSC PermReps, Sudanese President Al-Bashir underscored the GOS's full agreement on the Hybrid Force. He called for international pressure on recalcitrant Darfur rebel groups to become part of a viable peace process, a [...]
2007-06-17 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM957UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS WITH SUDANESE LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Meeting with the United Nations Security Council on June 17, Sudanese officials emphasized Sudan's commitment to the Addis Ababa agreement of November 2006 and the conclusions reached in Addis Ababa on June 11-12 to permit a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping force. According to Foreign Minister [...]
2007-06-17 16:22:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM959DARFUR: MUTRIFF REITERATES SUDAN'S SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Sudan reiterated its acceptance of the UN/AU hybrid force during a June 18 briefing in Khartoum. Siddiq Mutriff, the Government's lead negotiator during the recent consultations in Addis Ababa, said that this acceptance included UN command and control, non-African personnel, and a full tr [...]
2007-06-18 15:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM97DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GUANTANAMO DETENTIONS
[...] On January 23, the Government of Sudan sanctioned a peaceful demonstration to protest the continuing detention of Sudanese nationals at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Approximately 100 protesters took part in the march, which included a riot police escort. A smaller grou [...]
2007-01-23 13:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINR PHUM KAWC KPAO SOCI ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM970Southern Sudan--Conflict Threats in Urban Areas
[...] (U) Summary: USAID implementing partner Pact conducted a conflict analysis and threat assessment in Southern Sudan and the Three Areas. The focus of the assessment was on urban areas. A variety of threats that could lead to conflict were identified and presented to the South Sudan Peace Commiss [...]
2007-06-20 04:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM978(C) SAF WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE WILL BE MISSED, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will not complete the withdrawal of their troops from southern Sudan by the July 9 deadline mandated by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Moreover, UNMIS recalculation of figures tied to earlier troop movements now places the total percentag [...]
2007-06-21 13:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM EIAD SU
07KHARTOUM984DENG ALOR SEES CHANGES IN NCP POSITIONS
[...] (C) In an introductory meeting with CDA Fernandez, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor characterized the National Congress Party (NCP) as split between those who acknowledged the "new reality" of Sudan--where the NCP could no longer make unilateral decisions and needed to engage in dialogue [...]
2007-06-21 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM987DARFUR A VICTIM OF POOR GOVERNANCE, THE BUSINESS OF WAR
[...] SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez, two prominent Darfur civil society activists described war in Darfur as a business with many partners. Traditional leadership and negotiating mechanisms had been lost, they said, replaced by rebels with no real connection to Darfurians them [...]
2007-06-22 13:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM99(CORRECTED COPY MRN: KHARTOUM 00080): MINAWI
[...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]
2007-01-23 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KIGALI1005Rwandan 2008 Budget Highlights
[...] Summary. Minister of Finance James Musoni officially presented the 2008 budget to the Parliament on October 16. The overall budget is approximately USD 1.1 billion, a 15 increase from the previous year. Musoni predicted 6.6 growth in the economy with inflation dropping to 5 by 2008. He [...]
2007-11-02 06:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1020RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING
[...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1022RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING
[...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1026SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY MEETS FORMER FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor Timothy Shortley met with Major General Paul Rwarakabije November 7 to discuss the FDLR's current operations and its relations with the DRC government. Rwarakabije claimed the FDLR cooperated closely with the DRC government, received materiel assistence from it, a [...]
2007-11-08 05:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS RW
07KIGALI1033UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]
2007-11-09 10:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1040UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]
2007-11-14 14:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1069RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR
[...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]
2007-11-19 11:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1075RWANDAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with National Security Service External Affairs Chief Joseph Nzabamwita, at his request, on November 19 in Kigali to discuss events in the eastern Congo and potential avenues of action against the FDLR. Nzabamwita saw an unstable balance of forces in North Kivu am [...]
2007-11-20 15:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR RW
07KIGALI1085PRESIDENT KAGAME ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) In his address to the Africa Caribbean Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU),meeting in Kigali on November 19, President Kagame raised the situation in Somalia and called upon the international community to "do far more than we have done so far." Noting that innocent Somalis [...]
2007-11-26 15:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS RW
07KIGALI1092MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Former senior military officer Patrick Karegeya left Rwanda suddenly. -- Dissension continued within the Liberal Party. -- The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented its growth and poverty reduction strategies to the donor communit [...]
2007-11-29 16:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR ECON RW
07KIGALI1095RWANDA - REPORT ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] (U) Post submits the following information for the 2007 Report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) continues to make progress in its efforts to implement its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Programs and policies described i [...]
2007-11-30 09:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM SOCI EIND ETRD RW
07KIGALI110GACACA PROBLEMS, GACACA REFORMS
[...] (SBU) The GOR seeks to streamline its gacaca system, lowering penalties for those convicted of genocide crimes, narrowing the jurisdiction of regular courts over genocide suspects, and reducing the numbers of judges per gacaca court. A new prisoner release is also soon to occur. By these r [...]
2007-02-05 06:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI1113"BETTER THAN PRISON" - RWANDA'S POST-GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Evariste Bizimana, Executive Secretary for the Rwandan Travaux d'Interet General (TIG) National Committee, discussed the state of the community service program with emboffs on December 4. Approximately 45,000 people - referred to as "TIGists" - have been registered by the TIG [...]
2007-12-10 14:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1114RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] EU Increases Aid: The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel announced that the EU will increase its aid to Rwanda by 30 percent to USD 313 over the next five years. Michel announced that the EU considers Rwanda one of the three best performers amo [...]
2007-12-10 15:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1120DRC REFUGEES TO RWANDA - UNHCR PREPARING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Kigali Representative Annette Nyekan and External Relations Officer Christina Alfirev met with Poloff recently to discuss current movements of refugees to Rwanda from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Refugee flows to Rwanda have slowed recently, despite the [...]
2007-12-14 11:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
07KIGALI1145RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Loans: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Germany's KfW Banking Group have signed a deal with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to invest USD12 million to rehabilitate, expand and finance a 30-year lease of the Kigali Serena and the Lake Kivu Serena hotels. "IFC [...]
2007-12-27 09:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1146LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOW-INCOME RWANDANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Inflation in Rwanda is officially reported at under 10 percent but the reality behind the numbers is much more serious for low-income Rwandans, the majority of the population. Certain food prices have increased as much as 350 percent and virtually none less than 10 percent ov [...]
2007-12-27 12:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI167GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS
[...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]
2007-02-21 06:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI168GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS
[...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]
2007-02-21 06:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI176RWANDA OVERVIEW FOR GENERAL WARD VISIT
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Commander, Headquarters, US European Command, General William E. Ward. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. Upwards of [...]
2007-02-22 11:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI178AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]
2007-02-22 17:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW
07KIGALI185RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR A/S POWELL
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina SIPDIS Powell. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. [...]
2007-02-26 13:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI195RWANDA: CONGOLESE JOURNALIST ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prosecutor General Alphonse Hitiyaremye confirmed to polchief on February 27 the recent arrest of Congolese citizen Idesbald Byabuze. Byabuze, reportedly a professor at the Bakuvu Catholic University, as well as the publisher of a Bakuvu newspaper, the Mashariki News, is in cus [...]
2007-02-28 06:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI212RWANDA TIP DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ELAB ASEC KFRD SMIG KWMN PHUM KCRM RW
07KIGALI217RWANDA: REPEAL OF ARMS NOTIFICATION, CHILD
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Charles Murigande requested Ambassador Arietti meet with him on March 2. In his office, Murigande sought U.S. support for repeal of the notification provision of UNSC resolution 1011 of 1995, which lifted the arms embargo on Rwanda, but left in place a notification pro [...]
2007-03-05 05:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF RW
07KIGALI281KAGAME ON TRIPARTITE-PLUS, DARFUR, AND REFUGEE
[...] (C) On March 16 AF DAS James Swan advised President Kagame on the principal successes of the just-completed Tripartite Plus conference, detailing progress on "active approaches" toward eliminating Negative Forces, and a common "Wanted List" to be circulated among the four nations by means of [...]
2007-03-19 14:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
07KIGALI291UGANDA HANDS RWANDA 10 MEMBERS OF DISSIDENT GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. On March 12 Ugandan security forces transferred to Rwandan authorities ten members of the dissident organization RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais). These individuals are now in the custody of military investigators, who are determining their personal identity and status wit [...]
2007-03-21 16:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI388JOURNALIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DIVISIONISM, RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) On Friday, April 20, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umurabyo," received a one year jail term in a Kigali court, having on April 3 pleaded guilty to various charges including divisionism, defamation, and passing a bad check. Nkusi had been arrested [...]
2007-04-24 15:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI401PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 16:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS RW
07KIGALI496GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS RISING RAPIDLY; MORE
[...] (SBU) Gacaca courts trying genocide suspects have greatly increased their rate of adjudication, following adoption of the new genocide statute on March 1. As of mid-May, gacaca courts have processed nearly 400,000 cases, approximately half the existing caseload. Judicial authorities are rep [...]
2007-05-23 15:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI530PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONVICTED BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Francois Byuma, a local human rights activist, received a nineteen year sentence from a Kigali gacaca court on May 27 for his participation in attacks on a Tutsi citizen during the 1994 genocide. Byuma, head of the human rights organization Turengere Abana (Protect Our Child [...]
2007-06-04 08:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI562GOVERNMENT CLOSES INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
[...] (SBU) On June 6, Information Minister Laurent Nkusi canceled the registration to publish he had issued 20 days earlier to the Weekly Post, a new English-language publication. This cancellation occurred just days after the first issue of the Weekly post had appeared. The minister gave no re [...]
2007-06-15 11:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI589THE FDLR -- READY TO FOLD IF PUSHED HARD ENOUGH?
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-hour briefing before senior GOR military and civilian officials and representatives of the local diplomatic corps, MDRP researchers (hired by the Multi-lateral Demobilization and Reintegration Program) presented detailed information and analysis based upon months of fi [...]
2007-06-25 07:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI592CHALLENGES IN THE RWANDAN COFFEE SECTOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. RwandEx, a coffee export company recently privatized to a group of Belgian investors who have been involved in the company since its inception in 1964, is having an increasingly confrontational relationship with the GOR. Coupled with the relatively low coffee harvest season, thes [...]
2007-06-25 11:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV ETRD BTIO RW
07KIGALI599RWANDA PRISON CONDITIONS: WORSENING STEADILY AS
[...] (C) Polchief and visiting PRM officer called upon International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Chief Pierre Wettach on June 26 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wettach described a worsening situation in the nation's 16 prisons, due exclusively to the ever-increasing number of geno [...]
2007-06-27 15:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI6RWANDA: OVERSEAS OPPOSITION PARTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition political parties based outside Rwanda appear fractured and ineffectual, composed of disparate groupings of disaffected former officials or relatively unknown politicians nursing various grievances against the present government. What unites them is a visceral disl [...]
2007-01-04 08:00:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI611GOR ON GACACA, LEGAL CASES INVOLVING FRANCE, EAST
[...] (U) Summary. The GOR briefed the diplomatic community on June 28, announcing several initiatives to alleviate crowded prison conditions, hailing Rwanda's entry into the East African Community (EAC),noting efforts to secure return of a genocide suspect from France, and denying reports of rec [...]
2007-07-02 11:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI633RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 15:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI639RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The British Department for International Development (DFID) approved approximately USD 70 million for direct budget support to Rwanda for 2007. This is part of the British government's increased commitment to support the GOR in poverty reduction, maintaining peace, stability and improving fina [...]
2007-07-10 11:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI6802007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - RWANDA
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following updates the single existing investment dispute involving an American investor in Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that is outstanding against the Government of Rwanda (G [...]
2007-07-30 15:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CACS RW
07KIGALI746RWANDA: LEVELING THE POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD?
[...] (SBU) Summary. With the advent of a new law on political parties on June 1, the two largest independent parties have begun organizational efforts at the grassroots level, and report renewed interest among average Rwandans in party politics. With just over a year to the 2008 parliamentary e [...]
2007-08-20 15:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI747TWO ARRESTED GENERALS RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (SBU) Following two same-day sessions of a military court in Kigali, the presiding judge released Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka on bail on August 17. The court scheduled their next court session set for September 6. Both men stand accused of interfering with police officer [...]
2007-08-20 16:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI754FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]
2007-08-22 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KIGALI755KIVUS STRATEGY DEMARCHE: RWANDA IN AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On August 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the USG Kivus strategy to Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande. Ambassador asked that the GOR: 1) reiterate its previously declared opposition to any form of recruitment within Rwanda by General Nkunda and work to prevent s [...]
2007-08-22 16:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI758RWANDA SNAPSHOT - CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of political parties, NGOs, and religious organizations in Rwanda described a challenging environment in a series of recent meetings in which resources are scarce and political will to reform on the part of the government of Rwanda (GOR) is insufficient to overcome conti [...]
2007-08-23 14:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI759RWANDA - PRISONS, JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (C) Embassy and visiting DRL officers met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Office Pierre Wattach (protect) on July 10 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wattach gave a generally positive report, despite identifying some lingering problem areas. The serious ov [...]
2007-08-23 14:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI822GOR TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST "IRRESPONSIBLE"
[...] (C) Summary. A panel of Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including four Ministers, on September 9 used a weekly call-in program broadcast by state-owned TV Rwanda and Radio Rwanda to launch verbal attacks against certain members of Rwanda's independent media, who they accused of cooperat [...]
2007-09-17 08:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI849TWO GENERALS ACQUITTED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On September 21, a military court acquitted Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka of obstruction of justice charges. Rusegara, the head of a military training school, and Kaka, a retired officer now serving as a member of parliament for the ruling RPF, had been granted bail o [...]
2007-09-25 08:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI865RWANDA'S LIBERAL PARTY IN TURMOIL
[...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party (PL) leadership has been embroiled in a continuing leadership dispute, the losing faction in hotly contested national congress elections alleging corruption and general misuse of party funds by the winning side. First suspended by party leadership, five senior p [...]
2007-10-01 12:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI882RWANDA: CREDIBLE VOICES IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 13:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI94RWANDA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 14:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM RW
07KIGALI970GACACA GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS ON TRACK FOR
[...] (C) Summary. According to officials in Rwanda's National Service of Gacaca Courts, 90 percent of all gacaca cases have been processed and adjudications will be completed by the end of 2007. Processing remaining category one cases (those involving genocide leaders/organizers or those who comm [...]
2007-10-24 07:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM RW
07KINGSTON1043JAMAICA: NEW HEAD OF POLICE ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Mr. Justin Felice, current Senior Director of Investigations for the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, has accepted the Government of Jamaica's offer to become the head of a new Anti-Corruption Division within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) beginning in September 2007. [...]
2007-07-05 18:01:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL JM
07KINGSTON1089JAMAICA'S TOURISM BOOM
[...] Summary: Tourism figures for 2006 show tourists flocking to Jamaica in record numbers. Visitor arrivals for 2006 broke the psychological three million barrier for the first time, while earnings of USD 1.9 billion also soared to new heights. The diversion of a number of visitors from Cancun fo [...]
2007-07-13 11:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ECON EFIN EINV SOCI JM
07KINGSTON1144JAMAICA: UNIVERSAL ACCESS FUND - A MEDDLING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-23 20:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI PINR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1161JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 20:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1237A MOUNTAIN VIEW OF JAMAICAS POLITICAL VIOLENCE
[...] (U) Following an ebb in years of extreme election violence of the 1980's, many Jamaicans predict that the current ongoing national campaign may see an upturn in violence. Thus far, the political seems to be concentrated in constituencies of South East Saint Andrew, East Saint Andrew, and East [...]
2007-08-09 21:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON JM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI XL KPAO
07KINGSTON1269JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 19:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1270JAMAICA: POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-19 22:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI ASEC CASC JM
07KINGSTON1273JAMAICA: Sitrep #4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 18:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC EAID JM
07KINGSTON1307JAMAICA: OPPOSITION DRAWS EVEN WITH RULING PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 12:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1317JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 14:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1326JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN
[...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON133JAMAICA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER PATTERSON BELIEVES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 19:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV EIND ETRD ECON EWWT EFIN ECIN
07KINGSTON1336JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 20:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1400JAMAICA: A SUGGESTED U.S. AGENDA WITH THE NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-14 13:10:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR EFIN ETRD EAID MASS SOCI
07KINGSTON1419JAMAICA: NEWLY INAUGURATED PRIME MINISTER BRUCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 20:48:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER SOCI ASEC MARR OFDP UNDP
07KINGSTON1423JAMAICA: THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 18:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1445JAMAICA: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 17:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID JM XL
07KINGSTON1462JAMAICA: CRIME AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGES FACING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 16:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SNAR PHUM ASEC KCOR KCRM KJUS
07KINGSTON1470JAMAICA: MEET THE KEY CABINET MINISTERS OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 16:25:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1490JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE
[...] (SBU) The new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade confirms that a growth-oriented, reformist government seeking stronger ties to both the private sector and to the U.S. now has taken the helm of the Jamaican ship of state. End Summary and Conclusion. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied [...]
2007-10-01 18:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1525JAMAICA: MEET THE OTHER NEW CABINET MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 15:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1730JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CUBA LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba or any Jamaican firm with a commercial presence in Cuba. However, Jamaicans generally oppose U.S. policy towards Cuba, which hampers post's efforts to gather accurate investment [...]
2007-11-30 16:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALTRAD ETTC PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1739JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 15:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1749JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" UPDATE, GOJ GETTING WORRIED,
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) estimates there are two dozen alternative investment schemes in the country, although many are much smaller than Cash Plus and have different characteristics. Support for the schemes is driven by Jamaicans who feel they have been shut out from the services [...]
2007-12-05 18:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1803JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON1805JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL
[...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]
2007-12-20 21:41:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON215JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER WARNS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 11:50:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI CARICOM KCOR JM
07KINGSTON271KINGSTON: LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] The following is keyed to Para 2, A-H, Reftel: (A) Almost all participants consider the form and conduct of the exercise to have been outstanding, and four hours to have been sufficient to meet the objectives. Understandably, some participants (RSO and CONS) would have welcomed the opport [...]
2007-02-26 14:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMER CASC ASEC AFSI KCOM OTRA KESS JM
07KINGSTON287JAMAICAN CRIME UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 11:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM PGOV SNAR
07KINGSTON299JAPAN/CARIBBEAN: TOKYO CONSIDERS OPENING ANOTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 20:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EAID OFDP JA CH TW
07KINGSTON342 JAMAICA: LIQUID NATURAL GAS PROJECT IN DOUBT; SIGNIFICANT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ostensibly because of production constraints, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) reportedly will renege on its promise to supply Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Jamaica, thus jeopardizing a USD 1.6 billion expansion of Alcoa's alumina operations in Port Esquivel. Jamaica's lead role in the n [...]
2007-03-12 19:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL CARICOM JM TT XL
07KINGSTON380ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 14:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM
07KINGSTON434JAMAICA: "SISTER P" MARKS ONE YEAR AS PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the unelected Prime Minister of Jamaica, rose to the head of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) last February. As PNP leader, she replaced the retiring elected Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to become the country's first female Prime Minister on [...]
2007-03-28 11:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON51JAMAICA: TIC FOLLOW UP RESPONSE
[...] Summary: Post engaged GOJ and private sector contacts per instructions in ref. A. There was broad support for the concept of USG assistance, whatever form it might take, although some believed that DVCs may prove unwieldy and inefficient, as CARICOM member states must reach consensus on any [...]
2007-01-11 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD XL JM
07KINGSTON544JAMAICA: MEETING WITH CRNM DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) On April 11, DCM and Econ met with Ambassador Richard Bernal, Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM). Bernal said that regional leaders recognized that the upcoming Conference on the Caribbean presented an "historic opportunity," that can put the region on [...]
2007-04-13 17:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON PREL ETRD USTR JM
07KINGSTON569JAMAICA: BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURGE, BUT WILL
[...] Business and consumer confidence surged in the first quarter of 2007, reflecting declining prices and interest rates and the euphoria surrounding the Cricket World Cup (CWC). Consumers were more confident about their economic prospects at the start of 2007 than at any other time since 2001, wh [...]
2007-04-19 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON637JAMAICA: ELECTION VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Commissioner of Elections Danville Walker, the Commissioner noted that he believes the risk of political violence during elections is low. He also revealed his belief that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) did not call elections earlier in order [...]
2007-05-02 17:48:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON69JAMAICA: APIS; POSSIBLE ELECTION VIOLENCE; CRIME &
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-16 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PGOV SOCI SNAR PTER ASEC PHUM CASC
07KINGSTON709JAMAICA: NEW PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT TO GO INTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8, as promised, (reftel),Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, moved the new Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) through its final parliamentary approval and announced that the legislation will go into effect on May 15. With POCA's enactment, for the first time, the [...]
2007-05-11 19:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EFIN PREL JM
07KINGSTON712006/2007 OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST REPORT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCOR EFIN JM
07KINGSTON803JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES TO WIN AT LEAST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 16:30:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON SOCI ENRG KCOR JM
07KINGSTON887JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]
2007-06-06 18:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON89JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS VENEZUELA GIVING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-18 18:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SOCI ABLD AMGT ENRG KCOR KCRM
07KINGSTON897JAMAICA: AIR JAMAICA SELLS LONDON ROUTES, WANTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Air Jamaica Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway considers the recent sale of the airline's prestigious London-Kingston route essential to the airline's long-term viability. He also says he is willing to work with the USG however he can to combat the problem of drug smugg [...]
2007-06-07 20:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV SNAR JM XL
07KINSHASA102KABILA ALLIES WIN EIGHT OF NINE GUBERNATORIAL RACES
[...] (U) Summary: Candidates allied with the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won eight of nine gubernatorial contests January 27, including Kinshasa. Jean-Pierre Bemba's Union for the Nation (UfN) coalition won just one race, in Equateur province. Elections in the two Kasai [...]
2007-01-29 15:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1037FORESTRY SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC, PART I OF II
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV EAGR SENV KGHG CG
07KINSHASA105BAN KI-MOON VISITS THE DRC ON FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP
[...] (U) Summary: Ban Ki-Moon, newly elected Secretary General of the United Nations, spent two days in the DRC en route to the African Union Summit. Ban met with President Kabila, Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, members of the parliamentary opposition, and addressed the National Assembly. Ban [...]
2007-01-29 16:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1056LOW-LEVEL FIGHTING ONGOING IN NORTH KIVU AS
[...] (C) Summary: Low-level fighting and occasional skirmishes between troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces continue in several areas of North Kivu. Integrated brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) have been deployed into new positions in Rutshuru and Masis [...]
2007-09-05 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA1063RWANDAN, DRC FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Rwandan foreign minister Charles Murigande's official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from September 2-4, the first by a Rwandan official to the DRC since the end of the second Congo war in 2004, is a potentially significant step in a slow process of reconciliation [...]
2007-09-05 17:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW KPKO
07KINSHASA1066CHEVRON CONTAINERS OF CLEAN-UP WASTE BLOCKED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The GDRC Ministryof Trade has blocked the expor of 50 twenty-foot containers of Chevron,s petrolem exploration waste at the port of Boma. Chevro excavated a 20-year-old waste disposal site 24 iles from Boma in Bas-Congo province, and filledthe containers with waste to be re-proce [...]
2007-09-06 07:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG EPET
07KINSHASA1068CHEVRON CONTAINERS OF CLEAN-UP WASTE BLOCKED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The GDRC Ministry of Trade has blocked the export of 50 twenty-foot containers of Chevron,s petroleum exploration waste at the port of Boma. Chevron excavated a 20-year-old waste disposal site 24 miles from Boma in Bas-Congo province, and filled the containers with waste to be r [...]
2007-09-06 08:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG EPET
07KINSHASA1069DRC AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - New aviation regulations. - No resolution on retrocession for 2007. - Country assistance framework in the planning. - Teachers' union gives ultimatum to GDRC. - Catholic school teachers suspend opening day. - Electricity upgrade projects scheduled. - Wiring DRC and ROC. - [...]
2007-09-06 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1072NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/7/07 12:00 GMT): MONUC
[...] (U) MONUC peacekeepers September 6 brokered a ceasefire between pro-government Congolese military (FARDC) units and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda. The accord was reached after Nkunda's forces threatened to overrun the strategic North Kivu town of Sake about 20 miles west of t [...]
2007-09-07 14:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1075UNIDENTIFIED DISEASE HAS KILLED 160 IN WEST KASAI
[...] (SBU) Summary. An unidentified disease has killed 160 of the 352 people who have contracted it since June 7 in seven remote villages of Kasai Occidental (West Kasai) province in central DRC. Samples have been collected and are being analyzed inside and outside the DRC. Initial indications that [...]
2007-09-07 17:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO CG
07KINSHASA1085EBOLA OUTBREAK IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ebola virus, one of the hemorrhagic fevers, was confirmed on September 10 in the province of West Kasai, where nearly 400 people have fallen ill and over 160 of those have died since June (ref Kinshasa 1075). DRC Minister of Health, Makwenge Kaput, received the results from a W [...]
2007-09-11 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1100SHORTLEY AND CHARGE DISCUSS EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14, 2007, Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley and Charge d'Affaires, Sam Brock met with President Kabila at his residence for one hour to deliver the following messages from A/S Frazer. Kabila outlined his three pha [...]
2007-09-14 16:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1101MONUC: FARDC OVER ITS HEAD IN NKUNDA FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary. Senior MONUC officials reviewed the current security situation in the eastern DRC September 11-12 in discussions with AF Senior Adviser Shortley following cessation of hostilities between government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda. The operation appears to hav [...]
2007-09-14 16:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1121DRC EBOLA EPIDEMIC UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ebola fever epidemic in south-central DRC has now claimed 172 lives. Nearly 400 suspected cases remain clustered around the towns of Mweka and Luebo in the West Kasai province. Unconfirmed cases have been reported as far as 300 kms from the epicenter, some little more than [...]
2007-09-19 06:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1123PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK
[...] (U) Public school teachers across the DRC have been on strike for long-promised salary increases since September 3, when schools were supposed to open. The national Congolese teachers union, Syndicat des Enseignants du Congo (SYECO),and the Catholic teachers union, Syndicat des Enseignants de [...]
2007-09-19 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG
07KINSHASA1126KABILA TO P-3 PLUS 2: ONLY OPTIONS FOR NKUNDA'S
[...] (C) Summary: President Joseph Kabila met September 13 with ambassadors/charges of the P-3 (France, UK, U.S.) plus 2 (Belgium and South Africa) countries in Kinshasa. SRSG William Swing also participated. Swing had requested the meeting on behalf of the P-3 plus 2 because of growing concern [...]
2007-09-19 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
07KINSHASA1127FOREST SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC: STAKEHOLDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC is reviewing 156 forestry titles for conversion into new titles as part of its forestry sector reform and economic development plan. The process is intended to regulate the forestry sector in a way which encourages sustainable resource management, improves forestry cons [...]
2007-09-19 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV ETRD SENV EAGR KGHG CG
07KINSHASA1139KABILA MAKES THREE-DAY SURPRISE VISIT TO GOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila made a three-day unannounced visit to North Kivu province September 19-22 before beginning an extended trip to Belgium and the U.S. In his second trip to the province since his December 2006 inauguration, Kabila called once again for all military units [...]
2007-09-24 15:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1141DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN
[...] Despite sporadic clashes between various armed groups in North Kivu Province, and a generally tenuous security environment, humanitarian agencies have begun to survey previously inaccessible areas. Relief officials report varying patterns of displacement, with pockets of small-scale returns, [...]
2007-09-25 13:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1151NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/25/07, 18:00 GMT): LIMITED
[...] (U) Limited skirmishes broke out in several locations in North Kivu in the early morning of September 24 between Congolese military (FARDC) troops and elements of renegade General Laurent Nkunda's forces, but had died down by midday. No casualty figures were available. 2. (SBU) FARDC De [...]
2007-09-25 17:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1168DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]
2007-10-02 09:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1179ITURI DDR: PHASE III PASSES THE DEADLINE
[...] (SBU) The official deadline for the Phase III disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion program (DDR) in Ituri District officially passed on September 30. However, disarmament points and the demobilization transit sites remain open. Nearly 35 per cent of those on the official lists from t [...]
2007-10-04 16:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1215CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...]
2007-10-19 20:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM
07KINSHASA1237LAURENT NKUNDA SITUATION - PERSPECTIVES ON DDR OF HIS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1250DRC OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1264AF Senior Advisor Shortley's visit to Nyabiondo,
[...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC peacekeepers in the southwestern North Kivu town of Nyabiondo told AF senior advisor Tim Shortly November 2 that negative forces encircling the town, including FDLR, Mayi Mayi, and National Council for the Defense of the People (CNDP) fighters, will not be easily dislodged [...]
2007-11-08 10:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINS PREF MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1274Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between
[...] (U) Media reaction to the Nairobi agreement has been generally favorable, albeit not very substantive. Following are reactions from major outlets: -- Le Palmares writes that the DRC has hung itself by signing the plan because the deadline to submit an elaborate disarmament plan is too shor [...]
2007-11-14 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PINR PINS CG RW PGOV PREL
07KINSHASA128WORLD BANK IN LISTENING MODE, GEARING UP FOR
[...] (C) Summary. World Bank representatives, in Kinshasa to talk with donors about the Bank's program for 2007, expressed particular interest in and concern over Security Sector Reform issues. They agreed with the Ambassador that the handing over of the fully drafted Governance Compact to the GDR [...]
2007-02-01 14:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1283INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley met with the DRC Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and separately with other NGO and UN officials on October 29 prior to traveling to North Kivu. Common [...]
2007-11-15 09:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA1307DRC GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE
[...] Summary: Late in the evening of Sunday, November 25, the DRC government, led by Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, announced a cabinet reshuffle. Major changes include a reduction in the number of ministries from 40 to 33, the reduction of ministries of state from six to three, the appointment o [...]
2007-11-26 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1311November 22 Goma Update
[...] (SBU) Commercial traffic between Goma and Masisi is flowing again after MONUC installed a mobile operating base at Mushake at midweek. CNDP forces had set up a roadblock there that, in the words of Governor Paluku, was "strangling" the provincial capital. Prices of staples such as beans had e [...]
2007-11-27 05:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1316November 24 Goma Update
[...] (SBU) The FARDC attacked a CNDP position above the Goma-Rutshuru road near Rugari yesterday morning. A Dakar-based AP team reported observing FARDC troops loading mobile rocket-launders onto trucks in the vicinity around midday following the action. They said a FARDC colonel told them CNDP p [...]
2007-11-27 15:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1329AF SPECIAL ADVISOR TIM SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 30
[...] (C) Summary: Shortley called Tshibanda to provide information on his latest conversations with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, and to discuss a possible Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military offensive against Nkunda. Shortley told Tshibanda that A/S Frazer agreed that military pressure w [...]
2007-12-03 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA134PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Protests in Bas-Congo province, sparked by the controversial result of the January 27 gubernatorial election, turned violent January 31-February 1 with clashes between security forces and demonstrators led by adherents of an ethnic Kongo political-religious movement, Bundu dia [...]
2007-02-02 12:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1340 Ambassador Garvelink in Goma December 3
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink's introductory trip to Goma December 3 coincided with commencement of military action in the Mushaki area (west of Sake) by the FARDC against Nkunda's forces. MONUC/North Kivu commander General Narayan told the Ambassador that, the previous day, Nkunda's f [...]
2007-12-05 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1341DRC NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary Agriculture - Palm Oil Imports Flow Again, Local Industry Resumes Production of Margarine, Soap Forestry - NGO Encourages GDRC to Complete Logging Concession Conversion Process Infrastructure - Kinshasa Roads Bad, Getting Worse, Parliament Investigates - New Forklifts M [...]
2007-12-05 15:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1344President Kabila Delivers Upbeat "State of the Nation"
[...] Summary: President Kabila's December 6 "state of the nation" address was generally upbeat and conciliatory. It contained few surprises. Kabila defended the offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda, hailed achievements in infrastructure and services, defended the agreement with Chin [...]
2007-12-07 05:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SOCI KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1347 Goma Report for December 6, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/Goma reports that FARDC pressed northward five miles from Sake by early morning December 6 and was now shelling Kibati. Nkunda's forces have been cleared out of the Sake-Masisi road, but traffic is not yet moving. One of the FARDC brigades involved in taking Mashaki is [...]
2007-12-07 09:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1350 Goma Situation Report for December 7, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military offensive has stalled at Kibati -- a high point along the track north from Sake -- where Nkunda has continued to bring in reinforcements and evidently taken a stand. Speaking to the humanitarian community in North Kivu, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar [...]
2007-12-10 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1356 Goma Situation Report for December 10, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military campaign in North Kivu remains stalled, with Nkunda's line holding at Kibati and Nkunda having made a foray within two kilometers of Mushaki. MONUC's North Kivu Brigade Commander helicoptered with a team into Kirolirwe IDP camp December 9 to sensitize the ID [...]
2007-12-11 10:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA136BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN
[...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...]
2007-02-05 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1360 Goma Situation Report for December 11, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC's military campaign west and north of Sake collapsed December 10 and the military plan, which MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Narayan describes as a very good plan, now "goes back to square one." Nkunda's zone of control returns to what it was in August 2007, [...]
2007-12-12 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1361PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. At President Kabila's request, Ambassador William Garvelink and Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with Kabila in his residence on December 11, 2007. Kabila agreed to stick to his agreement with President Museveni and to keep [...]
2007-12-12 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1362 Goma Situation Report for December 12, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the course of December 11, FARDC abandoned its remaining positions west of Sake, leaving MONUC to defend the town. Nkunda's commanders communicated to MONUC Brigade Commander General Narayan that they would not enter Sake, but not before the nearby fighting had caused a mo [...]
2007-12-13 16:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1364 Goma Situation Report for December 13, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC General Narayan told embassy's Goma officer December 13 that FARDC losses in men and materiel from the December 3-12 campaign were light. Attacked by an Nkunda force of perhaps 200 at Mushaki, three FARDC brigades panicked and fled. The issues are leadership, training, [...]
2007-12-14 12:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1369 Goma Situation Report for December 14, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fallout from the army's reversal continues apace. FARDC held its position on the Rutshuru axis December 13 but the region's deputy commander was reportedly shot in the shoulder by his own men. General Narayan estimates 5,000 deserters, of whom some are in Goma where they coul [...]
2007-12-17 08:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1373SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Tim Shortley, met Laurent Nkunda at his headquarters near Kirolirwe late December 14. Shortley found Nkunda amenable to compromise, apparently worried that his sweeping military victory had within it the seeds [...]
2007-12-17 14:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1384 Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC is considering a new offensive against Nkunda forces despite recent reverses, and continue to fly in new supplies and equipment to Goma. MONUC does not believe it will be capable of doing so for months, and is counseling caution. Scattered combat continues. Supported by [...]
2007-12-19 08:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1405Goma situation report for December 22, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The North Kivu military situation remained stable during the previous week. However, FARDC continues to move reinforcements into and around the province. Pro-Nkunda and Pareco militia forces clashed again in a remote area of Masisi territory. Inhabitants of Rutshuru town prote [...]
2007-12-26 08:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1409 PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 20 MEETING
[...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila received the P-3 plus 2 ambassadors/charges at his residence on December 20. The meeting was called with 15 minutes' notice, officially in response to a request made several weeks earlier to discuss military operations in North Kivu. Topics covered included the [...]
2007-12-27 06:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA142NEW CABINET ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Summary. Ministerial appointments by DRC President Joseph Kabila and Prime Minister-designate Antoine Gizenga were announced the evening of February 5. The new cabinet will be very large, with a total of 60 members. While some of the new ministers represent the established Congolese pol [...]
2007-02-06 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1422 REQUEST TO RECONSIDER DECREASE IN COLA
[...] (U) Summary: The recent decision to lower Kinshasa's COLA from 42 to 30 percent (ref A) has serious implications for post morale and its efforts to recruit Foreign Service staff. The new COLA is inconsistent with findings by the highly reputable Employment Conditions Abroad International" (EC [...]
2007-12-28 07:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT AFIN CG
07KINSHASA1425DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]
2007-12-31 09:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA1427 Goma situation report for December 28-29, 2007
[...] (U) The subject line in ref (A),the most recent report in this series, is incorrect. Subject line should read: "Goma situation report for December 27 (not December 22),2007." This is the last report for 2007; reports will resume January 2, 2008. Conference Update ----------------- 2 [...]
2007-12-31 10:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA144ORIENTALE PROVINCE ELECTS 16 TO DRC SENATE
[...] (U) Results of the January 19 DRC Senate elections in Orientale province gave President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) nine of the province's 16 seats. The pro-Kabila PPRD won four seats, while Mbusa Nyamwisi and Olivier Kamitatu's Forces du Renouveau (FR) won tw [...]
2007-02-06 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA176NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HOSTS AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly President Kamerhe and the Assembly executive officers hosted a group of Ambassadors February 12 for what was billed as the first of regular sessions to exchange views. Kamerhe briefed regarding a "moratorium" regarding controversial "double nationality" enforc [...]
2007-02-14 13:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA178TRIAL OPENS IN ANVIL MINING CASE
[...] (U) Summary. The criminal trial of three civilians and several FARDC soldiers in a Katanga military court is increasing attention on the DRC's extractive industries. A GDRC military court in Lubumbashi, Katanga province is hearing preliminary matters in the case, which arises from the widely- [...]
2007-02-14 14:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV KHUM PGOV CG
07KINSHASA179DRC'S COURTS SLOW TO RESOLVE ELECTORAL DISPUTES
[...] (SBU) Summary: More than 100 electoral disputes over seats in the DRC's National Assembly remain unresolved nearly seven months after the July 30 vote. The Supreme Court has been largely incapable of handling the large number of challenges filed, leading to a delay of more than three months in [...]
2007-02-14 16:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA180NORTH KIVU'S SECURITY STILL TENUOUS TWO MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: The security situation in the DRC's volatile North Kivu province remains tenuous. Two months after fighting erupted between government forces and dissident troops loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda, North Kivu officials consider the province to be over-militarized and are pe [...]
2007-02-14 17:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KPKO CG
07KINSHASA185ANDRE KASONGO ILUNGA, R.I.P.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Trade minister Kasongo Ilunga was one of the many unknowns named to the DRC cabinet February 5. A true non-entity, he left the political scene this week with a singular flourish that has humiliated his political godfather. In fact, he never existed. The episode demonstrates [...]
2007-02-15 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD KDEM CG
07KINSHASA199DRC PM-DESIGNATE PRESENTS FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Gizenga has presented the new DRC government's plan of action for consideration by the National Assembly. It highlights initiatives in a wide range of areas and includes a special focus on governance issues. The government can begin work officially o [...]
2007-02-20 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EFIN CG
07KINSHASA21DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES
[...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has postponed the elections for the country's national senators, governors and vice governors. According to CEI officials, the elections were pushed back because of difficulties in installing the newly-elected provincial assemblies. Provinci [...]
2007-01-09 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA214CONGOLESE MIXED BRIGADES CLASH WITH FDLR IN NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Congolese military's "mixed" brigades clashed February 19-20 with suspected FDLR and Mayi-Mayi forces in North Kivu province. The fighting does not appear to be part of planned operations, although skirmishes have been ongoing since the beginning of February. The a [...]
2007-02-21 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PREF CG
07KINSHASA233KARIM AGAIN MAKES PROMISES AFTER MILITARY SETBACKS
[...] (C) Summary: Peter Karim, leader of the Front for National Integration (FNI) militia in the DRC's northeastern Ituri District, has promised to surrender a number of his fighters following several weeks of successful operations by the Congolese military (FARDC) which have left the FNI isolated [...]
2007-02-26 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA245DRC GOVERNMENT PROGRAM APPROVED, MINISTERS
[...] (U) Summary: The DRC National Assembly approved Prime Minister Gizenga's program and team of ministers by a wide majority February 24, following Gizenga's responses to questions submitted by deputies February 22 (ref A). Key questions addressed by Gizenga included the status of the trade po [...]
2007-02-28 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA262Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]
2007-03-02 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA263Murder Trial of Journalist Finds Momentum
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial for the November 2005 murder of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu is seemingly back on track after many months of procedural delay. The presiding military court has rearrested an early suspect and asked that the investigation be expanded to include some PPRD political fi [...]
2007-03-02 11:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO CG
07KINSHASA279PROSECUTION RESTS IN NLANDU TRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Military prosecutors rested their case against Bemba ally Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants February 7. They presented three main pieces of evidence: grenades allegedly in the possession of her co-defendants, videos of Nlandu alledgedly calling for the burning of t [...]
2007-03-08 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA284CHARGES AGAINST ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSIONER STILL
[...] (C) Pursuant to the arrest of the DRC's Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA) head and his assistant (reftel),there has still been no public release of the charges. Professor Fortunat Lumu, the CGEA Commissioner and director of Kinshasa's Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) told EconOff late afternoo [...]
2007-03-09 11:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV KGIT IAEA CG
07KINSHASA292ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS ADDITIONAL 131
[...] (C) Front for National Integration (FNI) leader Peter Karim surrendered an additional 131 militia members March 10 in Doi, approximately 55 miles northeast of the Ituri District capital of Bunia. Karim had promised Congolese military (FARDC) officials he would surrender an additional 200 milit [...]
2007-03-13 10:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA306BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]
2007-03-14 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA308BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...]
2007-03-15 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA313LUMU SET FREE, FUTURE OF URANIUM INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) Summary. Professor Fortunat Lumu, arrested March 6 on suspicion of trafficking in uranium, was released from detention on March 11 (refs A,B). There is no evidence to suggest that any uranium or radioactive material changed hands. Minister of Scientific Research Sylvanus Mushi Bonane, wh [...]
2007-03-15 15:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG EMIN ETRD PGOV IAEA CG
07KINSHASA314DR CONGO'S POST-TRANSITION MEDIA SCENE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an open letter to President Joseph Kabila, media watchdog Journaliste En Danger (JED) frames the debate on the DRC's post-election media scene. JED argues that freedom of expression continues to be violated, and it recommends specific legislation to protect the media, notably [...]
2007-03-15 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA319CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT A DIMINISHING PROBLEM IN
[...] (C) Summary: A senior UN official proclaimed the DRC's child soldier problem is "essentially over," but charged that dissident general Laurent Nkunda is recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps in Rwanda. Humanitarian officials report more than 100 child soldiers have been separated from N [...]
2007-03-16 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA327IMF REVIEW: SITUATION WORSE THAN FIVE MONTHS AGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting IMF review team said that the DRC economic situation is worse than it was five months ago, when they characterized it as "difficult" (ref A). The team confirmed that GDRC overspending, financed by Central Bank credit, amounted to at least USD 40 million for January a [...]
2007-03-19 10:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA329OPENING OF DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ORDINARY SESSION
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC National Assembly's first ordinary session opened March 15. Initial priority items on the three-month agenda include final approval of the Assembly's internal rules, membership and election of officers of its permanent committees, and final confirmation of all deputies' ma [...]
2007-03-19 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG AO GB
07KINSHASA346KATANGA'S ORE EXPORT SUSPENSION CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Katanga Governor Moise Katumbi's recent order suspending the export of unprocessed ore from the province remains in place (reftel) and has created noticeable impact. The suspension is pursuant to Katumbi's March 6 communique stating that the suspension's purpose is to combat the loss of [...]
2007-03-21 16:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD ECON ZA CG
07KINSHASA375IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIGHTING
[...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to former Vice President Bemba were defeated in March 22 - 23 violence, and no longer constitute a fighting force. There is a general consensus that numerous political options were not exhausted prior to the fighting, with many in the Kabila camp spoiling for a fight [...]
2007-03-28 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA378MINEMBWE UPDATE: DISCUSSIONS STALLED OVER
[...] (C) Summary: GDRC negotiations with dissident Banyamulenge commanders in South Kivu have stalled in confusion and disagreement over how their forces are to be integrated into the Congolese military (FARDC). The stalemate has blocked the anticipated disarmament and integration of more than 200 o [...]
2007-03-29 16:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PREF MOPS BU CG
07KINSHASA381POLITICAL VIEWS FROM BOTH SIDES
[...] (C) Summary: Following the March 22-23 violence, political feelings are running high. Reflecting Prime Minister Gizenga's views, his de facto chief of staff, Minister Godefroid Mayobo, strongly reaffirmed the need for a full trial of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. While fully acc [...]
2007-03-30 17:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PGOV MOPS CG PO SF
07KINSHASA385BEMBA DEPARTURE DELAYED
[...] (C) The departure for Portugal of former Vice President Bemba has been delayed from the original hoped-for date of Saturday, March 31, but the initiative still appears on track. Per telcons with UN SRSG Bill Swing and South African Charge Kenneth Pedro, discussions headed by National Assembly [...]
2007-04-02 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC PO SF CG
07KINSHASA386NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES TO INCLUDE
[...] (SBU) The DRC National Assembly's political groups have agreed to a proportional formula for sharing leadership positions in its eight permanent and technical committees that mandates a significant role for opposition and independent deputies. The agreement, which has yet to be officially an [...]
2007-04-02 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA417CONGOLESE, MONUC OFFICIALS DISCOUNT THREAT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese and MONUC military officials claim elements of the Allied Democratic Forces and National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU) operating in the DRC no longer pose a significant security threat. They contend ADF-NALU numbers have been greatly reduced since joint FA [...]
2007-04-11 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UG CG
07KINSHASA419BEMBA LEAVES KINSHASA FOR PORTUGAL
[...] (U) Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba departed Kinshasa for Portugal aboard his private jet at 2:10 a.m. April 11. Bemba, accompanied by his wife and five children, officially left for follow-up surgery for a broken leg suffered in December 2006. He had been at a South African [...]
2007-04-11 10:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO PO CG
07KINSHASA433PROSECUTOR SEEKS TO LIFT BEMBA'S IMMUNITY; SENATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Prosecutor General has formally requested that the Senate lift Jean-Pierre Bemba's senatorial immunity. In naming Bemba as the "intellectual author" of the March 22-23 violence, the Prosecutor is seeking to lay the groundwork for holding Bemba legally liable for the [...]
2007-04-13 18:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA434DRC FINANCE MINISTER ADMITS ECONOMIC SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary. The new Minister of Finance said that the DRC economy is "not good" but was optimistic that the situation could be turned around by the new government. He cited hopeful signs regarding increased GDRC revenues and blamed overspending on the defense and security sectors. The mini [...]
2007-04-16 11:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA477UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FOLLOWS BOSS IN
[...] (U) Asha-Rose Migiro, newly appointed United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General, followed the example set by Secretary General (SG) Ban Ki-Moon (reftel) in making the DRC SIPDIS one of the stops on her first official trip since assuming the position. She met with President Joseph Kabila [...]
2007-04-26 15:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO KDEM CG
07KINSHASA496DRC BORDER SECURITY REMAINS ILLUSIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa and Ngobila Beach, the ferry crossing point to Brazzaville, abound with examples of poor adherence by the GDRC to international border security norms. The GDRC's attempts to correct this situation have not yet yielded results. Parallel e [...]
2007-05-02 17:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG ASEC CASC EAIR ECON CG
07KINSHASA502NLANDU AND NINE OTHERS ACQUITTED ON INSURRECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese politician Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants were acquitted April 30 of all charges related to the November 2006 burning of the Supreme Court building. A military court found that the prosecution had not presented evidence sufficient to prove their guilt. T [...]
2007-05-04 10:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA51KABILA COALITION WILL LEAD SEVEN OF DRC'S ELEVEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition -- which includes Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's PALU and Nzanga Mobutu's UDEMO parties -- will lead seven of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, following votes January 12-14. Former Vice Pre [...]
2007-01-19 08:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA512KINSHASA INCREASINGLY IN THE DARK
[...] (U) Summary. Increasingly frequent power blackouts and water shortages are plaguing Kinshasa and other provinces in the DRC, sparking growing public unhappiness. Poorly maintained equipment, insufficient capital investment and mismanagement are among the causes cited. In late March Parliamen [...]
2007-05-08 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA523KISEMPIA'S OUTLOOK ON SECURITY THREATS IN EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe characterized the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) as his biggest security concern in eastern DRC. During a May 3 meeting with DATT and PolOff in his the Ministry of Defense offices, he claime [...]
2007-05-11 11:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS SU RW UG CG
07KINSHASA524PROGRESS MADE ON ITURI MILITIA DEMOBILIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: Some 500 militia members from Peter Karim's Front for National Integration (FNI) in Ituri District have surrendered to military authorities in the past month, bringing the total number disarmed since the beginning of the year to more than 800. Demobilizing fighters, however, conti [...]
2007-05-11 12:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA530DRC SENATE GIVES VOICE TO POLITICAL OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Senate May 11 elected former Mobutu Prime Minister Leon Kengo wa Dondo as its president, making him the highest-ranking opposition politician in the GDRC. Senators also voted in the six other members of its leadership body, giving it a 4-3 split between members of the [...]
2007-05-15 08:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA56MINING EXTRACTS, #1
[...] (U) Summary. Several artisanal diamond miners died in mining-related accidents, and diamonds illegally exported from Zimbabwe are reportedly appearing for sale in the DRC. Delays in obtaining and importing adequate equipment is causing construction delays for major copper/cobalt mining projec [...]
2007-01-19 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA57MINING EXTRACTS, #1
[...] (U) Summary. Several artisanal diamond miners died in mining-related accidents, and diamonds illegally exported from Zimbabwe are reportedly appearing for sale in the DRC. Delays in obtaining and importing adequate equipment is causing construction delays for major copper/cobalt mining projec [...]
2007-01-19 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON ETRD PGOV ZI CG
07KINSHASA579DRC'S REVIEW OF MINING CONTRACTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Mines has established an intragovernmental commission to review 60 joint-venture mining contracts. The commission expects to begin its work in early June, although it must first establish a work plan and internal rules, find funding and select experts. There has [...]
2007-05-29 14:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA592INGA DAM: MOVING AT SNEL'S PACE
[...] (U) Summary. Plans to rehabilitate portions of the DRC's Congo River Inga Dam complex, Africa's greatest potential hydroelectric source, are picking up some speed after stagnating for many years. One privately-funded upgrade is already underway, while multilateral donors are in the process of [...]
2007-05-31 16:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID EINV ECON CG
07KINSHASA593SIX CONGOLESE KIDNAPPED IN CONTINUING VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) At least six additional Congolese civilians were reported kidnapped from a village in Kabere district, about 19 miles northwest of Bukavu, on May 31. In related violence in the Kanyola area southwest of Bukavu on May 26 (reftel),after another civilian died of his wounds, nineteen civil [...]
2007-06-01 11:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA594TSHISEKEDI QUIETLY RETURNS TO DRC IN APPARENT ILL
[...] (C) Summary: Etienne Tshisekedi, president of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS),quietly returned to Kinshasa May 28 after an extended stay in South Africa for medical treatment. UDPS officials acknowledge Tshisekedi, age 74, is in ill health and has been given strict orders fr [...]
2007-06-01 11:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM CG
07KINSHASA628MINEMBWE TALKS STALLED AS PATIENCE WITH DISSIDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with armed Banyamulenge dissidents in South Kivu's Minembwe region remain stalled, and the group's leaders refuse to meet with provincial or MONUC officials. The dissidents are now allegedly recruiting, rearming, and committing violence against rival ethnic groups and [...]
2007-06-07 09:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA639NKUNDA GIVES HIS VERSION OF REALITY IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) Summary: Dissident General Laurent Nkunda gave an extended interview to a Kinshasa-based newspaper outlining his views on the so-called "mixage" process and the intentions of his political front organization. His comments, published in the June 6 edition of "La Reference Plus," attempt to [...]
2007-06-08 16:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA642WESTERN KASAI GOVERNOR LOSES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Western Kasai's provincial assembly passed a no-confidence motion against AMP-aligned Governor Tresor Kapuku June 7 by a 29-24 vote, even though the AMP holds a slim majority. According to the DRC's constitution and electoral law, Kapuku must now resign and the Independent Elect [...]
2007-06-11 15:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA644DRC'S OPPOSITION LAW NEARLY READY FOR PLENARY
[...] (C) Summary: National Assembly deputies working on the DRC's draft law on the rights and status of the political opposition have nearly completed work on the document, according to several parliamentarians. The law seeks to establish a legal and operational framework for a "positive and constr [...]
2007-06-11 16:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA658BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: "WALK IN THE WOODS" WITH
[...] (U) DCM represented Embassy Brazzaville at the June 8 closing ceremony for the two-day "concertation" which took place in the former ex-Ninja rebel stronghold of Kinkala in the heart of the Pool region. Unlike the high-profile, security-charged environment witnessed the preceding day by th [...]
2007-06-13 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS CF
07KINSHASA659MILITARY INTEGRATION DIFFICULTIES ON DISPLAY AT
[...] (C) Summary: A recent tour of the DRC's military training and integration facility in Luberizi, South Kivu, highlighted the challenges facing GDRC officials charged with reforming the country's security sector. A lack of equipment and logistical support hamper efforts to create a unified and p [...]
2007-06-13 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
07KINSHASA667SENATE PRESIDENT LAYS OUT HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
[...] (U) Summary: Leon Kengo wa Dondo, the newly-elected president of the Senate, highlighted his legislative priorities in his first formal meeting with the Ambassador. His priorities include the draft budget, the law on the opposition, the judicial sector law creating the governing body for mag [...]
2007-06-14 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA671MAJOR RE-SHUFFLE OF MILITARY AND POLICE LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) As reported reftel, President Joseph Kabila ordered a major shake-up of the Congolese military (FARDC) in a decree issued late June 12. Nearly all top commanders, including FARDC Chief of Defense Staff Lt. General Kisempia and Air Forces Commander General John Numbi, were removed from their [...]
2007-06-15 12:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS PINR CG
07KINSHASA677UPDATE: BEMBA'S LEAVE EXTENDED UNTIL JULY 31 BY
[...] (U) DRC Senate spokesman Modeste Mutinga announced June 15 that the Senate's leadership committee had approved a request by Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba for an extension of formal leave until July 31. Bemba has been in Portugal since April 11, where he completed follow [...]
2007-06-19 06:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA679NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES REGULAR SESSION, REOPENS
[...] (U) Summary. The National Assembly adjourned on June 15 as scheduled, after passing two key pieces of legislation on the budget and the opposition law. Deputies also approved an amended report on the Bas-Congo violence in January. The Assembly will convene an extraordinary session on June 19 [...]
2007-06-19 14:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA688BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: NTUMI - DEER HUNTER OR THE
[...] (C) Following his June 8 "walk in the woods" in Kinkala with CNR President Frederic Bintsamou (Pasteur Ntumi),in the presence of BBC journalist James James, (reported reftel A),DCM was contacted by CNR National Secretary Joseph Mbizi to discuss his party's anticipated participation in the J [...]
2007-06-20 13:07:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPREL PINR PHUM PGOV CF
07KINSHASA704ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS MORE MILITIA
[...] (C) Front for National Integration (FNI) militia leader Peter Karim has turned over an additional 177 militia fighters to Congolese military (FARDC) authorities in Ituri District. A first group of 141 surrendered June 15 in Doi, approximately 50 miles northeast of Bunia. The other 36 turned th [...]
2007-06-25 06:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA740KABILA SPEAKS OUT ON BEMBA, MONUC IN "JEUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview published in the latest edition of the weekly "Jeune Afrique," President Joseph Kabila said he wanted "justice to take its course" concerning Jean-Pierre Bemba. Kabila claimed Bemba tried to "physically eliminate" him during March fighting in Kinshasa, and that t [...]
2007-07-03 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO KDEM PINR CG
07KINSHASA744200 CHILD SOLDIERS REMAIN IN MIXED BRIGADES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN child protection officials and the NGO Caritas have demobilized 251 child soldiers from the Congolese military's (FARDC) six "mixed" brigades in North Kivu but estimate that another 200 remain in their ranks. End summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) UN c [...]
2007-07-03 14:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA746EQUATEUR'S SECURITY PROBLEMS REST MOSTLY WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Northwestern Equateur province's primary security concerns center on the estimated 7,000 demobilized soldiers throughout the province who often attack police forces and civilians, loot and steal, and commit other crimes. Provincial officials say another pervasive problem is the mi [...]
2007-07-03 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA751MINISTER OF DEFENSE ROLLS UP DDR AGENCY, GIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Defense Minister Chikez Diemu announced the dissolution of the DRC's disarmament, demobilization and reinsertion (DDR) agency CONADER June 23 and transfer of its functions to his ministry. He previewed the next phase of Ituri District DDR, which will emphasize commu [...]
2007-07-05 10:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA784RIVER TRANSPORT IN THE DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: River transport will likely play a pivotal role and become very lucrative in the event of economic recovery in the DRC. There is a very high demand for river transport, but corruption, lack of government services and other obstacles limit growth. End summary. ---------- BAC [...]
2007-07-10 15:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID ECON EINV CG
07KINSHASA797RECENT ALLEGATIONS OF URANIUM TRAFFICKING IN THE
[...] (S) Several sources have recently stated that the Malta Forest Company is mining and exporting uranium from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to reports, Malta Forest does this by mining the uranified rock while mining copper and cobalt, then exporting the uranified ore and circumve [...]
2007-07-11 11:13:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS IAEA EMIN
07KINSHASA81ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT KAMERHE PLANS AMBITIOUS AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe has plans for an ambitious legislative agenda, close oversight of the other branches of the government, professionalization of the Assembly's work and a program of parliamentary diplomacy. He plans to call a special session in late Janu [...]
2007-01-24 17:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA814PROPOSALS TO SHUT DOWN THE CREN-K NUCLEAR REACTOR
[...] (C) Econoff met June 7 with Professor Fortunat Lumu Badimabayi-Matu, the recently dismissed Director of the Kinshasa Nuclear Research Center (CREN-K) and the DRC Atomic Energy Commission (CGEA). (Note: Per reftel A, Lumu was fired in March by the new Minister of Scientific Research, Sylvanus [...]
2007-07-13 10:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PGOV PINR IAEA CG
07KINSHASA816NLANDU'S COURT BATTLE MAY NOT YET BE OVER
[...] (U) Congolese lawyer and opposition figure Marie-Therese Nlandu, who was acquitted April 30 on charges of insurrection and weapons possession (reftel),could find herself back in court at the urging of prosecutor Homere Nkulu Katenda. The Kinshasa military appeals court filed an appeal June 2 [...]
2007-07-14 11:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA842CATHOLIC BISHOPS WARN DRC LEADERS
[...] (U) Summary: Congo's Catholic bishops have raised concerns about ongoing threats to the DRC's security, natural resources, and national sovereignty as well as its general state of economic and political development. A statement released July 9 calls for immediate action by the Congolese people [...]
2007-07-19 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PHUM SCUL CG
07KINSHASA846CONCERNS ABOUT INSECURITY IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary. Some MONUC civilian officials have expressed growing concerns about the possibility of a government offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda in North Kivu. Two of its key officials believe that the Kabila government has made a decision to mobilize for an attack on Nkun [...]
2007-07-19 17:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA85FARDC 1ST BRIGADE AGAIN FACES MILITARY JUSTICE FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Soldiers from the Congolese army's First Integrated Brigade have earned another military court date, this time on charges of looting and rape in Bunia, Ituri District January 11 and 12 after mutinying. 34 of more than 200 defendants appeared before a military judge in Bunia Janu [...]
2007-01-25 12:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
07KINSHASA86ITURI UPDATE: KARIM STILL A HOLD-OUT FOR DISARMING
[...] (C) Summary: Front for National Integration (FNI) leader Peter Karim refuses to disarm his Ituri-based militia despite a series of deadlines imposed by the GDRC. While other militias have disbanded and sent their members to demobilization sites, Karim and the FNI are instead massing forces nor [...]
2007-01-25 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA88ITURI UPDATE: FRPI, MRC MILITIAS STILL AWAITING
[...] (C) Summary: Mathieu Ngudjolo's Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) and Cobra Matata's Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) militias have largely disarmed, although the number of militia members who have surrendered to date is far lower than earlier expectations. Ex-FRPI combatant [...]
2007-01-25 13:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA882KABILA, OTHER LEADERS AGREE ON POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. President Kabila, Prime Minister Gizenga and the presidents of the National Assembly, Senate and Supreme Court met July 23 in an initial inter-institutional meeting. They agreed to Kamerhe's proposal for political and diplomatic strategies to reduce tensions in the east and re- [...]
2007-07-25 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA884ANGOLAN EXPULSION: TOTAL OF CONGOLESE ARRIVALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Initial news reports of Congolese expelled from Maludi, in Lunda Norte, Angola, were exaggerated, but the numbers continue to grow. Assessment teams confirmed in mid July that 13,000 displaced Congolese arrived in West Kasai and some 3,000 others in Katanga since July 3. They sa [...]
2007-07-26 11:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG OA
07KINSHASA887MONUC LAUNCHES MINEMBWE PEACE EFFORT IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary. MONUC officials have launched a new initiative in South Kivu's High Plateau region following a week of renewed fighting between the Congolese military (FARDC) and armed ethnic Banyamulenge dissident forces. Their efforts have not produced a ceasefire, though the level of fighting [...]
2007-07-26 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREF PGOV CG
07KINSHASA89EX-MOBUTUISTS HELP KABILA COALITION TAKE MAJORITY
[...] (U) The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won a slight majority in the senatorial delegation from Jean-Pierre Bemba's home province of Equateur. AMP-aligned candidates, including three who ran as independents, took eleven of 20 national Senate seats, with one apiece for th [...]
2007-01-25 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA895SENATE PRESIDENT KENGO REVIEWS STATE OF PLAY AT
[...] (C) Summary. Senate President Leon Kengo wa Dondo highlighted decentralization as the most contentious issue facing the Congolese parliament when it returns for its fall session September 15. He expressed skepticism about budget figures which came from the National Assembly. He is in favor [...]
2007-07-30 13:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA896FOR SOUTH KIVU CITIZENS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
[...] Summary. MONUC, human rights organizations, humanitarian groups, and civil society leaders in and around Bukavu, South Kivu province agree that the three most serious human rights issues facing the area are violent crime by the Congolese army, impunity for soldiers, and FDLR attacks on civilia [...]
2007-07-30 15:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA900NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT KAMERHE JUGGLES
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe will confront a crowded legislative agenda this fall while also attempting to help defuse an increasingly tense situation in his home region in eastern Congo. He sees decentralization as the key issue ahead for the Assembly. His proposa [...]
2007-07-30 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA906PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
[...] Summary. The National Assembly and the Senate closed their special sessions on July 18. The Assembly considered five of twelve scheduled items: the 2007 budget, the laws on the political opposition and national road patrimony protection, and ad hoc commission reports on the Kahemba border [...]
2007-08-02 06:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA919UN AGREES TO MAKE RESULTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS MAPPING
[...] (SBU) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Louise Arbour has approved public release of a proposed DRC human rights mapping exercise report, MONUC Human Rights Officers told PolOff July 31 following a donors meeting with SRSG William Swing. Although Arbour and MONUC representatives [...]
2007-08-03 10:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA926KABILA SECURITY ADVISER DIES UNEXPECTEDLY IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Presidential adviser Samba Kaputo, a key figure in Kabila-era politics, died in Johannesburg August 1, reportedly of kidney failure. He was Kabila's national security adviser during the Transition and a member of his trusted inner circle. He had close connections with the military and i [...]
2007-08-03 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ZA
07KINSHASA945DRC SUPREME COURT REINSTATES KASAI OCCIDENTAL
[...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court in July 31 technical ruling declared unconstitutional a no-confidence motion adopted June 7 by the Kasai Occidental provincial assembly against Governor Tresor Kapuku, a member of the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) election coalition (ref A) [...]
2007-08-08 10:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA951DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - Hundreds of MIBA (DRC diamond mining parastatal) employees requested summer leaves of absence following nine months without pay. - Kinshasa's civil servants are demanding the implementation of the GDRC's "Strategic Document of the Organization of Congolese Civil Service." - A July [...]
2007-08-08 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA983DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 24-26,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is slowly feeling its way in the search for solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. Achievements to date, the promise of peace and democratization, and the importa [...]
2007-08-17 12:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
07KOLKATA104WHAT DOES NANDIGRAM MEAN FOR THE CPM?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 14 Nandigram violence resulted in at least 14 deaths, badly damaged Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's administration and revealed the ruthless face of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM). It also shifted the dynamics between the CPM and [...]
2007-03-29 11:52:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL IN
07KOLKATA129USTR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB MEETS WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 14 U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Susan Schwab visited West Bengal (WB) to understand local views on India's trade interests and the conditions of its agricultural sector. During her visit, Amb. Schwab met with WB Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacha [...]
2007-04-18 10:24:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI EAID IN
07KOLKATA144INDIA'S MAOIST MENACE GROWS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent large scale attacks by Maoist insurgents in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and other states reflect growing Maoist strength and organization in India. Mostly operating under the banner of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist),India's Maoists now maintain a [...]
2007-05-03 12:43:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SOCI PHUM ECON IN NP
07KOLKATA145RENEWED VIOLENCE IN NANDIGRAM INDICATES A POLITICAL BATTLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two people were killed and five injured in Nandigram on April 29 in a recurrence of violence between supporters of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) and the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee ("Committee to Resist Displacement from Land") (BUPC). While the fighting in [...]
2007-05-03 12:54:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EINV IN PHUM
07KOLKATA157POULTRY FARM IN NORTH BENGAL REPORTS LARGE NUMBER OF BIRD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the first week of May, thousands of birds have died at a poultry farm in Siliguri, located in Northern West Bengal, near the border with Bangladesh. The Government of West Bengal (GOWB) has sealed the poultry farm. Preliminary health reports have found no evidence of an H5N1 [...]
2007-05-11 09:23:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED EAGR IN BG
07KOLKATA164EAST INDIAN STATES SEE PROTESTS AGAINST RETAIL AND MINING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, two states in East India experienced several protests against investments by large corporations. In Jharkhand's state capital Ranchi, small scale food vendors attacked newly-opened Reliance Fresh supermarkets fearing that that the lower cost retail markets would destro [...]
2007-05-16 12:28:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV EAGR EMIN ASEC IN KS
07KOLKATA191MAOISTS BLOCKADE JHARKHAND TRANSPORT
[...] Summary: (SBU) Beginning June 26 the two-day east India economic blockade called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist to protest against the setting up of special economic zones (SEZs),adversely affected the movement of all minerals from the mineral-rich state of Jharkhand. The majority [...]
2007-06-29 08:40:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC KCRM IN
07KOLKATA196200 MAOIST INSURGENTS KILL SEVEN, INCLUDING FIVE POLICE, IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30 an estimated 200 Communist Party of India - Maoist (Maoists) insurgents killed seven people, including five policemen, in separate but simultaneous attacks on two police stations in the Rohtas district of the eastern Indian State of Bihar. On the same day, the Bihar [...]
2007-07-05 11:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM KCRM ASEC IN
07KOLKATA227AVIAN INFLUENZA: MANIPUR SITREP JULY 31, 2007
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As of July 31, culling operations continued in Manipur at over 34 locations in and around Imphal. Culling is scheduled to be completed by July 31 and an assessment taken on August 1. Although there is no news of the infection spreading, there are unconfirmed media reports of an [...]
2007-07-31 11:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO SENV EAGR IN BM BG PGOV
07KOLKATA233BIHAR SUFFERS WORST FLOOD IN THREE DECADES WITH 77 DEATHS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As of August 6, flood conditions in the East Indian state of Bihar remain serious, with a rising toll of now 77 deaths. However, water levels are stabilizing. The Indian Army and Air Force are supporting state government's relief and rescue efforts. Bihar officials say there is [...]
2007-08-06 11:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR MARR PREF IN
07KOLKATA234MANIPUR FINISHES AI BIRD CULL AND 550 CHICKENS DIE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4 culling operations in response to the recent H5N1 Avian Influenza outbreak ended in Manipur, with an estimated 330,000 birds culled. Local authorities are now concentrating on surveillance and monitoring activities. Samples taken from four people living on the Chingme [...]
2007-08-06 12:32:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR TBIO SENV CASC IN BM
07KOLKATA242ULFA AGAIN TARGETS HINDI SPEAKING MIGRANTS WHILE RESENTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to India's Independence Day on August 15, insurgents from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) have killed at least 27 Hindi-speaking migrants in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. Simultaneously with thi [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM PINR IN BG
07KOLKATA250ORISSA STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER EPIDEMIC LEVELS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 1, ConGen met with Orissa State AIDS Control Society (OSACS) officials to discuss the HIV/AIDS situation in Orissa. The interaction revealed worsening conditions in this eastern Indian state. The National Aids Control Organization (NACO) characterizes Orissa as a "h [...]
2007-08-21 11:30:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KHIV KWMN KGLB TBIO IN
07KOLKATA256JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER VISITS KOLKATA TO BOOST ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TIES
[...] (U) ON AUGUST 23, JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER ABE ARRIVED IN KOLKATA ACCOMPANIED BY A MORE THAN 120-MEMBER BUSINESS DELEGATION. JAPAN HAS INVESTED HEAVILY IN THE STATE OF W. BENGAL AND PROVIDED MILLION-DOLLAR LOANS FOR PROJECTS IN THE CHEMICALS AND ENERGY SECTORS AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE. ABE W [...]
2007-08-24 10:33:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EINV ETRD EIND IN JA
07KOLKATA258THE HIV/AIDS SCENARIO IN INDIA'S EAST AND NORTHEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In July, India's National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) released the results of an analytical exercise supported by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) that provided new, lower estimates of HIV prevalence in India. The exercise, conducted in 2006, found that [...]
2007-08-24 12:53:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KHIV TBIO KWMN SENV ELAB IN
07KOLKATA261ORISSA CONTINUES TO GROW IN IT, INDUSTRY, ANDMANUFACTURING
[...] (U) Summary: During a July 31-August 2 visit to the East Indian state of Orissa, ConGen met with a range of local politicians, bureaucrats, business people and media representatives to assess the present economic conditions in the state. The Orissa government has been intent on developin [...]
2007-08-27 10:45:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EIND EINV PHUM EMIN IN KS
07KOLKATA28MANIPUR STATE ELECTIONS LIKELY TO RESULT IN WEAKER CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Election Commission has announced three voting phases for the Manipur state assembly elections to be held on February 8, 15, and 23. The phased voting will help in managing the extensive security required, given the persistent violence from ethnic insurgencies in [...]
2007-01-25 13:23:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI IN BM
07KOLKATA289INDIAN CONGLOMERATE RELIANCE SUSPENDS ITS WEST BENGAL RETAIL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Faced with violence against its facilities and growing political opposition to expansion of retail in India, the Reliance Group on September 13 suspended its billion-dollar agricultural retail project in West Bengal. The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and the W. B [...]
2007-09-18 04:34:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO EAGR ECON EINV PGOV IN
07KOLKATA291NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE MIZORAM STRUGGLES WITH NEAR EPIDEMIC
[...] (U) Summary: From August 28-30, ConGen visited the northeast Indian state of Mizoram to assess the state's social issues. The state borders Burma and has a relatively small population of around one million people. While literacy is high at over 88 percent, the state economy is weak and reli [...]
2007-09-19 14:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KHIV SNAR TBIO IN BM
07KOLKATA292TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S
[...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]
2007-09-20 05:58:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA297TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S
[...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]
2007-09-21 11:43:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA30DALAI LAMA SPEAKS IN KOLKATA ON TIBETAN AUTONOMY
[...] (SBU) On January 15 in Kolkata, the Dalai Lama spoke at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the of non-governmental organization Young Men's Welfare Society (YMWS). He made remarks on "Ethics in Human Development." During the question and answer period following his remarks, the Dalai Lama [...]
2007-01-29 10:06:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV SENV CH IN
07KOLKATA305BURMESE MIGRANTS IN NORTHEAST INDIA FACE DISCRIMINATION:
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Northeast region is home to thousands of Burmese refugees and migrants who have fled political oppression and economic backwardness in Burma. Ethnic Chins are the largest group, estimated at 50,000 to 100,000, and are primarily in the India's Northeastern state of Mizo [...]
2007-09-27 16:04:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL BM IN
07KOLKATA345COMMUNISTS BRUTALLY CRUSH OPPOSITION IN RURAL WEST BENGAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: From November 6 to 11, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists conducted a brutal campaign to "recapture" the rural West Bengal area of Nandigram from the opposition Bhumi Uchhed Protirodh Committee (BUPC) (Committee Against Eviction From the Land). Following initial [...]
2007-11-13 14:56:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF ASEC IN
07KOLKATA353A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH CHIN LEADERS ON ACCESS TO REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 7 stopover in Kolkata, Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey discussed with Burmese Chin leaders the condition of the several thousand Chin migrants in India's Northeast. The lack of access by UNHCR to the Chins and other [...]
2007-11-20 04:36:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PREF
07KOLKATA364CORPORATE KOLKATA HOPES NANDIGRAM WILL NOT AFFECT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of recent violence in Nandigram, Post surveyed leading industry contacts to discuss the potential impact of the violence on investment in W. Bengal. Business owners and senior corporate managers generally believe that the recent government sponsored attacks in Nan [...]
2007-11-28 11:06:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV EFIN EIND EAGR IN
07KOLKATA383ADIVASI TRIBALS IN ASSAM AGITATE; STATE CONGRESS GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assam's "tea tribes" or Adivasis have increased their protests and agitations to pressure the state and national governments for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status under the Indian Constitution. In recent weeks, members of the Adivasi community have organized a violent rally in Guwaha [...]
2007-12-19 11:48:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC PREF IN
07KOLKATA385HINDUS AND CHRISTIANS CLASH OVER CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN
[...] (U) Summary: Since December 24 one person has been killed, at least 30 persons injured and several churches have been damaged as tribal Christians and Hindu fundamentalists have clashed over Christmas celebrations in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Trouble started on December 24, when a [...]
2007-12-26 09:25:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN
07KOLKATA386MAOIST INSURGENTS IN EASTERN INDIA EXPAND INFLUENCE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Development projects in rural India including India's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have provided the country's Maoist insurgents (or Naxalites) with an opportunity to solidify their base and to increase their reach into more semi-rural areas. In the extensive "red corridor" o [...]
2007-12-26 11:22:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM EIND ECON EINV ASEC IN
07KOLKATA388TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN ORISSA FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS VIOLENCE
[...] Summary: (SBU) Tensions prevailed in the curfew bound tribal-dominated Kandhamal and Phulbani districts of the Eastern India state of Orissa following violence which began on December 24. At least, one person has been killed and several have been reported injured during the violence. Propert [...]
2007-12-27 16:34:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI ASEC IN
07KOLKATA39USG SUPPORT FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS STRONG,
[...] (U) Summary: On January 18, DCM visited anti-trafficking non-governmental organization (NGO) Apne Aap's shelter at Topsia, located in a Muslim neighborhood that is one of Kolkata's poorest slums. DCM interacted with Apne Aap leaders and spoke with Deputy Public Prosecutor Taj Mohammed about [...]
2007-02-06 09:40:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI PINR IN
07KOLKATA41WEST BENGAL'S LAND BATTLE HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the past six months, the Government of West Bengal (GOWB) and Tata Motors have found themselves embroiled in a political battle over acquisition of agricultural land in Singur district. The controversy has been fueled by a lack of transparency in the land acquisition pr [...]
2007-02-07 12:17:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EIND EINV PGOV IN
07KOLKATA54ITALIAN PM PRODI LEADS LARGEST EVER TRADE MISSION TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. February 11-12, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Kolkata with over 300 business representatives, Italian Commerce Minister Emma Bonino and other senior government officials as part of a "global strategy to open new markets in Asia." The delegation consisted mostly o [...]
2007-02-14 14:04:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EIND IT IN
07KOLKATA56CHINA AND RUSSIA MAKING THEIR PITCH TO EAST INDIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DEMONSTRATING GREATER CHINESE EFFORT AT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN EAST INDIA, ON FEBRUARY 12, FOREIGN MINISTER LI XHAOXING TRAVELED TO BIHAR TO INAUGURATE A NEW MEMORIAL HALL AT THE HISTORIC SITE OF THE ANCIENT NALANDA UNIVERSITY. A WEEK EARLIER, CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO INDIA USED THE [...]
2007-02-15 12:10:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PGOV EINV RS CH IN
07KOLKATA68LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]
2007-02-23 13:34:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV PREL IN
07KOLKATA74MAOISTS BRAZENLY KILL JHARKHAND PARLIAMENTARIAN DURING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday March 4 Maoist rebels shot and killed Sunil Mahto, a Member of Parliament (MP) from the city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and General Secretary of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) political party. The attack occurred at a football tournament in the village of Ghatshila, [...]
2007-03-05 12:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
07KOLKATA86ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS RETAIN THE SCARS OF THE 2004
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. March 2-7, ConGen visited the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to assess recovery from the December 2004 tsunami and related issues such as the environment, economic conditions and strategic concerns. Two years after the tsunami devastated parts of the island [...]
2007-03-13 12:37:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV PHUM ECON MARR IN BM TH ID
07KOLKATA92WEST BENGAL FACES FALLOUT FROM NANDIGRAM VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rural West Bengal district of Nandigram remains tense but quiet following the March 14 violence between police, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activists and local villagers, which resulted in at least 14 deaths and 71 injuries (REF. A). Chief Minister Buddhadeb B [...]
2007-03-19 13:32:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ECON SOCI ASEC IN
07KUALALUMPUR1001GENERAL PACE'S JUNE 4 MEETINGS WITH PM ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak endorsed current military-to-military cooperation with the U.S. in their separate meetings on June 4 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and the Ambassador. DPM Na [...]
2007-06-08 05:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER KISL OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1005SURFING IN SINGAPORE'S WAKE: MALAYSIA'S ISKANDAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Malaysia's government hopes to accelerate investment in the southern state of Johor with its planned Iskandar Development Region (IDR). The government's public statements portray IDR as a new approach that will attract global firms for "knowledge-based" investment, but econoff' [...]
2007-06-08 08:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EWWT EAIR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1059SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE
[...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]
2007-06-20 10:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1108 Malaysia's Economy Slows in Q1
[...] (U) Malaysia's economic growth slowed to 5.3% in the first quarter of 2007, down from an average of 5.9% in 2006. Services led the way with 9.6% growth and construction continued to recover as development funds from the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) finally started flowing in significant amounts. [...]
2007-07-05 05:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1145EMBASSY SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Malaysian officials are still smarting over the U.S. decision to rank Malaysia in TIP Tier 3 but they have expressed much more willingness to discuss the issue quietly than they did in the immediate aftermath of the USG decision of June 12. We have engaged with senior off [...]
2007-07-16 01:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KWMN MY
07KUALALUMPUR1154ANWAR IBRAHIM PROJECTS OPPOSITION GAINS, DECRIES
[...] (C) Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told the Ambassador during their July 11 discussion that he believed opposition parties could capture some 40 parliament seats or more in the next general election, projecting from results of the April Ijok by-election. Anwar's People's Justice P [...]
2007-07-16 10:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1155ANWAR'S AIDE DETAINED UNDER OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT
[...] (SBU) Malaysian police on July 13 arrested Nathanial Tan, an aide to Anwar Ibrahim and an activist within the opposition People's Justice Party (KeADILan or PKR),and on July 14 remanded Tan for four days under the Official Secrets Act (OSA). According to initial reports, the charges relate [...]
2007-07-16 10:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1172KHAIRY AND UMNO YOUTH FOCUS ON FTA, PALESTINE IN
[...] (C) Khairy Jamaluddin, influential son-in-law of PM Abdullah, underscored his oft-publicized concerns about the FTA, in particular regarding agriculture and government procurement, during the Ambassador's July 18 lunch for leaders of UMNO Youth, an important component of the dominant United M [...]
2007-07-20 07:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1215 KIKEH FIELD TO DOUBLE MURPHY OIL'S GLOBAL CRUDE PRODUCTION
[...] (U) Summary: Murphy Oil Corporation's deepwater operation at Kikeh field off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia, is expected to begin producing light sweet crude by the end of the third quarter of this year, barring unforeseen delays, according to Kuala Lumpur-based Murphy Oil executives. The Kike [...]
2007-07-30 08:28:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EFIN EINV ENRG MY BX
07KUALALUMPUR1218VIRTUAL LIMITS: MALAYSIA ATTEMPTS TO REIN IN BLOGGERS
[...] (C) Bloggers fear the recent police actions against two prominent online political commentators, Nathaniel Tan and Raja Petra Kamaruddin, presage a Government of Malaysia (GOM) crackdown on the freedoms of speech and the press in cyberspace. GOM leaders and officials from the dominant United [...]
2007-07-30 11:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1224Iran outdoes U.S. in FDI; Foreign Bank to Open in KL.
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's top investor for the first five months of 2007 is Iran, due to a joint venture by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and SKS Ventures Sdn. Bhd. to build a refinery in the northern region of peninsular Malaysia. The Central Bank approved another joint venture for Ba [...]
2007-07-31 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EPET MY
07KUALALUMPUR1225MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-07-31 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1234MILF PEACE TALKS: OTHMAN SEEKS RESTRAINT AFTER
[...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak used his recent travel to the Philippines to urge both the GRP and MILF to avoid resuming hostilities in the wake of the July 10 killings and mutilation of Filipino marines in Bas [...]
2007-08-02 08:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1236MALAYSIA FORMALLY ENACTS A COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia formally enacted its Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act after receiving royal assent on July 18 and publishing the new law in the Gazette of Malaysian Laws on July 26. With final enactment of the new law, Malaysia moved closer to opening its first two shelters for foreig [...]
2007-08-02 08:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1257CHINESE VOTERS DISSATISFIED WITH RULING COALITION,
[...] (C) Corruption, crime and vernacular education remain among the top electoral priorities for Malaysia's ethnic Chinese community, and in the run-up to the next national election Chinese dissatisfaction with the ruling Coalition's handling of such issues appears on the rise. To explore ethnic [...]
2007-08-07 07:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1290REASSESSING MALAYSIA'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (C) The Malaysians have made significant progress in implementing items contained in the action plan we provided them in 2006, and we should return them from Tier 3 to the Tier 2 Watch List in connection with the September review. We recognize that trafficking in Malaysia remains serious. We [...]
2007-08-15 10:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1317Ambassador's Farewell on Malaysian Central Bank Governor
[...] Summary: The Ambassador paid a farewell call on Malaysian Central Bank (Bank Negara) Governor Dr. Zeti Aziz on August 15. He relayed U.S. appreciation for Malaysia's efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist finance; congratulated the central bank on its successful initiatives in develo [...]
2007-08-21 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KTFN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1328SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-08-23 09:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1334WELCOME TO MALAYSIA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
[...] (U) Welcome to Malaysia and its golden independence anniversary. Our fifty-year relationship with Malaysia is strong and growing. As President Bush has said: "The United States and Malaysia share strong trade and investment ties and a commitment to generating prosperity through openness, dem [...]
2007-08-27 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1362UNHCR OVERVIEW OF REFUGEE OPERATIONS IN MALAYSIA
[...] (C) The UNHCR Representative in Malaysia presented on August 23 a "confidential" briefing to diplomatic missions monitoring the status of refugees in Malaysia. After the Government of Malaysia (GOM) denied access to detention facilities earlier this year, the UNHCR regained limited access to [...]
2007-09-05 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL CVIS SMIG BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1375AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DISCUSSIONS WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) The Ambassador and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, in farewell discussions September 3-4, agreed that U.S.-Malaysia bilateral relations had strengthened over the past three years. The Ambassador raised Iran, export controls, trafficking in persons (TIP)),Free Trade Agreement [...]
2007-09-10 05:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETRD KNNP KISL ASEAN IR BU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1400PM'S AIDE SAYS TERENGGANU RIOT WILL SCARE AWAY
[...] (C) Wan Farid (protect throughout),a political aide to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, during a September 12 meeting with polchief, denied his involvement in the September 8 Terengganu riot and instead alleged opposition parties had planned the violence in order to boost public sympathy for [...]
2007-09-14 09:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1452 Malaysia's 2008 Budget: Pork Sold Separately
[...] Summary: On September 7, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled his 2008 budget proposal. Billed as a "fiscally responsible" budget, it projects a deficit of 3.1%, down from 3.2% in 2007. Although spending is up, the GOM projects higher GDP growth will generate more than adequate add [...]
2007-09-25 02:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1458MALAYSIA'S LAWYERS TAKE TO THE STREETS OVER
[...] (C) With limited government response to the September 19 allegations of corruption and judge fixing (ref A),the Malaysian Bar Council announced its intent to march on the Prime Minister's office and demand the establishment of a royal commission of inquiry. Malaysia's law minister quickly de [...]
2007-09-26 12:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1462 Islamic Finance in Malaysia Part 2: Obstacles and
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia is determined to become a global hub for Islamic Finance, and already accounts for two thirds of outstanding Islamic bond issuances (reftel). However, at a recent conference in KL, financial experts discussed a number of obstacles holding back development of this niche [...]
2007-09-27 08:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1470BURMA: PM ABDULLAH SAYS CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Following the release of the tough September 27 ASEAN statement on Burma, both Prime Minister Abdullah and Foreign Minister Hamid hardened their tone and concluded that ASEAN would have to rethink its demands and expectations vis--vis Burma, with the PM stating that ASEAN's "constructive [...]
2007-09-28 10:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1476BURMA: UMNO YOUTH PARTCIPATE IN RALLY; POLITICIANS
[...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Prime Minister's son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin and the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) Youth wing joined the cause of promoting democratic reform in Burma and participated in a peaceful rally in front of the Burmese Embassy on October 1. Approximately 200 [...]
2007-10-01 10:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1492AMBASSADOR KEITH'S OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Keith raised Burma during his initial courtesy call on MFA SecGen Rastam, urging that ASEAN support an October 5 UNSC meeting and a prospective Presidential Statement from the Council on Burma. Sidestepping the issue of a statement, Rastam reiterated Malaysian frustra [...]
2007-10-04 10:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1506MILF TALKS: OTHMAN USES IMT THREAT AND PREVIOUS
[...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak employed previous GRP negotiator Silvestre Afable and the threat of Malaysia's pull-out from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) to push Manila during a September 25-26 [...]
2007-10-10 07:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR153ANWAR IBRAHIM ATTACKS NAJIB, SEES LIMITED
[...] (S) Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, speaking with polchief January 18, amplified his recent attacks on Deputy Prime Minister Najib, alleging official cover-up of Najib's connection with the Altantuya murder case and Najib's involvement in corrupt military procurements. Anwar (pro [...]
2007-01-24 11:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1534BURMA: GAMBARI'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari held talks in Kuala Lumpur with Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on October 16 - 17. FM Hamid announced Malaysia and ASEAN would never suspend Burma or agree to sanctions against the military regime. Hamid co [...]
2007-10-17 13:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1541MALAYSIA'S CENTRAL BANK: LET'S MAKE A DEAL!
[...] (C) Summary: A number of U.S. financial services firms operating in Malaysia have described various informal practices undertaken by staff at Bank Negara Malaysia, the Central Bank, designed to encourage US firms to shift investment and jobs to Malaysia in return for regulatory approvals. I [...]
2007-10-18 09:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1546MALAYSIA'S NORTHERN CORRIDOR ECONOMIC PLAN -- LONG ON
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia has launched another high-profile economic incentive program, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER),as part of the government's efforts to enhance economic growth and development in outlying parts of Malaysia. Prime Minister Abdullah's July launch of the NCER foll [...]
2007-10-19 08:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EAGR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1551ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]
2007-10-22 10:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1552ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]
2007-10-22 23:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1568GOM UPDATES ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW, REQUESTS
[...] (SBU) A senior official in Malaysia's Internal Security Ministry told us October 22 that the Anti-Trafficking Council created by the new anti-trafficking in persons law would meet formally by mid-November. Enforcement of the law would begin in early 2008, as Malaysian authorities needed time [...]
2007-10-25 10:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1570MALAYSIA: NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur nominates Aegile Fernandez, co-founder and coordinator for migrant and refugee affairs at the NGO Tenaganita ("Women's Power"),to receive the Secretary's award as an International Woman of Courage. Aegile has demonstrated exceptional courage and commitment to defending t [...]
2007-10-26 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1580EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN'S OCTOBER 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Ministerial Political Secretary Vincent Lim told visiting EAP DAS Christensen on October 17 that there is a perception in Malaysia and ASEAN that the United States is not heavily engaged in the region. He further commented that U.S. actions in Iraq and Afghanistan have neg [...]
2007-11-02 00:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CH MY
07KUALALUMPUR1613MALAYSIA'S OPPOSITION DRAWS TENS OF THOUSANDS TO
[...] (C) Malaysia's major opposition parties operating under the election-reform umbrella organization BERSIH on November 10 carried out possibly the country's largest opposition demonstration since 1998, gathering 20,000 or more demonstrators to present an election reform petition to the National [...]
2007-11-13 11:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KISL KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1641MALAYSIA CONCERNED ABOUT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TRENDS
[...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's foreign direct investment flows rose rapidly in 2006, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2007. However, while a 52.8% increase in inward FDI flows reversed a declining trend over the past five years, the bigger news [...]
2007-11-22 23:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S
[...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]
2007-11-27 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1663GOVERNMENT WARNS ON FUTURE PROTESTS, TAKES LEGAL
[...] (C) In the aftermath of the November 25 ethnic Indian street demonstration, which police forcibly dispersed, the Malaysian government has raised the stakes for its critics who proceed with public rallies in defiance of government bans. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi warned the nation on Novem [...]
2007-11-30 10:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1664GOVERNMENT WARNS ON FUTURE PROTESTS, TAKES LEGAL
[...] (C) In the aftermath of the November 25 ethnic Indian street demonstration, which police forcibly dispersed, the Malaysian government has raised the stakes for its critics who proceed with public rallies in defiance of government bans. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi warned the nation on Novem [...]
2007-11-30 10:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1679MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT DECIDES PROTON WILL NOT SEEK A FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of back-and-forth negotiations with Volkswagen, the Malaysian government has decided that government-controlled auto maker Proton would no longer pursue a strategic partnership with the German auto manufacturer or any other foreign partner (including Gene [...]
2007-12-06 01:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1682 The Challenge of Dealing with Malaysia Inc.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Doing business in Malaysia can be a challenge for foreign firms and the recent DiGi.com restructuring is a case in point. DiGi.com, a mobile telephone service provider majority-owned by Norway's Telenor ASA, needed to reduce its equity stake in the firm this year to meet GOM re [...]
2007-12-06 05:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETEL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1684INDIAN GRIEVANCES AND RACIAL TENSIONS; GOM TRIES
[...] (C) The ethnic Indian protest on November 25 and the government's strong law enforcement response have increased domestic and international attention on Malaysia's Indian community. Despite constituting nearly 8 per cent of Malaysia's population, ethnic Indians hold only 1.2 per cent of the n [...]
2007-12-06 16:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1691POLICE ARREST HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCHERS; ANOTHER
[...] (C) Malaysian police on December 9 arrested organizers of an attempted march in Kuala Lumpur by lawyers, activists and opposition party officials in support of freedom of assembly. The short-lived march involved some 100 participants and took place after the Bar Council, under police pressure [...]
2007-12-10 11:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1695POLICE ARREST OPPOSITION LEADERS ATTEMPTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysian police on December 11 arrested 24 opposition party and NGO activists, organized under the Bersih electoral reform coalition, in connection with a planned rally at Parliament. Police released at least seven of the activists later in the day. Those arrested included f [...]
2007-12-11 10:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR17201207 - MALAYSIA'S TRI-BORDER CAPACITY BUILDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Kuala Lumpur seeks to utilize USD 1 million in allocated FY 2007 Title 1207 funding during FY 2008 to conduct civilian maritime law enforcement training and to enhance border control capability in the tri-border region of Malaysia's eastern state of [...]
2007-12-14 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ID RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1721AMBASSADOR RAISES ISA CONCERNS WITH LAW MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with de facto Law Minister Nazri Aziz and raised U.S. concerns over Malaysia's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in light of the December 13 detention of five ethnic Indian activists. Minister Nazri vigorously defended use of ISA as necessar [...]
2007-12-14 11:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1732JUDICIAL REFORM ELUSIVE, DESPITE ROYAL COMMISSION
[...] (C) Following months of inconclusive investigations into a major judge-fixing scandal (ref A),Malaysia's King confirmed on December 12 the government's appointment of a royal commission of inquiry. The King tasked the royal commission to investigate the origin and veracity of the now infamous [...]
2007-12-21 00:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR17332007 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY FIZZLES, BUT KHAIRY
[...] (C) Summary: The United Malays National Organization (UMNO) held its 58th Annual General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur from November 5 - 9 and despite the usual fanfare proved to be little more than a pep rally for the upcoming general election. Although party elections remain a year away, chang [...]
2007-12-21 01:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR187 Bank Negara Relaxes Rules on Banks' Equity Investments;
[...] (U) Summary: Bank Negara has allowed banks greater freedom to invest in the stock market, while three more foreign financial institutions have entered the Malaysian market. Meanwhile, the recent flooding in Johor is projected to cause at least RM 2.4 billion (USD 686 million) in losses, altho [...]
2007-02-02 05:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR209AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 29 MEETING WITH EDUCATION MINISTER HISHAMMUDDIN
[...] (C) Education Minister and UMNO Youth chief Hishammuddin responded favorably to the Ambassador's call to expand dialogue between the Embassy and Muslim Malay youth during their January 29 meeting. Hishammuddin described the Malaysian political scene as "volatile" due to the increased racial [...]
2007-02-07 08:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO MY
07KUALALUMPUR263HONORARY CONSUL NOTES MALAYSIA AS SAFE HAVEN FOR
[...] (S) The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Malaysian businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),described Thai Malay separatist use of Malaysian territory as a safe haven and insurgents' views of the conflict during a February 5 meeting with polchief. Eskay, who was a leading Ma [...]
2007-02-13 08:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR309MALAYSIA VIEWS FTA AS STILL WITHIN REACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: MITI Minister Rafidah is putting pressure on her colleagues to make the compromises necessary for a successful conclusion of the FTA negotiations. The Cabinet is expected to meet to decide whether to continue the negotiations on February 28. MITI Secretary General Rahman has [...]
2007-02-16 08:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR352PAS AND UMNO EYE KELANTAN ELECTION; KEDAH AND
[...] (C) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in PAS-controlled Kelantan state are positioning themselves for a tough fight in the next national election. During polchief's February 5-9 visit to the northern Malaysian states, PAS leaders in Kelant [...]
2007-02-23 08:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR447FIGHTING, NOT TALKING - SOUTH THAI MILITANTS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DIALOGUE, SAY FORMER MEDIATORS
[...] (S) Southern Thai militants recently asserted they will pursue more violence and reject talks, according to two Malaysian mediators from the defunct Mahathir peace process. The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),joined by retired head of the Malaysian [...]
2007-03-08 09:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR457 GOM Touts "Record" Manufacturing Investment Approvals for 2006; Rampant "Ali Baba" Abuses in GOM's Affirmative Action Program Draw PM's Ire: Malaysia Economic Update for February 2007
[...] (U) Summary: The GOM trumpeted figures showing total manufacturing investment approvals in Malaysia rose 48.1% in 2006 to a record RM 46 billion (USD 13.1 billion),and used this as proof the country remained internationally competitive. However, a closer look at the numbers reveals the inves [...]
2007-03-09 08:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR458TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING WITH AUSTRALIA
[...] (SBU) The Australian High Commission hosted a trilateral meeting with U.S. and Japanese embassies on January 17 to discuss CT cooperation and assistance issues in Malaysia. Each mission was represented at the DCM level and included representatives from political, economic, defense, and securi [...]
2007-03-09 09:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MY
07KUALALUMPUR506ELECTORAL REFORM NOT ON THE HORIZON
[...] (C) As Malaysia moves closer to its next national elections, electoral reform faces a very steep uphill battle, a conclusion highlighted during our recent meetings with Election Commission (EC) officials, NGO leaders and several academics. The UMNO-led Barisan Nasional (BN) governing coalition ret [...]
2007-03-16 08:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR569MALAYSIA UPGRADING ITS MIDDLE EAST TRADE RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) Recent visits of senior Malaysian government officials to the Middle East have highlighted Malaysia,s interest in expanding its trade and investment ties with the region, seemingly in parallel with Malaysia's new diplomatic focus on West Asia. Malaysian trade with the region is growing [...]
2007-03-28 07:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD MY PREL XF GCC
07KUALALUMPUR651SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]
2007-04-11 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR705HONEY, I CONVERTED THE KIDS: MALAYSIA'S APPEALS
[...] (C) In the latest high-profile legal battle between a Muslim and non-Muslim involving civil law, Malaysia's secular Court of Appeal reached a decision that supports Shari'a court jurisdiction over a non-Muslim. On March 13, the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling that would allow a Mus [...]
2007-04-18 10:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR818IRAQ: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT CANCELED
[...] (SBU) Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) West Asia desk advised us on May 7 that Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has canceled his planned May 12 trip to Baghdad which we previously reported in ref A. Foreign Ministry officials commented that although the intent was to postpone th [...]
2007-05-08 08:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR902PROSECUTING TERRORISTS IN MALAYSIA: LOOKING BEYOND
[...] (S) Assisting Malaysia to develop the capacity to successfully investigate and prosecute terrorists would support key U.S. law enforcement and political objectives in this strategic Muslim-majority country. Malaysia has used an intelligence approach and the Internal Security Act (ISA),inclu [...]
2007-05-22 02:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR905ANWAR IBRAHIM TAKES CENTER STAGE AT PAS DEDICATION
[...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was the center of attention at the grand opening and dedication ceremony for the new party headquarters building for the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS). Despite the attendance of all the party's senior leadership, both the media and PA [...]
2007-05-22 10:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR924SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE,
[...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]
2007-05-24 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR950ANWAR'S RECENT STRUGGLES FOR RELEVANCE
[...] (C) Leaders throughout the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) heralded the results of the Ijok by-election in late April as a personal defeat for Anwar Ibrahim and declared him irrelevant in Malaysian politics. Anwar, on the other hand, touted the local Ijok contest as a moral victory [...]
2007-05-31 10:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KDEM MY
07KUWAIT1023COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DAVIS (JUNE 30 - JUL 4,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Davis to travel to Post 1-2 July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...]
2007-06-30 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA EI GM KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1025MINISTER OF FINANCE ON CABINET RESIGNATIONS, THE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a June 30 farewell call with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Bader Meshari Al-Humaidhi said resignations of both the Minister of Oil and the Minister of Communication were imminent (these occurred later in the day). He was optimistic that Parliament will pass long [...]
2007-06-30 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EPET KDEM KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT1047IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER NEGOTIATES WITH KUWAIT
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: An Iraqi delegation consisting of the Electricity Minister, the Director-General of SOMO (the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization),and former Iraqi Parliament Speaker Hajim Al-Hassani visited Kuwait from 25-27 June to ask the GOK to take the necessary steps to [...]
2007-07-02 14:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1050COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DS/IP/OPO TEAM
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for referenced DS/IP/OPO PMR Team to transit Kuwait August and September 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy points of contact are: Joh [...]
2007-07-03 10:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1055GOK ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE TO RESUME "SOON"
[...] (C/NF) Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid al-Jarallah to press for release of Kuwaiti funding for the Palestinians. Ambassador noted and Jarallah agreed that now is the time to show strong support for the government of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayaad. Jarallah noted the re [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1058KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1059KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1060GOK ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE TO RESUME "SOON"
[...] (C/NF) Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid al-Jarallah to press for release of Kuwaiti funding for the Palestinians. Ambassador noted and Jarallah agreed that now is the time to show strong support for the government of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayaad. Jarallah noted the re [...]
2007-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1063KUWAITI DEPUTY PM SAYS KUWAITI DEMOCRACY SETTING
[...] (C) During a July 4 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Faisal Moahammed Al-Hajji Boukhadour, the Minister commented that the recent performance of the Kuwaiti parliament was leading others in the region to question the efficacy of democracy. Coming of [...]
2007-07-04 08:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKU PGOV PINR PREL GCC
07KUWAIT1064NOPEC DEMARCHE: OPEC GOVERNOR AND KPC COUNSEL SAY
[...] (C/NF) Following Ambassador's June 26 conversation with the Foreign Minister (ref A),Econoff delivered ref B demarche separately to Kuwait OPEC Governor Dr. Seham Razzouqi and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Deputy Managing Director and General Counsel Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah on [...]
2007-07-04 09:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1072007 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2007 Kuwait Investment Climate Report: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- [...]
2007-01-24 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPIC EINV KTDB USTR KU
07KUWAIT1070TIP REPORT FOLLOWUP: GOK TARGETS 60-DAY REVIEW,
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Kuwait's placement on Tier Three of the TIP report has generated a great deal of interest in the three weeks since the report's release. The newspapers have devoted significant space to the report. Many of the stories have been critical, but many have also used the [...]
2007-07-07 11:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1072GCC MINISTERS FOCUS ON IRAN-RELATED SECURITY
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's brief farewell call July 7 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Minister described the GCC ministers meeting in Riyadh July 3 as "pessimistic" about current events in the region, and preparing f [...]
2007-07-07 14:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALIR IZ KU PREL GCC
07KUWAIT108KUWAIT "100 PERCENT WITH THE PRESIDENT" ON IRAQ
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a courtesy call by visiting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah expressed full agreement with the President's strategy for bringing sta [...]
2007-01-25 12:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IZ KU
07KUWAIT1099LABOR MINISTER TO TAKE "TIP" BULL BY THE HORNS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid told the Ambassador on July 9 that the Cabinet had focused its attention on trafficking and had given him full authorization to take decisive steps on fighting trafficking in persons. The Minister hinted th [...]
2007-07-10 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1101KUWAIT: WHERE WE ARE AND CHALLENGES AHEAD --
[...] (C) This message summarizes my parting thoughts on key issue areas in the U.S./Kuwait relationship. It draws heavily on input provided by Matt Tueller, who recently concluded a distinguished tour as Deputy Chief of Mission and is en route to service at Embassy Baghdad. The report covers fiv [...]
2007-07-10 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON PGOV PTER KU
07KUWAIT1104KUWAITI AMIR ON GUANTANAMO AND IRAQ/IRAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 10 farewell meeting, the Ambassador and the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah discussed Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo, Iraq and Iran, GCC security, and visa issuances. The Amir said he planned to write President Bush soon to provide assurances tha [...]
2007-07-10 15:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCVIS ECON IZ KU PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1107KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERS ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior leaders in or close to the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, have said in recent meetings that the U.S. has made a major tactical error in refusing to deal with Hamas. Citing their close ties to Hamas leader K [...]
2007-07-11 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KISL EG IS KU
07KUWAIT111DONOR COORDINATION CONFERENCE: WHERE IS THE USG?
[...] (C/NF) I am extremely disappointed by the lack of high-level Washington-based USG representation at the donor coordination conference the Arab Fund is hosting in Kuwait on February 4. It is difficult for me to accept that we cannot offer at least one senior representative from Washington, fr [...]
2007-01-27 10:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID KU XF
07KUWAIT113NEXT STEPS FOR THE FREEDOM AGENDA IN KUWAIT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the last year, Kuwait has implemented two of the three key elements of the Freedom Agenda strategy that we described in May 2005 (05 Kuwait 2091). These were: women's registration for and participation in national elections and the passage of a new press and publications [...]
2007-01-27 14:55:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KISL KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT1136COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BURGESS (19-23 JULY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Burgess to travel to post 19-23, July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-07-18 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1141KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHAWN
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Agricultural Counselor Shawn Roderick McSherry to travel to Kuwait o/a July 25-27, 2007 for consultations. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Bag [...]
2007-07-18 11:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1142COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT MONK
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Regime Crimes Liaison Robert Monk (SES-5) to travel to post July 17-25, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of contact is: De [...]
2007-07-18 11:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1153FREEDOM AGENDA: LIBERALS, ISLAMISTS GETTING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Many Kuwaitis are frustrated by the unproductive relationship between the parliament and the Government as well as by the weakness of the Government's leadership. One proposed solution that has long been bandied about is the legalization of political parties. A liberal MP [...]
2007-07-19 09:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EG KU
07KUWAIT1166GOK APPROVES TIP SHELTER, OUTLAWS PASSPORT
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Highlighting his personal commitment to fighting TIP, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor made an unexpected personal appearance at PolOff's July 22 meeting with a ministry official to provide the Embassy with a copy of a ministerial decree authorizing the e [...]
2007-07-24 15:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT12KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U/S
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for U/S Dobriansky and a thirty-one member U.S. delegation,including TDY support, to visit Kuwait from Thursday, January 4, 2007, to Friday, January 12, 2007, to participate in and support the Conference of Women Leaders in Science, [...]
2007-01-06 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDASEC SENV AMGT APER AA KWMN OTRA TSPL KU
07KUWAIT120KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KYL (FEBRUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Kyl to travel to post o/a 16 thru 17 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-01-28 11:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1208COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SCHAKOWSKY
[...] In reply to refs. A-C, Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Schakowsky to travel to post 6-7 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer [...]
2007-08-04 11:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1212COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL DURBIN (07-08 AUGUST
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL DURBIN to travel to post 07-08 AUGUST, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-08-05 09:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT123KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NOAA NMFS
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NOAA NMFS Official Robert Metz to travel to post o/a February 2-8, 2007, to participate in the seafood audit for DSCP Philadelphia, PA. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance [...]
2007-01-29 08:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KSCA TPHY OTRA EFIS AMGT
07KUWAIT1239COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WARNER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Warner to travel to post 15-20 August 2007. Please see 5.g. Security Clearance information is required in order to receive the Embassy's classified country briefing. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you mu [...]
2007-08-12 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1240COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LEVIN
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Levin to travel to post 15-20 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-08-12 13:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1244COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL FILNER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL FILNER to travel to post 21-23 August 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-08-13 09:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1251KUWAIT TIP ACTION PLAN REVIEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the past sixty days, the GOK has made progress on G/TIP's Short-Term Action Plan (Ref B). The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has drafted anti-TIP legislation, criminalized the withholding of passports, provided concrete examples of TIP criminal prosecution, authorized the esta [...]
2007-08-14 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ELAB BG RP KU TIP
07KUWAIT1270COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BIDEN
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BIDEN to travel to post September 4-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-08-20 09:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1279KPC CEO ON FUEL FOR IRAQ, CEIP, KUWAITI OIL AND
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On 19 August, Charg d'Affaires made an introductory call on Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Vice Chairman and CEO Saad Al-Shuwaib. Regarding a new fuel contract with the Government of Iraq to support power generation, Al-Shuwaib said KPC is ready to sign as long as the GOI accept [...]
2007-08-22 08:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET EINV KCIP OIL SECTOR IZ KU
07KUWAIT1284OSD TASK FORCE ENCOURAGES KUWAITIS TO INVEST IN
[...] (C) Summary: Bob Love, Director of Operations for the OSD Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations in Iraq, visited Kuwait on August 12-15 to encourage Kuwait-based companies to do business with Iraq and to lay a foundation for a proposed September meeting between Iraqi Minister [...]
2007-08-22 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV IZ KU
07KUWAIT1287COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MEEK (26-30 AUGUST
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Meek to travel to post August 26-30, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-08-25 07:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1301COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAUSCHER (23-29, AUGUST
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL TAUSCHER to travel to post 23-29, August, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-08-28 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1303COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COLEMAN
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL COLEMAN to travel to post on August 31 - September 2, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a dr [...]
2007-08-28 14:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1313COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ahmed Saeed, and accompanying delegation of Robert Kaproth and Matthew Turner, to travel to Kuwait September 16-17 to meet with Kuwaiti government officials to discuss the region's sovereign we [...]
2007-08-29 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1314KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE A/S KEVIN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar, and DOE employees Sarah K. Magruder and Patrick A. Willging to travel to Kuwait September 6-9 to meet with Kuwaiti Energy Officials. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]
2007-08-31 13:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSA KU KCIP OTRA PTER ASEC ENGR PREL
07KUWAIT1319COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY DAS HOWARD
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Deputy Assistant Secretary HOWARD MENDELSOHN and Team Chief MICHAEL MADON to travel to post on September 5 - 9, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]
2007-09-02 10:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTAR ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1333AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY
[...] (SBU) This is an amended cable to include Matthew Epstein, who was omitted from REFTEL country clearance. Please provide Mr. Epstein's itinerary to the Point of Contact listed in paragraph three. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ah [...]
2007-09-03 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1347COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USCIS NATURALIZATION
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Lori Pietropaoli, Deputy District Director, DHS USCIS Rome Italy; Emigidio Martinez, Adjudication Officer DHS USCIS, Frankfurt,Germany; and Darryl Perez, Rome Immigration Specialist, to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 6-13, 2007. [...]
2007-09-06 09:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OTRA ASEC KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1348SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER 24
[...] (S/NF) Your visit is timely as it comes on the heels of the highly successful SECDEF visit of 1 August. We are requesting meetings for you with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister, Defense M [...]
2007-09-06 11:03:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT1353COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ELLSWORTH (07-10 SEPT
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ELLSWORTH to travel to post 07-09, SEPT, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2007-09-09 08:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1358COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (12-14
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 12-14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-09-09 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI KU IZ AF SP PK COUNTRY
07KUWAIT1367COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAUCAS (SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 13-17, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-09-11 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ JO COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1368COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAUCAS (SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BAUCAS to travel to post on September 13-17, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expe [...]
2007-09-11 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ JO COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1371GOK TO DOE A/S KOLEVAR: PROGRESS ON CEIP; WANT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On 9 September, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Kevin Kolevar participated in a series of site visits, briefings, and meetings with GOK and oil sector officials to promote further USG-GOK cooperation on Critical Energy Infrastructure [...]
2007-09-11 13:24:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNASEC EPET PTER KCIP KU
07KUWAIT1391COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND PARTY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador Crocker and party transit Kuwait per Ref. A September 13-22, 2007. 2. (SBU) Per Ref. B, Mr. Khedery will be picked up with CODEL Boehner and transported to the Federal Deployment Center (FDC) Crowne Plaza Room 201 whe [...]
2007-09-12 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1393KUWAIT AIRWAYS BOARD RESIGNS; ORDERS CANCELED FOR
[...] (U) On 10 September, the Government of Kuwait announced that it had accepted the resignation of the board of directors of Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC). The board, headed by ruling family member Shaykh Talal Mubarak Al Sabah, submitted its resignation on 9 September citing differences with [...]
2007-09-13 10:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAIR BEXP ECON KU
07KUWAIT1395ARAB FUND DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, KUWAITI
[...] (C) Summary: Director of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development Dr. Abdelatif Y. Al-Hamad told Charge September 10 that "no one inside Iraq cares about Iraq" and the "chaos" there will require another 10-15 years to sort out. He said there has been no progress on lifting Iraq's s [...]
2007-09-13 15:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT1396SAUDIS REJECT KUWAITI PLAN TO BUILD NEUTRAL ZONE
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: In a 12 September meeting with CDA and Econoff, Khaled Al-Fulaij, advisor to the Amir on energy affairs, said that a KSA envoy had recently visited Kuwait to deliver a message to the Amir stating the Saudi position that it would be unacceptable for Kuwait to build a [...]
2007-09-16 04:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1399NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU DEPUTY COMMENTS ON IRAQ,
[...] (SBU) On August 27, Charg paid a courtesy call on Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Deputy Director Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah. On September 5, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo also met with SIPDIS Shaykh Thamer and later provided a briefing of hi [...]
2007-09-16 10:25:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU PM PINR
07KUWAIT14KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BROWNBACK
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 7 and 10 Jan, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-01-07 05:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
07KUWAIT1409REGIONAL TELECOM GIANT ZAIN (FORMERLY MTC) MOVES
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On 28 August, Kuwait-based regional telecommunications giant MTC announced that it would establish its international corporate headquarters in Bahrain. MTC (rebranded as Zain on September 8) is the second largest Arab telecom by market capitalization and is the largest [...]
2007-09-18 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECPS ECON EINV KU BA
07KUWAIT1415COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ABERCROMBIE ( SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ABERCROMBIE to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a [...]
2007-09-19 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1418GOK ENCOURAGING FOREIGN TELECOMS TO PARTNER WITH
[...] (U) There has been significant uncertainty in recent weeks over whether foreign mobile phone operators would be able to bid on Kuwait's third mobile license and if so, whether they would need to do so with a Kuwaiti partner. In February, the National Assembly passed legislation "to establish [...]
2007-09-19 12:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON EINV KU
07KUWAIT1429AMIR: IRAN SHOULD COOPERATE WITH IAEA; IRAN AMB
[...] (U) On September 19, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah urged neighboring Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was quoted as saying, "We believe in the importance of reaching a peaceful so [...]
2007-09-20 14:49:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU KPAO PM
07KUWAIT1439COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CONATON (SEPTEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Conaton to travel to post on September 27 - October 1, 2007. Please pass security clearances of all travelers iaw para. 6.g. in order to allow the Staffdel to receive classified briefings. 2. This clearance is not/not valid f [...]
2007-09-25 08:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1451KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MR. BRADLEY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Professional Staffer Mr. Bradley Bowman to travel to Kuwait October 22-24, 2007 to identify the nuclear drivers that may motivate Middle Eastern states to pursue nuclear weapons wit [...]
2007-09-30 06:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1474MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND
[...] (C) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to deliver and follow-up on septel demarches and to discuss the Foreign Minister's UNGA meetings, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) and other issues. U/S Al-Jarallah [...]
2007-10-04 14:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU CONS KCIP ASEC
07KUWAIT1492COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KRUSE (OCTOBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Kruse to travel to post on/about October 11 to 16, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Afghanistan; you must apply for Afghanistan clearance through Embassy Kabul. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit offi [...]
2007-10-09 08:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF GM UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1509UPDATED KUWAIT DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY
[...] (U) Introduction: Kuwait proudly identifies itself as the region's oldest functioning democracy. Kuwaitis across the spectrum express continuing loyalty to the constitution, which establishes an elected National Assembly and separate executive, legislative, judicial branches. Respect for bas [...]
2007-10-11 15:30:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPGOV PREL KPAO KMPI KDEM ECON AMGT XF KU
07KUWAIT1510GOK SAYS KUWAIT AIR WILL PRIVATIZE BEFORE BUYING
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: CDA paid a courtesy call on the Acting Communications Minister Abdul Wahid Al-Awadi on October 11. Al-Awadi said that GOK is eager to purchase two Boeing 777s and one 787 Dreamliner for the Amir but timing and price are holding up the deal. Al-Awadi expects Kuwait A [...]
2007-10-11 15:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD KU BA
07KUWAIT1511KUWAIT PETROLEUM TO CLOSE WASHINGTON OFFICE FOR
[...] (SBU) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel and erstwhile Director of KPC's Washington Office Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah confirmed to econoff on 11 October that KPC will close its Washington office by the end of November. He explained that the Washington office had initiall [...]
2007-10-13 07:31:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV KU
07KUWAIT1524KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Department of Energy NNSA employee Jimmie Collins to travel to Kuwait October 20-23 to participate in the Border Standards Workshop for Iraq and its neighbors. Embassy requests an outbrief from Mr. Collins following the w [...]
2007-10-17 08:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA PREL APER AMGT IZ
07KUWAIT1534KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BORDER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr.Stephen Mangino, Mr. Souad Al-Atar, and Mr. Mark Samuel Riley to travel to post on October 19-24, 2007 to attend a Border Security Experts Meeting. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assi [...]
2007-10-18 09:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDIZ KU OTRA PBTS PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1535CHEVRON AND KNPC SEEKING COMPROMISE ON NEUTRAL
[...] (C/NF) In an 8 October meeting with CDA, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Chairman and Managing Director Sami Al-Rushaid said discussions on the proposed location for a 615,000 bpd KNPC refinery in the Partitioned Neutral Zone next to the Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC) compound were back [...]
2007-10-18 11:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1536COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LOEBSACK (OCTOBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL LOEBSACK to travel to post on October 19-21, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2007-10-18 11:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1541FOREIGN AFFAIRS MP SOUNDS ALARM BELL ON IRAN
[...] (C) On October 3, in separate conversations with Post, Kuwaiti MP Mohammad Jassem Al-Sager and MFA Director of Arab World Department Ambassador Jassem Al Mubaraki relayed their grave concerns that Iran is leading the region towards conflict. Though they acknowledged that the removal of Sadda [...]
2007-10-21 14:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT1543KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Senior Advisor David Pearce; Special Assistant Ali Khedery; and A/RSO David Hazarian, to travel to post on October 29, 2007 to meet with host government principals. 2. An Embassy visit officer and [...]
2007-10-22 12:54:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDBA EG JO KU QA OTRA AMGT ASEC
07KUWAIT1544COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR LORI
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to DHS USCIS Military Naturalization Team to travel to Kuwait on/about November 6 to 14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: No emb [...]
2007-10-23 06:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OTRA ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1550KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Officials David H. McCormick, Under Secretary, International Affairs; Marvin J. Barth III, Chief SIPDIS Economist, International Affairs; Karen Mathiasen, Director, Office of Middle East and North Africa; and An [...]
2007-10-24 04:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU OTRA OVIP AMGT EFIN PREL APER
07KUWAIT1562GOVERNMENT REMOVES CONTROVERSIAL MINISTERS IN NEW
[...] (C) On October 28, the Kuwaiti Government announced the formation of a new 16-person cabinet. The new ministers took the oath of office before the Amir earlier the same day and assumed their new positions immediately. Seven ministers, including FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah and Prime Mini [...]
2007-10-29 09:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1564IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER GETS GOK COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Iraqi Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid Hasan visited Kuwait from 27-29 October for meetings with the Prime Minister, Acting Oil Minister, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO, and the Speaker of the National Assembly to facilitate Kuwaiti fuel shipments to Iraq for power [...]
2007-10-30 08:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1569COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SMITH (NOVEMBER 2-5,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL SMITH to travel to post on November 2-5, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-11-01 07:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1574KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LOVE + 1(THE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Robert E. Love, SES, Director of Operations for the Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq, and Courtney Vicario, Project Support Specialist, to travel to Kuwait November 2-4 to attend the 2nd Inter [...]
2007-11-01 14:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT158KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Anne Aarnes, USAID Director, Jordan, to travel to post o/a February 3-5, 2007 to attend the Donor Coordination Event hosted by the Arab Fund on February 4. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must appl [...]
2007-02-03 12:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT OTRA AID KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1597COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS USCIS MILITARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to DHS USCIS Military Naturalization Team (Gonzales, Scharfen Bulger, McCament, Aytes, Vorwerk, Lan, and Hudgins) to travel to Kuwait on/about November 6 to 14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply [...]
2007-11-06 12:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OTRA ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1598TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]
2007-11-07 09:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1599TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]
2007-11-07 09:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1600TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]
2007-11-07 09:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1601KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ADRIAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Adrian Cronauer to travel to Kuwait November 12-15 to support the Tripartite Commission. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. (U [...]
2007-11-07 10:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1603KUWAIT-HOSTED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION EXPO AN
[...] (SBU) Under the patronage of Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, the Kuwait International Fair hosted the second International Trade Exhibition for the Reconstruction of Iraq from 4-7 November. In addition to a number of European and African ambassadors (but no Arab Chiefs [...]
2007-11-07 11:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD KU IZ
07KUWAIT1605AMB. CROCKER'S MEETING WITH KUWAITI AMIR
[...] (C) On October 29, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker met with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah to discuss developments in Iraq since the U.S. military surge began and United States policy following the September Crocker/Petraeus testimony. Crocker underlined the need for renew [...]
2007-11-08 10:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALIZ KU PGOV PREL UN
07KUWAIT162KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: MORE U.S. INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Ali Al-Ghanim told Econcouns that U.S. firms were losing out to more aggressive European and Asian firms in Kuwait, and he encouraged more U.S. firms to seek business opportunities outside of the government [...]
2007-02-04 10:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP ETRD KU
07KUWAIT1623KUWAIT'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the very positive development of establishing a shelter for domestic workers, Kuwait has not taken addditional actions to improve its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) since Ambassador Lagon's September 26 visit and the subsequent October 18 Tier placem [...]
2007-11-15 15:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1626RESOURCE NATIONALISM: NOT THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO
[...] (C) While resource nationalism was a factor leading to the nationalization of Kuwait's oil industry in the mid-70s, and populist and or Islamist MPs still use nationalist language in public comments on Kuwait's oil sector, resource nationalism is not the biggest obstacle to opening Kuwait's oi [...]
2007-11-15 16:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV
07KUWAIT1629COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 20-27,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Murtha to travel to post 20-27, November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-11-18 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1630COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MARSHALL (18-26
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Marshall to travel to post 18-26 November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2007-11-18 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1637COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN (21-24 NOVEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain to travel to post 21-24 November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2007-11-19 11:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT164AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENERGY ISSUES WITH KUWAIT OIL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 14, the Ambassador met with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Chairman and Managing Director Farouk Al-Zanki to discuss developments in the energy sector. KOC manages all of Kuwait's upstream oil and gas production. Al-Zanki highlighted the potential for "enhanced technic [...]
2007-02-04 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1659COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WEBB (NOVEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Webb to travel to post November 27 - December 1, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]
2007-11-25 12:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1669SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, we look forward to your December 2-3 visit to Kuwait. We have scheduled a dinner meeting with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem. A former Finance Minister and Chairman of the Kuwait Investment Authority, the U.S.-educated Dr. Al-Ebraheem is a tr [...]
2007-11-27 14:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETECON KU PREL
07KUWAIT1690PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S
[...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]
2007-12-03 10:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1692MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT VISITS KUWAIT
[...] (U) On November 26th, Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar arrived in Kuwait for a four-day official visit at the invitation of Kuwait,s Amir, Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah. The stated objective of the visit was to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Kuwait and Mongolia, specific [...]
2007-12-03 13:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV ECIN EPET KU
07KUWAIT1696PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]
2007-12-04 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1707READOUT OF IRAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Kuwait as part of his tour of Arabian Gulf States. According to the Kuwaiti media, FM Mottaki discussed the Kuwait-Iran maritime border, bilateral energy issues, foreign relations, Iraq and the Iranian nuclear pr [...]
2007-12-06 17:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PBTS PINR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT172MIXED REVIEWS ON SHAYKH SABAH'S FIRST YEAR AS AMIR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: January 29 marked Shaykh Sabah's first anniversary as Amir. He has presided over an historic year during which Kuwait experienced several significant developments, including the constitutional dissolution of Parliament and new elections in which women participated both as vot [...]
2007-02-05 12:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT1720KUWAIT CUSTOMS AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DISCUSS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with Embassy Baghdad Econcouns and Embassy Kuwait econ and customs officers, DG of Kuwait Customs Ibraheem Al-Ghanim said that continuing concerns over the smuggling of contraband into Kuwait from Iraq and corruption and mismanagement on the part of Ira [...]
2007-12-13 11:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD IZ PREL KU
07KUWAIT1738COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAYLOR (DECEMBER 14-18,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post 14-18, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-12-17 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT174PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES "LANDMARK WOMEN'S
[...] (U) On February 4, Parliament's Women's Affairs Committee approved a bill, introduced by Islamist MPs (reftels),that would give Kuwaiti women a host of new benefits, including the right to apply for government housing, longer paid maternity and mourning leave, unemployment allowances for sta [...]
2007-02-06 13:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
07KUWAIT175KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/ARP
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer to post o/a February 9-13, 2007 for regional consultations. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Em [...]
2007-02-06 15:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU BA SA PREL AMGT OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE APER
07KUWAIT1751COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SKELTON (DECEMBER
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post 23-26, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2007-12-23 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1756AMIRI DIWAN MINISTER ON GOVERNMENT-PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and eldest son of the Amir, Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, on December 11 and discussed a range of issues including Kuwait's participation and contribution at the Paris Donor Conference (Ref. A),Kuwaiti domestic politics and Critical Energy [...]
2007-12-26 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1757AMIRI DIWAN MINISTER ON GOVERNMENT-PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and eldest son of the Amir, Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, on December 11 and discussed a range of issues including Kuwait's participation and contribution at the Paris Donor Conference (Ref. A),Kuwaiti domestic politics and Critical Energy [...]
2007-12-26 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1760PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS CONTINUES - ASSEMBLY WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 24, Islamist MP Saad Al-Shraye filed a motion to "grill" Minister of Education (and the only remaining female minister) Nouriya Al-Sabeeh. The grilling comes in response to a well-publicized sexual assault at a Kuwaiti primary school, but is more accurately a reflectio [...]
2007-12-27 15:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI KISL KWMN KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1766COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WOLF (JANUARY 2-9,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Wolf to travel to post 2-4, January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-12-30 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1767COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COLEMAN (January 1-7,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Coleman to travel to post 4-7 January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-12-30 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT178TERROR FINANCE: PROGRESS BUT CHARITIES "STALLING"
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's January 16 meeting with the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL, ref A),Econoff met with Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of the Charities and Philanthropic Department at MOSAL on February 3 to discuss ongoing GOK efforts to strengthen overs [...]
2007-02-07 11:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT183KUWAITI - IRANIAN TRADE RELATIONS: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables reporting on the economic relationship between Kuwait and Iran. 2. (SBU) Summary: Since the 1991 Gulf War, Kuwait and Iran have enjoyed an expanding trade relationship. Kuwaiti imports of Iranian products - mostly food, live animals and househ [...]
2007-02-07 15:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD IR KU
07KUWAIT184JOINT TREASURY-FEDERAL RESERVE DELEGATION MEETS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 22-24, Department of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Tim Adams and Federal Reserve System Governor Randall Kroszner met with leading Kuwaiti officials, financiers, and economists. The visit was the first for a sitting Federal Reserve Governor to [...]
2007-02-07 15:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
07KUWAIT188COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HANS WECHSEL TO
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mr. Hans Wechsel, MEPI Regional Office Director, to post o/a February 13-16, to meet with existing and potential MEPI partners and participants. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq [...]
2007-02-11 12:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KMPI KPAO OTRA APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT190KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DAVID
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for ATO Regional Director David Williams and Marketing Specialist Mohamed Taha to travel to post o/a February 12-13, 2007 to meet with Government officials to discuss food safety issues, particularly the importation of Genetically Mo [...]
2007-02-12 08:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA AMGT APER KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT193UPCOMING NDI PROGRAMMING IN KUWAIT
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait approves of the overall direction of the workplan set out by NDI for spending the rest of its funding. The emphasis on building the political capacity of women, political associations, and youth works toward the USG's Freedom Agenda goals for Kuwait. Post offers the foll [...]
2007-02-12 15:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KMPI KPAO KU MEPI
07KUWAIT196KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA DEPUTY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA DAS Lawrence Butler to travel to post o/a 20 Q 21 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and [...]
2007-02-13 10:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER JO IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT197DISCUSSION OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 11 meeting with MFA Director Maqamis, visiting NEA/ARP Director Misenheimer discussed GOK's request that Kuwait's remaining four detainess at Guantanamo be transferred to Kuwaiti custody as soon as possible. Misenheimer noted that the four would face a more exactin [...]
2007-02-13 11:21:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT218KUWAITIS KEEN TO INVEST IN IRAQ, BUT SECURITY AND
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On February 11, Director of the OSD Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq Robert Love met separately with prominent Kuwaiti investors to enlist their support for revitalizing the Iraqi economy through investment and facilitating access to ex [...]
2007-02-14 13:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON BEXP ETRD PREL PGOV KU IZ
07KUWAIT221KUWAIT'S EFFORT TO APPEASE BIDOON WITH DRIVER'S
[...] (C) Summary: After months of vague promises to ease their plight, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on January 6 began issuing driver's licenses to Kuwaiti Bidoon (stateless residents) for the first time on a broad scale in many years. The intended goodwill gesture soon gave way to disenchant [...]
2007-02-16 14:26:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KISL KU
07KUWAIT235KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Keith Koji Nakanishi, Rengin M. Gok, and Arthur James Rodgers Jr., of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to post o/a March 23-28, 2007 to attend the Gulf Seismic Fo [...]
2007-02-18 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM OTRA KNNP COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT236KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S.
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Commerce Under Secretary Franklin Lavin 4 to transit Kuwait o/a February 18-19, 2007 enroute to Iraq to launch the joint U.S.-Iran business dialogue in Erbil. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry [...]
2007-02-19 04:54:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP EINV OTRA APER AMGT OVIP LAVIN IZ
07KUWAIT240KUWAITI REFINERIES SHUT DOWN FOR ONE HOUR DUE TO
[...] (SBU) On February 18, all three of Kuwait's refineries temporarily shut down after an electrical substation unexpectedly ceased to provide power between approximately 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time (0700-0800 GMT). The power failure affected the entire Shuaiba industrial area which, in addit [...]
2007-02-19 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EWWT OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT247KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DICKS (FEBRUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Dicks to travel to post o/a 22-25 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2007-02-20 09:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC TU PK AF IZ GM EI KU
07KUWAIT254KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR REGIONAL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mary Ellen Hickey, Regional Consular Officer based in Damascus, for travel to Kuwait o/a February 26-March 1, 2007 for consultations with the Kuwait Consular section. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you [...]
2007-02-20 13:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT OTRA CMGT ATRN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT257UPDATE ON SHI'A-SUNNI RELATIONS IN KUWAIT: STABLE,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite a recent surge in sectarian rhetoric, the majority of our contacts insist there is no near-term threat to Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Most Kuwaitis describe the overall relations between the two communities as "very good," and say leaders on both sides and the Go [...]
2007-02-20 13:42:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT26SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JAN 16-17, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit. In addition to your meeting with the GCC 2 Foreign Ministers, hosted by Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, you will likely have separate bilateral meetings with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Prime Mi [...]
2007-01-09 12:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID OVIP KU
07KUWAIT281KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: KUWAIT CRITICAL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for the following Kuwait Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Survey Team (ATA 6156) members traveling to Kuwait from March 13-21, 2007: Richard Soler - DS/T/ATA; Kevin Maloy - DS/T/ATA; Patrick Willging - U.S. Dept. of Energy; [...]
2007-02-27 10:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU QA KCIP ASEC ENRG OTRA PTER
07KUWAIT283KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TODD SCHWARTZ
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Todd Schwartz to travel to post o/a 7 March, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-02-27 13:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA JO IZ GM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT284KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANEELLEN BAGWELL AND
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Janeellen Bagwell and Debbie Munt to travel to post o/a 28 February 2007 and 19-20 March. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embas [...]
2007-02-27 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT293IRAN: GOK EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION, CONCERN DURING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On February 21, Emboffs met with MFA First Secretary Mansour Alolaimi, who covers Kuwaiti-Iranian relations, to discuss Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah's February 12-13 visit to Tehran. Alolaimi, who accompanied the FM, conveyed GOK frustration wi [...]
2007-02-28 14:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON ETRD IR KU
07KUWAIT297KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Becky Lankenau, External Relations Coordinator, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to post o/a March 7-14, 2007 to conduct a site visit supporting the development of Kuwait's national pyhsical activity plan. 2. This clearance is not/ [...]
2007-02-28 16:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU OTRA SOCI COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT30KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: JONATHAN E.
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Jonathan E. Fuller, Agricultural Commodity Grader (meat),Livestock and Seed Program, Agriculture Marketing Service, to travel to post o/a February 3-8, 2007 to participate in the DSCP worldwide food audit team meeting. 2. Th [...]
2007-01-09 12:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR APER OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT31COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY AND FEDERAL RESERVE
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Under Secretary Timothy D. Adams, Federal Reserve Governor Randall S. Kroszner, and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Ahmed Saeed to travel to post o/a January 22-25, 2007, to meet with s [...]
2007-01-09 14:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAPER OTRA AMGT EFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT311KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SENIOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Senior Advisor Elizabeth Erin Walsh, to travel to post o/a March 9-10, 2007 for meetings pertaining to MEPI. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]
2007-03-04 07:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PREL AMGT APER KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT317KUWAIT CABINET RESIGNS UNDER PRESSURE FROM
[...] (SBU) Kuwait's Cabinet resigned en masse March 4 on the eve of a scheduled parliamentary vote of no confidence on Health Minister Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Sabah. The Cabinet, the 23rd since Kuwait gained independence in 1961, lasted only eight months. The Amir will now begin the customary c [...]
2007-03-04 13:31:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT332KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #4
[...] (SBU) On March 6, Post convened a second meeting of its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),which includes U.S. military health officials from local bases, to discuss recent developments in the outbreak of avian influenza in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases has slowed considerably in r [...]
2007-03-06 14:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT351KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC UNDER SECRETARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Ambassador Frank Lavin, and delegation, to travel to post o/a March 13-15, 2007 for meetings with Kuwaiti officials and investors to promote investment in the United States. [...]
2007-03-10 13:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU ECON OVIP OTRA BEXP APER AMGT
07KUWAIT357KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SNOWE (MARCH
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Snowe to travel to post o/a 16-18 March 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-03-11 12:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IZ GM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT365 KUWAIT HOSTS WORLD ISLAMIC FINANCE AND INVESTMENT
[...] (U) Summary: On March 4-5, ADEEM Investment Co., Investment Dar, and a number of leading Islamic investment and finance companies from throughout the Gulf hosted "The First Annual World Islamic Finance & Investment Conference" in Kuwait City. The two-day event included panels on two key areas [...]
2007-03-12 09:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL KU
07KUWAIT383AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CEIP VISIT, KUWAIT'S FOURTH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met March 11 with Chairman of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Sami Al-Reshaid to discuss current issues in the oil sector. The Ambassador briefed Al-Reshaid on the March 13-22 multi-agency USG critical energy infrastructure visit, to which Al-Reshaid [...]
2007-03-16 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
07KUWAIT390KUWAIT'S NEW TIFA LEAD SAYS COPYRIGHT LAW WILL GO
[...] (SBU) On March 13, Econcouns and Econoff met with new Assistant Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) for International Trade Abdulazziz Al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi, who was previously Assistant U/S for Commercial Control and a key contact on IPR issues, took over in January as the GOK's le [...]
2007-03-17 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD KIPR PREL KU
07KUWAIT397(SBU) KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Biographic Officers Artheia Dingle, Ann Urralburu, and Ansel Stein for travel to post o/a 31 March to 2 April to meet with Embassy Officers and discuss the current needs of the biographic program. 2. This clearance is not/not [...]
2007-03-18 09:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU TC UK PINR OTRA APER AMGT COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT404KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COUNSELOR TO THE
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Counselor to the Department of State Eliot Cohen, Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Barbara Stephenson, Colonel Stephen Ganyard, and Mark D. Smith to travel to post o/a 23 to 24 March and 1 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]
2007-03-20 12:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER IZ JO KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT412COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR INTERAGENCY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Chris Camponovo (NSC),Alan Liotta (DoD),Marisa Porges (DoD),and Andrew Morrison, (DoS) to travel to post o/a March 23-25, 2007. The purpose of the interagency delegation's visit is to consult with Kuwait government officials o [...]
2007-03-22 17:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT AFIN ABUD ASEC KAWC KU
07KUWAIT414KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, Post convened a meeting of its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),which includes U.S. military health officials from local bases, to discuss recent developments in the outbreak of avian influenza in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases now stands at a total of [...]
2007-03-24 04:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT419CRITICAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITS KUWAIT,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A multi-agency USG Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) team visited Kuwait March 13-22 to assess security vulnerabilities in Kuwait's energy infrastructure and make recommendations on improvements (see para 8 for a complete list of the U.S. delegation). The team [...]
2007-03-24 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC BEXP ECON ENRG EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT43KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO/IPCO TEAM
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for OBO/IPCO Team Members Jenkins and Rajen to travel to post o/a January 13 -30, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: Embassy point [...]
2007-01-11 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
07KUWAIT430NEW CABINET FORMED: SIX NEW MINISTERS, TWO WOMEN,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: After three weeks of consultations, the Prime Minister announced March 25 the formation of a new Cabinet, which includes six new ministers and, for the first time in Kuwait's history, two women. The Cabinet reshuffle is unlikely to affect significantly any key U.S.-K [...]
2007-03-26 13:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT431NEXT STEPS AFTER CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C/NF) Following the March 13-22 Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) assessment jointly conducted by the Department, DOE, and DHS (Ref A),Post is actively encouraging Kuwaiti officials at both senior and working levels to implement the team's recommendations, including near-te [...]
2007-03-26 13:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET KCIP ASEC ENRG PTER KU
07KUWAIT432KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHAWN RODRICK
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Shawn Rodrick McSherry, Agricultural Counselor, to travel to Kuwait City, March 29-30, 2007. Return travel to Kuwait on April 22. Purpose of travel is transit to and from Washington D.C. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]
2007-03-27 07:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT433KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BLAZEY (MARCH
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 28 - 30 March 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2007-03-27 07:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF JO AE GM KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT44KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAYH (JANUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 12 and 13 January 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver [...]
2007-01-11 15:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF IZ PK GM EI
07KUWAIT445KUWAIT ADOPTS MORE VIGOROUS, PUBLIC DEFENSE
[...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Kuwait has adopted a more vigorous and public defense posture in the past several months, an indication of the Kuwaiti leadership's rising concern about tensions in the Gulf and desire to project to the Kuwaiti public an image of engagement and preparedness. Kuwait [...]
2007-03-28 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR MCAP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT447INCREASING PESSIMISM ABOUT NEW CABINET, LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Reactions to the new Cabinet have been muted, an indication of Kuwaitis' frustration with the political leadership in both the government and Parliament. Few Kuwaitis expect the new Cabinet to resolve the tensions that characterized the previous government's relations with Parlia [...]
2007-03-28 14:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT449KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Amb. David A. Gross. U.S. Coordinator for International Communications & Information Policy and Alan Gibbs, State/EEB/CIP, to travel to Kuwait City. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for I [...]
2007-03-28 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETTC AMGT APER OTRA
07KUWAIT450KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN: APPROACHING THE U.S.
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Iran, Majid Al-Thufiri, who claims good access to senior Iranian officials, shared his impression of Iran's views towards the U.S., regional policies, and domestic political and economic situation in a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador. His key point [...]
2007-03-29 09:38:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN REALTIONS
07KUWAIT455U.S.-GOK DISCUSS SECURITY MEASURES NECESSARY FOR
[...] (S) Summary. A visiting USG interagency delegation discussed concerns about possible transfer of the four remaining Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo with GOK officials on March 24. USG delegation told the GOK officials that the remaining detainees were significantly more dangerous than those [...]
2007-04-01 10:47:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT462KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (MARCH 30
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 2 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]
2007-04-02 12:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ PK AF GM EI COUNTRY
07KUWAIT467KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 09:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT474KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HARRIS ORKAND
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Harris Orkand Information Services Contractors Brenda Dee Bacher, Christopher Noel Fuentes, Mohammad Yousuf Nawab, and Christopher Mark Pessima, to travel to post o/a April 23-May 10, 2007 to replace and perform maintenance on de [...]
2007-04-03 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAADP AMGT APER CASC CMGT CPAS CVIS KCSY KU
07KUWAIT477KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HAGEL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Hagel (Sen. Chuck Hagel, Rep. Joe Sestak, Staffers Rexon Ryu and Eric Rosenbach, and MilEscort Col. Gregg Olson) to travel to post o/a 13-15 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for [...]
2007-04-04 10:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT480KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR (APRIL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post o/a 6 -7 and 11 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]
2007-04-04 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF PK UK BA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT481KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SANCHEZ (APRIL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Sanchez to travel to post April 7-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-04-04 11:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS VM CH JA IT QA TH KU
07KUWAIT485KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #7
[...] (SBU) On April 3, the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) announced that four Bangladeshi workers involved in Kuwait's cull of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) infected birds (see Update #6) were admitted to hospital with suspicious flu-like symptoms. It was not immediately [...]
2007-04-04 13:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT500CENTCOM COMMANDER FALLON MEETS WITH AMIR AND
[...] (C) Summary. New CENTCOM Commander William J. Fallon discussed Iraq, Iran and bilateral military cooperation with the Amir of Kuwait, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Armed Forces Chief of Staff on April 3. The Government of Kuwait (GOK) message on Iraq was one of continued support fo [...]
2007-04-07 13:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT501KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUSAN JACOBS,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Susan Jacobs, Senior Policy Advisor to the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Mr. James W. Schnaible, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and Mr. Gary Cote, Director Visa Security Program of the Department of Homeland Security to meet with E [...]
2007-04-07 13:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC CMGT KU OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT507KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY A/S
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Department of Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien, Policy Advisor Daniel Harris, and Analyst Benjamin Davis to travel to post o/a April 24, 2007 for meetings with GOK officials. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]
2007-04-08 12:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT510KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, IRAQ, AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 06:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT513A VIEW FROM THE CHICKEN COOP: KUWAITI POULTRY
[...] (C) Summary. On April 9, Econoff met with Meshal Al-Bazie, Deputy General Manager of Naif Poultry, one of the largest poultry producers in Kuwait, to discuss the ongoing avian influenza (AI) outbreak. Al-Bazie said only one of Naif's egg farms has been affected by the virus, but that 640,00 [...]
2007-04-09 12:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALAMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO ECON ETRD KU
07KUWAIT535KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/I
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for S/I Coordinator David Satterfield and Treasury Representative Malachy Nugent to travel to post o/a April 22, 2007 for meetings with GOK officials on the upcoming International Compact for Iraq and Iraq Neighbors conferences. [...]
2007-04-14 13:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDIZ EG SA TU OTRA MARR COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT539KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Makovsky to transit Kuwait April 13-15, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of contact in case of emergency is: Carri [...]
2007-04-15 08:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN FR GM SA KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT542KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, DOD Acting A/S Mary Beth Long, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, NSC Director Nik Ramchand, Lt. Col. Reginald Robinson, Capt. James Pelkofski, and Cmdr. Edward Palmer to travel to post o/a May 21 to May 22, 2007. 2. Th [...]
2007-04-15 11:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSA QA KU PREL AMGT OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT543KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOS, NSC,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for USG officials Alan Van Egmond, Rich Hooker, Daniel Pick, David Jewell and Damon Richardson to transit Kuwait o/a April 17-19, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Emba [...]
2007-04-16 04:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA MARR IZ JO KU
07KUWAIT558KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DAVID
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for ATO Regional Director David Williams and Marketing Specialist Mohamed Taha to travel to post o/a April 30-May 2, 2007. Travelers will accompany the Technical Director of the American Soybean Association to meetings with GOK offi [...]
2007-04-16 10:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AMGT APER OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT567KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HANNAH AND ROBERT
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for John Peter Hannah and Robert Story Karem to travel to post o/a 19 April and 22 April, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of cont [...]
2007-04-17 07:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL KU
07KUWAIT576KUWAITI POLITICAL FIGURES EXPRESS CONCERN,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: A broad cross section of prominent Kuwaiti political figures expressed concern and uncertainty regarding Iraq, Iran and regional strategic issues at an Embassy-hosted diwaniyya (traditional evening gathering) featuring visiting Army War College Professor Dr. W. Andrew Terril [...]
2007-04-18 12:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT585NEW ELECTRICITY AND WATER MINISTER DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) On 21 April, Ambassador met with new Minister of Electricity and Water Mohammed Abdullah Al-Elaim to congratulate him on his appointment (Ref. A) and discuss the power shortages that Kuwait is expected to suffer beginning in summer 2007. The Minister explained that he was reluctant to [...]
2007-04-21 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ENRG ECON PINR KU
07KUWAIT591KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON (26-30
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson to travel to post o/a 27-28 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2007-04-22 11:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ FR EI KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT606OIL MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS NEW REFINERY
[...] (C/NF) On 24 April, Ambassador met with Oil Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah to congratulate him on his reappointment and discuss his priorities for the oil sector. The Minister said Kuwait's oil sector needs restructuring and new managers. Regarding long-delayed plans for the constructi [...]
2007-04-25 07:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET PGOV EINV OVIP KU
07KUWAIT611MINISTER OF FINANCE DISCUSSES SURPLUS, PLANNING,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On April 23, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on recently-reappointed Minister of Finance Bader Meshari Al-Humaidhi. Al-Humaidhi, who has been reappointed to this position four times in the last two years, announced that he has also been appointed Supervisor of the Higher Cou [...]
2007-04-25 12:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ KU
07KUWAIT612MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS DISCUSSES FHWA
[...] On 25 April, Ambassador met with new Minister of Public Works (MPW) and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Moussa Hussein Abdullah Al-Sarraf to congratulate him on his appointment (reftel) and discuss his priorities. The Minister asked the Ambassador to encourage the U.S. Federal Highway [...]
2007-04-25 13:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELTN EINV PINR KU
07KUWAIT619KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR RAPHEL AND
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ambassador Robin Raphel and Victoria Butler from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to travel to post on April 29-30, 2007 to meet with U.S. Embassy and host country officials to discuss Iraq reconstruction eff [...]
2007-04-28 08:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA PREL KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT624KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOND
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Bond to travel to post o/a May 4-6, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]
2007-04-29 04:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ IC KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT642KUWAITI TIFA LEAD DISAPPOINTED BY SPECIAL 301
[...] (SBU) On April 29, Econcouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Assistant Undersecretary Abdulazziz Al-Khaldi to deliver Ref A demarche. Al-Khaldi expressed disappointment that Kuwait retained its Watchlist ranking, noting (as he has in previous meetings) that Kuwa [...]
2007-04-30 13:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT656KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CBP TRAINERS
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for INATAR Contractor James F. Kelly, INATAR CBP Officer Jackie Ramsey Jr., and OIT Chemist Stepahnie Coy to travel to Kuwait to provide seaport interdiction training from May 5-9, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for ent [...]
2007-05-01 12:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT681KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SENIOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Senior Advisor Elizabeth Erin Walsh to travel to post o/a May 15-18, 2007 for meetings with current and potential MEPI implementers to discuss programming and future strategy, and to conduct Embassy consultations. 2. This cle [...]
2007-05-05 09:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDJO KU OTRA PREL
07KUWAIT692KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL G. SMITH
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post o/a May 18-19, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2007-05-06 06:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO EI UK KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT698SIGIR DEPUTY IG RAPHEL'S VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] (C) Summary. On April 30, Special Investigator General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Deputy IG Ambassador Robin Raphel met separately with Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL),Marwan Al-Ghanim of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED),and the GOK's Humanitarian Ope [...]
2007-05-06 10:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON ETRD IZ KU
07KUWAIT70KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL PELOSI (JANUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Pelosi to travel to post o/a January 25 to 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]
2007-01-19 06:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ PK AF GM KU
07KUWAIT702KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MU'AYYAD
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mu'ayyad Mehyar to travel to post o/a May 8-10, 2007 to attend a MEPI-funded KEPS activity, discuss program plans with KEPS officials, and meet with prospective small grantees. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry int [...]
2007-05-06 11:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KPAO KU OTRA KMPI
07KUWAIT707PROJECT KUWAIT STILL STALLED; ROLE FOR FOREIGN OIL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Based on a series of recent meetings with Oil Ministry officials, leaders in Kuwait's state-owned petroleum companies (the K-companies),representatives of the major international oil companies (IOCs) in Kuwait, and local managers of international oil service com [...]
2007-05-07 08:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG EINV KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT719KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IBRAHIM
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ibrahim Parvanta, Health Scientist, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Kuwait from May 25-June 1, 2007 to participate in a WHO/HHS/CDC expert meeting on flour fortification. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq [...]
2007-05-08 11:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CDC KSCA KU OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
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