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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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05TAIPEI2950CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - SECOND QUARTER
[...] (U) During the second quarter of 2005, Taiwan semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),which is under investigation for its affiliation with PRC semiconductor firm He Jian, called on the government to speed up its investigation into the case. The Taiwan Provincial [...]
2005-07-08 07:50:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL TW
05TAIPEI3262CHINA OUTMANEUVERING TAIWAN IN AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: The PRC is promoting an economic and political campaign in Africa to expand its regional influence, secure natural resources, and pressure Taiwan's diplomatic partners. Taiwan officials and African diplomats resident in Taipei state Beijing is offering economic incentives to gove [...]
2005-08-08 01:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3313MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Most Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 8 on local issues such as the water shortage in Taoyuan County, a junior high school student overpowering an armed bank robber, and a child abuse case. The pro-independence "Taiwan Daily" was the only Chinese-language [...]
2005-08-09 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3667 Economic Briefing for August 2005
[...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in August 2005: --Poor economic performance 1H, mixed expectations 2H --The CBC's ensures BOP surplus in Q2 --Chunghwa Telecom privatized amid opposition --Taiwan attempts to cut budget deficit --GE first foreign compa [...]
2005-09-06 02:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
05TAIPEI373WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: U.S. MARKET ACCESS
[...] AIT has reviewed the reftel list of service sectors and submits provides the following rankings in terms of: A) U.S. market access priorities (1 being the highest, 5 the lowest); and B) Taiwan's current level of market openness for each sector (high, medium, low). [...]
2005-01-29 06:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDECON TW ETRD
05TAIPEI4187TAIWAN FINANCIAL REFORM BECOMES POLITICAL CONTEST
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's second stage financial reforms have become the subject of a heated political contest and media debate. Opposition parties have been able to capitalize on misgivings raised by labor union opposition to privatization and an opaque bidding process as an effective way to cas [...]
2005-10-14 08:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PINR TW
05TAIPEI4614MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S KYOTO SPEECH
[...] Summary: As major Chinese-language Taiwan dailies on November 18 continued to report on local scandals, campaigns for the upcoming 3-in-1 elections, and a planned merger between two local banks to form Taiwan's largest bank, coverage also focused on the APEC meetings in Pusan and U.S. Presiden [...]
2005-11-18 08:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI4624RECHI CASE DRAWS ATTENTION TO LIMITS ON PRC
[...] (C) Investigations of possible illegal investment transactions by Rechi Precision Co., Ltd., the world's third largest manufacturer of compressors for refrigerators and air conditioners, have attracted attention to Taiwan's regulations that limit investment in the PRC to a percentage of net wo [...]
2005-11-18 09:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI4779 Economic Briefing for November 2005
[...] This cable summarizes selected economic events in Taiwan in November 2005: --New accounting system for national income statistics --Alternate Minimum Tax Bill --Foreign investor acquires local bank --Compulsory licensing for Tamiflu --National Communication Commission --Hong Kon [...]
2005-12-02 08:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW IPR ESTH
05TAIPEI4851CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION - THE WAY
[...] (C) Over the past two decades, Taiwan has gradually lifted many restrictions on cross-Strait economic relations resulting in the PRC becoming Taiwan's largest trade partner and top investment destination. However, many restrictions remain, and many liberalization proposals continue to languis [...]
2005-12-12 22:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EAIR EWWT EFIN PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI4873 Taiwan Legislature meddles with interest rates
[...] On December 6 Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) reached agreement to set a 10% cap on credit and cash card spreads, and increase monthly minimum payments to 20% of the balance from the current 3%. According to the agreement, the proposed cap was to have a "second" reading December 9 (without ev [...]
2005-12-13 22:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
05TAIPEI4898Taiwan Begins Tax Overhaul with an AMT System
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9, Taiwan passed a tax reform bill establishing an alternative minimum tax mechanism (AMT). The AMT will affect only about 0.9% of individual taxpayers and 0.3% of business firms, but will have a disproportionate impact on high-tech industries because of the tax in [...]
2005-12-16 03:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
05TAIPEI4938CROSS-STRAIT BANKING - RESTRICTING COMPETITVENESS
[...] (C) The Taiwan government continues to maintain restrictions that prevent Taiwan banks from expanding their operations in the PRC and forbid PRC banks from establishing any presence in Taiwan. Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) stands ready to implement liberalization measures, b [...]
2005-12-22 01:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON CH TW
05TAIPEI519Taiwan Economic Briefing for January 2005
[...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in January 2005: - Taiwan-China cross-Strait charter flights - Taiwan's banking sector performance - Taiwan's 2005 central budget - New Free Trade Zones - Domestic investment slows - TSMC Chairman on Taiwan's econom [...]
2005-02-04 08:21:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
05TAIPEI710BUSINESS AND POLITICS BLEND IN TAIWAN UMC CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan government charges that United Microelectroncis Corporation (UMC) violated Taiwan regulations in its relations with China chipmaker He Jian have shaken business and political circles in Taiwan. The ensuing public debate has included allegations of political revenge, delibe [...]
2005-02-23 10:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALETTC ECON ETRD TW CH
05TAIPEI8662005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN
[...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2004-05 trafficking-in-persons (TIP) report. The report is according to reftel sections, beginning with 18 A. -------- Overview -------- 18 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or children? [...]
2005-03-02 22:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TW TIP
05TASHKENT3019GULNORA KARIMOVA PROVIDES GRANTS IN HOPE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Eager to improve her less than stellar image, First Daughter Gulnora Karimova is pursuing an intensive grant disbursement program with both domestic and international dimensions. She is using three associations to provide grants: FundForum.Uz promotes Uzbek foreign cultural relat [...]
2005-11-03 04:22:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR UZ
05TBILISI2889GEORGIA IN RECENT SURVEYS: GOOD NEWS ON PACE OF
[...] Summary: Annual surveys on media freedom, anti- corruption, poverty reduction, and the general pace of reforms show Georgia doing well compared to other post-Soviet nations but behind former Warsaw-Pact and Baltic nations whose reform experiences the GOG is eager to emulate. Georgia is a top [...]
2005-11-07 12:05:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON GG
05TBILISI3202 NON-PAPER ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ABKHAZIA
[...] Poloff received the following non-paper on recent developments in Abkhazia from Giorgi Nikolaishvili, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The non-paper is laying out the Georgians position on Abkhazia. 2. Begin Text: After the UN Secretary General's last report on the situation [...]
2005-12-09 03:24:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV GG
05TBILISI3215GEORGIA'S PARTICIPATION IN WORLD BANK DEVELOPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 13:17:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV GG
05TEGUCIGALPA1041Scenesetter for CoDel Nelson May 29-30 Visit to
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Nelson to Honduras May 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, over three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There will be national el [...]
2005-05-16 23:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1311MEDIA REACTION ON MCC AND G-8, JUNE 17, 2005
[...] Op-ed by Tulio Mariano Gonzales Garcia in San Pedro Sula- based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 6/17, entitled "From Debt Relief to Development." "The verbal campaign for relieving the suffering of the poor moves forward while, at the same time, achieving the goal of the Millennium to reduce extreme [...]
2005-06-20 20:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1326MEDIA REACTION ON G-8 DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 21,
[...] On 6/21 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Politicians and Debt Forgiveness." "The debt forgiveness issue has already entered political campaigns." "The two candidates of the traditional parties have already talked about multilateral organiza [...]
2005-06-21 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1332MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 22, 2005
[...] On 6/21 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "External debt forgiveness." "In the last few days the country has accomplished a great triumph. The annual payments that the country had with international organizations and countries will substantiall [...]
2005-06-22 19:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1372MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 27, 2005
[...] On 6/27 an op-ed by Mario R. Alvarado in Tegucigalpa- based moderate daily "El Heraldo," titled "Debt Forgiveness." "Putting into practice the partial and generous debt forgiveness of the heavily indebted poor countries means a sure loss of our state's businesses and our natural resources tha [...]
2005-06-28 15:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1380MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 28, 2005
[...] The Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Juan Ramon Martinez entitled "Debt Forgiveness and Wealth Creation." "Debt forgiveness is a governmental and legislative success but has been received by some in a strange way." "It was during Carlos Roberto Reina's gove [...]
2005-06-29 14:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1423MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS AND IMF, JULY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-06 20:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1447MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 11, 2005
[...] On 07/09 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an editorial entitled "Successful Summit." "The shadow of the terrorist attacks in London couldn't dull the historical results of the G-8 summit in which the debt forgiveness was ratified and $50 million in aid was promised to [...]
2005-07-12 15:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1470MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, ENEE AND MCC,
[...] On 07/14 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an editorial entitled "Reactions on Debt Forgiveness." "Even though there is still a lot to clarify about real amounts, terms and new debts, the external debt forgiveness has brought hope again to the country and gave it the b [...]
2005-07-15 14:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1535USITC CARRIBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) report on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as required by section 215(a) of the CBERA. 2. Summary: The positive role that the Caribbean Basin Initiative (C [...]
2005-07-27 14:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV EIND KTEX HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1555MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 27, 2005
[...] On 07/27 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily, "La Tribuna," published an op-ed by Gustavo Adolfo Aguilar, former UNAH professor and member of AUNA (Unity for our America Association) entitled "Debt Forgiveness and the Fight against Poverty." "Only recently, and with the help of the World Bank [...]
2005-07-29 14:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1728HONDURAS: NEW WORLD BANK RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Recently-arrived World Bank Resident Representative Adrian Fozzard highlighted the Bank's current foci in Honduras, including closer coordination with other donors, encouraging GOH civil service reform and an orderly transition following the November 27 elections, and the product [...]
2005-08-22 14:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1745Honduran Fiscal Policy: Academicians Present Tax
[...] Summary. A recent seminar on the importance of tax reforms raised a number of interesting themes, but GOH officials present limited their remarks to exhortations for discipline and calls for increased tax revenue. Featured academic speakers said there must be improved tax collection, a more [...]
2005-08-22 23:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1833CHINESE ACTIVITY IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary: This cable is a response to reftel request for updates on Chinese activity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Honduras has no significant public or private sector ties to the People,s Republic of China (PRC). Data indicate a limited but growing trade relationship between Hond [...]
2005-09-07 13:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNETRD ECON PGOV EAGR ELAB CH TW HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1845HONDURAS: IMF VERY PLEASED WITH GOH PERFORMANCE TO
[...] (C) On September 2, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team completed its two-week long review of GOH macroeconomic policies. Team Leader Luis Breuer told Charge that the GOH is slightly outperforming its assigned fiscal and monetary targets and the Fund is very pleased with what they have s [...]
2005-09-08 21:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ELAB HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1983HONDURAN "PACTO POLITICO" SPONSORED BY UNDP
[...] (SBU) On September 5, EconChief attended the very public disintegration of the 2005 &Political Pact8 during its planned rollout. The document, based on a similar Pact from 2001, was intended to serve as a blueprint for the political transition following the November 27, 2005 presidential elec [...]
2005-09-26 23:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EFIN ELAB EAGR PREL HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2057THE TELA BAY RESORT PROJECT AND TOURISM ON
[...] Summary: Honduran investors and government officials continue to market the USD 280 million Tela Bay project, a luxury resort that has been in the pipeline for more than thirty years and has yet to break ground. The resort, projected to include four hotels, 250 residential lots, and a golf c [...]
2005-10-05 17:52:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEIND SENV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2086Scenesetter for Secretary Gutierrez Visit to
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of Secretary Gutierrez to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on October 18-20. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, with less than four months remaining in his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries [...]
2005-10-07 20:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL ETRD ECON PGOV SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2182 HONDURAS: $125 MILLION DEBT TO U.S. CANCELLED
[...] SUMMARY: On October 7, the U.S. and Honduras signed a debt reduction agreement cancelling 100 percent ($125m) in loans owed to USG organizations as of March 1, 2005. This effectively eliminated the U.S. share of $1.47 billion owed by the GOH to the Paris Club. Similar bi-lateral agreements n [...]
2005-10-25 20:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTIA ECON HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2383 HONDURAS NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2006
[...] The following is in response to reftel request for update to the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. ------------- TRADE SUMMARY ------------- 2. The U.S. trade deficit with Honduras was $565 million in 2004, an increase of $78 million from $486 million in 2003. U.S. goods exp [...]
2005-11-23 22:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2419PART II: WHAT DOES A LIBERAL PARTY VICTORY MEAN
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second of three cables analyzing the Zelaya platform. As of early morning on November 30, exit polling indicates an electoral victory for Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales. While we await a formal announcement from electoral authorities, [...]
2005-11-30 18:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ELAB SOCI HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2424 Honduras Welcomes Planned Central American
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A senior Honduran Trade official reacted positively to a Central American Refinery proposed by Mexico, indicating that a northern Honduran port city would be an excellent selection for the site. The enthusiasm may change pending the definitive results of the November 27 Presidenti [...]
2005-11-30 22:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2447CORRECTED COPY: HONDURAS: IMF INCREASINGLY
[...] (C) Summary: Not even formally elected yet, Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya has already raised concerns by calling into question his resolve regarding his pledge to honor the GOH agreement with the IMF to reform teachers' wages and benefits. Worse, Zelaya has also nom [...]
2005-12-06 14:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ELAB SOCI HO
05TEGUCIGALPA252HONDURAS BANKING REFORM: FINANCIAL SYSTEM LAW MOVES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In September and October 2004, the GOH passed four banking reform laws aimed at strengthening the nation's financial system. This is the last in a series of four cables that analyze each of these laws, assess their impacts on the Honduran financial system, and outline challenges [...]
2005-02-03 20:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV HO IMF
05TEGUCIGALPA2585MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, DECEMBER 27,
[...] On 12/27 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Debt Forgiveness." "Debt relief is forgiving, it isn't a synonym for repatriating money, having more loans, or for the government to use it freely." "In this debt forgiveness lottery we are not inclu [...]
2005-12-27 21:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA284HONDURAS: IMF GENERALLY PLEASED
[...] (C) Summary: The IMF Article IV mission currently visiting Honduras is pleased with the GOH's significant progress on fiscal discipline, monetary policy reforms, and compliance with all but one quantitative target of the current Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). One non-quantitat [...]
2005-02-08 15:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA404 HONDURAS: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-18 20:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV HO OPIC USTR
05TEGUCIGALPA698Scenesetter for CoDel Kolbe April 14-16 Visit to
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Kolbe to Honduras April 14-16. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there were several p [...]
2005-04-01 15:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA767 Honduran Public Sector Unions Continue Large Labor
[...] (SBU) Summary: A public employees union labor action that began in mid-March is ongoing and increasingly problematic for the GOH. Approximately 37,000 public employees from various government offices in Tegucigalpa are participating. Public Workers, led by the public employees union ANDEPH, [...]
2005-04-08 22:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI HO
05TEGUCIGALPA8HONDURAS ECONOMIC REFORM: BANKING COMMISSION REFORM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In September 2004, at IMF insistence, the GOH passed four banking reform laws aimed at strengthening the nation's financial system. This is the third in a series of four cables that analyze each of these laws, assess their impacts on the Honduran financial system, and outline cha [...]
2005-01-03 18:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV HO IMF
05TEGUCIGALPA800HONDURAS: BANCO FICOHSA: A BANK THAT GETS IT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While not a world-class bank, Ficohsa is arguably one of the best-placed Honduran banks to survive the continuing market consolidation. Ficohsa is noteworthy for its efforts to explore innovative financial products, adopt new technologies, and craft a market strategy that will a [...]
2005-04-15 16:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV SMIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA874 HONDURAS IMPORT REGULATIONS FOR USED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
[...] This cable is in response to reftel, which requested an update on the feasibility of exporting used medical equipment to Honduras. 2. According to the Honduran Customs and Tax Division, there are no quotas for the importation of remanufactured, rebuilt, and/or used medical equipment to Ho [...]
2005-04-26 15:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON HO
05TELAVIV1021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria-Iran "Common Front" ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted President Bush as saying at a news conference on Thursday: "If I was the leader of Israel and I listened to some of the statements by the Iranian ayat [...]
2005-02-18 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1078ACTING COORDINATOR POPE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings February 9-12, Israeli officials told Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator William Pope that Hizballah is the GOI's top CT priority. They requested USG assistance to convince President Chirac that the group should be placed on the EU's list of terrorist org [...]
2005-02-23 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1080ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-23 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1103ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1125ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Maariv bannered, an "inciting gathering" held last night in Jerusalem by the "hard-core, extremist opponents to disengagement" (according to Ha' [...]
2005-02-25 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1171ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democratic Reform in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, Friday night's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub dominated the news reports. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, in [...]
2005-02-28 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1192ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1267ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the IDF's expectation that the PA will act soon to replace the senior echelon in the PA's security services in the West Bank. The newspaper [...]
2005-03-03 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1289ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-04 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1319ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syrian-Lebanese Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Jerusalem Post cited President Bush's weekly radio address, in which he hailed recent moves toward democracy in the Middle East. Ha'aretz reported that Sharon [...]
2005-03-07 13:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1363(C) OTTE SAYS HE'S PRESSING PA FOR SECURITY
[...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Middle East envoy Marc Otte said he would press the PA, during his visit this week, on the need for security service reform, while focusing in his GOI meetings on Israeli-Palestinian economic cooperation. He reported that World Bank President W [...]
2005-03-08 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS EU EG LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1397ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 13:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1419ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media say that today's meeting between Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh that will focus on Israeli- Palestinian neg [...]
2005-03-10 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1420MFA OFFICIAL ON GOI-PA DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Yossi Gal told Ambassador Kurtzer that the PA should promptly seize the opportunity to coordinate with Israel on the economic and civil aspects of the disengagement plan via joint GOI-PA working groups on trade, settlement assets, [...]
2005-03-10 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1424TECHNICAL TALKS ON POSSIBLE RETURN OF U.S.-ORIGIN
[...] (C) Summary: A joint DOE/State technical team led by Kasia Mendelsohn from DOE's Office of Global Nuclear Material Threat Reduction met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Agency (IAEC) on January 12-13 to discuss possible Israeli participation in the Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) S [...]
2005-03-10 14:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG TRGY PREL IS ISRAEL RELATIONS COUNTERTERRORISM ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV1430TALIA SASSON'S "EXPLOSIVE" REPORT ON ILLEGAL
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: Attorney Talia Sasson on March 8 submitted a report on illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. The report has been characterized as a "powerful bombshell" and "explosive on an international level." In the d [...]
2005-03-10 17:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1446ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Sharon ordered five different public opinion polls to try to predict the results of elections held after a p [...]
2005-03-11 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV146ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1513ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Sharon told visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday that there would SIPDIS be no progress on the road map until the Palestinian armed [...]
2005-03-14 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1548ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-16 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1637ISRAEL AT THE CENTER OF MAJOR MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (U) Summary: Recently, Israel has been the nexus of several high profile money laundering cases. The cases illustrate a continuing need for effective bank supervision and the ongoing level of money laundering associated with criminal activity. On March 6, The International Crimes Unit (ICU [...]
2005-03-18 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER EFIN ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV1683ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, who holds the "Israeli-Palestinian portfolio" in the White House, and David Welch, the "head of the [...]
2005-03-21 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV170Fischer Accepts GOI Offer to Be Next Governor of
[...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu jointly nominated Professor Stanley Fischer as the next Governor of the Bank of Israel. Fischer accepted the nomination the same day, although it will require further administrative and political approvals, includ [...]
2005-01-10 15:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1720ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported, and most of them bannered, disengagement-related political moves. In yet another apparent defeat for PM Sharon, the Likud faction Monday adopted a comp [...]
2005-03-22 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1731SHIMON PERES TELLS CODEL REID TO LOOK AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 20, Codel Reid and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the economic future of Israel and post-disengagement Gaza, the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, the impact of the separation barrier on the lives of Palestinians, the run-up to the budget vote in [...]
2005-03-22 16:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIR IS MNUC OREP PGOV PREF PTER SY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV1759ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and West Bank Disengagement Plan 2. Global War On Terrorism 3. Israel-China Arms Deals ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night the state budget bill passed the hurdle of the Knesset's Finance Comm [...]
2005-03-23 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1847SHIMON PERES ON DISENGAGEMENT, PALESTINIAN SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told NSC director Elliott Abrams, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, and the Ambassador March 23 that the economic needs of the Gaza Strip and West Bank are immediate and pressing, while solutions are slow in coming. In his view, the PA is torn [...]
2005-03-25 13:21:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL EFIN EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1899VICE PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES CONSIDERS "THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Codel Pelosi and Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres discussed the political atmosphere surrounding Israel's disengagement from Gaza; the economic forecast for Gaza the "day after" disengagement; the steps that the international community can take to ensure [...]
2005-03-29 05:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1918CODEL PELOSI URGES FM SHALOM NOT TO ALLOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with Codel Pelosi, Foreign Minister Shalom spoke positively about the direction of Israeli relations with the PA and other Arab neighbors. While lauding some of President Abbas's steps, he said the PA had failed so far to resolve to dismantle terrorist infras [...]
2005-03-29 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV199ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-11 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2045ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media on Sunday and Monday (3, 4 April) led with stories on the Pope's death and disengagement-related reports. Ha'aretz reported Sunday that [...]
2005-04-04 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2053SHIMON PERES DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one-hour meeting in Tel Aviv on March 31, Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Senator Carl Levin, accompanied by Senate staff and a delegation from the Michigan Fund, that he and Prime Minister Sharon have similar thoughts on continuing disengagement in the West Bank, b [...]
2005-04-04 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL ECON KWBG OREP IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2098"REALITY BITES" ABBAS, BRIG. GEN. KUPPERWASSER
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 31, Brigadier General Yossi Kupperwasser described for CODEL Saxton the changing mission of Israeli intelligence-gathering and presented his analysis of the current developments in the Palestinian Authority. Kupperwasser also discussed the battle for hearts [...]
2005-04-05 14:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Russia Relations 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that this afternoon the Knesset approved the 2005 state budget in a first reading, 64- 53, as the [...]
2005-01-12 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2260YOSSI BEILIN DESCRIBES USG ROLE TO CODEL LEVIN:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Carl Levin and his delegation met on March 31 with Yahad Party Chairman Yossi Beilin. With polite frustration, Beilin repeatedly and in detail expressed his view that the U.S. is not doing enough to advance a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beilin said [...]
2005-04-12 12:27:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KWBG OREP PGOV PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2262ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media extensively covered the Bush-Sharon Crawford meeting, focusing mainly in the differences between the two positions. Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Shar [...]
2005-04-12 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV227(C) SHARON TO CODELS: KEY TO PROGRESS WITH PALESTINIANS IS SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Senators Kyl, Martinez, Murkowski, Sununu, and Biden, and Congressman Adam Smith January 9 and with Senator Kerry January 10, Prime Minister Sharon emphasized that progress with Palestinians depends fundamentally on whether terrorism, violence and inci [...]
2005-01-12 14:24:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2341PEACE NOW DISCUSSES SUPPORT TO THE SETTLEMENTS,
[...] (C) Summary: Yariv Oppenheimer, General Director of Peace Now, told Embassy econoffs that there are four possible ways for the GOI to fund settlements. These include support through the Defense Ministry for infrastructure, transferring funds to the local councils, funding specific projects, [...]
2005-04-14 12:41:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV2420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-18 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2441ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2528ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-22 09:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2615ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted security sources as saying that Israel will hand over Qalqilya to PA security responsibility next week if the [...]
2005-04-27 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2642ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that 40,000 to 90,000 people, depending on the sources, attended [...]
2005-04-28 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that six Israeli civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a combined double su [...]
2005-01-14 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2722PERES DESCRIBES POSITIVE CHANGE IN QURAYA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Peres told A/S Welch and Charge April 27 that Palestinian PM Quraya', in an April 21 meeting with Peres, showed a positive change of attitude toward disengagement coordination. Peres said he cautioned Quraya' not to push for final status talks after disengagement; doi [...]
2005-05-02 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG PREL ECON PGOV EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV274EILAND ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES FACING SHARON AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland highlighted the following points in a January 9 meeting with Codel Kerry: -- Israel faces three main challenges in implementing disengagement: a fragile domestic political situation, operational difficulties to evacuate thousands of settle [...]
2005-01-14 13:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2777ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with various aspects of the disengagement plan. Ha'aretz (banner) and other media quoted Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as saying Tues [...]
2005-05-04 09:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2809ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York 3. May 5 UK Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the PA has informed the Israeli defense establishment that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas has [...]
2005-05-05 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2841ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-06 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV285NSC'S GABI BLUM ON WORLD BANK PROCESS, PERES,
[...] (C) Summary: NSC strategic advisor Dr. Gabi Blum met with EconCouns January 13 to discuss movement on the World Bank process, Shimon Peres' projected role in disengagement planning, and potential GOI dialogue with the PA on settlement assets and other economic aspects of withdrawal. On the Wo [...]
2005-01-14 16:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV2874ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Israel has informed the PA that it will not release the next tranche of Palestinian prisoners until the PA takes concrete measures against terro [...]
2005-05-09 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2921ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. President Bush Visits Latvia, Russia, Netherlands, Georgia (May 6-10) ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In separate interviews broadcast last night on Israel TV, Channel 2-TV, and Channel 10-TV, Shar [...]
2005-05-10 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2925CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH VICE PM SHIMON PERES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, CODEL Frist met with Vice PM Shimon Peres where discussions surrounded the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, Jordan's economic growth and its contribution to the economy in the Palestinian territories, Iran's push to develop nuclear weapons and recent democratic election [...]
2005-05-10 12:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV293NETANYAHU TO CODEL KYL ON ECONOMIC REFORMS,
[...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu outlined for CODEL Kyl and the Ambassador in a January 9 meeting the economic reforms he has undertaken during his tenure. The reforms include cutting government expenses, reducing taxes, privatizing some state-owned enterprises, and fixing t [...]
2005-01-18 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2939CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 2, Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined to CODEL Frist the economic evolution in Israel since he became finance minister in 2003. Netanyahu said he had increased taxes, reduced government expenditures, while simultaneously combating welfare fraud, challengin [...]
2005-05-10 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON IS XF ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV2950ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2988ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-13 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3001ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom has decided to cut short the term of Ambassador to the U.S. Danny [...]
2005-05-16 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3032ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel-U.S. Relations 2. Russia: Yukos Trial ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post quoted White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as saying Tuesday that the SIPDIS First Lady's visit to the region is "an opport [...]
2005-05-18 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3080ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted sources in Jerusalem as saying that First Lady Laura Bush has included Israel in her visit to the region only because President Bush asked her to do so. [...]
2005-05-20 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3167ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Newsweek Reports of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that in his speech to the AIPAC convention in Washington Tuesday, PM Sharon urged PA Chairman [P [...]
2005-05-25 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3188ISRAEL: MODERATING FIRST QUARTER GROWTH POSES
[...] (U) Israeli growth moderated in the first quarter of 2005 to 2.9%, following four quarters of growth in 2004 between 3.5 to 4.4%. Business sector GDP grew by 3.4%, which was also lower than any quarter in 2004. The overall deceleration reflected moderating growth of both exports and imports [...]
2005-05-26 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV3189ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...]
2005-05-26 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV321ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. President Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night, a Shin Bet agent was killed and seven other security personnel were wounded when a suicide bomber from Hamas blew himself up at t [...]
2005-01-19 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-27 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3256ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-31 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...]
2005-06-01 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3467ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect for Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to give PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a few days to take action to st [...]
2005-01-20 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3517ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3538ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-08 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3539A Political Map of the Orthodox Movement in
[...] (U) Summary: The Jewish Orthodox sector in Israel today is composed of an increasingly complex fabric, from ultra-orthodox to "modern" or "liberal" orthodox. Religious strands are represented by political parties in the Knesset -- from Shas and Agudat Yisrael to the National Religious Party (N [...]
2005-06-08 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV3561MOD DG AMOS YARON ON PASSAGES, THE BARRIER, AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General Amos Yaron recently to discuss the status of the seamline barrier around major settlement blocs. Yaron said that the idea of building a wall in Hebron has been turned down by the Attorney General. Yaron noted th [...]
2005-06-09 04:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3682ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz Sunday reported that the U.S.-Israeli security exports crisis is deepening. The paper noted that Washington has ordered Israel to increase its control [...]
2005-06-14 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV370ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect For Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast 3. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored Thursday's inauguration of President Bush in Washington. The three national TV stations bro [...]
2005-01-21 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3727ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Deputy Chief of Staff Moshe Kaplinsky clarified to Palestinian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Abu Zayd Tuesday that there will be n [...]
2005-06-15 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV379FM DEFENDS BREAK WITH PA, DENOUNCES IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: At a political/diplomatic briefing for foreign ambassadors, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom defended Prime Minister Sharon's decision to suspend contacts with the Palestinian Authority until the PA takes action against terrorist infrastructure in the territories. Shalom said that [...]
2005-01-21 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV380GAZAN ECONOMY DISRUPTED BY KARNI CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The closure at Karni terminal, which has been in effect since the January 13 attack that killed six Israeli employees, has caused the agriculture, furniture, and garment sectors within Gaza to lose some USD four million and to lay off over 1,000 workers. In the Gazan marketpla [...]
2005-01-21 15:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG ECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3844ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank June 18-19 2. Mideast 3. Lebanon: Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet at Sharon's Jerusalem residence [...]
2005-06-20 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3892004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2004, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]
2005-01-24 08:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3899ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon hosted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday at his Jerusalem residence for their first working visit since the Sharm el-Sheikh [...]
2005-06-22 21:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV391ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv led with the Israeli defense establishment's concern that Iran would crush efforts by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to achieve a hu [...]
2005-01-24 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3951ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored unrest involving settlers and pro- settler demonstrators on Wednesday, including road blockages throughout the country, during which at least five po [...]
2005-06-30 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4142ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the evacuation by the IDF and police on Thursday of the residents of the Maoz Hayam Hotel at the Neve Dekalim settlement in [...]
2005-07-01 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV417ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom will meet with Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice tomorrow. All media reported on Monday's "historic" UN [...]
2005-01-25 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4203ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that he will meet with PM Sharon before the dis [...]
2005-07-06 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4238ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At midday, Israel Radio reported on a series of explosions in London, and that Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was supposed to participate in a conference [...]
2005-07-07 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4255ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] July 7 London Bombings 2. Israel-China Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with, and extensively reported on, Thursday's terror bombings in London, in which at least 37 people were killed and 700 others were wounded. [...]
2005-07-08 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4277ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that a delegation of senior Israeli officials that left for Washington over the weekend will ask the U.S. government this evening for s [...]
2005-07-11 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4284ISRAELI HOUSING MINISTER DISCUSSES SETTLEMENTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Minister of Housing Isaac Herzog on July 6 at the Knesset to discuss Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the disengagement process. Herzog said that he had stopped all new residential construction beyond the green line, but intends to eventually appro [...]
2005-07-11 12:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV43ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 12:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV430JUSTICE MINISTRY DG PROVIDES DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE
[...] (C) Looking visibly tired, Justice Ministry DG Aaron Abramovich updated Economic Counselor and Deputy on the "hectic" period ahead on disengagement. He said he and his team were about to embark on a week of intensive consultations with the Finance Committee Disengagement Subcommittee prior to [...]
2005-01-25 14:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4329ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4387ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday afternoon, a 22- year-old Israeli woman was killed and her boyfriend was slightly injured in a shelling attack on Moshav Netiv Ha'asa [...]
2005-07-15 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4472ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media reported that the police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon, five km west of Netivot, w [...]
2005-07-19 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV452ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 09:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4659ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a White House announcement, according to which Richard Jones has been appointed U.S. ambassador to Israel. Ha' [...]
2005-07-27 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4678ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was quoted as saying, in a bannered interview with Yediot, that Israel will pull out from the Philadelphi route by the Jewish New Year (earl [...]
2005-07-27 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4711ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Yediot, led with PM Sharon's ongoing cordial visit to France. Maariv bannered: "Embrace From France." Ha'aretz and Israel Radi [...]
2005-07-28 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4715GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, JULY 28, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. On the six priority areas outlined by Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Ministers Mofaz and Dahlan agreed that door-to-door movement of goods shoul [...]
2005-07-28 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4727ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted people who attended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Defense Minister Shaul M [...]
2005-07-29 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4749ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israeli Relations 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Sunday) and Israel Radio reported that senior Israeli officials Dov Weisglass and [...]
2005-08-01 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4770ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Saudi Arabia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that the settler leadership accepted a late-night IDF and police compromise on their mass anti-disengagement protest planned for today. The set [...]
2005-08-02 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4775GAZAN BUSINESS STRUGGLES WITH DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Gazan private sector contacts are on edge over current GOI-PA negotiations regarding the post-disengagement border crossings, arguing that without freedom of movement at Karni, Erez, and Rafah terminals, the Gazan economy will not survive Israel's withdrawal. Business leaders b [...]
2005-08-02 13:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KWBG EAID PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4791ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that tens of thousands of right-wing activists participated in Tuesday's anti-disengagement [...]
2005-08-03 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4815ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that police last night halted thousands of anti-disengagement activists at the Peduim junction two km west of Ofakim after the demonstration departed the Negev tow [...]
2005-08-04 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4819DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION: THE CUSTOMS UNION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-04 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON ETRD EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV482ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that newly confirmed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with FM Silvan Shalom at the White House on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that Secr [...]
2005-01-27 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4820GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 4, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. The IDF will open Karni and Erez terminals two days a week for Gazans during "lockdown;" the GOI is considering a trilateral meeting on the passages; VP [...]
2005-08-04 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4838ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4862GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 5, 2005
[...] (C) This report summarizes current GOI views on the progress of disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA and updates from the Quartet Special Envoy's (QSE) staff. The August 4 trilateral held under QSE Wolfensohn auspices generated concurrence on how to organize upcoming GOI-PA [...]
2005-08-05 15:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4877ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...]
2005-08-08 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4896ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banners in Ha'aretz and Yediot, and Hatzofe -- "Deportation Order") reported that, according to a [...]
2005-08-09 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4930ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with disengagement-related developments. Ha'aretz highlighted the collecting of army-issued weapons in Sa-Nur and Homesh, two of the northern West Ba [...]
2005-08-10 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4950ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on mass anti-disengagement prayers held next to Jerusalem's Western (Wailing) Wall on Wednesday, which were attended by 70,000 to 100,000 pro [...]
2005-08-11 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV498(C) RELIGIOUS LEADERS WEIGH MEASURES TO GENERATE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with and cleared by ConGen Jerusalem. 2. (C) Summary: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious leaders of the Permanent Follow-up Committee for the Implementation of the Alexandria Declaration ("the Alexandria Group") met in East Jerusalem January 24 to revi [...]
2005-01-28 09:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF KPAO EAID IS KPAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV499ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave next week for a tour of Europe and the Middle East, which will include nine countrie [...]
2005-01-28 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5002ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Israel TV broadcast excerpts of an exclusive interview that President Bush granted the station's Washington correspondent Yaron Dekel in Crawford, T [...]
2005-08-12 11:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5019GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: GEN. DANGOTT UPDATES
[...] (C) DEFMIN Mofaz's Military Adviser, General Eitan Dangott, updated Ambassador August 12 on status of ongoing GOI-Palestinian negotiations on post-disengagement issues, including the disposition of settler housing, the degree of authority for Gaza, improvement in passages, the Gaza disputed bo [...]
2005-08-12 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL MARR PTER IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5034EXPANDED ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5051DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 15, 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first day of disengagement proceeded as planned with minimal violence well within anticipated parameters. The message below outlines the dissemination of eviction notices to settlers; the overall security situation in Gaza, including the kidnapping of a French journalist b [...]
2005-08-15 16:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5054ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]
2005-08-16 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5065ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]
2005-08-16 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5082NSA EILAND SAYS DISENGAGEMENT GOING WELL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with NEA A/S Welch and the Ambassador, Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland and Deputy Director Eran Etzion assessed that it seems disengagement "is going to be easier than expected." The majority of the discussion centered on what would happen after diseng [...]
2005-08-17 04:40:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5104A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward met with Minister of Defense Mofaz and his key staff on August 16 to review the status of settler evacuation from Gaza, and to discuss the status of an Israel-Egyptian protocol on troop deployments along Egypt's border with Gaza. A/ [...]
2005-08-18 07:57:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC KWBG KPAL PINS ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5113ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5132CORRECTED COPY: DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the fourth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating Kfar Darom, Kfar Yam, and Neve Dekalim. The security forces encountered some resistance in these settlements, particularly from young infiltrators from outside of the Gaza Strip who barricaded t [...]
2005-08-18 16:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5138NEA A/S WELCH'S AUGUST 16, 2005 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Israeli MOD Director General Amos Yaron updated NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward August 16 on the status of post-Gaza disengagement issues. On the disposition of settler housing, Yaron asked the USG to continue its efforts to identify a program manager to oversee removal [...]
2005-08-19 11:05:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5163ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Rocket Attacks on Aqaba and Eilat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that this afternoon in the settlement of Netzarim, the IDF and police are completing their evacu [...]
2005-08-22 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the evacuation of Netzarim on Monday concluded the departure of all Gaza settlers. At noon [...]
2005-08-23 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5253ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Vice PM and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert as saying, after his meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington Wednesday, that the PA must [...]
2005-08-25 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5275ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. is urging Israel and the PA to exercise restraint and not to miss the historic opportunity for peace in the region. Visiting U.S. House Majority Whip R [...]
2005-08-26 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV531PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT FUND EARNINGS MAY SEED GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) will vote February 10-12 on whether to cash out on over USD 300 million of capital gains made on worldwide investments. Board members are split over the vote, reportedly fearing that PA MinFin Salaam Fayyad will appropriate earnings for his o [...]
2005-01-31 05:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV534ASSISTANT SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH DEPUTY
[...] (S) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Burns and the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister SIPDIS Peres outlined GOI efforts to revitalize the Palestinian economy. Noting the unexpected success of PA Prime Minister Abu Mazen's steps toward improving the security situa [...]
2005-01-31 08:42:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5350ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At noon today, Israel Radio reported that at least 640 people who participated in a mourning procession in Baghdad [...]
2005-08-31 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5360DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 31, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: The Knesset approved (58-23) the Israeli agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border, and the GOI plans to sign the agreement on September 1. Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman briefed General Ward on his August 31 meeting with P [...]
2005-08-31 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5404ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Meeting of Israeli and Pakistani Foreign Ministers 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on the "historic" meeting between FM Silvan Shalom and his Pakistani counterpa [...]
2005-09-02 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]
2005-09-06 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Yediot and Maariv bannered, an anti-disengagement rally held opposite the Knesset last night, to demand a national referendum or elections. The event, which gat [...]
2005-01-31 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5515DISENGAGEMENT: GAZA BUSINESSMEN BOTH HOPEFUL AND
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, nine businessmen from the Gaza Strip stressed that freedom of movement for people and goods was essential to achieving economic prosperity after disengagement. They claimed that the GOI's proposal for a trilateral border crossing at Ke [...]
2005-09-07 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KPAL EINV EAID IS PTER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5518ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. Egypt ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and his senior ministers decided this morning that the IDF would withdraw from the Gaza Strip on September 12 through 15. [...]
2005-09-07 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5542ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5562ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer was quoted as saying in a farewell interview broadcast this morning on Israel Radio that the U.S. administration is still wa [...]
2005-09-09 10:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5597ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]
2005-09-12 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the disorder in the PA and along the Philadelphi route. While some media, like Jerusalem Post (banner: "Egypt, PA Vow to Stop Gaza Infiltrator [...]
2005-09-14 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5663TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY AT QALANDIYA
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy and Consulate General officers visited the Qalandiya crossing on August 31 and September 7 to observe the ongoing construction taking place at the long-existing and always much-contended checkpoint there. Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense advis [...]
2005-09-14 14:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
05TELAVIV5672ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society 3. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media highlighted the meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon at the UN on Wednesday, following the President's address to the UN Gen [...]
2005-09-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV570ISRAEL'S COMMITMENTS TO THE USG AND THE WORLD BANK
[...] (S) Summary. As of the end of January 2005, the GOI had shown various levels of commitment to fulfilling its "Weissglas" commitments to the USG. It is following through more consistently on its promise to engage on the World Bank process dedicated to facilitating a viable, post-disengagement [...]
2005-01-31 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5706ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the speech PM Sharon delivered in Hebrew to the UN General Assembly on Thursday. The major media focused on Sharon's conciliatory words, as he reached out to the P [...]
2005-09-16 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5734ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5742ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...]
2005-09-21 08:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5771ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with a comment made by PM Sharon before 150 Likud Central Committee members at his Jerusalem residence last night: "I don't want to [...]
2005-09-21 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5802ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...]
2005-09-26 07:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5818ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Likud Infighting 2. Gaza Violence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Ambassador Richard H. Jones as saying this morning, upon presenting his credentials to President Moshe Katsav at the Residence of the President in Jer [...]
2005-09-26 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Under the banner "The Stick and The Carrot," Maariv led with a report that the U.S. administration has conveyed messages to the GOI, according to which a Palestinian state would be establi [...]
2005-02-01 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5849GAZA: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Gaza, the stronghold of the radical Islamist terrorist organization HAMAS, presents exceptional challenges for USG efforts to combat violent extremism. Our strategic approach is to promote Palestinian democracy, strengthen the rule of law, reform the security sector, offer economic alter [...]
2005-09-27 08:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV5853ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's surprise victory at the Likud Central Committee last night. The proposal to move up the party primaries was rejected, 1433 votes to 1329 (5 [...]
2005-09-27 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5897ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV59ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5945ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5983ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian Track 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas are slated to meet on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting was organized under the auspices of [...]
2005-10-06 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6010ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President Bush's Address to the National Endowment for Democracy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Hatzofe) reported that, addressing the National Endowment for Democracy [...]
2005-10-07 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6022MOD ADVISOR SPIEGEL SAYS HE HAS NO PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor, told Ambassador Jones on September 27 that one of the most difficult problems in dealing with the passages is the lack of a Palestinian Authority (PA) counterpart with whom to coordinate technical matter [...]
2005-10-07 15:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6025ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...]
2005-10-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6075ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The three major Hebrew-language newspapers bannered the issue of the fate of the Syrian regime following the "mysterious" suicide of Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan on Wednesday. Y [...]
2005-10-14 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6103ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In their lead stories, all media reported that nearly simultaneous drive-by shootings, one at the Gush Etzion Junction and the other at the settlement of Eli in the [...]
2005-10-17 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas is expected to demand U.S. intervention in halting Israeli construction and dismantling illegal outposts in the West [...]
2005-10-19 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6127PM OFFICE DG SAYS RETURN TO ROADMAP VITAL TO
[...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Ilan Cohen, the Director General of the PM,s Office, said that Israeli society needed to heal the serious rifts that had been opened by the disengagement from Gaza. On the peace process, he said that there would be no West Bank disengagemen [...]
2005-10-19 13:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON IS PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6166ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Germany: New Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on President Bush's meeting with PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas at the Wh [...]
2005-10-21 08:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6176PERES: GAZA DISENGAGEMENT INCOMPLETE
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Premier Peres said that advancing the peace process and combating poverty in Israel would be the most important issues in the lead up to elections late next year. He stated that the GOI's disengagement from the Gaza Strip would be i [...]
2005-10-24 09:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6186ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 08:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6219ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...]
2005-10-31 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6256ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] UNSC Vote on Syria 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media led with PM Sharon's political situation in the Knesset. The media reported that Sharon decided on Monday to postpone a fateful Knesset vote on [...]
2005-11-01 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6270ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...]
2005-11-02 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6297ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...]
2005-11-03 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV631ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met this morning with PM Sharon, who updated him on current security contacts with the Palestinians and the upcoming Sh [...]
2005-02-02 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6337ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...]
2005-11-04 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6357LIVNI DISCUSSES THIRD PARTY, HAMAS, OUTPOSTS, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador on November 3 that, although "the numbers do not show it yet," Sharon will find a majority for his ministerial nominations because most Likud members do not want new elections. She said that it is significant that Israel has ac [...]
2005-11-04 16:56:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...]
2005-11-07 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6386ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. France Riots 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with political developments at the Knesset on Monday. They reported that eight Likud "rebels" voted with the opposition to defeat by 61- [...]
2005-11-08 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6413ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as saying in an interview with Israel Radio that he does not rule out holding negotiations with Israel if this serves P [...]
2005-11-09 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6444ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that Histadrut Labor Federation Secretary-General, Knesset Member Amir Peretz, defeated Vice Premier [...]
2005-11-10 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6467EMBLEM: ICRC DESCRIBES TIMELINE, PROGRESS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 8 - 10 conversations with Poloffs, ICRC Head of Delegation Dominik Stillhart and Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Andrej Motyl expressed continuing ICRC and Swiss commitment to convening the December 5 - 6 conference on the Third Protocol, but also articulated [...]
2005-11-14 11:59:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PGOV PREF PREL SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6468ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6470ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6512ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Agreement on Movement and Access" 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported on the "Agreement on Movement and Access," which was brokered on Tuesday [...]
2005-11-16 09:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6530ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 08:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Labor vs. Likud 2. Gaza: Management of Border Crossings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's announcement, expected during the weekend, as to whether he will remain in the Likud or form a new party. Both Yediot [...]
2005-11-18 07:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6552AMIR PERETZ: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME?
[...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz told DAS Danin November 18 that he will focus his upcoming election campaign on socio-economic issues, rather than on peace and security. He stressed the importance of the Labor Party serving as a real opposition party and added tha [...]
2005-11-18 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6578ISRAELI NSC CHIEF: GOI "ALONE" IN CONFRONTING
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Chairman Giora Eiland told Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) on November 14 that the GOI feels "alone" in opposing any Hamas participation in the January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. The GOI felt obliged to state publicly [...]
2005-11-21 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6626U.S. TREASURY DISCUSSES WITH GOI ESTABLISHMENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli military intelligence officials headed by Brigidier-General Kuperwasser met with Treasury policy advisor Lebenson, Post's Defense Attach and econoff to discuss a U.S. Treasury initiative to establish a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) or Financial Follow-up Unit (FFU),a [...]
2005-11-23 12:23:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv, Yediot, and The Jerusalem Post, published the results of three polls that show improvement in the rating of PM Sharon's party Kadima (Forward). Were elections hel [...]
2005-11-25 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6683ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that former Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres has finalized his decision to leave the Labor Party, Prime Minis [...]
2005-11-29 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV669ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV670ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. President Bush State of the Union Address ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli source as saying that Sharon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will disagree on the d [...]
2005-02-04 11:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6708ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All Israeli media led with pre-election stories on the movement of key figures between political parties and on public opinion polls. The Jerusalem Post reports that Professor Uriel Reichman, Shinui fou [...]
2005-11-30 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV671ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6778ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...]
2005-12-05 12:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6815ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iranian Nuclear Race ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Jerusalem Post and other media reported the IDF is gearing up for a crackdown on the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, wishing to apprehend "all of the terrorists" there. The [...]
2005-12-07 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV68482005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2005, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]
2005-12-08 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6855ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 2. Israeli Election Campaigns 3. Palestinian Leadership and the West ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF resumed "targeted assassinations" in the wake of the Neta [...]
2005-12-09 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6884ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] US Pressures Israel on Safe Passage Agreement 2. Sharon's Kadima Political Moves 3. Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 4. Defense Establishment Expected View of Egypt ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Army Radio reported [...]
2005-12-12 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6911ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iranian Nuclear Program ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ Major media reported on the Mehlis report, which was delivered yesterday to the UN Security council, claiming that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence knew about the plot to assass [...]
2005-12-13 12:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6924ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...]
2005-12-15 04:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6946ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz led with a report by Akiva Eldar that on Wednesday, Israel succumbed to international pressure and informed the U.S. that it plans to complete preparations on Friday for operatin [...]
2005-12-15 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV69712005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Israel is not a regional financial center like Hong Kong or Switzerland due to a lack of financial activity with its neighboring countries. Israel's financial activity is mainly conducted with the financial markets of the U.S. and Europe, and to a lesser extent with Asia. Less than a quarter [...]
2005-12-16 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KSEP KTFN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV6972ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday, a Qassam rocket landed 2 km south of Ashkelon, in an area that comprises strategic installations, and another in a kibbut [...]
2005-12-16 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6996ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the state of PM Sharon's health. Israel Radio reported that Sharon was in good condition this morning after he was rushed to Jerusalem's Hadass [...]
2005-12-19 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7022POVERTY HYPE REFLECTS DECLINE OF SOCIALISM IN
[...] (S) In advance of the upcoming elections, many politicians, reporters, and advocacy groups have been trumpeting "poverty" as the most important issue facing Israeli society. In reality, apart from a few isolated pockets, Israel does not face grinding "third world-style" poverty as a systemi [...]
2005-12-21 08:14:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETECON ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7023ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel TV and Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised PM Sharon's courageous moves in an interview with CNN, as, in the words of both statio [...]
2005-12-21 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV706FORMER CIVIL ADMINISTRATION HEAD REVEALS
[...] (C) Summary: The former head of the Civil Administration, Brigadier General (ret.) Dov "Fuffi" Sedaka, detailed the complex approval process for construction of new settlements and settlement neighborhoods in a January 30 meeting with Embassy economic officers. He made clear that no matter [...]
2005-02-04 13:00:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7072ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the IDF responded with artillery fire and aerial strikes to Sunday's Qassam fire. A Qassam rocket nearly missed a kindergarten in Kibbutz Sa'ad [...]
2005-12-27 11:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7079ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All leading media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the firing from Lebanon of at least four Katyusha rockets at Israeli communities -- particularly Kiryat Shmona -- la [...]
2005-12-28 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7090ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and leading Israeli Internet news web sites reported that this morning, a suicide bomber approached a roadblock in Jabara village near the West Bank town of Tulkarm and blew h [...]
2005-12-29 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7098ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Maariv, led with Wednesday's suicide bombing near Tulkarm, in which IDF officer Uri Binamo and two Palestinians were killed. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were [...]
2005-12-30 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV723PERES PURSUES DIRECT TALKS ON GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
[...] (S) Summary: DPM Shimon Peres is moving quickly to initiate direct negotiations with the PA on Gaza Disengagement economic issues. Following the template established by the World Bank process, Peres met February 2 with Mohammed Dahlan and Sa'eb Erekat to set a path toward face to face negoti [...]
2005-02-07 08:07:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV731ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-07 11:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV752ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-08 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV85YOSSI GAL AND ILAN BARUCH DISCUSS AHLC, WORLD BANK
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Yossi Gal and Ilan Baruch of the MFA's Economic Affairs division Wednesday, December 28 to discuss Israeli follow-up from the Oslo AHLC, World Bank-proposed monitoring and benchmarks, and GOI and Israeli private-sector contact with the Palestinians on sett [...]
2005-01-06 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV87ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Yediot highlighted issues related to the opposition to the disengagement plan. Maariv bannered a call by PM Sharon on IDF soldiers to resist pro [...]
2005-01-06 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV881ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-14 12:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV895ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Assassination of Former Lebanese PM Hariri ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The newspapers -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- banner either threats against PM Sharon or the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri in [...]
2005-02-15 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV904NETANYAHU AS FINANCE MINISTER: CONFOUNDING THE
[...] (C) Summary. Upon assuming office in 2003, Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implemented a series of far-reaching economic reforms aimed at overcoming Israel's economic crisis of 2001-2002, the worst in its history. Originally drafted under Netanyahu's predecessor Silvan Shalom, they encom [...]
2005-02-15 12:15:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB SOCI PREL EIND ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV934ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Lebanon Bombing 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher announced Tuesday, a day after the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri, that the U.S. recalled it [...]
2005-02-16 12:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV960EU COPPS STRESS DONOR COORDINATION WHILE BUILDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The director of the EU's police reform program, Jonathan McIvor, told the DCM and emboffs February 15 that a lack of credibility among the population is the biggest problem facing the PA police, due in large part to the fact that it is militants rather than the police that "st [...]
2005-02-17 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV961ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon Bombing ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted Wednesday's approval by the Knesset, 59-40, with 5 abstentions, of the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law, empowering the government to pay 3.8 billion [...]
2005-02-17 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE161NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]
2005-01-21 15:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE164NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]
2005-01-21 16:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2309AMBASSADOR’S PARTING THOUGHTS ON TAKING THE DUTCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: With the EU divided and its direction uncertain, the Dutch serve as a vital transatlantic anchor in Europe. As one of the original six EU members, the Dutch ally with the British to counter Franco-German efforts to steer Europe off a transatlantic course. The Netherlands' solid Europea [...]
2005-08-22 17:01:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID NL EUN USUN
05THEHAGUE2446THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER
[...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]
2005-09-08 14:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2942NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: FIRST STATE VISIT SINCE THE
[...] (C) Summary: Described as the first Russian state visit to the Netherlands since Czar Nicholas II, the Dutch plan to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 1-2 with full "pomp and circumstance." The MFA expects a positive visit with "good atmospherics" but little progress on su [...]
2005-10-28 12:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EPET NL RS
05THEHAGUE3230 THE NETHERLANDS AT A CROSSROADS, SAYS HEAD OF
[...] The Netherlands is at a crucial point in its history, torn between its traditional openness and tolerance and a newer, more inward-looking anxiety based on fear. So said Herman Wijffels, chair of the Social-Economic Council (SER),who told the Charge that decades of overly generous social in [...]
2005-12-02 13:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN NL
05THEHAGUE33382005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] The following is Embassy The Hague's submission of Part II of the 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy TFCO/Econoff Karen Enstrom at enstromkl@state.gov. As requested reftel, Post will [...]
2005-12-16 13:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER ETTC NL
05TORONTO2638The Canadian Financial Services Sector:
[...] (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance sponsored roundtables for ConGen Toronto with industry sector experts in venture capital [...]
2005-10-12 15:52:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN PREL CA US
05TORONTO2705Canadian Financial Services Sector: Capital
[...] (U) This cable contains a request for SEC guidance, see paragraph 14. 2. (U) This message is one in a series reviewing the Canadian financial services sector from a cross-border, North American integration issue perspective. In September 2005 the Toronto Financial Services Alliance spon [...]
2005-10-17 12:26:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN PREL CA US
05TUNIS1484TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 7, 2005
[...] (U) During the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce's (TACC) recent conference on Free Trade, June 29-30, Tunisian Minister of Commerce Mondher Zenaidi, said that the GOT will continue integration with the world economy to support Tunisia's socio-economic development. Zenaidi noted that an F [...]
2005-07-07 13:18:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EAGR TS ENIV
05TUNIS898FREE TRADE WITH THE U.S.: ARE THE TUNISIANS READY?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Booz Allen Hamilton's Emad Tinawi visited Tunis April 4 ) 8, to consult with U.S. Embassy and GOT officials, private sector representatives, and academics on U.S.-Tunisian trade and investment issues. Tinawi's visit, as a private sector consultant to the Department, aimed to a [...]
2005-05-02 09:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN TS
05VIENNA1028GOA VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR HIPCS AND IRAQ,
[...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief met with Michael Linhart, Director of the Austrian Development Agency, on March 10 to discuss reftel points and background paper. Econ Unit Chief followed up on March 25 with Thomas Wieser, Director General in the MoF's Economic Policy and Financial [...]
2005-03-31 06:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID AU IZ
05VIENNA1382005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...]
2005-01-14 15:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR
05VIENNA14842005 - Austria's Year of Commemoration
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the "Jubilee Year" of 2005, Austria is observing a number of significant anniversaries. Most prominent are the 50th anniversary of the Austrian State Treaty and the 60th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Austrian Republic after the end of World War II. Austria also [...]
2005-05-09 10:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA3025ALPBACH ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPE NEEDS MORE
[...] The August 18-September 3 European Forum Alpbach's Reform Symposium focused on the flagging Lisbon Agenda, moribund EU growth rates, labor market inflexibility, and Germany's bleak economic outlook. Politicians, academics, and subject experts called for more democracy and closer po [...]
2005-09-12 10:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN ECIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3495AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH OUTLOOK REVISED
[...] Austria's two leading economic institutes again have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 slightly to 1.7-1.8%, and for 2006 to 1.8-2.1%. High energy prices necessitated the modest downward revision. The Austrian economy remains dependent on exports, as consumer spending and [...]
2005-10-31 11:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3785SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) For Chancellor Schuessel, Austria's EU presidency during the first half of 2006 is important internationally -- to strengthen his status among EU leaders -- and domestically -- to shore up his political standing before Federal elections in Fall 2006. Schuessel will want to show he work [...]
2005-12-01 13:27:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA45AUSTRIA'S 2005/06 GROWTH OUTLOOK ?EAN
[...] Austria's GDP grew 2.0% in 2004, driven by booming exports in response to strong world economic growth, according to two leading Austrian economic institutes. The institutes now forecast real GDP growth of 2.2-2.3% in 2005 and 2.2-2.4% in 2006. The strong Euro, high oil prices and the U.S. tw [...]
2005-01-07 15:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA983AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY, FIRST HALF OF 2006 -
[...] (SBU) This message provides an informal, first outline of the GoA's planned work program and a calendar of events for Austria's EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. We developed this information from public sources and personal contacts. This outline reflects a preliminary phase of plan [...]
2005-03-25 09:01:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECIN EFIN ETRD AU EUN
05VILNIUS3LITHUANIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] To maintain its high rate of growth, Lithuania needs more foreign investment. The government affords foreign investors equal protection to domestic investors, and sets few limitations on their activities. Foreign investors have the right to repatriate or reinvest profits without restriction [...]
2005-01-03 14:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE ECON KTDB LH
05VILNIUS306MINISTER OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND LABOR LAYS OUT VISION FOR
[...] SUMMARY: On March 21, Ambassador Mull met with Vilija Blinkeviciute, the Minster of Social Security and Labor, as part of his ongoing series of discussions with cabinet members of the new GOL (ref a). Ms. Blinkeviciute, a member of the Social Liberal party who came in fourth in the first rou [...]
2005-03-23 08:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EINV PGOV PHUM LH
05VILNIUS781WHO WILL WALK OFF WITH THE BALTICS' ONLY OIL REFINERY?
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-28 11:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RS LH
05WARSAW1117 Poland: 2005 Special 301 Submission - Gradual
[...] (SBU) Poland's efforts to improve its IPR protection continued through the fourth quarter of 2004, with increased activities by customs and police authorities to curb IPR violations in the optical disc area. It is clear that copyright and trademark protection is significantly better than se [...]
2005-03-02 08:37:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR PL
05WARSAW1122 Poland: 2005 Special 301 Submission - Gradual
[...] (SBU) Poland's efforts to improve its IPR protection continued through the fourth quarter of 2004, with increased activities by customs and police authorities to curb IPR violations in the optical disc area. It is clear that copyright and trademark protection is significantly better than sev [...]
2005-03-02 09:08:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR PL
05WARSAW3249Poland: Economic Relations with Ukraine
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) Ukraine is Poland's second largest CIS trade partner, after the Russian Federation (due mainly to energy imports). Improving trade statistics demonstrate the increasing significance of Ukraine to the Polish economy, with [...]
2005-08-31 13:48:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL EINV PL
05WARSAW3277POLAND DEFERS DECISION ON IRAQI DEBT TO NEXT
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 4. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Polish Finance Ministry Under Secretary Wieslaw Szczuka told us September 1 that, despite press reports, the Polish Government still has taken no decision regarding a write-off of Iraqi debt. At [...]
2005-09-02 15:31:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PL IZ
05WARSAW959 Defeat of Health Care Bill Prompts Health Minister
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 17 February, the Sejm rejected a long awaited bill on restructuring of public health care units. The bill, prepared as part of the government's public finance reform package, was designed to write off up to $3 billion in local hospital debts in exchange for reforms, including [...]
2005-02-22 05:09:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PREL PL
05WELLINGTON233NPT: AMBASSADOR SANDERS DISCUSSES REVCON 2005 WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Special Representative of President for the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, told New Zealand officials that the May 2005 Review Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons must focus on the greatest threats to global secur [...]
2005-03-21 02:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NZ NPT
05WELLINGTON309NEW ZEALAND AND THE UN: NEW PERMREP BANKS LOOKS
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's new UN Permrep, Rosemary Banks, says that New Zealand will maintain its traditional opposition to permanent members' vetos in an expanded UN Security Council (UNSC). Foreign Minister Goff supports the idea of Japan becoming a permanent UNSC member, and also backs [...]
2005-04-14 01:48:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ UN
05WELLINGTON342IN SEVERAL WAYS, LABOUR GOVERNMENT BETRAYS REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Begin summary: Never entirely content with the market-opening reforms that New Zealand's Labour government spearheaded in the mid-1980s, the leaders of today's Labour government have rolled back several of those reforms. Over the last four years, the government has intervened in the ene [...]
2005-04-29 03:19:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON387NEW ZEALAND'S UNIONS FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES
[...] (U) Summary: After a decade of quiet on the labor front, New Zealand's unions are again walking the picket line against a spectrum of industries. Emboldened by union- friendly legislation enacted in 2000 and 2004 and anxious to grab a bigger slice of the country's recent prosperity, organized [...]
2005-05-17 03:24:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON45NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-14 04:22:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC USTR
05WELLINGTON642NATIONAL SHAPING UP AS GENUINE CHALLENGER TO
[...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables about where New Zealand's political parties stand in the run-up to September 17 general elections. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Badly battered in the 2002 campaign, New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party, has reclaimed [...]
2005-08-23 02:57:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON695THE KIWI VOTER: TRAPPED BETWEEN BOREDOM AND
[...] (C) Going in to the final week of New Zealand's general election campaign, polls are fluctuating wildly: one had National in a seven-point lead, while another had Labour leading by nine points just two days later. The latest put the major parties in a dead heat, with support for Labour at 40. [...]
2005-09-09 04:50:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON704NEW ZEALAND CONCERNED ABOUT AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is taking very seriously the threat of avian influenza, and an inter-ministerial group meets biweekly to discuss preparations. There are also numerous subgroups of officials who are strategizing on how the country would address the public health, economic, social, an [...]
2005-09-13 05:10:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALTBIO ECON PREL SOCI NZ
05WELLINGTON849NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY FACES BUMPY ROAD AHEAD
[...] (SBU) After enjoying five years of strong economic growth, New Zealanders are awakening to the sober reality that the party may be over. The sign posts for a rough patch ahead have multiplied in recent weeks. Yawning deficits have appeared in the country's trade balance and current account. [...]
2005-10-28 02:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON985NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-21 02:05:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR NZ
05YEREVAN1007 ARMENIA'S STEADY GROWTH, STABLE ECONOMY CONTINUES
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's steady economic performance continues during 2005. First quarter data supports the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) forecast of 8 percent GDP growth in 2005, and th [...]
2005-06-08 10:52:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1234RUSSIAN ENERGY GIANT RAO-UES BUYS ARMENIAN
[...] (C) Russian energy giant RAO-UES has reportedly taken over Armenia's electricity distribution company, Electricity Networks of Armenia (ElNetArm),without formally seeking approval, as required by law, from Armenia's Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) or Ministry of Energy. Despite [...]
2005-07-12 11:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON AM GG RU
05YEREVAN127(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY:
[...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for January 2005. Major headlines include: -- EBRD invests in private Armenian construction company; -- French company takes over Armenia's water supply system under the World Bank credit program; -- Kazakh b [...]
2005-01-26 09:28:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN1342(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY:
[...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for July 2005. Major headlines include: -- World Bank to provide USD 20 million agricultural loan to the Armenian government; -- World Bank supports an Urban Heating Project for Armenia; -- The Lincy Foundati [...]
2005-07-26 12:31:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN1705 MACROECONOMIC NEWS: ARMENIA'S DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Based on raw data provided by the National Statistical Service, Armenia's economy grew by 10.2 percent in the first six months of 2005 (compared to the same period in 2004). The inflation rate during the same period was 2.3 percent. Budget revenues and expenditures increased by 25.4 an [...]
2005-09-20 09:18:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1725GOAM FORMALLY ACCEPTS SALE OF NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
[...] (C) On September 23, Armenian Minister of Energy Armen Movsisian announced that the GOAM has consented to the formal sale of the national power grid Electricity Networks of Armenia (ENA) to Interenergo B.V., a subsidiary of Russian energy giant RAO-UES. According to news reports, the GOAM con [...]
2005-09-26 12:51:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON GG AM RU
05YEREVAN1968 ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY:
[...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for October 2005. Major headlines include: -- Synopsys Inc. signs agreement to acquire HPL Technologies Inc.; -- Vanadzor Chemical Factory reopens; -- Armenia becomes 64th member of the Asian Development Bank; [...]
2005-11-07 13:01:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN2023FM BRAINSTORMS WITH DONORS, DIASPORA ON HIS NEW
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian has hosted discussions with international donors over the past two weeks to brainstorm on a new Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiative aimed at galvinizing diaspora resources to alleviate poverty in rural Armenia. Oskanian's initial plans suggest the plan [...]
2005-11-18 04:30:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN2083USG NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING A "MARRED" CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) Despite what Council of Europe (CoE) observers are calling a "marred" referendum and considerable NGO and opposition concern about alleged voting irregularities (ref A),we expect that the CoE will simply move forward and quietly embrace the new constitution that it helped draft. World Ban [...]
2005-11-30 11:29:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AM
05YEREVAN2095 ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY:
[...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for November 2005. Major headlines include: -- Alcatel agrees to support the Armenian Enterprise Incubator Foundation; -- EBRD to expand financing program for Armenian banks; -- IMF approves USD 4.7 mln disbur [...]
2005-12-01 10:19:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN2157SQUEEZING THE ARMENIANS ON DEMOCRACY ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Post has been talking to various Armenians in and out of government in an effort to advance our democracy agenda despite the tactical set-back represented by the flawed November 27 referendum on the constitutional amendments. While it is too early to say whether the Armenians "ge [...]
2005-12-13 13:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALAM PGOV PHUM AID
05YEREVAN235ARMENIA'S INFLATIONARY START TO 2005
[...] Armenia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 5.4 percent in the month of January, exceeding in one month the government's target for the entire year. Press reports cite a senior National Statistics Service official who claims that the rise in the CPI is due to an 8.4 percent rise in the prices [...]
2005-02-09 13:08:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN AM
05YEREVAN329(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY:
[...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for February 2005. Major headlines include: -- Austrian bank to finance Armenian metals company; -- Armenia to start negotiations on new IMF program; -- Central Bank of Armenia licenses new foreign bank; -- [...]
2005-02-25 13:28:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN409 COMPACT PROPOSAL MOVES ALONG -- FROM LOCAL
[...] (SBU) The GOAM has informed Post that AVAG Solutions, the local consulting firm hired to compile Armenia's MCA compact proposal, completed its work and presented a draft version of the proposal to the GOAM MCA Board of Trustees on March 2. The Board reportedly discussed and approved the docu [...]
2005-03-07 13:37:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KMCA AM
05YEREVAN483(IMI) BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ARMENIA'S ENERGY
[...] This cable gives an overview of Armenia's energy sector. It describes recent industry developments as well as provides key contacts. End Summary. 2. Armenia has no natural fossil fuel energy resources, although some small foreign firms have exploration licenses. Nevertheless, Armenia h [...]
2005-03-17 12:43:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN626ARMENIA FINALLY TAXING THE RICH?
[...] (SBU) Four months after President Kocharian called for reform of the state tax and customs services, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have applauded improvements in Armenia's tax collection. The government has increased overall tax collections by 19.3 percent over last [...]
2005-04-08 12:54:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN AM
05YEREVAN83MORE WORDS OF WARNING FOR OLIGARCHS -- OR FODDER
[...] (C) A strongly-worded January 15 speech by Chief Presidential Advisor for Economic Issues Vahram Nercessiantz raised eyebrows during the recent Armenia International Policy and Research Group (AIPRG) Conference in Washington but did little to convince skeptics that real efforts by the GOAM to [...]
2005-01-19 12:34:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AM
05ZAGREB190CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION: 14 STEPS FORWARD, UNKNOWN
[...] (SBU) The Croatian Privatization Fund -- under energetic leadership and with the help of U.S.-funded advisors -- has fought an uphill battle the past seven months, and can take some pride in the privatization of 14 majority government-owned firms over that period. Privatization of subsidy-su [...]
2005-02-07 14:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID HR
05ZAGREB356CROATIAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE SKEPTICAL OF BOTH
[...] Econoff passed reftel Fact Sheet to A/M of Finance, Ana Hrastovic, on February 28, and met to discuss the U.S. initiative March 3. Hrastovic expressed concerns about aspects of the U.S. proposal, saying that she believed that poor countries would ultimately get less money. They would also g [...]
2005-03-07 09:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID HR
05ZAGREB973IMF GIVES WAY IN CROATIA - AGAIN
[...] (SBU) The IMF mission that departed Croatia June 6 hopes to assemble a package that will pass IMF Board muster in August, despite Croatia's serial failure to come close to its budget targets. The team is clinging to GOC commitments to structural reforms (not yet implemented) to justify the a [...]
2005-06-08 15:27:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID HR
06ABIDJAN1036COTE D'IVOIRE: TENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The tenth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) produced a somewhat bolder than usual communique challenging the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to devise new, better transition arrangements to take effect after October. T [...]
2006-09-14 11:02:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1099COTE D'IVOIRE: WORLD BANK'S CHIEF OF MISSION
[...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Chief of Mission Doffonsou told EconChief September 28 that the Ivorian Government has failed to make headway on its $348 million (m) in arrears to the Bank, and that without action, that sum continues to steadily mount. While the government has been offered the [...]
2006-10-02 15:49:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON IV ASEC
06ABIDJAN1113COTE D'IVOIRE: ABIDJAN-BASED REGIONAL
[...] (U) Summary. The Abidjan-based regional stock market (BRVM) recently hosted the EconChief to discuss the current expansion of the bourse, its potential, limitations, and its place in the evolution of the market economy in Francophone West Africa. Reflecting the regional understanding that Co [...]
2006-10-04 17:28:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1114ABIDJAN-BASED REGIONAL STOCK MARKET
[...] (U) Summary. The Abidjan-based regional stock market (BRVM) recently hosted the EconChief to discuss the current expansion of the bourse, its potential, limitations, and its place in the evolution of the market economy in Francophone West Africa. Reflecting the regional understanding that Co [...]
2006-10-05 08:57:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1134COTE D'IVOIRE: USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
[...] Per reftel B instructions, post has compiled information on the below industries. Please refer to Ref C for information on the Stock Market Exchange with regard to the request for information on financial services. Included in this cable is information on the banking sector. 2. Banking: [...]
2006-10-06 18:26:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD IV
06ABIDJAN1206PREPARATION OF 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] TRADE SUMMARY: The U.S. trade deficit with Cote d,Ivoire was $1.1 billion in 2005, an increase of $477 million from $597 million in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $124 million, up 4.9 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Cote d,Ivoire were $1.2 billion, up 6 [...]
2006-10-30 12:50:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1253FRENCH ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ADDRESSES COTE
[...] (SBU) Econ Chief met with French Economic and Commercial Counselor Jean Dolle at the French Embassy on November 8. Dolle began by discussing French economic interests in Cote d'Ivoire, which, despite the political crisis and its resultant effects on the economy, remain strong. Economic act [...]
2006-11-09 14:52:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON IBRD IV PREL
06ABIDJAN134COTE D,IVOIRE'S TRANSITION: STRUGGLING TO GET OFF
[...] (C) Summary. The October 6 decision by the African Union (AU) that President Gbagbo should remain as head of state and a new Prime Minister be appointed to bring the country to disarmament and elections has failed to generate the hoped-for momentum among the Ivoirian actors. The peace proces [...]
2006-02-08 14:32:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1345COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL
[...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...]
2006-12-07 07:28:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF
06ABIDJAN1346COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL
[...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...]
2006-12-07 07:29:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF
06ABIDJAN1347COCOA STRIKE ENDS WITH HARDLY A WHIMPER,
[...] (C) Summary. The strike in the cocoa sector has come to a quiet, almost stealthy end although most of the putative demands made by strikers remain unaddressed. The harvest is proceeding, and a good crop is expected. According to industry observers, the government was essentially able to b [...]
2006-12-07 07:31:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON AID PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1355ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. At the eleventh meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny sought to persuade the group that significant progress has been made to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1721, especially on re-launching identification, returning civil servants to the [...]
2006-12-08 14:20:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC UNSC IV
06ABIDJAN190COTE D'IVOIRE: FOURTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny briefed the fourth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) on his plans to adopt the IWG's road map as his government's work plan. In light of the four days of street disturbances in reaction to the previous IWG's stance on the National Assembly, it [...]
2006-02-22 14:45:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNAUS IV
06ABIDJAN228COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS HOLD SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's five principal political leaders met in Yamoussoukro February 28, the first such meeting since the current crisis began in 2002. They reaffirmed their commitment to the Pretoria Agreement and to holding elections as scheduled, and agreed on six sets of issues: im [...]
2006-03-01 16:50:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN320COTE D'IVOIRE: FIFTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful fifth meeting March 17. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Election (HRE) Monteiro, and the new Chairman of Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) gave presentations. Some element of dr [...]
2006-03-24 16:21:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN332COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE IS IN THE AIR, FOR THE MOMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Peace is in the air. Prime Minister Banny has an impressive list of accomplishments, and political leaders seem to have set their minds on elections. Still, there is a daunting list of tasks yet to be completed, including issuing national identification cards and registering vo [...]
2006-03-30 15:43:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN409COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador that the primary objective for his upcoming visit to Washington is to request assistance for Cote d'Ivoire's peace process from the World Bank and the IMF. The Ambassador underscored the urgency of moving forward with identification and d [...]
2006-04-21 14:19:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN526PRELIMINARIES TO DISARMAMENT PROCESS TO BEGIN SOON
[...] (SBU) The Chiefs-of-Staff of the New Forces (FAFN) and Ivoirian (FANCI) militaries agreed on May 17 to start assembling troops in preparation for a disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program. The NF will gather troops at two sites (at Botro, in the far northeast, and Bouna, [...]
2006-05-19 16:09:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN554COTE D'IVOIRE: SEVENTH MEETING OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful seventh meeting on May 19. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Elections (HRE) Studeman, Ivoirian Chief of Staff General Mangou, and New Forces Chief of Staff Bakayoko, along with the head of the Elect [...]
2006-05-26 09:57:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN60COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The subject that came in for the most discussion at the January 15 meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) was the future of the National Assembly, whose mandate expired December 16. Heads of delegation reached an initial consensus to recommend that the Assembly remain [...]
2006-01-20 16:34:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN686COTRE D'IVOIRE: EIGHTH MEETING OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. At the eighth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny gave a long, evasive presentation seeking to reassure the group that he is determined to succeed in bringing the country to elections, while IWG members tried to pin him down on why so little pro [...]
2006-06-28 15:23:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN694COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER,S PEACE TRAIN STUCK
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny's peace train is stuck for the moment at the disarmament station. The Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) say they have completed the initial, pre-regroupment phase of the disarmament, where combatants are assembled at designated sites under their own comma [...]
2006-06-30 11:29:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN779COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT MISSES DEADLINE TO CLEAR
[...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire missed a July 17 deadline to clear its arrears with the World Bank in time for the Bank to approve its USD 100 million contribution to the funding for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) at its July 27 Board meeting. 2. (C) Cote d'Ivoire's arrears with the [...]
2006-07-18 16:14:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON IBRD KPKO ASEC IV
06ABUDHABI1202SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH VISIT TO THE UAE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy welcomes you back to the UAE to secure UAE endorsement the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (PSI SOPs) and to continue the dialogue regarding our concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Since your visit in October 2005, Embassy a [...]
2006-03-27 11:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL IR AE
06ABUDHABI1401SCENESETTER FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND
[...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on April 23. In the aftermath of the controversy of the Dubai Ports World acquisition of P&O, your assurances to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),your host for the visit, that the USG values the UA [...]
2006-04-10 14:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP KPAL AE IZ IR
06ABUDHABI1409PREPARING FOR 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi on April 11 to discuss details of the upcoming U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) that will be held during Treasury U/S Stuart Levey's trip to the UAE on April 30. Al-Suweidi commi [...]
2006-04-11 12:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI1437OECD PROGRAMS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AND INVESTMENT IN
[...] (U) Summary: On April 9, Ambassador met with Richard Hecklinger, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),to discuss the MENA-OECD Initiative on Governance and Investment for Development. The initiative, which began in February 2005, is a r [...]
2006-04-15 07:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOECD ECON EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI1472TREASURY U/S QUARLES VISIT TO UAE
[...] (C) Summary. During Treasury Under Secretary Quarles' March 22 meetings, his interlocutors stressed their belief that the U.S. - UAE relationship was strong and that government investors in the UAE would continue to invest in U.S. assets, despite DP World. Over ninety-eight percent of the Ce [...]
2006-04-15 12:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI1723MINISTER OF LABOR PROVIDES UPDATES ON THE LABOR LAW
[...] (C) Summary: On April 23, Ambassador and Econoff met with UAE Labor Minister Dr. Ali bin Abdullah Al Ka,abi to discuss labor issues, including the strengthening of labor laws in the UAE. Al Ka,abi updated Ambassador on the proposed amendment to the labor law permitting a labor association, r [...]
2006-04-29 10:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM PREL ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI1724TOWNSEND DISCUSSES REGIONAL STABILITY,
[...] (C) Summary. During an April 22 lunch meeting with Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),Townsend and MbZ discussed counterterrorism cooperation. Townsend stressed [...]
2006-04-29 12:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS EPET ETTC MCAP IR AE IQ
06ABUDHABI1725SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR
[...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 7. U.S. and UAE officials have had a number of productive meetings on the topic of counterterrorism, the most recent of which came on April 22, when Fran Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security [...]
2006-04-29 13:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI1927UAE STOCK MARKET DOWN
[...] (U) Summary: The UAE's two stock markets, like others in the region, are experiencing a sharp drop from the high prices of 2005. GCC investors, especially Saudis, are reportedly withdrawing from the UAE market and investors are nervous about increasing Iranian-U.S. tensions. The U.S. stock [...]
2006-05-10 11:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON AE EINF
06ABUDHABI2045UAE CHANGES WEEKEND TO FRIDAY-SATURDAY
[...] (U) The UAE announced on May 17 that beginning September 1, 2006, all schools and government offices will move from a Thursday-Friday weekend to a Friday-Saturday weekend. Although the Cabinet decision applies only to federal and government organizations and public and private schools, many UA [...]
2006-05-17 10:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PREL ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI2080UAE FOREIGN MINISTER, U/S LEVEY DISCUSS TARGETED
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On April 30 Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) to discuss the possibility of imposing targeted financial measures to isolate the Government of Iran, in the event the Un [...]
2006-05-20 07:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI2772VP/PM MOHAMMED BIN RASHID ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On July 1, Ambassador met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR),UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, at MbR's request. Ambassador underscored USG concerns on the need for the UAEG to pass export control legislation and provided MbR with a copy of ref A nonpaper, which had b [...]
2006-07-05 10:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2882005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) The UAE in 2004 and 2005 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common defense are: -- (C) Providing basing for USA [...]
2006-01-29 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR MASS AE
06ABUDHABI2887 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: Israeli attack on Lebanon
[...] Summary. Israeli air, sea and land strikes against Lebanon received first page coverage in the UAE and other UAE-based print and electronic media. Arabic and English dailies highlighted the killing of Lebanese civilians as a result of the Israeli raids. AP photo of a man carrying the body o [...]
2006-07-14 13:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3024 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: The Arabic-language media remained critical of the U.S. position on the current conflict in Lebanon. In "Al-Khaleej," three editorials criticize Rice's visit and question U.S. motives in the ongoing crisis. An article in "Akhbar Al-Arab" describes Rice's visit to Lebanon as a conso [...]
2006-07-25 08:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3097MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...]
2006-07-31 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3100KIMMITT/ZELIKOW MEETING IN ABU DHABI WITH ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: An interagency delegation led by Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the Department of State Philip Zelikow briefed Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Chairman of the Board Jassim Al-Mannai on the International Compact for Iraq on July 23 in Abu Dhabi [...]
2006-07-31 12:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3127TFLE01: STATUS OF UAE INVESTMENT IN LEBANON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prior to the most recent outbreak of hostilities in Lebanon, UAE-based companies had an estimated US $2.3 billion invested in-country, largely in Beirut's real estate and luxury services sectors. While most UAE-owned properties have not been damaged by Israeli air strikes, inves [...]
2006-08-01 13:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON EFIN LE AE
06ABUDHABI335EX-BAGHDAD MAYOR EYEING FUTURE ROLE IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Abu Dhabi, former Baghdad Mayor Alaa al-Tamimi told Polchief that Iraq "desperately" needs secular personalities and technocrats )- like him -- to run the government's ministries. Al-Tamimi, in Abu Dhabi in search of employment, recounted how he was [...]
2006-02-04 13:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KPAO IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3537ASSESSMENT OF UAE TERRORIST FINANCING ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In response to ref A, Embassy's country team provides the following assessment of the terrorist/insurgent finance operating environment in the UAE. Responses are keyed to reftel, to the extent possible. End summary. Legal Regime ------------ 2. (SBU) Question. What la [...]
2006-09-06 14:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC IQ
06ABUDHABI3619DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN WITH
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY. Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) on September 10 to thank him for the UAE's hosting of the Iraq Compact Preparatory Group meeting. AbZ, who had just met with Iraqi Deputy PM Barham Salih, emphasized the [...]
2006-09-13 06:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID ETTC MNUC PARM EINV IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI3629IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY MEETING A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 10, the United Arab Emirates hosted the Preparatory Group for the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). The United Nations (UN) represented by Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, and the Government of Iraq (GOI),represented by a delegation led by Iraqi Dep [...]
2006-09-14 07:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN IZ PREL PGOV ECON AE
06ABUDHABI3709UAEG WELCOMES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 11:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EINV AE
06ABUDHABI3942AMF DIRECTOR GENERAL UNHAPPY AT IRAQ PREP GROUP
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) On the margins of the Qatari National Day reception, Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Jassem Al-Mannai expressed his disappointment to Econchief that the AMF had not been invited to participate in the Iraq Preparatory group [...]
2006-10-11 13:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4473TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT - ASKING UAE TO PROTECT
[...] (S) Summary. On December 6, 2006 Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey and a USG delegation met with UAE officials to encourage support in isolating Iran from financial markets in the UAE and internationally. Levey met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed [...]
2006-12-14 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL KTFN ECON PTER IR AE
06ABUDHABI44792006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] (U) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center in the Persian Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash-based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore [...]
2006-12-14 14:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4499 MEDIA REACTION: INTER-PALESTINIAN DIFFERENCES
[...] Summary: Editorials describe the current stalemate between Hamas and Fatah as very dangerous. The editorials urged the conflicting Palestinian factions to work together and solve their own differences, because any further deterioration in relations will only be to the benefit of Israel. End [...]
2006-12-18 12:37:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI453NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET ANNOUNCED
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE leadership announced a ministerial reshuffle late February 9. The reshuffle preserves key U.S. Mission interlocutors, especially Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),who becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs. The UAE's new Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al [...]
2006-02-10 13:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PGOV ETRD KISL KDEM AE
06ABUJA1412JUNE 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- GON LOSES FOCUS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GON's high-level meetings on AI have declined to negligible levels although are set to increase. The ministers of health, agriculture, and information have met once in 10 weeks, and there are considerable tensions between the Ministries of Health and Agriculture. The thric [...]
2006-06-08 13:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1428TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRIKE IMPACT
[...] Summary. The strike at state-owned NITEL continued on June 9 to have significant effects on communications and business in Nigeria. The workers went on strike June 4 over salaries overdue since February. A union official said the strike would continue until all outstanding wages, totaling 4 [...]
2006-06-09 14:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ELAB ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
06ABUJA1429JUNE 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The June 7 meeting of the AI Technical Committee featured considerable bitterness, as the Ministry of Agriculture accused the Ministry of Health of telling "lies" about AI's spread in Kano State. The National Veterinary Research Institute confirmed three new instances of AI in [...]
2006-06-09 14:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA163212TH NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT
[...] SUMMARY. On June 7-9 2006, the NESG and NPC sponsored the 12th Nigerian Economic Summit, "Sustaining Reform and Unlocking Nigeria's Potential". President Obasanjo delivered the opening address and closing remarks. Nigeria has to improve on its ranking from the lowest quarter (88 out of 117) [...]
2006-06-27 15:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EINV EPET NI
06ABUJA1826NIGERIA PLANS NORTHERN ANTIDESERTIFICATION PROJECT
[...] Summary. Nigerian and Israeli companies are proposing an anti-desertification agricultural project for 11 states in northern Nigeria, to be expanded to eight additional states. After a tree belt stabilizes an area environmentally, the GON would bring back the people driven out by desertific [...]
2006-07-14 14:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EAGR EIND NI
06ABUJA2002FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (C) Upon returning from an overseas trip to the August 2 public announcement that she had been replaced as the head of the Economic Team, Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tendered her resignation on August 3. The official announcement said she was resigning for personal and family reasons. [...]
2006-08-04 06:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV NI
06ABUJA2007SPECULATIONS REGARDING NGOZI'S RESIGNATION
[...] (U) As reported reftel, Nigerian Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tendered her resignation on August 3. This follows her unexpected redeployment June 21 from the Ministry of Finance to Foreign Affairs and the surprise announcement August 2 that she would no longer head President Obasanjo' [...]
2006-08-04 14:30:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PREL KCOR NI
06ABUJA2485ECOWAS MINISTERIAL MEETINGS
[...] SUMMARY. On August 28, 2006, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held ministerial consultations to focus on four issues, restructuring the Secretariat into a Commission, regionalization, the West Africa/European Union (WA/EU) negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement [...]
2006-09-21 10:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EFIN PREL ECOWAS NI
06ABUJA2504THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JULY 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable evaluates HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 132 million people (PRB, 2005) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 4.4%. (NPS, 2005) Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]
2006-09-25 07:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA2535NIGERIA AVIAN FLU: ANIMAL SURVEILLANCE LAUNCHED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the Ministry of Agriculture launched on Sept. 21 their European Union/USG-funded program for active animal surveillance of the avian influenza (AI) in Nigeria. Preparations will consist of six to eight weeks of training, followed by [...]
2006-09-26 10:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2691NIGERIAN MANUFACTURERS SEEKING NEW ELECTRICITY SOURCES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja hosted Iftar dinners in Kaduna and Kano on October 2 and 3. Northern political figures were emphatic that they relied heavily on the U.S. Government to "safeguard" Nigeria's federal electoral process in the spring of 2007. The president of the Manufacturers Assoc [...]
2006-10-12 11:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV NI
06ABUJA2725AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - NIGERIA
[...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2005 GNI was $74.2 billion; 2005 GNI per capita was $560. (World Bank 2006 Data) Nigeria completed civilian-run national and state elections in 2003 that were marr [...]
2006-10-13 13:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AGOA ECON NI
06ABUJA2777NIGERIA OCTOBER 18 AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) response to an avian influenza (AI) outbreak remains sluggish. A World Health Organization (WHO) official said Nigeria's AI animal-surveillance program already had fallen one month behind an optimistic schedule. He said the GON's sense of urgen [...]
2006-10-19 09:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2800NIGERIA OCTOBER 25 AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) response to the avian influenza (AI) remains limited but has demonstrated recent improvement. Economic and USAID officers attended the October 18 United Nations/foreign donors AI meeting in Abuja and met with representatives from the UN Develop [...]
2006-10-25 14:56:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2803NIGERIA: 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE
[...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 National Trade Estimate. Trade Summary ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $22.6 billion in 2005, an increase of $7.9 billion from $14.7 billion in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $1.6 billion, up 3.9 pe [...]
2006-10-26 14:36:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN NI
06ABUJA2902ASSESSMENT OF NFIU FOR EGMONT GROUP ADMISSION
[...] (U) Summary: A representative from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) unit conducted a positive assessment of Nigeria's Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) for membership in the Egmont Group at the next plenary session for 2007. The assessment went well and the U [...]
2006-11-05 16:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ASEC KCRM PTER NI
06ABUJA3069MACROECONOMIC SUCCESS HAS LIMITED GRASSROOTS IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's economic reform program, the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS),is only two years old, but has resulted in macroeconomic stability with the climax of a Paris Club debt write off of $18 billion in 2005/2006. Nigeria's economic monitoring prog [...]
2006-11-29 07:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV EPET NI
06ABUJA3076NIGERIA BEGINS TO ADDRESS NEED FOR BETTER ROADS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In late September 2006, the World Bank's Nigeria country director pronounced more than 50% of Nigeria's federal roads in poor condition. He said sending a 20-ton truck from Maiduguri to Lagos cost more than shipping the same cargo by sea from Lagos to Europe. This high cost of [...]
2006-11-29 16:21:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELTN NI
06ABUJA3130ECOWAS DONORS' MEETING HIGHTLIGHTS PROGRESS
[...] (U) Summary: Development partners of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met November 20-21 in Abuja for a progress report on the organization's initiatives. While peace and security issues remain central to ECOWAS's work, transforming the ECOWAS Secretariat into a Commissio [...]
2006-12-06 16:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD EINV EAID PREL NI ECOWAS
06ABUJA435THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF DEC 2005
[...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5% (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]
2006-02-22 11:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA436THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF DEC. 2005
[...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5% (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]
2006-02-22 11:51:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA479FEB 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] Summary. A GON official said Nigeria did not have surveillance information on free-range chickens, which may be a greater threat to unaffected zones than commercial chicken farms. He cautioned implicitly against the GON's taking stern action against these farmers, saying, "This is the liveli [...]
2006-02-27 17:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA483CORRUPTION: NIGERIA "IMPROVES" TO SIXTH-WORST IN
[...] (U) Transparency International recently released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2005, showing that there are now five countries in the world perceived to be more corrupt than Nigeria. In 2004, only two countries had been listed as more corrupt. As expected, the GON both claim [...]
2006-02-28 12:03:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM CVIS NI
06ABUJA501FEB 28 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: A donors' meeting noted progress on approving plans, procedures and guidelines in the animal, health and outreach functions, but noted continued gaps in coordination and information. Surveillance is stepping up in the South, but enforcement of movement bans is still lacking. Poul [...]
2006-03-02 07:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA552MARCH 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The HN51 virus is now confirmed as present in 11 Nigerian states, including Anambra and Rivers States in the south. An outbreak of AI was reported March 8 in three locations within the Federal Capital Territory. Jigawa State also is very likely to have AI, as do all of its nei [...]
2006-03-09 06:24:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA558MARCH 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GON announced March 9 that an additional state, Ogun State, was confirmed positive for the H5 virus. This result was confirmed by the Vom National Veterinary Research Institute, near Jos. Officials said the government had paid no additional compensation to poultry farmers [...]
2006-03-10 06:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA656MARCH 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- WHO CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The WHO's representative in Nigeria sought constructive criticism to improve UN agencies' efforts in combating AI, especially in boosting assistance to improve operational field capacity. He warned that Nigeria's anti-AI efforts "most probably" were not diagnosing human cases. [...]
2006-03-23 15:13:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA658MARCH 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary. The DCM and World Bank officials on March 22 discussed the GON's sluggishness in employing already provided foreign assistance against AI. The Bank officials said their main concerns are the need to vaccinate birds and compensate poultry farmers. The GON discussed with the Ban [...]
2006-03-23 16:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ACCRA1141SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO GHANA OF GENERAL JONES
[...] (SBU) Ghana is democratic, market-oriented, pro-American, and has one of the best human rights records in Africa. President John Kufuor is in his second term. Ghana is on the UN Security Council and the IAEA Board of Governors this year. As the first sub-Saharan country to achieve independen [...]
2006-05-16 16:57:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON GH MARR MCAP PGOV PREL
06ACCRA1899GHANA: TRADE AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
[...] During a July 19-23 visit to Ghana, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Florie Liser, Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance Holly Vineyard and SIPDIS accompanying USG officials engaged with GOG officials and members of Ghana's private sector to discuss strategi [...]
2006-08-18 12:04:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EINV ETRD KMCA PGOV PREL GH
06ACCRA217SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ULRICHT,S VISIT TO GHANA,
[...] (SBU) Introduction/Summary: Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor just [...]
2006-01-26 14:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN ELAB GH MAS PGOV PREL
06ACCRA2181Western Region - Energy, HIV and Illegal Mining Top List of
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 17:20:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON GH
06ACCRA2212GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM INITIATIVE: RESPONSE TO
[...] Summary. In response to reftel, Post has identified ten USAID projects and one Public Affairs Section (PAS) projects that directly promote access to, and use of, the internet in Ghana. All of the programs mentioned have been completed, except the Last Mile Initiative and the PAS program. Most [...]
2006-09-20 09:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECPS GH PHUM
06ACCRA2250TWO NEW POLITICAL PARTIES IN GHANA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two new political parties emerged in Ghana in August, bringing the total number of parties in Ghana to eleven. The United Renaissance Party (URP),led by Kofi Wayo, is an NPP spin-off. The Democratic Freedom Party (DFP),formed by Obed Asamoah, is composed of disaffected former [...]
2006-09-25 12:21:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GH
06ACCRA26932007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT: GHANA
[...] Ghana is a market-based economy with relatively few barriers to trade and investment. The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ghana was $179 million in 2005, an increase of $15 million from $164 million in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $338 million, up 9.0 percent from the previous year. [...]
2006-11-08 10:06:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN
06ACCRA2808SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO GHANA OF HUD SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. In 2007, Ghana will celebrate 50 years of independence. President John Kufuor is nearly two years into his second four-year term, which has so far been marked by solid ec [...]
2006-11-22 16:19:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON GH OTRA PGOV PREL
06ACCRA3001Visit of HUD Secretary Jackson
[...] Summary: Alphonso Jackson, U.S. Secretary for Housing and Urban Development (HUD),exchanged views on addressing Ghana's housing needs with President Kufuor and a range of government and private sector representatives while visiting Accra November 26-29. The Secretary highlighted the lack of s [...]
2006-12-18 13:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON GH
06ACCRA303AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON GHANA'S SENIOR
[...] (C) On January 24, 2006, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on GoG Senior Minister J.H. Mensah. Mensah said the GoG aimed beyond the basic poverty reduction framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with its new Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy. The goal is to increa [...]
2006-02-03 13:35:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EINV PGOV GH
06ACCRA357NECESSITY FOR RETAINING ECONOMIC POSITION
[...] Post provides the following justification for retaining the "one-time fill" FO-04 Economic Section Entry Level Officer position (Position No. 20004008). This position is essential to meeting the increasing demands on this Embassy for economic analysis and reporting, investor-advocacy, support [...]
2006-02-09 12:27:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON AMGT APER GH
06ACCRA439SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO GHANA OF CODEL PELOSI
[...] (SBU) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor just completed the first yea [...]
2006-02-17 14:51:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ECON GH OREP OTRA PGOV PREL
06ACCRA636AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENT KUFUOR TO SUPPORT CMS
[...] (C) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 15 with President Kufuor to urge his support for CMS Energy's $200 million project to expand its thermal power plant in Ghana from 220 MW to 330 MW. CMS and the IFC-led lenders group have failed so far to convince Cabinet to approve the government guarante [...]
2006-03-17 12:17:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN EINV GH
06ACCRA829USAID CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] USAID sponsored a conference and technology fair in Accra, March 30-31, 2006, to disseminate research highlighting the opportunities and issues for increased remittances and trade into and within West Africa. The conference goal was to discuss ways for the private sector to access more of the [...]
2006-04-11 08:47:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD EFIN GH
06ACCRA833AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 24 with Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu to press for action on a number of pending issues: 1) the Minister's participation in USAID's March 30 remittance conference; 2) terrorism finance prenotifications (Ref A); 3) status of the money laundering law [...]
2006-04-11 09:06:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PREL ELAB ENRG KTFN GH
06ACCRA839AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZES US-GHANAIAN PARTNERSHIPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 26-29, Ambassador traveled to Ghana's Western Region to meet the Regional Minister, visit USAID-funded projects, observe Peace Corp programs, highlight USG and GOG maritime partnerships, and discuss refugee, Amcit, economic, and political issues with local contacts. Th [...]
2006-04-11 15:05:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF KPAO GH
06ACCRA96GHANA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per Ref A, Post is pleased to provide below the 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted December 22, 2004 (Ref B). P Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Polic [...]
2006-01-13 11:27:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG BEXP ETRD EINV PREL PGOV GH
06ADANA110SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 17, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 11:16:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA128TURKEY: SOUTHEAST'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's textile industry continues to face difficulties in dealing with rapidly growing global competition, particularly from China and India. Textile industry leaders in Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep and Adana recently told us that the textile industry in Turkey's southeast continu [...]
2006-05-30 12:46:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL TU SY IZ
06ADANA239SE TURKEY FLOODING PUTS PM ERDOGAN IN HOT WATER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The worst flooding in Turkey since 1937 has caused serious damage in the underdeveloped Southeast, killing at least 40 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. While the GOT has mobilized local military assets and promised assistance to the victims, PM Erdogan's hands-off [...]
2006-11-08 08:36:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON TU
06ADDISABABA1188DAS YAMAMOTO MEETING WITH PM MELES: BORDER AND
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told DAS Don Yamamoto on April 22 that Ethiopia will participate in the next Ethiopia-Eritrean Border Commission (EEBC) meeting in order to keep the lines of communication open. He reiterated that Ethiopia accepts the EEBC decision without condition. [...]
2006-04-28 07:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALET PGOV PREL
06ADDISABABA1319ETHIOPIA: PM APPOINTS ADDIS ABABA CARETAKER
[...] SUMMARY: In a May 10 address to parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi commended the efforts of some CUDP electees to take over administration of the city of Addis Ababa. Citing the inability of the electees to achieve the required quorum, however, Meles spoke of the need to appoi [...]
2006-05-11 14:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI KDEM PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1400ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER AND BILATERAL DONORS
[...] SUMMARY: After nearly four months of donor requests for a high-level meeting on democratic governance, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, senior ministers, and advisors met with the Charge, other donor Ambassadors, and heads of cooperation on May 8 to launch a dialogue on governance with [...]
2006-05-19 09:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA143COMMISSION INVESTIGATING ETHIOPIAN ELECTORAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The 11-member commission of inquiry established by Parliament to investigate anti-government demonstrations that occurred in June and November 2005 has yet to formally meet, but is scheduled to deliver its report in March. According to its chairman, Frehiwot Samuel, a career jud [...]
2006-01-17 14:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA1464SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE VISIT TO ETHIOPIA
[...] Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes at a critical time for Ethiopia as the country works to strengthen democracy, promote economic reforms, and reduce poverty. Ethiopia is a strong partner in the global war on terrorism. The USG is currently leading diplomatic efforts to implement the lon [...]
2006-05-25 05:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA1612ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Welcome back to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions, resume progress on economic reforms and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the glob [...]
2006-06-13 12:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR ECON ER ET
06ADDISABABA1870ETHIOPIA: MELES ENGAGES PARLIAMENT IN FINAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his final address to parliamentarians prior to their summer recess, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi gave a wide-ranging overview of his governmentQs accomplishments and the political and economic progress in Ethiopia over the last year. He highlighted that the recent multi-par [...]
2006-07-07 15:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ER ET
06ADDISABABA1970WORLD BANK PRESIDENT'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 08:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN KHUM PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2002ETHIOPIA: BI-WEEKLY REPORT JULY 17 2006
[...] The following reports compiled over the last two weeks illustrate the variety of economic, political and social developments occurring in Ethiopia. World Bank Writes off Ethiopia's 3.61bn Debt -------------------------------------------- 2. The International Development Association (IDA) [...]
2006-07-21 05:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON ET
06ADDISABABA2021NATO REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOOSTING NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning Maurits Jochems and other NATO representatives cite little progress in convincing African Union officials to allow NATO to expand the types of assistance it is now providing to the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),despite earlier co [...]
2006-07-24 12:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2609ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF LTG R.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: 1. (C) Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism. The de [...]
2006-09-25 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPKO PHUM AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2901ETHIOPIA: SIMULTANEOUS STRUGGLES FOR DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia currently finds itself engaged in simultaneous struggles for democratization and security amid extremely difficult circumstances. Eritrea is providing material support to both the GOE's internal opponents and its newest external nemesis, the Council of Islamic Courts (CI [...]
2006-10-31 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA3048AN AMERICAN/ETHIOPIAN PARTNERSHIP SO CRITICAL AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: As I prepare to turn over my responsibilities to my good friend and respected colleague, Ambassador Don Yamamoto, I urge the USG to maintain and strengthen our partnership with Ethiopia. Ethiopia is moving in the right direction -- despite the nay-sayers -- on democracy, devel [...]
2006-11-15 15:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALASEC ET PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO
06ADDISABABA323AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit held January 23 and 24 in Khartoum highlighted the AU Commission's efforts to "do the right thing" in terms of promoting continental good governance and human rights, as well as social progress, but also produced member state division. Long negotia [...]
2006-02-02 12:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETRD SU AU
06ADDISABABA3289SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA TAKING TIME TO CONSIDER NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia welcomed the UN Security Council's authorization of an IGAD/AU mission for Somalia, but did not foresee deployment until January 2007 or later, due to uncertainty relating to funding and troop contributing countries, according to Ethiopian MFA Somalia expert Fiseha Shawe [...]
2006-12-14 06:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO
06ADDISABABA3293ETHIOPIA: WTO ACCESSION LEAPS FORWARD WITH MFTR
[...] Summary. Ethiopia reached a significant milestone in its bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) when the GOE submitted the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR) to the WTO Secretariat on (date). From application to membership, WTO Accession comprises three major phases: fact fin [...]
2006-12-14 12:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA658ETHIOPIA: POST REPLY TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Responses cued to reftel questions are provided below. QUESTION 21: OVERVIEW ---------------------- A. Ethiopia is a country of origin for internationally trafficked women, to a far lesser extent men, and a small number of children. Trafficking also occurs within the country's [...]
2006-03-06 13:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06ADDISABABA773ETHIOPIA TOUR D'HORIZON: PM MELES SAYS CITY HALL
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action request: The Prime Minister appeared to enjoy the give and take of the conversation with the EU Troika (Austrian, Finish ambassadors and Pol Counselor for EC),French ambassador as head of the Ambassadors' Donor Group and U.S. Charge. Meles was up-beat on the oppositi [...]
2006-03-20 05:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID EFIN ET
06ADDISABABA96ETHIOPIA: POST DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Ethiopia's May 2005 national elections delivered a shock to the country's nascent democratic system for which no one was prepared. Opposition parties' unexpectedly strong showing frightened the GOE into rolling back some elements of what had been an unprecedented democratic open [...]
2006-01-11 12:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ET
06AITTAIPEI1140AIT DIRECTOR CALLS ON TAIWAN ECONOMIC PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: Chairman of Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Dr. Hu Sheng-cheng painted a rosy picture of Taiwan's economy for AIT Director Young in a March 29 courtesy call. Concerns about hollowing out or becoming uncompetitive are unfounded, according to Hu. Taiw [...]
2006-03-31 11:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EINV TW
06AITTAIPEI1154 Economic Briefing for March 2006
[...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in March 2006: --Economy clouded by card debt, fuel costs --Capital outflows continue --Credit/cash card debt hurts banks profits --Tightened control of cross-Strait trade --Corning locates largest R&D center in Taiwan --DuPo [...]
2006-04-03 08:13:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI2674MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, CROSS-STRAIT
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage August 8 on the sudden announcement by the Minister of Transportation and Communications Monday afternoon of her resignation over the controversial highway electronic toll collection system; President Chen Shui-bian's alle [...]
2006-08-08 08:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3178MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, CAMPAIGN TO OUST
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give significant coverage September 13 to former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-tech's sit-in rally to oust President Chen Shui-bian -- in some cases, nearly half of their front sections were devoted to the "Oust Chen" campaign. The pro-in [...]
2006-09-13 09:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3289MEDIA REACTION: CAMPAIGN TO OUST PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN,
[...] Summary: Taiwan major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage September 22 on former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's campaign to oust President Chen Shui-bian; on the violent clashes that erupted between the pro-Chen and anti-Chen protesters in southern Taiwan Thursday; on the possible so [...]
2006-09-22 23:52:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3968MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S FUTURE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 07:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3989 NT Dollar Loans to Foreign Borrowers
[...] (U) Taiwan's monetary authorities in November started permitting banking institutions to lend NT Dollars (NTD) to foreign borrowers in Taiwan which may be used to finance direct investment, securities trading, and real estate purchases. The new measure relaxes the conditions for using NTD loa [...]
2006-11-29 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI3990 WEF Ranks Taiwan 100th in Banking Soundness
[...] The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently gave Taiwan's banking system a ranking of 100th out of 125 rated economies. Taiwan's banking regulators have expressed dismay, disagreement, and have pointed out flaws in evaluation method. End summary. Poor Ranking ------------ 2. In its 2006 [...]
2006-11-29 08:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI901WHILE TAIWAN AND PRC PLAY FOR CHAD OIL, WORLD BANK
[...] (C) Summary. The $30-million dollar Chad/Taiwan oil exploration agreement looks good for Taiwan on the surface, this is an energy poor island which needs oil to meet its energy needs has found a new source in Africa, and can use this latest project to assist cash-strapped Chad and maintain its [...]
2006-03-17 10:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEFIN EMIN ENRG PREL CH CD TW
06ALGIERS1112ALGERIA AMBIVALENT AS CHINESE LABOR AND GOODS, NOT
[...] Chinese workers, who first flocked to Algeria in the late 1990s to meet the country's steep labor demand for construction projects, today number around eight thousand at any given time. While they are still most prevalent in the construction sector, many moonlight as traders of Chinese wares. [...]
2006-06-19 14:51:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV CH AG
06ALGIERS2087HOW FREE IS ALGERIA'S PRINTED PRESS?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian government exerts pressure on Algeria's independent printed media with the aim of encouraging self-censorship. Government tactics have included using the state advertising agency to reward or punish papers financially; miring journalists in lengthy legal proceedings [...]
2006-12-09 06:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO AG
06ALMATY1094KAZAKHSTAN SCENESETTER FOR MOVE TO SOUTH AND
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Almaty welcomes the creation of a new South and Central Asian Bureau as an opportunity to rethink Kazakhstan's relationship with the region. It also offers all of us a chance to refresh our own thinking about Kazakhstan -- a country which is increasingly important to the [...]
2006-03-28 12:36:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KZ
06ALMATY1161 SPRING THAW BRINGS CONSULAR OUTREACH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 06:57:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDKOCI PREL PGOV CASC CVIS KPAO KZ
06ALMATY1210 KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- New Refinancing Rate -- FSA to Toughen Requirements for Second- [...]
2006-04-04 08:56:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1376SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Vice President's visit comes at a time of strengthened U.S.-Kazakhstani strategic ties, particularly noticeable in light of the deterioration in our relationship with Uzbekistan. President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reelected in December to what he and the constitution say wi [...]
2006-04-14 12:36:00US Office AlmatySECRETKZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1401 KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY MINISTER ON CPC EXPANSION, BTC-
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan and Russia reached agreement on CPC expansion during President Nazarbayev's recent visit to Moscow, according to Energy Minister Izmukhambetov, but it remained to be seen whether the agreement would hold. Four very substantial issues remain to be resolved in the BTC [...]
2006-04-18 04:54:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ENRG ETRD KZ
06ALMATY1402KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PM MASIMOV ON VIP VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting to discuss issues related to the upcoming VIP visit to Kazakhstan, Deputy PM Masimov expressed confidence that agreement would be reached on both the AIG settlement and the Second Line of Defense program before the visit. He gave a favorable assessment of the majo [...]
2006-04-18 05:01:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET PARM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1489REGIONAL ELECTRICITY: AES EXPLORES PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: AES Country Manager Dale Perry told Econoff on April 17 that AES was near to signing an MOU with "KMG-Energy," a newly-created subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil-and-gas company, KazMunaiGaz (KMG),to cooperate in the construction and operation of regional electricity tra [...]
2006-04-24 10:14:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL TI AF
06ALMATY1646A/S BOUCHER AND ADB REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, Craig Steffensen of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) briefed A/S Boucher and NSC Senior Director Millard on the projects the ADB is working on in Central and South Asia. One of the problems for regional development and integration, according to Steffensen, [...]
2006-05-10 01:29:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECONOMIC
06ALMATY1719KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE, APRIL
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Karagachaganak Petroleum Operation Fined for Gas Fl [...]
2006-05-16 01:22:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1960KAZAKHSTAN: A/S PATTERSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOK
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 12 visit to Astana, INL A/S Anne Patterson, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, secured agreement with the Vice Minister of Interior to initiate a counter-narcotics strategy dialogue. Her conversation with the Deputy Procurator General broke through a logjam on the [...]
2006-06-03 03:09:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY211SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11, 2006 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Participants in the January 11, 2006 meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette Shiner Undersecretary of Treasury for International [...]
2006-01-23 08:26:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET GA KZ OVIP POLITICAL
06ALMATY2298 KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 11 -
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Amendments to the 2006 Republican Budget -- Financial Violation [...]
2006-06-28 08:40:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ
06ALMATY2332KAZAKHSTAN: SAFE DRINKING WATER FOR RURAL
[...] Summary: On June 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a high-level meeting in Astana to discuss the issue of safe drinking water for rural settlements in Kazakhstan. EPA, together with the Akimat of Almaty Oblast, has been carrying out a village drinking water project i [...]
2006-06-29 15:59:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2800KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 1 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Agriculture Johanns' recent visit was very successful and highlighted the importance of agriculture and water issues in Kazakhstan, according to Deputy Prime Minister Masimov. Environmental issues and migration are also serious challenges, he added, noting that the [...]
2006-08-04 11:16:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KZ
06ALMATY2822006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- KAZAKHSTAN
[...] The following information is provided in response to reftel request. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy since its independence in 1991. The European Union in 2000 and the U.S. Department [...]
2006-01-25 10:42:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTDB USTR ECONOMIC
06ALMATY3062KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 25, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana. Conversation centered on preparations for a joint U.S.-Kazakhstan meeting on the margins of the upcoming World Bank-IMF meetings in Singapore, President Nazarbaye [...]
2006-08-28 11:35:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KZ
06ALMATY324 KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- New Inter-State Bank in Russia and Kazakhstan -- EBRD is Among [...]
2006-01-30 07:19:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY3271BOUCHER AND AITZHANOVA DISCUSS STATUS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 9 meeting in Astana, Assistant Secretary Boucher and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aitzhanova discussed the timing of the next round of bilateral World Trade Organization negotiations, next steps on Kazakhstan's negotiations with Working Party members, [...]
2006-09-18 06:42:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ECON KZ
06ALMATY3274KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Masimov expressed concern regarding the pace of bilateral WTO negotiations with the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and requested a sign of U.S. support for SIPDIS Kazakhstan's early accession during President Nazarbayev [...]
2006-09-18 07:13:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ECON EINV ENRG AF KZ
06ALMATY3278KAZAKHSTAN: CEO UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sauat Mynbayev, Acting CEO of Samruk, Kazakhstan's Holding Company for State Assets, told Ambassador on September 12 that Samruk had completed its "organizational phase" and was now concentrating on improving corporate management. Mynbayev confirmed the anticipated privatizati [...]
2006-09-18 09:41:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY4 KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Parliament Approves Amendments to Comply with WTO Rules -- Fore [...]
2006-01-02 07:45:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY965KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE; FEBRUARY 28
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- New National Park Established in Southern Kazakh [...]
2006-03-16 10:41:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
06AMMAN1035BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT FOR
[...] Summary: Embassy Amman's Arabic Book Program translated and published nine titles by American authors in Arabic during FY-05. We sent out over 10,000 books to libraries and American Corners. Through the program, the publishers we work with printed a total of 22,500 copies of those titles and [...]
2006-02-13 13:13:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OPRC JO
06AMMAN1177PRAGMATISTS LEAD MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S LEADERSHIP
[...] ( C ) Summary and introduction: Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political auxiliary, the Islamic Action Front, have traditionally been pragmatic and established participants in Jordan's political order. Rank and file zealots -- mostly Palestinian-Jordanians and now energized by Hamas' e [...]
2006-02-16 17:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KPAL KDEM PINR JO
06AMMAN1261SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAI [...]
2006-02-21 12:25:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR JO
06AMMAN1441HAMAS LEGISLATORS IN JORDAN FOR ARAB PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hamas PLC members Mahmoud al-Zahar and Saeed Syam, in Jordan to attend an Arab parliamentarian conference, called in local press for "close relations" between Jordan and a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. They met with local Islamists and MPs, but did not have contact with GOJ o [...]
2006-02-28 13:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN1657SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...]
2006-03-07 05:29:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN1735SOME JORDANIAN VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares U.S. concerns about Iran,s nuclear ambitions, but also fears a U.S.-Iran crisis that adds to regional tensions. Jordan,s political class and the popular press, however, often link the Iran nuclear issue to complaints about the Israeli nuclear program. END SUMMARY [...]
2006-03-08 14:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MNUC IR JO
06AMMAN1867 Planning Minister on Economy and Reform
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 2, Planning Minister Suhair Al- Ali told visiting U.S. military officers that Jordan faces important economic and security challenges in the near term, but that ongoing reforms had built a strong basis for longer- term development. She also outlined Jordan's agenda for [...]
2006-03-14 13:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID JO
06AMMAN1914MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 13:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN2068AI Task Force Meets With Diplomatic Community,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Flu Task Force met with representatives from other embassies, Amman-based UN organizations and the Government of Jordan (GoJ) on March 2, 2006 to share information on avian flu preparedness. All participants are following similar lines of action: stockin [...]
2006-03-22 06:18:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU XF JO
06AMMAN2073JORDAN'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF PHOSPHATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's recent sale of a 37% stake in the Jordan Phosphate Mining Corporation (JPMC) to the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) for US$110 million met with public and parliamentary disapproval before the deal was concluded. Given BIA's overall size of over US$100 billion, the investme [...]
2006-03-22 07:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEFIN KPRV EMIN EIND ECON JO BX
06AMMAN2108JORDAN LOOKS TO NEIGHBORS FOR HELP WITH WATER
[...] (SBU) Summary: With rainfall at 65% of the long-term average for this time of year, and reservoirs at 54% of capacity, Jordan is seeking help from Israel and Syria to cover an emerging water supply gap. Israel has been helpful, Syria reluctant. Reftel Red-Dead feasibility study should start [...]
2006-03-22 13:58:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR PREL PGOV SY IS JO
06AMMAN2163BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT FOR
[...] Summary: Embassy Amman's Arabic Book Program translated and published nine titles by American authors in Arabic during FY-05. The copyright permission for all these titles was obtained by the post and agreements were signed between U.S. and local publishers. We sent out over 10,000 books to l [...]
2006-03-26 08:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OPRC JO
06AMMAN2234SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF GENERAL
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 28-29 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTA [...]
2006-03-28 12:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREF
06AMMAN234SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT 16-17 JANUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...]
2006-01-12 18:09:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN239FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...]
2006-01-16 07:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO
06AMMAN2452EFFECTS OF JORDAN'S UPCOMING FUEL PRICE HIKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The one-time fuel price hike for 2006 - the largest jump to date, which is expected in coming days - will bring Jordan's budget to manageable levels by eliminating $415 million in fuel subsidies (Ref C),but will stretch many household budgets close to the breaking point. Some [...]
2006-04-06 14:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV SOCI EPET JO
06AMMAN2741SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COCHRAN
[...] (C) Embassy Amman welcomes your visit April 18-20. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. 2. (C) You are scheduled for an audience with Prince Faisal, who is serving as Rege [...]
2006-04-17 12:42:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP JO
06AMMAN2854SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN
[...] (C) Embassy Amman and the Jordanian government look forward to your visit April 30 to May 3. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. You are scheduled for an audience with King [...]
2006-04-24 06:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PARM MASS MARR JO
06AMMAN303JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006
[...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2006 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Jordan 2006 Investment Climate Statement - Jordan Openne [...]
2006-01-17 13:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR
06AMMAN3180SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...]
2006-05-04 14:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN3319KING COVERS DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL ISSUES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah gave an extensive interview May 7 with Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya in which he discussed both domestic and regional issues. He reiterated earlier pledges to balance security with public freedoms, hailed positive signs in Iraq, and claimed there is only a "tw [...]
2006-05-10 14:24:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KPAL JO
06AMMAN4030PILLARS OF JORDAN,S HASHEMITE RULE: THE TRIBES
[...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of messages that will assess the traditional pillars of Hashemite rule in Jordan. 2. (C) Introduction: The three traditional pillars of Jordan's Hashemite rule - the East Bank tribes, the security and military services, and the business elite - remain [...]
2006-06-06 14:14:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON KPAL IZ JO
06AMMAN4124SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID
[...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...]
2006-06-08 09:19:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN4144MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS, ANTI-TERROR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 11:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN4388JORDANIAN REACTION TO THE SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) described the prisoner suicides at Guantanamo Bay as "heartbreaking news," while the head of the Islamist-led professional associations condemned the "killing" of the three prisoners. Members of Parliament and the press issued more measured, [...]
2006-06-15 13:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL JO
06AMMAN4654Red-Dead Project Feasibility Study Moving Towards Start-Up
[...] (SBU) Summary: The feasibility study for the Red Sea to Dead Sea water conveyance project ("Red-Dead"),strongly supported by Jordan as a source of fresh water, is gradually moving towards starting up, perhaps as early as fall 2006. The World Bank is planning a donors meeting for the feasibil [...]
2006-06-23 11:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL JO XF
06AMMAN617 REPORT ON MENA OECD MEETING
[...] (U) Summary: The Jordan Investment Board hosted a meeting January 23 and 24 to plan for the upcoming Ministerial on the MENA OECD Investment Program scheduled for February 13 and 14 at the Dead Sea. The UK, Japan and U.S. (as primary OECD donors) joined OECD and Jordan for the meeting. The Mi [...]
2006-01-26 08:26:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EINV JO
06AMMAN628MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 13:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN691MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-29 12:48:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN746MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 14:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN7737PRODUCTIVE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
[...] ( SBU ) Summary: Jordan's Parliament concluded its extraordinary session September 28, six weeks after King Abdullah recalled the legislators and handed them an ambitious 42-bill agenda (ref A). A potential crisis over two imprisoned Islamist MPs was averted when the Islamic Action Front ba [...]
2006-10-10 15:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KMCA KDEM KMPI KTFN EFIN JO
06AMMAN7789JORDAN'S GROUP OF ELEVEN INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan joined ten other countries on the margin's of last month's UN General Assembly to launch a "Group of Eleven." Nine lower middle income countries joined Croatia and Pakistan to form a group dedicated to advance mutual interests in the global economic, investment and trade [...]
2006-10-12 05:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD ECON EAID JO
06AMMAN8241Market Liberalization in Jordan Will Not Meet 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of Jordan's Executive Privatization Committee (EPC),former Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour, offered an upbeat analysis of the government's privatization efforts and successes in 2006. The much-delayed but ongoing privatization of Jordan Telecom (JT) should c [...]
2006-11-02 18:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KPRV JO
06AMMAN840JORDANIANS REACT TO INTERNATIONAL CARTOON
[...] (U) Jordanians angry over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Mohammad demonstrated peacefully in downtown Amman on February 3. Jordanian Islamists have called for a boycott of European products, while the GOJ, facing public pressure, arrested the fired editor of a weekly newspaper for [...]
2006-02-05 16:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL SOCI JO
06AMMAN8401Jordan's Water and Sanitation Sector
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan is a country that is critically and chronically short of water. It has immense needs in its water and sanitation sector. There is much potential for enhancing the already significant USG engagement in this sector. A coordinated, multi-agency approach within the USG wil [...]
2006-11-14 07:43:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID PGOV EAGR JO
06AMMAN863SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN LIEUTENANT
[...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8 FEBURARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...]
2006-02-06 15:23:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN866JORDAN BATTLES GROWING DEFICITS; LESS THAN MEETS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 31, global credit rating agency Moody's lowered its outlook for Jordan's sovereign rating - not the rating itself - from stable to negative. Utilizing 2003 as a benchmark, Moody's cited "ongoing deterioration" in the country's external balance of payments and fiscal [...]
2006-02-06 20:49:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ECON ENRG EINV JO
06AMMAN888MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 14:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
06AMMAN8959Red-Dead Feasibility Study Launch - Hopeful Start
[...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and regional beneficiaries Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority launched the $15.5 million feasibility study and environmental and social assessment for the Red Sea to Dead Sea Water Conveyance project on December 10. With only $8.8 million in contribution [...]
2006-12-18 14:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PREL XF JO
06AMMAN8967WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: UPDATE
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Post has contacted appropriate ministries and NGOs in order to update Ref B reporting on the worst forms of child labor in Jordan, and the efforts in place to combat them. The bulk of the information reported in Ref b remains accurate, and the worst forms of child [...]
2006-12-18 14:47:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PREL JO
06AMMAN9005FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDEL to the 1st Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ) held December 10-14 at the Dead Sea in Jordan ) garnered support for several decisions that will serve as a strong foundation for effective implementation of UNCAC. Despit [...]
2006-12-20 15:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCOR KCRM JO
06ANKARA100 TURKEY: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),areas [...]
2006-01-06 12:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KTDB TU OPIC USTR
06ANKARA1121ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1137ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA120 Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 8
[...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...]
2006-01-10 08:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA121 Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 9
[...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...]
2006-01-10 08:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1330ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1332ERDOGAN'S RISKY ECONOMIC DECISIONS COINCIDE WITH
[...] (SBU) Under pressure from exporters, the GOT announced a Value-Added Tax rate cut for the textile sector without consulting the IMF and in violation of its agreement with the Fund. At the same time, the GOT has decided not to renew the mandate of the respected Central Bank Governor. These two [...]
2006-03-13 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN TU
06ANKARA1346ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA137 TURKISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER ON AVIAN FLU
[...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador January 13, reported on the progress made in responding to the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey and agreed to a proposed US assessment team visit the week of January 16. He appealed for U [...]
2006-01-14 16:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1402ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1409Turkish Treasury Under Secretary Optimistic about
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
06ANKARA1547TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 16-
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Sunday [...]
2006-03-24 08:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA1568TURKEY-SYRIA FTA: NARROW SCOPE AND MODEST
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials and businessmen do not share the SARG's optimism about the recently-approved Turkey-Syria Free Trade Agreement. Turkish officials tell us that Turkey's FTAs are dictated by European Customs Union requirements, and business contacts tell us that Syria [...]
2006-03-24 13:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD POL ECON TU SY
06ANKARA1579ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1622TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15,
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Aksam on Thursday, March 2: TITLE: "The C [...]
2006-03-27 13:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA1628ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1629IMF CRITICISM OF TURKEY COINCIDES WITH PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 14:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PBIO TU
06ANKARA1652ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1676ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1746The Anatolian Tiger Roars: 7.4% GDP Growth in 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 05:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON TU
06ANKARA1768Reports of Turkish Clash with IMF Overstated
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
06ANKARA1789ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1813ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 12:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1882ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-07 11:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2010TURKISH ECONOMY MINISTER ON EU PROCESS, CONTINUED
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Minister of Economy and EU Accession lead negotiator Babacan described to the Ambassador on April 7 a fast-paced EU screening process that he expects to be completed by October, at the same time recognizing the political difficulties inherent in actual chapter negotiations [...]
2006-04-13 04:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN MASS PREL EUN TU
06ANKARA2041TURKEY'S FINANCE MINISTER REITERATES COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging April 11 conversation, Finance Minister Unakitan told Ambassador that Turkey's government remains committed to fiscal discipline, sound economic policies, and structural reforms, welcoming the fact that Ambassador had come to him rather than rely on distorted [...]
2006-04-14 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN TU
06ANKARA2043ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 11:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2047CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S APRIL 10 VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Robert Wexler met April 10 with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, Economy Minister and lead EU negotiator Babacan, D/CHOD Kosaner, PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, and Turkish Union of Chambers President Hisarciklioglu. Wexler's message was that although the HAMAS visit [...]
2006-04-14 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ
06ANKARA2049THIRD TIME'S A CHARM ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM?
[...] (SBU) Summary: After two earlier aborted attempts, the Turkish Government seems to be on the verge of passing social security reform legislation. Under an expedited procedure to prevent opposition party delaying tactics, a bill merging the three social security institutions passed on April 13. [...]
2006-04-14 12:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA2069Turkish Agriculture Import Policies
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey is a major market for U.S. bulk commodities and other raw materials important to the domestic processing sectors. Nonetheless, Turkey continues to restrict trade in food and agricultural products with a host of tariff and non-tariff barriers. In addition to excessively [...]
2006-04-17 10:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU
06ANKARA2099ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2113 TURKISH AGR MINISTER ON AI AND WTO RICE CASE
[...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador April 17, reported that bird flu had been essentially eliminated in Turkey and thanked the United States for its financial support in dealing with AI. Eker also reported that with the next fe [...]
2006-04-18 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA2154ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2332FULL STEAM AHEAD ON TURKISH PRIVATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Administration (PA) has already realized USD 8 billion in cash proceeds from privatizations in 2006, with several profitable sales still in the pipeline for this year. Initial public offerings are planned for several state-owned enterprises and a new wave of p [...]
2006-04-27 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG EFIN TU
06ANKARA2510TURKEY PICKS CALIK TO BUILD SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOT has chosen local firm Calik Enerji to build the Samsun-Ceyhan Turkish Straits oil bypass, awarding it a six-month conditional license, still subject to approval by the President. Many of our contacts question whether Calik, whose Chairman Ahmet Calik is close to AKP po [...]
2006-05-08 05:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EWWT SENV EINV TU
06ANKARA2583 STATOIL TARGETS TURKEY FOR A SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Statoil Country Manager Per Myrvang said that Statoil was seriously looking at the Turkish market for commercializing Shah Deniz Phase II gas volumes when Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz Phase II begins producing in 2011-12. While there are a nu [...]
2006-05-09 13:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EINV BEXP TU AZ
06ANKARA2587ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 13:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2624ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA264TURKEY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: FM GUL SIGNS AGREEMENT ON
[...] (C) Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority in early January and signed separate agreements with the PA in Ramallah and with Israel in Jerusalem, giving a Turkish consortium organized by the Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) [...]
2006-01-24 08:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EINV IS TU
06ANKARA27ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-03 16:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2708AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK
[...] SUMMARY: Coming on the heels of the WHO/FAO hosted Avian Influenza (AI) conference in Ankara (supported by USAID),The World Bank gained Executive Board approval on April 24 for a $34.4 million loan to Turkey (out of a $54 million package) that will support Turkey's AI readiness and capacity [...]
2006-05-14 12:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA297ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 16:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2970ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 14:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3004SCENESETTER FOR MAY 30 VISIT OF CODEL BLUNT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Blunt on May 30. Turkey is a strong ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of critical supplies and fuel to the coalition in Iraq and supporting the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) there; publicly [...]
2006-05-25 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP TU
06ANKARA3104TOUGH TIMES AT TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK
[...] (C) Summary. Experts agree that the challenge of bringing Turkey's inflation rate down from last year's 8% to normal OECD levels will be far harder than the success over the last four years reducing it from 70% to 8%. Thus, longtime central banker Dormus Yilmaz took the helm of Turkey's Ce [...]
2006-05-26 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA3257CODEL BLUNT MEETING WITH FM GUL: US-TU COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Gul, a congressional delegation led by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) expressed appreciation for the bilateral relationship and Turkey's assistance with Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. The delegation asked that Turkey play a constru [...]
2006-06-05 12:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA3307 TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY SECTOR
[...] (U) Summary. There have been no new AI cases in poultry or on wild birds in Turkey since March 31, 2006. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the AI outbreak was completely extinguished by April 24, 2006. The Protection and Control General Directorate issued the last follow up report [...]
2006-06-07 07:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID TBIO AMED CASC KFLU SENV TU
06ANKARA3368ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA341TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AS MODEL FOR REGION
[...] SUMMARY: The USG AI Delegation that recently visited Turkey, as well as international organizations on the scene, applaud Turkey's robust and transparent response to recent AI animal and human outbreaks, including good cooperation with international actors. They cite Turkey's response as a r [...]
2006-01-30 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU KFLU
06ANKARA3436 TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT - UNTESTED - SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the devastating 1999 Marmara earthquake in Turkey, the World Bank made recovery loans contingent on broad changes in Turkey's building codes and disaster management mechanisms. This included creation of a "Turkish Emergency Management Directorate" (TEMAD),which was esta [...]
2006-06-10 19:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV EINV TU
06ANKARA346 TURKEY CENTRAL BANKER WORRIED ABOUT BACKSLIDING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Central Bank Governor Serdengecti believes that while economic risks, such as from the current account deficit, are receding, the potential for political backsliding on reforms is the main threat to Turkey's economic recovery, along with potential instability in the r [...]
2006-01-30 16:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
06ANKARA3474ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 11:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA348ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 05:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3517ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3617A/S BOUCHER CONSULTS WITH TURKEY ON CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As follow-up to Secretary Rice,s April commitment to FM Abdullah Gul to embark on expert consultations as part of new U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher consulted with Turkish Officials on June 14 on Central Asia and Afghanistan. Turkish and U.S. [...]
2006-06-19 14:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET TU ZK
06ANKARA3641ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 14:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3644 Treasury U/S Adams Visits Istanbul Amid Market Turbulence
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a day in Istanbul June 13, Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams met with the Turkish Treasury Under SIPDIS Secretary, a Central Bank Vice-Governor and private sector analysts SIPDIS and bankers. Despite the sell-off in Turkish markets, neither the officials nor the ba [...]
2006-06-21 05:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
06ANKARA3651TURKISH YOUTH: DEMOGRAPHICS AND IDENTITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly three-quarters of Turkey's population is under the age of 35. To better understand this increasingly important cohort, Mission Turkey's first- and second-tour officers conducted several months of outreach, meeting with young people throughout the country and discussing t [...]
2006-06-21 11:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SCUL SOCI TU
06ANKARA3691TURKEY TRANS-BOUNDARY WATER AND ILISU DAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's DSI (State Hydraulic Works) provided additional information on the May 24 bilateral meeting in Ankara with Iraq (ref),characterizing it as a productive exchange of information, but disappointing in not covering new ground. Turkey is set on building the Ilisu Dam on th [...]
2006-06-22 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ
06ANKARA3894US ASSISTANCE CRITICAL TO STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey plays a strategic role in US policy. A long-time US Ally, the second largest NATO member, an EU candidate, and a Western-oriented country that borders an area of US concern, Turkey is providing critical assistance to US efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is pressing Iran [...]
2006-07-03 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PTER TU
06ANKARA3942PARTICIPANTS POSITIVE ABOUT TURKEY'S POTENTIAL AT
[...] Summary: At the third annual meeting of Turkey's Investment Advisory Council, participants were generally optimistic about Turkey's current investment climate and its future potential. Turkish PM Erdogan emphasized the GOT's commitment to making Turkey an attractive center for global investm [...]
2006-07-06 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON TU
06ANKARA3998SCENESETTER FOR A/S SULLIVAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Your visit to Ankara is an opportunity to send a message of confidence in Government and Central Bank stewardship of the economy while privately passing on U.S. investors' concerns. Coming right after FonMin Gul's visit to Washington, your Ankara stop helps us [...]
2006-07-07 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PREL KTFN TU
06ANKARA40WILL THE ALAN GREENSPAN OF TURKEY BE REPLACED?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Many observers have worried that the AKP Government may replace Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti when his term expires in March. Our view -- supported by Serdengecti himself -- is that even if PM Erdogan decides not to reappoint the founding father of Turkey's indepe [...]
2006-01-04 11:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PBIO TU
06ANKARA4034AMB. WILSON'S VISIT TO IZMIR FOR FOURTH OF JULY
[...] Summary: Ambassador's first official visit to Izmir on June 26-27, 2006 was characterized by a warm welcome from a cross-section of political and business leaders as well as positive press coverage that was picked up at the national level. The reopening of an American Consulate was raised at [...]
2006-07-11 11:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC TU
06ANKARA4304A/S SULLIVAN MEETINGS WITH TURKISH ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Economy Minister Ali Babacan and Central Bank Governor July 14, Assistant Secretary Sullivan explored recent financial market volatility, Turkey,s macroeconomic progress and Iraq,s bilateral debt. Babacan and the Central Bank Governor both admitted there were Turk [...]
2006-07-25 14:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV TU IZ
06ANKARA4462TURKEY DETERMINED TO BUILD CONTROVERSIAL ILISU DAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ilisu dam project on the Tigris River has been one of the most widely criticized hydropower dam projects of the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP). Despite the continued controversy, Turkey remains doggedly committed to building the dam. The Turkish press announced recently t [...]
2006-08-03 11:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR SENV EAGR TU IZ SY
06ANKARA4473ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 13:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4563EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2006)
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor the progress of the NP Cooperation Agreement, along with other NP projects and activities with the Government of Turkey. Also, followed-up on recent Turkish successes in stopping possible improper transiting of controlled items through Turkey. [...]
2006-08-09 12:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA4687ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4833SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO TURKEY INCREASES
[...] (C) Summary: Saudi King Abdullah visited Ankara and Istanbul from August 8-11 in the first visit of a Saudi King since 1966. Turkish MFA Middle East desk officer Barbaros Dicle characterized the visit August 18 as a "turning point" in bilateral relations. The two countries signed six agreeme [...]
2006-08-18 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SA TU
06ANKARA4998TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT
[...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Koray Targay, MFA's Ambassador-level coordinator of Turkish assistance to Iraq, expressed deep concern that Turkey had not yet been invited to join the core preparatory group drafting the "Iraq Compact." He said that this was a priority of the Ministry and senio [...]
2006-08-29 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA5369ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 13:01:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5401REMOVING TURKEY'S GSP BENEFITS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE
[...] (SBU) Progress has been made and is still being made in opening Turkish markets to U.S. exports and resolving long standing problems like inadequate intellectual property protection. Reducing Turkey's access to GSP benefits would deprive us of one of the few instruments we have to work with [...]
2006-09-18 07:46:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON TU
06ANKARA5455 TURKEY ENERGY SECTOR - MAKE NO SMALL PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the heels of completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler announced ambitious plans for $130 billion in new energy projects in Turkey, calling on the private sector to take up these new opportunities. Turkey is committed to developin [...]
2006-09-19 10:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BEXP EINV EXIM OPIC TU
06ANKARA5488ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5522CAUCASUS CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives from Turkey and several neighboring countries met from September 15 to 17 in eastern Turkey to discuss opportunities for regional cross-border cooperation. The conference, which was co-sponsored by the Kars Municipality and the International Urban Development As [...]
2006-09-21 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA5537ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA592SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM DELAYS IMF REVIEW AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the third time in the past year, parliamentary passage of critical Social Security reforms are holding up an IMF review and this time, the IMF says it will not consider a waiver. GOT officials insist they support the reform, but seem to prefer wearing down the parliamentary [...]
2006-02-09 16:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
06ANKARA5927ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6065AMBASSADOR KAUZLARICH ENGAGES WITH TURKS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NIO/Europe, Ambassador Rich Kauzlarich, presented the National Intelligence Council's 2020 report on October 9 at a high-powered conference in Ankara. In separate meetings, he heard from the current Central Bank governor that Turkey's economic fundamentals are strong, and from t [...]
2006-10-20 11:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV TU
06ANKARA6122 TURKISH REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IDEAS
[...] (SBU) Guven Sak, the multitasking guru behind the Turkish-Israeli-Palestinian effort to develop the Erez Industrial Zone in northern Gaza, is widening his sights to new areas for economic and business cooperation between Turkey and its less developed neighbors. Backed by TOBB, the powerful n [...]
2006-10-26 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BEXP PREL TU
06ANKARA6219ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 13:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6227Turkish Central Bank Governor Steps Out
[...] (SBU) In an hour-plus press conference aired live on Turkey's cable news channels, Turkish viewers were treated to the sight of a firm, self-confident, independent new Central Bank governor. Durmus Yilmaz, who took office in May, had initially been criticized by local and international inves [...]
2006-11-01 15:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON TU
06ANKARA6239ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6276ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA630AVIAN INFLUENZA: USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank is moving ahead with a flagship Avian Influenza (AI) package for Turkey that should be ready for Executive Board approval by the end of March. A U.S. contribution as part of this package could help fill local gaps in a country that remains highly vulnerable to [...]
2006-02-13 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA6343FIERY RHETORIC OVERSHADOWS LOW TURNOUT AT HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-07 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6374ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6380Turkey's Energy Bill Adds to Current Account Deficit
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey imports well over 90% of the crude oil and natural gas it consumes, and imported natural gas -- from Russia and Iran -- accounts for 45% of electricity production. In addition to the concern this raises about supply security, high energy prices are a main factor adding [...]
2006-11-09 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ENRG EPET TU
06ANKARA6417USAID Grant Signing Ceremony and Summary of Avian Influenza
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $1 million U.S.AID grant to Turkey (through the World Bank) to support Turkey's efforts against Avian Influenza (AI). Remarks by the Ambassador, the Minister of Agriculture Eker, and the Country Director of [...]
2006-11-14 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU TU
06ANKARA6494 Fiscal Discipline in an Election Year
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's 2007 budget calls for total expenditures of $137 billion; 32% of projected 2007 GDP and 18% higher than in 2006. Despite the sharp election-year spending increase, the Government will maintain Turkey's austere 6.5% of GDP primary surplus target, if necessary by means o [...]
2006-11-24 06:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV TU
06ANKARA65TURKEY WORRIES ABOUT RELIANCE ON RUSSIA NATURAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey did not experience any recent reduction in supplies from Russia via Ukraine, but relying on Russia for 65% of its natural gas -- more than most EU countries -- Turkey watched the Russia-Ukraine gas face-off with great concern. According to Turkey's pipeline company BO [...]
2006-01-05 14:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ETRD TU RU
06ANKARA6500Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...]
2006-11-24 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN
06ANKARA6503UPTICK IN NERVOUSNESS IN TURKISH MARKETS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 06:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
06ANKARA6513LABOR MARKET REFORMS COULD HELP TURKISH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has relatively low wage levels in relation to comparator countries yet strong growth has not made much of a dent in high unemployment. Rapid growth in the working-age population contributes to low employment rates, but so do labor market problems including high severance [...]
2006-11-27 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN TU
06ANKARA6523ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6540AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK
[...] The Turkish MFA told us that the Government of Turkey (Ministries of Health or Agriculture) will not be participating in the reftel Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza December 6-8. The Ministry of Health and the local WHO representative confirmed this information. Turkey perce [...]
2006-11-30 14:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO PREL EAID MA TU KFLU
06ANKARA6610ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-07 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6622TURKEY EX-BANK GOVERNOR HOPES FOR AKP ALTERNATIVE
[...] (C) Summary. Highly-respected former Central Bank Governor Surreya Serdengecti is pessimistic about the short-term outlook for Turkey's economy, which he sees reflected in the stubborn failure of the inflation rate to fall below 10% and a return of dollarization. He does not believe the AK [...]
2006-12-08 15:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV TR
06ANKARA6624 TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT - STILL UNTESTED - STILL IN
[...] This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 2. Â [...]
2006-12-09 09:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV EINV TU
06ANKARA6631ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6642ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-12 14:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6651ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 11:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6707CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION SETS BACK CRUCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Constitutional Court has struck down major portions of the Social Security Reform Law, the single most important structural reform in the IFI-supported economic reform program. The press and market analysts have focused on the court's requirement that civil servants be t [...]
2006-12-20 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA6734 TURKEY FDI: GROWING BUT GREENFIELD LAGS
[...] Summary: (SBU) Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Turkey has increased dramatically in the last two years, but greenfield investment still lags far behind. Analysts cite the need for judicial reform, Turkey's large informal economy, high employment taxes and costs, the large indirect tax bur [...]
2006-12-22 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV BEXP KIPR TU
06ANKARA6743TURKEY - USAID AND AI ASSISTANCE PERIOD
[...] Summary and Action Request: By diplomatic note, the GOT asked for an extension of the one-year period for using the USAID avian influenza related grant in an amount of $1 million for restructuring of the backyard poultry sector in the east. We recall that this question was discussed previousl [...]
2006-12-26 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO PREL EAID TU KFLU
06ANKARA783TURKEY: VALLEY OF THE WOLVES AND ANTI-AMERICANISM
[...] (C) Summary: The openly anti-American film "Valley of the Wolves - Iraq" continues to play to packed theaters across Turkey and appears certain to smash the Turkish box office record. The film has tapped into a deep well of anger and humiliation resulting from a 2003 incident in which U.S. tr [...]
2006-02-17 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA861AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY DE-BRIEFS TURKEY MOH
[...] SUMMARY. Embassy AI team de-briefed GOT MOH officials on the conclusions and observations of the interagency AI team that visited Turkey January 16-22 (Ref C). Given the apparent respite in new human AI cases, MOH said it is moving from crisis to risk management AI. World Bank negotiations [...]
2006-02-23 05:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA960ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA998FDI TO TURKEY BREAKS RECORDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 14:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN BEXP TU
06ANTANANARIVO1162MADAGASCAR AND IMF DISAGREE ON INVESTMENT LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A September 20-October 4 Mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found Madagascar largely compliant with the terms of its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and praised the Government of Madagascar (GOM) for appropriate use of its debt relief windfall. The [...]
2006-10-16 13:59:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL IMF MA
06ANTANANARIVO1186 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SET IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, Madagascar's High Constitutional Court (HCC) officially approved 14 out of 18 candidates for the upcoming December 3 presidential election. The HCC rejected controversial candidate Pierrot Rajaonarivelo because his application did not comply with Malagasy law reg [...]
2006-10-19 13:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1289 President Ravalomanana Launches Madagascar Action Plan
[...] (SBU) In a cleverly-timed publicity event November 10 -- two days before other candidates could officially campaign -- President Ravalomanana unveiled his Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) to media, GOM officials, donors, and others at Antananarivo's main sports stadium (ref A). The "MAP" is the G [...]
2006-11-17 05:37:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID ECON SENV PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1425PRESIDENT OFFERS LITTLE IN RESPONSE TO SEABOARD
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered points (Ref A) about Seaboard's investment difficulty in Madagascar to President Ravalomanana December 19. The President interrupted the short demarche to blame the whole problem on Seaboard's Madagascar Director Armando Lopez. He claimed Lopez botched a deal in Angol [...]
2006-12-20 12:29:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALEAGR ETRD KTDB PGOV AGOA MA
06ANTANANARIVO206 Slow Progress on Port Security; Limited Resources
[...] Summary: After two productive visits to Madagascar by the United States Coast Guard International Port Liaison in 2005, the latest Port Security Advisory updated Madagascar's status to acknowledge steps taken at the main port, Tamatave. Minor international ports at Diego Suarez, Majunga, Tul [...]
2006-03-02 08:40:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON PTER PREL MA
06ANTANANARIVO570 U.S. MEETS COMOROS' NEW LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) This cable is the second of a three-part cable. The first describes the inauguration of President Sambi, attended by the U.S. Presidential Delegation. This cable describes the Delegation's meetings with and assessment of the new government. The third cable provides suggestions for U.S. [...]
2006-05-31 13:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM OVIP ECON CN
06ASHGABAT1000Avian Influenza: Turkmenistan Preparedness Update
[...] (U) On September 14, the UNDP sponsored a donors' meeting to review and discuss a project proposal on Turkmenistan's preparedness for avian/pandemic influenza. The meeting identified roles of donors, their potential input and project implementation mechanisms. Representatives of the World Ba [...]
2006-09-25 08:35:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT1254Turkmenistan's Sporting Tragedy - Glory to the State, Money
[...] (SBU) Political machinations, corruption and greed are literally and figuratively bankrupting Turkmenistan's sports. Since independence, the Soviet athleticism legacy has been eroding and hit the proverbial new low when Turkmenistan's soccer team withdrew from the 2006 Asian Games, one week p [...]
2006-12-08 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PINR TX
06ASHGABAT1295NIYAZOV DEATH SITREP 002: 12/22/2006
[...] (C) During a December 22 meeting of the Emergency Action Committee, post reviewed drawdown tripwires and agreed that there was no need to consider drawdown at this time. The political situation remains stable, with governmental offices continuing to function. Funeral events will begin 9:00 [...]
2006-12-22 10:55:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT528AVIAN FLU: WHO SHARES ASSESSMENT RESULTS; WORLD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITED ASHGABAT APRIL 2-14 TO CONDUCT TWO SEMINARS AND ASSESS AI PREPAREDNESS AT GOTX FACILITIES. THE ASSESSMENT TEAM'S UNPUBLISHED FINDINGS, RELAYED TO EMBASSY STAFF BY WHO'S LIAISON OFFICER IN A [...]
2006-05-17 10:10:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT532 UKRAINE'S INTERBUDMONTAZH OPERATIONS IN
[...] (SBU) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF UKRAINIAN COMPANY INTERBUDMONTAZH VADIM SULIM TOLD POL/ECON OFF ON MAY 11 THAT THE COMPANY HAD NO PART IN THE TURKMENISTAN-UKRAINE BARTER FOR GAS AGREEMENTS AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR, DESPITE MULTIPLE PRESS REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY. INTERBUDMONTAZH [...]
2006-05-19 03:40:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EPET UP TX
06ASHGABAT620AVIAN FLU: TURKMENISTAN'S BAN ON IMPORTED LIVE
[...] (SBU) THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) IMPOSED AN IMPORT BAN ON LIVE BIRDS AND EGGS ON JANUARY 22. THE BAN DAMAGED LOCAL POULTRY BUSINESSES, WHICH PREVIOUSLY IMPORTED EGGS AND CHICKENS FROM IRAN AND TURKEY. A STATE VETERINARY SERVICE OFFICIAL TOLD POL/ECON ASST THAT THE GOTX PLANS TO LIFT THE B [...]
2006-06-12 11:47:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT652TURKMENISTAN IMPLICATES FRENCH EMBASSY, OSCE
[...] (C) On June 19, Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov told Ambassador that French Charge Henri Tomasini was implicated in a scheme to foment political unrest in Turkmenistan. Meredov unveiled a complicated story involving a Turkmenistani dissident, foreign journalists, spy gear, &color8 revolutio [...]
2006-06-20 12:56:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR TX FR UK
06ASHGABAT682AVIAN FLU: TURKMENISTAN SEEMINGLY ACTIVE ON AI
[...] (U) DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER ANNAMURAD ORAZOV, DEPUTY HEAD OF STATE VETERINARY SERVICE HUDAIBERDY MUHAMMEDOV AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF DESERTS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF NATURE PROTECTION REPRESENTED THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN AT THE JUNE 12-13 INTERNATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFERE [...]
2006-06-28 11:49:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT704TURKMENISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROBLEMS ABOUND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Pakistani Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Dr. Ali Ahmad Arian on June 30 and talked about the bilateral relationship between Turkmenistan and Pakistan, including their declining trade relations, Trans-Afghan Pipeline feasibility, educational exchanges, an [...]
2006-07-05 12:54:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PK TX KPAO ETRD EPET ZK PGOV
06ASHGABAT985GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM INFORMATION FROM TURKMENISTAN
[...] Project Name: Central Asian Program on AIDS Control in Vulnerable Populations Recipient: Republican AIDS Center and the National Coordinating Committee. Project Description: To develop and test approaches and models for increasing coverage of vulnerable HIV/AIDS populations. IT Comp [...]
2006-09-18 12:36:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT EIAD PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT995Diminishing Chicken and Egg Stocks Put Pressure on
[...] (SBU) In the wake of the legal case against the largest egg-producing farm in Turkmenistan and lingering prohibitions on imports due to avian influenza concerns, supplies of chicken and eggs have dramatically diminished in local markets. The subsequent increase in chicken and egg prices is put [...]
2006-09-22 12:30:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASMARA250FROM ROCKS TO RICHES: MINERAL WEALTH IN ERITREA
[...] (U) Summary: Biblical tales of wealth from the Pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty and stories of old Italian gold mines shape the dreams and expectations of miners in Eritrea. Presently, five foreign companies are in various stages of exploration, some having made significant finds of gold, silve [...]
2006-03-14 08:31:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD ER
06ASMARA327ERITREAN OPPOSITION GROUP CLAIMS ATTACKS ON
[...] (C) During the month of March, individuals claiming to be members of the Democratic Movement for the Liberation of the Eritrean Kunama(DMLEK)reportedly carried out several attacks against the Eritrean Defense Forces in the Gash Barka area of western Eritrea. A third country diplomat initially [...]
2006-04-10 12:26:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ER
06ASMARA347ERITREA'S ECONOMY ON THE ROPES; DOES THE GSE HAVE
[...] (C) Summary: With telephone outages the norm, electricity essentially rationed, and imports cut to next to nil, Eritrea faces an economic crisis. Since the end of the war with Ethiopia in 2000, Eritrea has maintained a heightened state of national security. For the Government of Eritrea (GSE) [...]
2006-04-18 10:43:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID EFIN ET ER
06ASMARA468GSE WILLING TO ACCEPT STARVATION TO BREAK
[...] (C) Summary: As tensions rise around food security and the availability of basic food stocks, the GSE appears to be willing to accept malnutrition and even starvation of Eritrean citizen as an acceptable price to pay in breaking a "culture of dependency" on food aid. Meanwhile, while food is g [...]
2006-06-01 15:08:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EGAD ER
06ASMARA492CHINESE COMMERICIAL ACTIVITIES IN ERITREA: GSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 14:29:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV PINR CH ER
06ASMARA515FINANCING MINERAL EXTRACTION IN ERITREA: WHO WILL
[...] (C) Summary: Despite on-going concerns about the practicality of foreign investment in Eritrea, private mining companies continue to actively seek foreign investors to bankroll the mineral extraction. Since March several development banks, private banks and private companies have traveled to E [...]
2006-06-15 13:36:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD ECON ER
06ASMARA516Dire Economic Conditions Compel GSE to Court
[...] (C) Summary: After two weeks of consultation, the IMF mission team presented a hopeful image for the future as GSE officials offered assurance of GSE interest and commitment to a staff monitored program(SMP) as the first step toward HIPC support for Eritrea. GSE interest is, of course, temper [...]
2006-06-15 14:36:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALECON EAID EFIN PREL ER
06ASMARA517FINANCING MINERAL EXTRACTION IN ERITREA: WHO WILL
[...] (C) Summary: Despite on-going concerns about the practicality of foreign investment in Eritrea, private mining companies continue to actively seek foreign investors to bankroll the mineral extraction. Since March several development banks, private banks and private companies have traveled to E [...]
2006-06-15 14:37:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD ECON ER
06ASMARA625EF/GNU NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: REASONABLE
[...] (C) Summary: According to both Eastern Front (EF) contacts and Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) officials, there has been reasonable progress on the Eastern Front/Government of National Unity (EF/GNU) negotiations so far. The two trickiest issues are no surprise: whether to unify t [...]
2006-08-01 12:28:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA847 ERITREA: AGOA RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Post point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Holly Holzer, Tel: 291-1-12-00-04, Fax: 291-1-12-75-84, email: holzerhc@state.gov 2. (SBU) Post's response is keyed to outline provided by AF/EPS. Begin text: Country Background Summary: Eritrea's economic policy continues to be built on a [...]
2006-10-13 09:17:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAGOA ECON ETRD ER
06ASTANA152ASSESSING KAZAKHSTAN'S WATER NEEDS
[...] Summary: Kazakhstan faces major challenges in the water sector. Recent GOK activities reflect an increasing awareness of the severity of the problem. Domestically, it created the "Water Supply Sector Program 2002-2010," a 115 billion tenge ($900 million) program intended to ensure a sustain [...]
2006-09-29 05:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID KZ
06ASTANA492KAZAKHSTAN: NATIONAL OIL FUND MECHANISM CHANGED
[...] (SBU) Summary: In July 2006, the government of Kazakhstan implemented a new mechanism governing contributions to the National Fund, altering the rules for state use of oil revenues. Under the new mechanism, all oil-sector revenues are steered directly to the National Fund and invested abroad, [...]
2006-11-07 10:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA580KAZAKHSTAN: AES UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON IPO,
[...] (C) Summary: AES's Dale Perry briefed the Ambassador on November 7 on AES's preparations for an IPO of its regulated Kazakhstani assets; the company's efforts to buy three CHP (combined heat/power) plants in Omsk, Russia; and several avenues of possible cooperation with Samruk, Kazakhstan's ho [...]
2006-11-15 11:41:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RS
06ASUNCION1028PARAGUAY: MCC COUNTRY SELECTION AND DELIVERY OF
[...] (SBU) The USAID director delivered the MCC Scorecard and talking points to Minister Carlos Walde, President Duarte,s Economic Advisor on Wednesday, October 4. Paraguay,s "performance" against the MCA median on each of the indicator areas related to ruling justly, economic freedom, and investi [...]
2006-10-11 11:36:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC PA
06ASUNCION1162PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOVEMBER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- November 19 Elections May Cause Job Loss -- Cuban Refugees Arrive -- TIP Update -- Making the Balance Sheets Work NOVEMBER 19 ELECTIONS MAY CAUSE JOB LOSS 2. (C) The Superior Elections Tribunal (TSJE) has come under a considerable amount of criticism in recent days reg [...]
2006-11-17 16:28:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN ECON EAID
06ASUNCION1200PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOVEMBER
[...] (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Oviedo Sentence Confirmed, Prompting Protests -- UN Official Discusses Torture -- Pension Fund President Indicted -- Security Expert Talks About Military Transformation -- Supreme Court Justice Fretes Rejected by Opposition -- Paraguay Ranked an Imperfect Democracy [...]
2006-12-01 18:38:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL
06ASUNCION1246PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, DECEMBER 9
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Banking Sector Reform Postponed -- UNICEF Releases Grim Report on Children -- Update on the Last Mile Initiative -- MCA Tax Component Established -- Mayors to Measure BANKING SECTOR REFORM POSTPONED 2. (U) The Central Bank, on December 8, formally postponed the implem [...]
2006-12-15 15:05:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PA
06ASUNCION1260PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, DECEMBER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Wins New Term -- ID Director Fired After Robbery -- Promoting Citizen Access to Public Information -- Democracy Survey Results PROMINENT ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTOR WINS NEW TERM 2. (SBU) The Supreme Court unanimously confirmed Anti-Corruption [...]
2006-12-21 21:53:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PA
06ASUNCION1275PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENTS' CORRUPTION CASES HIGHLIGHT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Seventeen years into its transition to democracy, respect for the rule of law remains an elusive ideal for the Paraguayan justice system. All three of Paraguay's former Presidents in the post-Stroessner era are in various stages of the legal process for multiple financial crime [...]
2006-12-29 16:15:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KCRM KCOR PREL PINR PA
06ASUNCION371PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 1-7,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- USTDA Explores Paraguay Projects -- Carlos Slim Sees Opportunity in Paraguay -- Press Alleges Minister Walde Influenced -- MEDRETE Concepcion Ends -- Asuncion Opens Abuse Shelter -- Supreme Court Avoids Ruling Against Duarte -------------------------------- USTDA Explo [...]
2006-04-10 11:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION832PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 5 -
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Finance Ministry Avoids Labor Strike -- Take 3 Steps and Dig Here -- Another Narco-Trafficker Captured -- Bomb Threat at Local Country Club ------------------------------------ Finance Ministry Avoids Labor Strike ------------------------------------ 2. (U) On 8/9, Eile [...]
2006-08-11 16:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON PA
06ASUNCION999PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPTEMBER
[...] (U) SUMMARY -- If you Fail To Compete... -- Try a Winning Formula -- MANG Commander Visits Paraguay -- Paraguay Signs INL Amendment IF YOU FAIL TO COMPETE... 2. (U) Paraguay fares among the worst in the world - ranking 106th in a list of 125 countries surveyed (in 2005 Paraguay was [...]
2006-09-28 21:49:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON SNAR MASS PA
06ATHENS1312006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-17 14:19:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
06ATHENS1480THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND:
[...] (U) Summary: A major inhibitor of foreign direct investment in Greece is the lack of a functional national land registry (NLR). To address this problem, the GoG recently submitted a new draft bill that once again attempts to create a working NLR. The political, legal, and economic issues that [...]
2006-06-09 04:20:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN PGOV EIDE CASC GR
06ATHENS1713ANTI-AMERICANISM PREVAILS AT 2006 CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary: The European Cultural Center in the ancient religious site of Delphi commenced its "Cultural Amphictyony 2006" on June 30. The following day marked the beginning of a two-day international conference entitled "The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century." Greek Minister o [...]
2006-07-05 14:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GR
06ATHENS1805 HOW TO READ THE GREEK PRESS: A GUIDE FOR THE UNINITIATED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At first glance, the Greek media may resemble the media in the U.S., with a mixture of broadsheets and tabloids, national and local television and radio stations, and constitutional guarantees guarding the freedom of the press. Closer inspection reveals a Greek media industry [...]
2006-07-13 06:50:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KMDR PREL OIIP OPRC GR
06ATHENS328STAR-STUDDED TIP CONFERENCE PRODUCES ETHICAL
[...] SUMMARY: Royalty, celebrities, and prominent business executives were in Athens January 23 for a roundtable discussion and fundraising dinner on the global business community's responsibility to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Held under the slogan "END HUMAN TRAFFICKING NOW!" and orga [...]
2006-02-06 11:42:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM GR TIP
06ATHENS369CORRUPTION IN GREECE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 11:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL GR
06BAGHDAD1286CAUTIOUS BEGINNINGS TO FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Evidence on the ground indicates that the GOI intends to reform -- and eventually eliminate -- its Public Distribution System (PDS),a $3 billion subsidy program that fails in its mission of ensuring food security for all Iraqis. The Embassy PDS Reform Team (chaired by Embassy [...]
2006-04-20 10:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD KCOR KDEM KPRV PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1382 OFFICIAL ORDER TO CLOSE IRAQ'S BORDERS TO
[...] Summary: Post has received a copy of the official March 22, 2006 correspondence from the Cabinet of Ministers to all Ministries directing them "to prohibit entrance of chicken, table egg, and hatching egg to Iraq till further notice." Imports for the Multi- national Forces are excluded. Th [...]
2006-04-27 14:45:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD IZ
06BAGHDAD1685FINAL TEXT OF BLAIR-MALIKI JOINT STATEMENT
[...] (C) The British Embassy provided post, Monday 0930 hrs Baghdad time, the final version of the joint statement to be issued by PM Blair and Maliki during the UK Prime Ministers visit to Iraq. 2. (C) Begin text: Joint statement about the visit of the UK Prime Minister The British Prime Ministe [...]
2006-05-22 10:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL UK IZ
06BAGHDAD2031NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER EMPHASIZES INCREASED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Satterfield and Embassy staff met on June 5 with new Agriculture Minister Yuarib Nadhim Al-Abudi and members of his staff. Al-Abudi, a Shi'a with Sadrist affiliation, told us that he looks forward to an improved relationship with the Embassy and a joint effort to rebuild Ir [...]
2006-06-15 12:57:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON ETRD KFPC PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2141INITIAL MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 20 introductory meeting with Deputy EconCouns, IRMO Senior Consultant for Transportation and the Gulf Regional Division (GRD) Commander, the new Minister of Housing and Construction (MOCH) Bayan Dazai expressed her gratitude for U.S. assistance in the reconstruction o [...]
2006-06-22 14:31:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ELTN EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD2350DESCRIPTION OF INTERNATIONAL COMPACT AGREED UPON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-04 19:37:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2380TRADE MINISTER FIGHTING FOOD SUBSIDY CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Al-Sudani told us on July 3 that he is ready to install electronic tracking systems in the Ministry of Trade's (MoT) trucks and warehouses to fight corruption in the Public Distribution System (PDS). He said he would like Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's Econo [...]
2006-07-07 12:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD KCOR PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD2511IRAQ COMPACT LOGISTICS
[...] This is an action cable, see paras 2-5. 2. (C) Action Request: Per reftelcon agreement, Embassy requests Department instruct U.S. missions in capitals of countries invited to send delegations to Baghdad for the July 20 preparatory meeting of the Iraq Compact to provide assurances of U.S. [...]
2006-07-14 18:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2667DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first meetings with Iraqi energy officials on July 18, Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman met with Minister for Electricity (MOE) Karim Wahid al-Hasan, Prime Minister (PM) Nuri al-Malaki, and Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh. Secretary Bodman said that [...]
2006-07-25 16:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2704IRAQI PARTICIPANTS IN US-ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM FEEL ISOLATED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-30 08:39:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD3031IRAQ: FIRST USG WORKING MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 13, IRMO, USDA, USAID, and Econoff met with new Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Yaarub Nadhum Al-Obodi; the Deputy Minister, Dr. Subhi Al-Jumaily; and the Director General for Planning, Mr. Sabah This meeting was only the second between post officials and the minister, [...]
2006-08-21 03:58:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD USTR IZ PREL FAS
06BAGHDAD3052UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON SECURITY AND THE
[...] (C) Summary. On August 18, the Ambassador met with Ashraf Qazi, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq. Qazi noted that the following SIPDIS day would be the third anniversary of SRSG Sergio Vieira de Mello's death, and that the UN mission still faces s [...]
2006-08-22 11:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNGA IZ
06BAGHDAD3058LAUNCHING THE COMPACT WITH IRAQ
[...] (C) Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Department of State Counselor Zelikow met with Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Salih, Finance Minister Jabr, Oil Minister Shahristani, Central Bank Governor Shabibi and other foreign delegation members in Baghdad during the July 19-21 inf [...]
2006-08-23 10:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL EAID PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3654AMBASSADDOR'S 9/27 MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH -
[...] ( C) Summary: Ambassador met September 27 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss prospects for the hydrocarbon law. Barham expressed optimism that a compromise could be reached, confirming the main issue was regional vs. central control of contracting, with the DPM taking the posi [...]
2006-09-29 15:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD375ECONOMIC-REFORM PUBLIC EDUCATION: PUSHING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The joint Economic-Reform Public Education Working Group (PWG) agreed February 5 that final messages and delivery strategies for a short-term public-education campaign on economic reform and anti-corruption efforts -- to include fuel price increases -- must be complete by Febr [...]
2006-02-07 14:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET KPAO PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD41AN IRAQI PUBLIC-EDUCATION STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy, the British Department for International Development (DFID) in Baghdad, and the GOI are developing an economic-reform public-education strategy. To date, we have established that an effective campaign would address three areas: 1) fuel-subsidy reform; 2) social safe [...]
2006-01-05 11:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET PGOV PINS KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD4342KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON
[...] (C REL GBR) Summary. In a November 19 meeting with Economic Minister Counselor, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami presented their compromise proposal on contracting which denies signatory authority to the f [...]
2006-11-25 12:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD460MINISTRIES PURSUE AD HOC PRIVATIZATION (OR IS IT
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary. Various Iraqi ministries are leading initiatives to privatize state-owned enterprises. Recently endorsed by a Council of Ministers order, these initiatives (of which the Ministry of Industry and Minerals' plan to sell two cement companies is the most-developed) are a [...]
2006-02-14 16:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV KPRV PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD777ABD AL-MAHDI'S ADVISORS CONTEMPLATE CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) In a March 7 conversation, Zuhair Humadi, Kadhim Shubber, and Fareed Yasseen, advisors to Deputy President (DP) Adel Abd al-Mahdi, told PolOffs they plan to organize a think tank, to be called Al-Rafidain, which would include a number of people around DP Abd al-Mahdi on its board. The thre [...]
2006-03-10 18:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT KCOR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD916THE ROAD TO AN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and the donor community in Baghdad agree that the time is right to forge an international compact with the GOI, ensuring that both sides are committed to a clear set of principles, goals and actions. To achieve this, the UN advocates building on existing donor mechanism [...]
2006-03-20 16:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD917ZELIKOW-CHALABI DISCUSSION: GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES
[...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: In a March 16 discussion with Department of State (DoS) Counselor Philip Zelikow, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi took deserved credit for a series of strategic and tactical victories to meet the ongoing energy crisis during the past week, the most important [...]
2006-03-20 17:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL KCOR
06BAKU1076AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 11 hosted a breakfast with representatives from the IMF, EBRD, ADB and World Bank to review recent developments on international assistance to Azerbaijan and the status of the economy. The Ambassador explained U.S. economic priorities, highlighting the importa [...]
2006-07-21 07:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PREL AJ
06BAKU1082AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...]
2006-07-24 06:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ
06BAKU1084AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...]
2006-07-24 06:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ
06BAKU1147AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT NATIONAL BANK OF
[...] SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's July 28 introductory call on National Baku of Azerbaijan (NBA) President Elman Rustamov, Rustamov said Azerbaijan's year-to-date growth hovered around 40%, while inflation over the last six months was nearly six percent. Rustamov reviewed the progress that A [...]
2006-08-03 10:15:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPRT PREL AJ IR RU
06BAKU1176AZERBAIJAN: RAISING THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE AND PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) It is strongly in the U.S. interest of securing Azerbaijan as a reliable regional and global partner on critical U.S. interests, including security, energy and human rights, to support economic reform as an essential part of our broad [...]
2006-08-10 07:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EAID AJ IR RU
06BAKU1198SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT
[...] (U) Chairman Lugar, on behalf of Ambassador Derse who looks forward to greeting you on arrival, I warmly welcome you to Baku next week. President Aliyev's April 28 meeting with President Bush at the White House was a resounding success in advancing the bilateral relationship, and the relations [...]
2006-08-14 05:16:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON EAID MARR AJ
06BAKU1247CHAIRMAN LUGAR AND ENERGY EXECUTIVES DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman Lugar held a breakfast roundtable with international energy executives August 21 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as an international energy provider, the challenges facing the country as oil revenues increase and the GOAJ grapples with sustainable development. The ex [...]
2006-08-22 12:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET ENRG AJ IR RU KZ
06BAKU1260PRESIDENT ALIYEV LAYS OUT STRATEGIC VISION FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 office call and subsequent dinner, President Aliyev laid out for SFRC Chairman Lugar his strategic vision for Azerbaijan's sustainable development, including plans for infrastructure improvements, investment in the non-oil sectors, poverty reduction and environmen [...]
2006-08-24 12:25:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ
06BAKU1274BP QUIETLY LAUNCHES MACROECONOMIC MODELING UNIT IN EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN GOAJ ENERGY REVENUE MANAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BP has quietly launched an intensive effort to help the Government of Azerbaijan better manage its anticipated billions of dollars in energy revenue. After years of discussions, the GOAJ agreed to place a BP-funded macroeconomic modeling unit at the State Oil Fund (SOFAZ). BP hop [...]
2006-08-29 04:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU1327AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF EMERGENCY
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's August 28 courtesy call on Minister of Emergency Situations Kammaladdin Heydarov, Heydarov explained the difficulty of coordinating the various formerly independent agencies that were brought together to form the MES eight months ago. He requested help with [...]
2006-09-11 12:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR KFLU PGOV PREL TBIO PINR AJ
06BAKU1395AZERBAIJAN: TDA VISIT/PROGRESS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with the Executive Director of the State Oil Fund Shahmar Movsumov, Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and the Chairman of the State Protection Fund over the course of his visit to Azerbaijan September 10-13, Trade and Development Agency Regional Director Dan Stein dis [...]
2006-09-22 12:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG PREL AJ
06BAKU1405INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14 Ambassador Derse hosted the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group, a group consisting of representatives from the diplomatic community and international financial institutions. The group discussed the current macroeconomic environment, the challenges faci [...]
2006-09-26 09:43:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PINR AJ
06BAKU1473AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE OIL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During her September 29 introductory call on State Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov, the Ambassador stressed the critical role the Oil Fund plays in maintaining macroeconomic stability and in providing a long-term savings vehicle for the Azerbaijani people. Movsumov br [...]
2006-10-11 05:01:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PINR EAID AJ
06BAKU1531WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner October 15 with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, representatives from four international financial institutions agreed that economic reform was critical for Azerbaijan's future and that the WTO accession process could advance the [...]
2006-10-20 06:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL AJ ETRD
06BAKU1564WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 17 lunch meeting with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, key Members of Parliament (MPs) agreed that when considering potential WTO accession, the most important point to consider is that Azerbaijan possesses the political will [...]
2006-10-30 06:09:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD AJ
06BAKU1656AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE SOCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 6 meeting with Ambassador, the Chairman of the State Social Protection Fund (SPF) Salim Muslumov briefed the Ambassador on Azerbaijan's reformed pension system and the SPF's efforts to provide greater pension benefits to citizens from Azerbaijan's new oil wealth, as [...]
2006-11-14 13:58:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL AJ
06BAKU1673AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION CONCERNED BY DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of separate meetings, the leaders of Azerbaijan's "big three" opposition parties - Musavat, the Popular Front Party, and the Azerbaijan Liberal Party - shared their concerns over Azerbaijan's political situation. Severe restrictions on media freedom and freedom of assem [...]
2006-11-17 09:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1692BAKU HOSTS ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK INVESTMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Azerbaijani Ministry of Economic Development hosted an investment conference for Islamic Development Bank members November 8-9 in Baku. The event included a trade exhibition, large-group presentations on potential investment projects, and sector-specific break-out sessions fo [...]
2006-11-20 15:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD KISL AJ
06BAKU1715DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SADIKOV SAYS "THE TIME IS
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadikov November 20 to discuss Azerbaijan's priorities as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Foreign Ministers' Conference. According to Sadikov, the GOAJ seeks to "breathe new life" into the or [...]
2006-11-27 05:16:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL AJ PK EG MY
06BAKU1719POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AZERBAIJAN'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 30 - November 1 trip to Azerbaijan's southern regions, the Ambassador met with a broad range of contacts, including representatives from local government, civil society, and a variety of businesses. The southern regions are experiencing some growth and investmen [...]
2006-11-28 06:16:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO ECON ETRD AJ
06BAKU1729AZERBAIJAN IN MUTED SHOCK OVER CLOSURE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society remains in a state of muted disbelief following the GOAJ's surprise decision to close independent ANS Television and evict several independent media outlets from their downtown offices. The Coordination Council Union of Public Interest Organizations, an umbrell [...]
2006-11-28 14:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ
06BAKU1798AZERBAIJAN: IMF REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS REVENUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The IMF Resident Representative provided an overview of Azerbaijan's macroeconomic environment at a November 30 meeting of the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group. Azerbaijan's GDP is projected to grow by 32 percent in 2006, while the non-oil sector fiscal deficit has [...]
2006-12-11 06:31:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL AJ
06BAKU218AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING CAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the World Bank mission, the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Azerbaijan will focus upon the goals and projects outlined in the April 2005 Poverty Reduction Support Credit agreement between the GOAJ and the World Bank. According to the Bank mission, the total [...]
2006-02-14 13:39:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV ADB IBRD AJ
06BAKU322DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PROMISES TO DO MORE ON AVIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 24 meeting with the Ambassador and USAID and UNICEF representatives, Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture (and head of the presidential avian influenza commission) Abbas Abbasov showed a new interest in serious measures to address the issue. He indicated that [...]
2006-02-28 14:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID KFLU PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU329AZERBAIJAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES THAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tense meeting with the donor community March 1, a very agitated Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov, head of the GOAJ avian influenza commission, confirmed for the first time avian influenza in domestic poultry and one commercial poultry farm. Abbasov indicated that GOAJ lab [...]
2006-03-01 14:51:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON KFLU PREL PGOV CASC AJ
06BAKU333BP BUILDS PICTURE OF SPLIT GOAJ ON OIL TRANSPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 28 meeting with Ambassador and the British Ambassador, BP Azerbaijan senior executive David Woodward reported that the South Caucasus gas pipeline project (SCP) is continuing on schedule and the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) should remain on schedule as wel [...]
2006-03-02 14:37:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR
06BAKU356AMBASSADOR AND EU TROIKA RAISE CONCERNS WITH PM ON
[...] (C) SUMAMRY: In a March 6 meeting requested by the Ambassador and EU Troika (EU Commission, German Ambassador, French Charge) to highlight common concerns about Azerbaijan's handling of avian influenza problems, Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade, welcomed international expertise in dealing with t [...]
2006-03-06 15:16:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID PGOV KFLU CASC AJ
06BAKU407MANAGING AZERBAIJAN,S LOOMING ECONOMIC STORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan faces a massive economic challenge over the near-term. With oil revenue projected to reach USD 42 billion by 2010, Azerbaijan has the opportunity to transform from a cash-poor developing nation into an economically confident regional leader. While the GOAJ in theory h [...]
2006-03-15 13:03:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU411ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING AZERBAIJANI STYLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ilham Aliyev is the lead economic and political decision-maker in Azeraijan. Aliyev, however, makes most economic polcy decisions relying upon a small close group ofbusiness contacts and trusted government ministers. High-level economic decision-making in Azerbaijan re [...]
2006-03-16 11:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPINR ECON PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU412EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried and Ambassador Harnish discussed the importance of strengthening Azerbaijan,s economic and financial development with Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev on March 14. Babayev told Fried that his job is to make Azerbaijan stronger economically and that h [...]
2006-03-16 11:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU444WHO CONFIRMS 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN AZERBAIJAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that UK reference laboratory tests showed that five deaths (reftel) in Azerbaijan were caused by H5N1 avian influenza. Testing confirmed two additional H5N1 infections; one patient recovered and has been discharged fro [...]
2006-03-22 13:19:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKFLU EAID PGOV EAGR TBIO CASC AJ
06BAKU573AZERBAIJAN: SUCCESSFUL MINISTERIAL-LEVEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish hosted the first ever ministerial-level seminar on macroeconomic, budget and public investment planning strategies that brought together the Ministers of FinQce and Economic Development, National Bank Chairman and other high-level Government of Azerbaijan off [...]
2006-04-14 09:36:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU574AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON DETAINED FORMER MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Lawyers for jailed ex-Minister Farhad Aliyev report that his health continues to deteriorate due to inadequate GOAJ medical care; they also claim that the GOAJ has been criminally negligent in its medical treatment of Aliyev. ICRC, which has regular access to Aliyev and the rest [...]
2006-04-14 09:37:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU581AZERBAIJAN: S/P DIRECTOR AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 3 meeting, S/P Director Stephen Krasner discussed macroeconomic development and prudent oil revenue management with Minister of Economic Development Babayev and Minister of Finance Alakbarov. Babayev and Alakbarov stressed to Krasner that the GOAJ was aware of the da [...]
2006-04-17 04:27:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ
06BAKU695EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4 the Department's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with new Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to discuss improving the business climate, working more closely with the private sector and managing fiscal and budgetary constraints [...]
2006-05-11 07:58:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EPET EFIN EAID AJ
06BAKU718AZERBAIJAN: SOCIAL PROTECTION FUND CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chairman of the Social Protection Fund Salim Musilmov discussed with Charge May 12 the Government of Azerbaijan's efforts to reform and modernize its pension system. The Social Protection Fund offers full pension benefits to men with 25 years of employment service at age 62 and [...]
2006-05-16 11:33:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU731AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting DCM paid a courtesy call on Presidential Economic Counselor Vahid Akhundov May 15 to discuss economic and financial developments in Azerbaijan. Akhundov, in his current position since the early 1990s, discussed the Government of Azerbaijan's efforts to manage its oil revenu [...]
2006-05-18 09:38:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU758AZERBAIJAN CAUTIOUS AS IRAN CRACKS DOWN ON ETHNIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society has taken a strong interest in reports that Iranian security forces opened fire May 22 on a demonstration of about 100,000 mostly Azeri-Iranian students in the city of Tabriz, killing at least ten. A flurry of Azerbaijani press reports has fanned public interes [...]
2006-05-24 15:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM IR AJ
06BAKU836AZERBAIJAN HOPES TO STRENGTHEN OIC'S INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Vagif Sadiqov told Charge June 5 that the GOAJ planned to use its chairmanship of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to expand the OIC's cooperation with regional bodies such as the OSCE, ASEAN and other organizations, on ter [...]
2006-06-07 11:07:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL AJ
06BAKU989AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her July 7 introductory meeting with Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev, Ambassador Derse raised the importance of WTO membership, development of the non-oil sector, energy security and development of the banking sector. Babayev noted that he was not satisfied with [...]
2006-07-10 16:05:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EPET AJ IR RU ABLD
06BAMAKO1114MALI'S UNFUNDED ROAD TO THE FUTURE
[...] SUMMARY: Mali's road system, particularly to the north and east, is inadequate to promote either security or economic development. The Malian government has addressed this concern with a comprehensive fifteen year building plan, but is able to fund little more than maintenance on the current [...]
2006-10-06 14:10:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EAID ML
06BAMAKO1423Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza reviews
[...] Summary: Meeting in Bamako Dec. 6-8, international donors pledged approximately $475.9 million in new assistance for the global fight against avian and pandemic influenza (API),including $100 million from the USG (the largest single pledge, followed by Canada and the European Commission). The [...]
2006-12-19 10:08:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO KFLU EAID ECON PREL ML
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN497HEART OF BORNEO: UPDATE ON BRUNEIAN VIEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) remains solidly behind the Heart of Borneo (HOB) project, a WWF initiative that aims to establish a tropical forest conservation area consisting of 85,000 square miles of contiguous protected zones across the three countries that share the world' [...]
2006-09-28 08:21:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SENV ID MY BX
06BANGKOK1115UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING PROJECTS IN NORTHERN THAILAND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs in northern Thailand report that increased attention to TIP has caused changes in the trafficking business. Traffickers are forced to work harder for fewer gains; however, they are also working smarter, better disguising illicit businesses and creating bro [...]
2006-02-24 08:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM KJUS TH
06BANGKOK1119THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]
2006-02-24 08:29:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BANGKOK1665POLITICAL PROBLEMS EFFECT ON THAI ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. It has been less than two months since the news that the Prime Minister's publicly-listed holding company, Shin Corp, was to be bought by Temasek of Singapore. This event catalyzed opposition to Thaksin and has led to almost two months of political uncertainty. [...]
2006-03-17 09:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL TH
06BANGKOK3202THAILAND IN 2006 - POLITICS AND THE SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Political uncertainty will be the theme the rest of this year in Thailand as Thaksin and his political opponents gird for renewed conflict. US-Thai FTA negotiations can be expected to languish during this period. If the political instability becomes protracted a decline in fore [...]
2006-05-26 06:54:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK5706WHAT IS THE "SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY"?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Much has been written about a "Sufficiency Economy" this year due to the King's championing the idea in his birthday speech last December and the perceived "capitalist excesses" of the Thaksin administration. The Sufficiency Economy's Buddhist-like principles, promoting hard wo [...]
2006-09-15 10:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI SENV TH
06BANGKOK6002CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EMERGES AS TOP ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula stated his intention to be the prime economic adviser to the soon to be appointed interim Prime Minister (reportedly, General Surayud Chulanond). He confirmed the CDR's commitment to [...]
2006-09-29 10:03:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6080Thailand's Expected Economic Cabinet-Bios
[...] While Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud today told the press that he does not expect to finalize his cabinet until October 11, our sources and many press reports indicate the following probably will be appointed as ministers with economic portfolios. We note that many of these persons, includ [...]
2006-10-04 09:11:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDECON PINR TH
06BANGKOK6156NEW THAI ECONOMIC TEAM - HIGH ON PHILOSOPHY, LOW
[...] (C) Summary: Thailand's new economic team, led by the highly respected Bank of Thailand Governor Pridyathorn Devakula, faces the challenge of maintaining steady economic growth, reassuring foreign investors, and ensuring that the previous regime's rural base continues to receive special econom [...]
2006-10-06 08:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
06BANGKOK689WHY IS THIS FTA TAKING SO LONG?
[...] (C) Summary: Our answer to the question of why this FTA is taking so long is four lacks: lack of adequate preparation in Thailand for the FTA talks; lack of experience among Thai negotiators in negotiating a comprehensive FTA with a major trading partner; lack of strong and effective leade [...]
2006-02-06 03:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV ELAB TH
06BANGKOK7126THAILAND: TWO YEARS AFTER TSUNAMI DEVASTATION,
[...] Summary: Less than two years after the devastating December 26, 2004 tsunami struck southern Thailand, the annual US$2.5 billion tourist industry of Phuket has staged an almost complete recovery. Arrivals from some Asian countries remain soft, but the shortfall has been compensated by a big [...]
2006-11-28 06:40:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDECON TH
06BANGKOK7335NEXT STEPS FOR THAILAND'S COMPULSORY LICENSE BID
[...] (C) Summary: On November 29, the RTG Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) issued a statement announcing a compulsory license (CL) on efavirenz, a Merck-patented medicine used to treat HIV/AIDS patients. The Ministry's statement cited the high price of the drug as a barrier to access to effective HIV dr [...]
2006-12-10 05:28:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR TH
06BANGKOK7511THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THAILAND'S SOUTHERN
[...] (C) Summary: While economic factors are not the root cause of Thailand's southern Islamist insurgency, there are important economic dimensions to the Southern crisis that, if effectively addressed, could make a contribution to the solution. Existing official statistics for the South presen [...]
2006-12-20 10:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALECON PTER PINS TH
06BANGKOK944 THAILAND - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 05:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV TH
06BANGKOK969 THAILAND - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-17 01:32:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV TH
06BANJUL601THE GAMBIA: MORE REACTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) A well-informed journalist, Pap Saine, portrayed Taiwan and local businessmen of Lebanese origin as key sources of funding for President Jammeh's successful re-election campaign. A Commonwealth Secretariat official and election observer, Prof. Ade Adefuye, asserted that Jammeh's victory [...]
2006-09-28 18:00:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KMCA GA
06BANJUL763THE GAMBIA: THE BUDGET, BACKLOG, AND BANK LOANS
[...] The Department of Finance disclosed budget figures for 2006 and estimates for 2007 before the National Assembly on December 6, with poverty reduction and consolidation of fiscal policy as the key highlights for the coming fiscal year. Secretary of State for Finance, Musa Bala Gaye, admitted [...]
2006-12-20 17:55:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV KMCA IMF GA
06BASRAH107ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN BASRAH
[...] (U) Summary: Water supply and sanitation are the main environmental issues for both the Basrah Provincial Council and the Office of the Director General at the Ministry of Environment. Because of problems of purity, many residents purchase their water from reverse osmosis stations for drinki [...]
2006-06-20 09:07:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV ECON EPET IZ
06BEIJING11363FINATT MEETS CHINA EXIM PRESIDENT ON LENDING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 1, FinAtt David Loevinger met with President Li Ruogu of the China Export-Import Bank (China Exim) to discuss export credit policy and China's lending to heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs),particularly in Africa. FinAtt urged China to seek greater cooperation wi [...]
2006-06-06 09:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EPET PREL CH SU XA
06BEIJING11499(SBU) U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS: U/S MCCORMICK'S
[...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; please protect accordingly. Not for internet release, dissemination or publication. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick briefed National Development and Reform Commission (NDR [...]
2006-06-07 23:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP CH ECON ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING11758AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SCO SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) The United States is gravely concerned over the participation, even as an observer, by Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held in Shanghai June 15, the Ambassador stressed to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang on June 9. The [...]
2006-06-10 06:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CH IR KZ RS
06BEIJING11761 World Bank Migrant Skills and Employment
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Yu Xiaoqing, Lead Social Protection Specialist and Team Leader for a World Bank Migrant Skills and Employment Project requested by the Chinese Government, asks whether USDOL would be able to participate in the World Bank team designing the project, perhaps th [...]
2006-06-11 07:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EFIN ETRD PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING1238(S) RESTRUCTURING CHINESE FOREIGN AID--NEXT STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: A senior advisor on Chinese development assistance told Econoff on December 20 that he has submitted his recommendations to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on how China should restructure its foreign aid program. The advisor stated that China's aid program should continue to fo [...]
2006-01-20 06:25:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH EAID ECON PREL
06BEIJING12788(SBU) U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS: U/S MCCORMICK'S
[...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; please protect accordingly. Not for internet release, dissemination or publication. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick briefed National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC [...]
2006-06-19 06:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP CH ECON ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING15609CHINA/ENERGY: DAS FOR ENERGY AND SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 and 14, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Energy and Sanctions Paul Simons, held SIPDIS separate meetings respectively with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) President Fu Chengyu, and Sinopec Vice President Zhang Yaocang. CNOOC President Fu said i [...]
2006-07-28 08:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH
06BEIJING15779COMMERCE U/S LAVIN MEETS NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG,
[...] (SBU)Summary: Franklin L. Lavin, Department of Commerce Under Secretary (U/S) for International Trade on July 28, 2006 held separate meetings with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang and State-owned Asset Supervisory and Administration Commission (SA [...]
2006-08-01 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON WTRO KIPR CH TW
06BEIJING16162CHINESE TELL BOUCHER STABILITY, SECURITY AND GOOD
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, academics, and oil industry professionals told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard A. Boucher during his July 30 ? August 2 visit to China that stability and security are China's foreign policy goals in the Central and Sou [...]
2006-08-07 08:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XD XK CH
06BEIJING17238RMB FLEXIBILITY: VIEWS OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING
[...] (C) Summary: People's Bank of China (PBOC) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Fan Gang told Finatt and Econoff on August 3 that the Chinese government could reduce the RMB's modest undervaluation while stemming speculative inflows by signaling to financial markets that the RMB would appr [...]
2006-08-21 09:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV
06BEIJING18534CHINA LABOR ISSUES OVERVIEW
[...] (U) This message provides background to assist with the planning of Labor Secretary Chao's September 13 meetings with Chinese Minister of Labor and Social Security Tian Chengping. The cable includes a section on current political and economic context (paras 4- 19),a review of developments [...]
2006-09-01 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PREL CH
06BEIJING21796BEIJING SCHOLARS ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) China's issuance of a tough statement in reaction to the DPRK claimed nuclear test reflected President Hu Jintao's anger over Pyongyang's defiance, according to Beijing think tanker An Hongquan (protect). The Chinese leadership was particularly "shocked and angered" by the timing of the DP [...]
2006-10-13 13:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR CH KS KN
06BEIJING21987OCTOBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UNSCR 1718;
[...] Key Points made at the October 17 Press Briefing were: -- China will implement UNSCR 1718 seriously and in a responsible manner. -- Regarding reports that China is controlling truck traffic from China to North Korea and that banks in Dandong are restricting transfers of money into North K [...]
2006-10-17 10:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING22713PRC/AFRICA: MFA BRIEFS PRESS ON UPCOMING FORUM FOR
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Wei Jianguo briefed the press on October 26 on the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),November 3-5 (Refs A-C). VM Wei said China a [...]
2006-10-26 12:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING22876LEADING CHINESE ECONOMIST ON CHINA'S CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) One of China's leading economists briefed China Mission Economic Officers on the country's economic challenges. Although he expressed concerns about income inequality, deflation, and the challenges of following through on economic reforms, his overall message was that the quality of lea [...]
2006-10-30 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING23353SCHOLARS SAY SCO EXPANSION, IRANIAN MEMBERSHIP,
[...] (C) Chinese scholars say that by 2007 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) could be in a position to accept new permanent and observer members and will further establish a framework to address economic development, good governance and energy issues in Central Asia. Iran could become a [...]
2006-11-02 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PTER ZK RS CH IR
06BEIJING23696EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND FISS SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's visit to Beijing was an "icebreaking event" and momentum in resolving outstanding differences between Beijing and Tokyo is building very quickly, Chen Zhiya, Secretary General of the Foundation for International Strategic Studies (FISS) told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen [...]
2006-11-08 08:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA KN CH
06BEIJING24029XINHUA TO PRESS AHEAD WITH RULES RESTRICTING
[...] (C) The Xinhua News Agency plans to move ahead with State Council-mandated regulations restricting foreign wire services' distribution of news and financial data in China, Xinhua Foreign Affairs Office Deputy Director General Zhou Zongmin told Emboffs November 22. The Foreign Information Adm [...]
2006-11-24 06:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EFIN KPAO CH
06BEIJING24348(C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE
[...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...]
2006-12-06 10:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING24430NOT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEXT: "RISE OF THE
[...] (C) A popular CCTV-2 documentary "The Rise of the Great Powers" has set Beijing's chattering classes abuzz in recent weeks. The 12-part series tells the story of how nine nations, including the UK, Japan, Russia and the United States, rose to become great powers at various points in history. [...]
2006-12-10 22:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24492PRC/IRAN: DEMARCHE ON UK-FRENCH DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Noting President Hu Jintao's commitment that China will support UN sanctions on items that could contribute to Iran's nuclear program, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 that Beijing is comfortable with reftel draft tex [...]
2006-12-13 11:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24499CORRECTED COPY: PRC/IRAN: BEIJING RESPONDS TO
[...] (C) Noting President Hu Jintao's commitment to President Bush in Hanoi that China will support UN sanctions on items that could contribute to Iran's nuclear program, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 that Beijing is comfor [...]
2006-12-13 14:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING4764PREMIER WEN DISCUSSES NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE,
[...] China must recognize that the reform process is long and arduous, Premier Wen Jiabao remarked at a press conference following the conclusion of the NPC and CPPCC annual sessions. The New Socialist Countryside policy will help safeguard farmers' land rights and raise their living standards. [...]
2006-03-14 11:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PARM ECON CH TW JP
06BEIJING5223MARCH 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONGRESSIONAL VISIT,
[...] Key points made at the March 21 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During a March 21 meeting with U.S. Senators Graham, Schumer and Coburn, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing emphasized that the two countries should view bilateral relations from a strategic perspective and properly resolve dis [...]
2006-03-21 11:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR
06BEIJING5529PART 1 OF 2: CODEL GRAHAM-SCHUMER MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. In a March 23 meeting with Vice Premier Wu Yi, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) strongly urged near-term reform of China,s exchange rate policy as a key step to promote a successful April visit to the United States and to preclude Congressional action on [...]
2006-03-24 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV OREP CH
06BEIJING7092MFA PREVIEWS PRESIDENT HU'S TRIP TO THE UNITED
[...] During a special April 14 MFA press briefing, Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi previewed President Hu Jintao's April 18-29 visits to the United States, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nigeria and Kenya. Beijing stands ready to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation with the United States and addres [...]
2006-04-14 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7118U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA SUBDIALOGUE: A/S
[...] (C) China attaches great importance to U.S.-China bilateral cooperation on Western Hemispheric affairs, MFA Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon at the commencement of the first U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S.-China Senior/ [...]
2006-04-14 12:34:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON CH
06BEIJING8109 China Raises Interest Rates to Rein in Overheated
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced an increase in loan interest rates, with rates on the benchmark one-year lending rate rising by 27 basis points to 5.85 percent. Local observers interpret this move as a response to fears that the economy is overheating [...]
2006-04-28 09:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING8117PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES,
[...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...]
2006-04-29 02:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ
06BEIRUT1164MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD
[...] (SBU) The current political situation in Lebanon is highly uncertain: the National Dialogue process, which raised expectations for significant political progress when it began six weeks ago, appears to have run its course. The rivalry between the pro-reform "March 14" coalition (consisting [...]
2006-04-13 14:13:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT1245MGLE01: LEBANESE FOCUS ON PRESIDENCY, ISRAEL,
[...] (C) At a 4/19 dinner hosted by the Charge d'Affaires, Lebanese guests of various regional, political, and confessional stripes focused on the issue of the presidency in an occasionally boisterous discussion. "March 14"-affiliated guests called for the USG to use its leverage in forcing the S [...]
2006-04-24 11:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP KDEM KPAL PTER LE IS
06BEIRUT1470MGLE01: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh to discuss the health of the Lebanese economy and the prospects of PM Siniora's economic reform program. Salameh began the meeting by briefing the Ambassador on two recent reports by t [...]
2006-05-10 10:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE
06BEIRUT1481MGLE01: SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF IO/AS
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Lebanon will underscore USG interest in Lebanon, and the role of the United Nations here. PM Siniora and four of his ministers visited Washington and New York April 17-22 to discuss the government's reform efforts and U.S. support for the country in its transition [...]
2006-05-10 14:03:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR KCRM PGOV UN LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1545MGLE01: PM SINIORA MEETING WITH A/S SILVERBERG --
[...] (C) Summary: On May 15, A/S for International Organizations Affairs, Kristen Silverberg, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in his offices at the Grand Serail in Beirut. PM Siniora opened the meeting by expressing his satisfaction with his visit to Washin [...]
2006-05-17 15:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPORG PREL KDEM UNSC LE SY QT KPAL
06BEIRUT1712MGLE01: FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ABOUT ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary. On May 30, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Finance Minister Azour to discuss the status of GOL economic reform efforts. Azour was upbeat as a result of the Lebanese economy's encouraging macroeconomic indicators and what he described as the positive reception he [...]
2006-05-31 12:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV LE
06BEIRUT2091MGLE01: ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER HADDAD
[...] (C) Summary. On June 20, the Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad to discuss trade and intellectual property rights (IPR) issues. The Ambassador told Haddad that he would like to see a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) si [...]
2006-06-23 12:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD KIPR LE
06BEIRUT2256MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR ELIAS MURR'S JULY 16-19
[...] (S/NF) Just over a year since surviving what is thought to have been a Syrian-ordered assassination attempt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr heads to Washington July 16-19. The scion of a powerful and wealthy Greek Orthodox family closely linked to Syria, Murr has forg [...]
2006-07-05 14:21:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PTER PGOV MASS LE SY
06BEIRUT2671LEBANON: NAYLA MOAWAD VOWS TO STAND FIRM
[...] (C/NF) During an 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Baabda apartment where she is staying, Zgharta MP and Minister for Social Affairs Nayla Moawad said that, though she is threatened by the recent speeches by Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar al-Asad accusing the March 14 movement [...]
2006-08-16 15:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID EFIN PTER PREL SY ISLE
06BEIRUT2705LEBANON: JUMBLATT WANTS HARIRI TO OPEN HIS WALLET
[...] (C/NF) Ambassador Feltman, poloff, and pol FSN shared a subdued lunch with Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt on 8/19 at his Moukhtara manse in the Shouf Mountains. Jumblatt said the government needs to get moving on the reconstruction effort, and that Saad Hariri can help by doling out his vast [...]
2006-08-21 04:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER CVIS SY IS
06BEIRUT2719LEBANON: ECONOMY IS "FINE FOR NOW," BUT RISK
[...] (C/NF) Lebanese Minister of Finance Jihad Azour describes Lebanon's economy and financial situation as stable in the short run, but in need of stability and reinvestment for long-term viability. Azour showed little hope that projected record revenues for the Lebanese tourism and export sectors [...]
2006-08-22 09:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON IS LE PGOV
06BEIRUT3008LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES REFORM
[...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh, who will attend the IMF/World Bank meetings in Singapore next week, took some credit for shepherding the Lebanese financial system through the recent war with minimal damage. He warned, however, of fiscal difficulties ahead as Lebanon comes to grips with a c [...]
2006-09-15 16:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN LE PREL
06BEIRUT3060LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC
[...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...]
2006-09-20 16:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE
06BEIRUT3209LEBANON: DRUZE LEADERS ASSESS SYRIA THREAT,
[...] (S) Druze politicians Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh offered us suggestions for helping Lebanon overcome Syrian influence, and discussed how to counter March 8 group calls for a national unity government. They were optimistic about improvement in the March 14 group's relations with Speaker [...]
2006-10-04 15:08:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM LE PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT3230LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SEES DROP IN GROWTH AND
[...] (C) Finance Minister Azour on October 5 summarized for the Ambassador, econoff, and S/CRS Coordinator his consultations with the IMF, scenarios for economic performance, and plans for economic reform and the Beirut I donor conference. While deeply concerned about a 2-3 percent negative GDP gro [...]
2006-10-05 14:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3231LEBANESE ECONOMY MINISTER: AG AND FUEL SUBSIDIES
[...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad summarized on October 5 for the Ambassador and econoff his attempts to phase out GOL agricultural subsidies, revive the TIFA and WTO accession, and move forward on Lebanon's social reform agenda. The Beirut I donor conference is likely to p [...]
2006-10-05 15:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KCRM ECON LE SY
06BEIRUT3311LEBANON: THREE LOCAL BANKS WORTHY CANDIDATES TO
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel action request. The Embassy finds no reason to object to an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) proposed investment guaranty that would result in Citibank N.A. and OPIC together lending to three selected Lebanese banks: Byblos Bank, Bank Medit [...]
2006-10-13 14:42:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEINV PTER ECON LE
06BEIRUT3408LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER AZOUR SELLING A "NEW
[...] (C) Minister of Finance Jihad Azour on October 20 updated visiting NEA DAS Danin, Charge, and econoff on GOL donor conference preparations and obstacles to economic reform. He hopes to overcome political apathy for reform -- particularly among the March 14 coalition -- by convincing politician [...]
2006-10-21 08:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEINV PTER ECON LE
06BEIRUT3563LEBANON: WORLD BANK MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR ON PARIS
[...] (U) World Bank Middle East Department Director Joseph Saba noted Nasrallah's October 31 ultimatum as disturbing and a challenge to the confidence that holds up Lebanon's fiscal house of cards, but views awareness of the need for essential economic reforms as recognized across the Lebanese polit [...]
2006-11-06 15:36:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3651SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND
[...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]
2006-11-18 09:25:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3652SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND
[...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]
2006-11-18 13:08:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3656CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WANTS CASH UP FRONT,
[...] (S) Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador in a 11/16 meeting that the IMF team currently in Beirut confirmed that GDP would have 0 percent growth in 2006, down from the 6 percent growth projected in June but considerably better than the 5 percent decline pre [...]
2006-11-18 16:55:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEFIN ECON PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT3726LEBANON: PARIS III AND ECONOMIC REFORM PLANNING
[...] (C) A team at the Ministry of Finance is actively planning the GOL strategy for Paris III, designing an economic reform framework amidst a hostile political environment, and seeking to transform their plan into a sustainable economic policy structure. The reform plan should be final in early [...]
2006-11-29 17:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
06BEIRUT3728LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER UPDATES U/S FORE ON
[...] (C) Expressing appreciation to visiting Under Secretary Fore for U.S. assistance, Finance Minister Azour updated Fore on progress toward a donor conference and a broader economic reform program. Azour pledged prudent public finance and monetary policy measures which will see the Lebanese econo [...]
2006-11-30 08:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT527MGLE01: VEIWS OF A HIGH-LEVEL GOL SKEPTIC OF THE
[...] (C) Summary and Background. On February 17, Econoff discussed the GOL's economic reform agenda with the Director General of the Ministry of Finance, Alain Bifani. Bifani was critical of the GOL's economic reform efforts since October 2005, saying that initial optimism and good will had dis [...]
2006-02-22 11:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV LE
06BEIRUT633MGLE01: SINIORA ON THE PRESIDENCY, DIALOGUE, AND
[...] (C) In a March 1 meeting at the Grand Serail, Prime Minister Siniora and the Ambassador discussed UNSCR 1559, the National Dialogue and the Lebanese presidency. Siniora said that the National Dialogue's discussion on 1559 would prompt serious debate on issues including Hizballah's arms and th [...]
2006-03-02 16:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM LE PGOV SY
06BEIRUT715MGLE01: SINIORA WISHES PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE HAD
[...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora regretted the suspension earlier that day of a national dialogue process taking place in the Parliament. The talks made progress while they lasted, he argued, particularly in the area of bringing under control an armed Palestini [...]
2006-03-08 16:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER MARR KPAL SY LE
06BEIRUT836MGLE01: GOL PRESENTS UPDATE ON ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Prime Minister Siniora presided over the GOL's 90-minute presentation of "A Medium-Term Reform Program for Lebanon with International Support" to representatives from nineteen embassies and international organizations. Siniora, Finance Minister Azour, Central Bank [...]
2006-03-17 13:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN LE
06BELGRADE10012006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] Below is the Serbia and Montenegro submission for the 2006 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims. As requested in reftel, we have sent tracked edits to the Serbia and Montenegro portion of the final 2006 report via e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA James Roseli. One of the two investment [...]
2006-06-22 07:14:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW
06BELGRADE1147 MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE 2006
[...] Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, the current members of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),announced that they expect that Montenegro, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Macedonia, and Serbia, will join CEFTA by the end of the year. Draft Law on Optical Dis [...]
2006-07-18 15:02:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
06BELGRADE1285MOU TO GIVE GAZPROM STRATEGIC FOOTHOLD IN SERBIA
[...] (SBU) The scheduled signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Serbia (GOS),state-owned gas company Srbijagas and Russian Gazprom- Gazexport on August 8 was postponed by the Russians for technical reasons. This MOU, approved by the GOS on July 27, establishes [...]
2006-08-15 07:28:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR
06BELGRADE1466FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS MORE PARIS CLUB DEBT RELIEF
[...] summary: Finance Minister Dinkic has proposed a major Paris Club debt reduction - unrelated to Kosovo - as one element of his so-called "packet plus," a supplement to the GOS action plan for cooperation with the Hague tribunal. This Dinkic initiative proposes bigger, meatier carrots for Serb [...]
2006-09-12 12:12:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ENRG SR
06BELGRADE1765 SERBIA OFFERS INCENTIVES TO FOREIGN INVESTORS
[...] (U) Attracting foreign direct investment is increasingly becoming a priority for the Serbian government. The GOS is developing a range of incentives for investors, including cash grants to investments resulting in significant job creation, as well as tax incentives in the form of credits and [...]
2006-10-27 08:31:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EINV ECON SR
06BELGRADE1877 SERBIAN FISCAL EXPANSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's macroeconomic outlook appears strong as the country moves toward elections. GDP was up 6.7 percent in the first half of 2006, inflation likely will reach only 9 percent, and strong export growth continues, at 27 percent. Record inflows of foreign direct investment, mainl [...]
2006-11-20 10:07:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN EIND PGOV SR
06BELGRADE188GOS DECLARES IMF VICTORY, LOOKS TO PARIS CLUB
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS economic team jointly declared victory in completing the final review of its IMF program on February 6 and invited Paris Club action on implementing the final tranche of debt reduction before the next payment falls due. Finance Minister Dinkic also announced an ambitious [...]
2006-02-09 10:25:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SR MW
06BELGRADE220SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 15:14:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ETRD KTDB MW PGOV SR USTR
06BELGRADE568 MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MARCH 2006
[...] (U) Public debt rose 4.5 percent in 2005, to Euros 704.4 million. As a share of GDP, public declined from 45.7 percent in 2004 to 42.7 percent. Seventy-seven percent of the debt was inherited from the former Yugoslavia. For 2006, the Finance Ministry plans to repay Euros 151.6 million of the [...]
2006-04-12 09:41:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE590 TRANSFORMING MONTENEGRO THROUGH ASSISTANCE
[...] Summary: Supporting Montenegro's aspirations to become an open-market, Western democracy underlies all USG assistance to the Republic and its people. We are convinced that a strong economy is the best support for a strong democracy, and we therefore have increased our activities for developmen [...]
2006-04-17 11:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE898MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE: DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GoM is moving quickly to establish itself as an independent state, following the June 3 Declaration of Independence. The GoM on June 4 requested international recognition from the USG (ref),and other members of the UN Perm-5 as well as neighboring states. Quint Ambassadors [...]
2006-06-06 08:59:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE904 MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MAY 2006
[...] On June 3, the Parliament of Montenegro adopted a Declaration of Independence, following the May 21 referendum on independence from Serbia. The two economies were already distinct, stemming from Montenegro's adoption of the deutsche mark in 1999, and later the Euro. The distinction is reflecte [...]
2006-06-07 08:02:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
06BELIZE844 BELIZE JOINS CENTRAL AMERICAN BANK FOR ECONOMIC
[...] On September 25, local media reported that the GoB - in an effort to access more capital from foreign sources - indicated its intent to join the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). With over $4.5 billion in assets and an additional $5 billion in cash available to its membe [...]
2006-09-26 20:08:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BH
06BERLIN1495GERMAN-IRAN TRADE: CHILL IN THE AIR
[...] (C) Summary: Increased international pressure on Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities may already be affecting Germany's trade with Iran, despite record numbers for 2005. Germany enjoys a substantial trade surplus with Iran, but officials and business people report German businesses [...]
2006-06-02 14:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ETRD ETTC GM MNUC PREL IR
06BERLIN1937GERMAN VIEWS ON S/P INITIATIVE, "PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (C) Summary: S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner consulted with German officials June 29 on the "Partnership for Better Governance" initiative (PBG). The PBG would be a multilateral partnership to support the emergence of democratic institutions in the developing world by contracting to provid [...]
2006-07-11 08:06:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KCRS KMCA KMPI GM
06BERLIN1950Snapshot of German Economy - Growth Remains Modest
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany remains on track for a mild economic revival this year, with 0.4% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2006 and expectations of 1.8% for the year as a whole. Recent unemployment figures were better than expected after the disappointing start earlier in the year. Busines [...]
2006-07-11 15:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
06BERLIN2623GERMAN RESPONSE: UPCOMING IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS
[...] (C) Noting his previous discussions with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, MFA's State Secretary Georg Boomgaarden told DCM that Germany planned to SIPDIS send a high-level representative from the MFA for the September 10 Iraq Compact meeting in Abu Dhabi. Boom [...]
2006-09-07 08:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIZ EAID EFIN PREL
06BERLIN3060SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN JAMES L.
[...] SUMMARY. Your visit to Germany -- Frankfurt October 23 and Berlin October 26-28 -- provides excellent opportunities to advance U.S.-German cooperation and to refute German public misperceptions about U.S. climate and energy policies. The visit particularly offers opportunities to engage on [...]
2006-10-20 18:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON ENRG EAIR GM
06BERLIN3399ENERGY AND GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The German EU presidency provides us with opportunities to engage both Germany and the EU on all aspects of energy policy, including the question of standards for the next generation of energy technologies. Germany plans to make energy a key focus of its EU and G-8 presidenci [...]
2006-11-30 12:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV PREL EU GM
06BERLIN3422ENGAGING GERMANY ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE: CEQ CHAIRMAN?S
[...] SUMMARY: White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton met with senior German officials from the Environment, Economic, and Foreign Affairs Ministries as well as the Bundestag (parliament) and Chancellery to discuss environment and energy policy as Germany prepar [...]
2006-12-05 08:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM
06BERLIN3442ENGAGING GERMANY ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE: CEQ
[...] SUMMARY: White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton met with senior German officials from the Environment, Economic, and Foreign Affairs Ministries as well as the Bundestag (parliament) and Chancellery to discuss environment and energy policy as Germany prepar [...]
2006-12-07 09:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM
06BERLIN3520SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Your December 21 meetings in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck are an excellent opportunity to push economic reforms and boost German, European and global growth as Germany assumes the leadership of the G-8 and the EU. The Chancellor an [...]
2006-12-15 17:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PREL GM
06BERLIN993THE GERMAN ECONOMY: MORE GROWTH?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A rise in German business confidence indexes signaled a change of mood about Germany's economic prospects in early 2006. Many linked the boost to Chancellor Merkel's "honeymoon" effect as business groups put high hopes in the new government and a turnaround from Germany's wan 0.9% [...]
2006-04-12 09:26:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL GM
06BERN141SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 16:53:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PARM ETTC SZ
06BERN828SWISS ECONOMICS/TRADE MINISTER JOSEPH DEISS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise announcement, Swiss Economics and Trade Minister Joseph Deiss announced on April 27 that, effective July 31, he would resign his position as Economics and Trade Minister and step down from the seven-member Federal Council, where he is the Christian Democratic Party' [...]
2006-04-27 11:06:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO PGOV SZ
06BERN898SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN: ASSESSING OUR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 15:15:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SZ VE
06BISHKEK1300INVITATION TO KAZAKH PRESENTATION FORWARDED
[...] (U) On September 1, PolOff met with Kuban Kabaev, Head of the MFA's Division of International Economic Organizations, to inquire about the makeup of the planned Kyrgyz delegation to the IMU and World Bank meetings in Singapore in mid-September and to pass along reftel invitation. Kabaev was [...]
2006-09-08 10:46:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECIN KG
06BISHKEK1450BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM
[...] SUMMARY: Your visit offers an opportunity to move our democracy and civil society agenda forward. Following the downturn in our relations this summer, and building on A/S Boucher's August visit, the Kyrgyz are now indicating they may have gone too far, and want to repair relations. Moving a [...]
2006-10-13 11:02:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KPAO KG
06BISHKEK1565MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZ PROTESTS PREDICTABLE,
[...] (C) Summary: The majority of media outlets in Kyrgyzstan are either government-owned or pro-government in content. News coverage of the protests have largely painted the protesters in a negative light. However, one new, small independent TV station has sided with the opposition and is providi [...]
2006-11-06 11:18:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KG
06BISHKEK1588KYRGYZ WELCOME REGIONAL ELECTRICITY INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: During the October 30-31 visit of SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch and SCA RAO Leo Gallagher to Bishkek, Kyrgyz officials expressed support for developing infrastructure to export electricity, reform of the power sector and foreign investment in the Kyrgyz energy sector. However [...]
2006-11-13 03:21:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL KG
06BISHKEK1692KYRGYZ HIPC DEBATE BECOMES POLITICAL HOT POTATO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival this week of a World Bank team to Bishkek for 2-3 weeks of technical consultations has focused political and media attention on the HIPC initiative. According to a World Bank insider, Kyrgyz object to energy reforms proposed under the HIPC program, specifically reg [...]
2006-11-30 11:39:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PREL KG
06BISHKEK1741A TALE OF CORRUPTION IN THE KYRGYZ PRIVATIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Parliament Speaker Alymbekov revealed to Ambassador aspects of a murky privatization deal for the Kyrgyz tin and tungsten company "ShPU." According to Alymbekov, the government inexplicably selected the lower of two bids for "ShPU," rejecting a much higher bid from a U.S. [...]
2006-12-11 10:54:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN KG
06BISHKEK1750KYRGYZ PLEDGE TO JOIN HIPC INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: World Bank-led discussions with a Kyrgyz negotiating team headed by PM Kulov yielded an agreement December 9 on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the HIPC initiative. The Kyrgyz Government has yet to make any public announcement about the agreement, but the World Bank country manager bel [...]
2006-12-12 13:59:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KG
06BOGOTA2897COLOMBIAN BANKING SECTOR: REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
[...] (Summary) 2005 was a year of continued growth and consolidation for the Colombian banking sector, with banks registering a record 2.4 billion USD in profits, an increase of 46 percent over the previous year. Colombia's financial regulatory bodies were also consolidated in 2005 to improve gene [...]
2006-03-31 17:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN
06BOGOTA4294COLOMBIA: 1Q06 LOOKS GOOD
[...] Summary. Colombia's 1Q2006 GDP is exptected to grow at more than 5 percent, driven by stronger domestic consumption, increased access to credit, and low inflation. During the first quarter, the Colombian peso depreciated 2 percent relative to the dollar, highlighting the importance of the GOC [...]
2006-05-16 13:53:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON
06BOGOTA4616CAMPAIGN SEASON INFLUENCES GOVERNMENT-LABOR
[...] (C) On April 19th, perhaps influenced by political reasons, an alliance of Colombia's three major trade confederations and a pensioner's group announced a suspension of dialogue with the GOC over lack of GOC action on an alleged trade unionist "hit list," a World Bank report calling for loweri [...]
2006-05-24 22:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD CO
06BOGOTA5330COLOMBIA'S STOCK MARKET - BACK WHERE WE STARTED IN
[...] Colombia's stock market index (IGBC) has fallen more than 30 percent between May 2 and June 12, 2006. On June 8, the index fell 9.47 percent, and on June 12 trading was halted 15 minutes before the closing bell because of a more than 10 percent loss in the value of the index. Overall, the ind [...]
2006-06-13 22:24:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV CO
06BOGOTA5571COLOMBIA ATPDEA-RELATED ACTIVITY 2005
[...] Below is Post's response to the U.S. International Trade Commission's request for information regarding Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) - related investment in Colombia during 2005. 2. Over the past decade, ATPDEA has provided significant economic benefits to [...]
2006-06-21 14:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA ASEC CO
06BOGOTA717COLOMBIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] The Uribe administration stepped up the economic liberalization begun in the early 1990's and is committed to an open investment regime. Liberalization has progressed furthest in telecommunications, accounting/auditing, energy, and tourism and to a lesser extent, legal services, insurance, dis [...]
2006-01-26 15:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON OPIC KTDB USTR CO
06BOGOTA7481CNRR AND FORMER PARAMILITARY LEADERS BEGIN FORMAL
[...] (C) National Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro said paramilitary leaders expressed interest in beginning reparations and supported reconciliation efforts during a "tense but fruitful" meeting on August 8. They adopted a "threatening tone," however, wh [...]
2006-08-16 13:15:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA910GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON COLOMBIAN PRIVATE SECTOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) There is high interest among the Colombian private sector in assisting the demobilization effort. In the last two weeks, the embassy has attended two meetings on the subject. One meeting on Janu [...]
2006-01-31 21:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PTER PARM PGOV EAID ECON CO
06BRASILIA1004AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADDITION TO U.S. DEL NUCLEAR
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Katherine Pilgrim-Langer, Senior Specialist EG&G Technical Services, Inc., additional member of the U.S. Delegation attending the 2006 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary and related meetings to be held in Brasilia, Brazil May 29 to June 2. 2 [...]
2006-05-25 13:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM TRGY BR
06BRASILIA1016BRAZIL - SPECULATION ABOUT SPECULATIVE CURRENCY ATTACK
[...] (U) Local financial press reported on May 25 that the Real's 4.5% depreciation of the previous day had been the product of a speculative attack by foreign hedge funds. According to leading financial daily Valor Economico and influential economic journalist Miriam Leitao, foreign hedge funds th [...]
2006-05-26 17:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA1036BRAZIL - A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging May 22 meeting, recently-appointed Finance Minister Guido Mantega told A/S Shannon and the Charge that Brazil's economy was "sound" and in good shape to weather the current volatility on world financial markets. Mantega and his International Secretary, Luiz Pere [...]
2006-05-31 17:38:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET EINV PGOV PREL BR BL
06BRASILIA1062COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NOAA OFFICIAL RIVERA
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Kimberly Rivera, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),to Brasilia, Brazil, June 1-9, 2006, to attend the Second Meeting of the Advisory Committee of Agreement on the Conservation of Al [...]
2006-06-01 12:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY EFIS KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1079SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75
[...] The following is the seventy-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]
2006-06-02 15:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1204AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES CITIGROUP BRAZIL FOR THE
[...] (U) Based upon its innovative approach to development and export, Charge d'Affaires nominates the U.S. multinational firm Citigroup Brasil for the Secretary's 2006 Corporate Excellence Award. 2. (U) Begin Text of Award Nomination With over 220,000 checking accounts, US$ 1.5 billion in [...]
2006-06-16 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR
06BRASILIA1251BRAZIL: THE FINANCE MINISTRY'S NEW ECONOMIC POLICY
[...] (SBU) Finance Minister Guido Mantega named Sergio Gomes de Almeida to be his Secretary for Economic Policy on May 22. Almeida filled the last policy-level vacancy in the Finance Ministry team left after Mantega's late-March appointment. A PhD economist and former executive director of the Ins [...]
2006-06-22 13:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV PGOV PINR BR
06BRASILIA1255BRAZIL'S CPI DOS BINGOS ENDS WITHOUT A BANG
[...] Summary: The series of Congressional investigations into corruption within President Lula's government came to an anticlimactic end on Monday with the issuance of the final report of the last investigative commission, the CPI dos Bingos. While calling for the indictment of several figures cl [...]
2006-06-22 16:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON BR
06BRASILIA1276SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CORNYN
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned July 1-3 visit to Foz de Iguacu. Consul General McMullen will greet you in Sao Paulo, and he and his team will brief you on your program. In addition, our DEA Country Attache and our Acting DHS Attache will brief you on t [...]
2006-06-26 15:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA1455SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 77
[...] The following is the seventy-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views exp [...]
2006-07-19 09:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1461BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, JUNE/JULY 2006
[...] Brazil's main sugarcane-producing center, in the southwest region of the country, exported a record 428 million liters of ethanol in June 2006, in contrast to 268 million liters of ethanol over the same period last year. Most of the region's exports went to the United States, which has been im [...]
2006-07-19 18:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1472COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS PRATT AND
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Pratt, Senior Medical Epidemiologist, and Dr. Harold Kohl, Lead Epidemiologist; NCCDPHP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Brasilia, Brazil, Aug 14-18, to attend a planning meeting with the Brazili [...]
2006-07-21 18:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1487COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SILVA
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alexandre da Silva, Senior Service Fellow, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, Jul 29 to Aug 2, to present three lectures at the course entitled "Molecular Epidemiology and [...]
2006-07-24 17:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1497COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIST, COMPUTER SECURITY
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),Computer Security Division Manager, Mr. Timothy Grance to Brasilia and Sao Paulo, from August 6 to August 11, 2006, to attend the Fourth Brazilian Digital Certification Forum and to present [...]
2006-07-25 18:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA OTRA TNGD BR
06BRASILIA1505COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR INR ANALYST DR. MICHAEL
[...] Country clearance is granted for Dr. Michael J. Prather, Science and Technology Analyst in INR/GGI, to travel to Brasilia for consultations with the environmental HUB for South America and for possible meetings with Brazilian counterparts. The Consulate requires that traveler to consider the f [...]
2006-07-26 19:01:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY BR
06BRASILIA1509SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 78
[...] The following is the seventy-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]
2006-07-27 13:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1515COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SILVA (AMENDED
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Alexandre da Silva, Senior Service Fellow, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),as follows: -- to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, Jul 29 to Aug 2 and from Aug 6 to Aug 9, to present three lectures at the course entitled "Mol [...]
2006-07-28 16:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1588COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS JAMES
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Officials James Mendlein, Andrew Weathers, Michael Link, Douglas Hatch and Eduardo Simoes, itinerary as follows: James Mendlein, Scientific Research Expert, COGH, CDC, HHS: -- to Brasilia (Distrito Federal),Brazil, Aug 9 to Aug 19, 2006 [...]
2006-08-07 19:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1618SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 79
[...] The following is the seventy-ninth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]
2006-08-09 17:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1638BRAZILIAN NGO FOCUSES ON IMPROVING THE CLIMATE FOR DOING
[...] (U) Summary. In a series of recent events, the Brazilian Competitiveness Movement (MBC),a local NGO, has sought to create greater awareness of the barriers to doing business in Brazil and the need to improve the local investment climate. Specifically, MBC has explored the possibility of lin [...]
2006-08-10 17:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD BEXP ECON EIND BR
06BRASILIA1660AMEDMENT TO COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL:
[...] This is to amend country clearance approval for Dr. Eduardo Simoes COGH, HHS/CDC. Amendment reflects change on Dr. Simoes's itinerary and dates that have been changed from August-14, to August-30-2006. Itinerary is as follows: --Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August-14-2006 to August-14-2006. The [...]
2006-08-11 19:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1687COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE/NNSA OFFICIALS BAKER,
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) officials Arnold B. Baker, Sandia Natl. Laboratories/New York, NY; Michael P. Ross, Sandia Natl. Laboratories/Scranton, Pennsylvania; and, Blake A. Simmons, Sandia Natl. Laboratories/Omaha, Nebra [...]
2006-08-15 19:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY ENRG KNNP KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA1706BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT REACT TO THREAT TO GSP
[...] (SBU) Summary. During recent days, both local policymakers and entrepreneurs have begun to marshal arguments in favor of Brazil retaining eligibility for GSP benefits should that legislation be renewed by the U.S. Congress. Economic and trade officials have raised the issue with the Ambassad [...]
2006-08-16 18:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON BR
06BRASILIA1719BRAZIL'S TRIANGULAR DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM
[...] Summary: On August 4, Ambassador Sobel hosted a lunch for S/P Director Stephen Krasner and a cadre of Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and international officials, following Krasner's consultations with GOB officials on the Partnership in Democratic Governance (PDG) initiative. GoB interlo [...]
2006-08-17 18:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BR
06BRASILIA1725BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles highlighted to the Ambassador during their August 9 introductory meeting the importance he places on achieving formal Central Bank independence, which he sees as a key part of consolidating Brazil's current success in fighting inflation. [...]
2006-08-18 11:31:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV ETRD PREL EINV BR
06BRASILIA1775BRAZIL: MOVEMENT ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
[...] (SBU) The GoB is close to launching a much-delayed inter-agency review of its first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments. These projects would be reviewed by the Ministers of Planning and Budget (Paulo Bernardo),Finance (Guido Mantega) and the Presid [...]
2006-08-23 13:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR
06BRASILIA1787SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 80
[...] The following is the eightieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed [...]
2006-08-24 19:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1797 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL SHAPIRO
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, Epidemiologist, Maternal and Infant Health Branch, NCCDPHP, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 27-31, 2006 to attend "Maternal Mortality Surveillance in Latin A [...]
2006-08-25 16:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1810 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL DASCH
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Gregory Dasch, Supervisory Research Microbiologist, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brazil as follows: -- Sao Paulo, from August-31 to September 2; -- Ribeirao Preto, from September 2-7; -- Brasilia, [...]
2006-08-28 19:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1839 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STATE AND DOE OFFICIALS TO
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for: --Jeffrey A. Mitoke, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Space and Science Bureau of Oceans and Intl. Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; -- Gregory Manuel, Director for Intl. Energy Affairs, office of Policy Pla [...]
2006-09-01 17:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO TRGY KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA1886COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ESTH CONFERENCE IN FOZ DO
[...] Country clearance is granted for the following people to travel to Brazil to attend the ESTH Western Hemisphere Conference that will be held from September 13-16, 2006 at Foz do Iguassu, Brazil. - Alfred Schandlbauer - Colleen Crenwelge - Michael Keller - Josh Cartin - Nancy Long - Pat O'Re [...]
2006-09-08 18:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA XM XL BR
06BRASILIA1994 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIALS ZEPP AND
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Richard Zepp, Senior Research Scientist and Marirosa Molino, Research Scientist, Office of Research and Development, to Brasilia, Brazil, October 1-11, 2006, to attend the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere (LBA) ECO Science Team Mee [...]
2006-09-19 19:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY EPA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA1999 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL KACHAR
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Bechara Kachar, Senior Investigator, National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Belem, Brazil, September 25 to October 1, 2006, to attend and present a keynote talk, "Stereocili [...]
2006-09-20 18:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2023 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS ORCIARI,
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Officials, Lilian Orciari, Microbiologist; Ivan Kuzmin, Associate Service Fellow; Boonlert Lumlertdacha, Guest Researcher; Richard Franka, Regular Fellow; Jesse Blanton, Associate Service Fellow, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and [...]
2006-09-22 13:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2034 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HANLON
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Cathleen Hanlon, Veterinary Medical Officer, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),October 15-21, to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and to Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, December 3-6, [...]
2006-09-25 12:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US SZ WHO IT BR
06BRASILIA2056 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL RUPPRECHT
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, Charles Rupprecht, Rabies Team Leader, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, October 9-21, 2006 to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and provide consultations to the Brazil Ministr [...]
2006-09-27 11:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA206 CHARGE ENGAGES SAO PAULO PRIVATE SECTOR ON TRADE
[...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary data. 2. (SBU) Summary. During his January 16-18 economic theme meetings in Sao Paulo, Charge discussed a wide variety of trade, financial and investment issues with key private sector officials. Embassy and Consulate representatives met with [...]
2006-01-27 11:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV KIPR ECON PREL PINR BR
06BRASILIA2069SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 81
[...] The following is the eighty-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]
2006-09-28 16:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2089COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA OFFICIAL WICKLAND
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Diane Wickland, NASA Headquarters (HQ) Official, to Brasilia, Brazil, October 1-7, 2006 to attend the Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment Science Team Meeting. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US citizens traveling to Brazil for [...]
2006-10-02 13:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2090COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVED FOR FISHERIES-RELATED VISIT TO
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William T. Hogarth, Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),U.S. Government Commissioner to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and to the International Whaling Commission (IWC),and ICCA [...]
2006-10-02 13:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIS SENV PHSA BR
06BRASILIA2094COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NTSB and FAA INVESTIGATORS TO PROVIDE
[...] Post grants country clearance for the October 03-12 (tentative departure) visit of 4 USG travelers, William R. English, Stephen M. Demko, Scott A. Warren, of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Floyd A. James of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to travel to Rio De Janei [...]
2006-10-02 18:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC BR
06BRASILIA2102COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BROGDON
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance approval for Dr. William Brogdon, Research Scientist, NICD/HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to visit Rio de Janeiro (RJ) October 16; Brasilia (DF) October 16-20; and Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brazil, October 20, 2006 to participate in [...]
2006-10-03 17:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2106COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADDITIONAL NTSB EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE
[...] Post grants country clearance for the October 04-15 (tentative departure) visit of Brian Keane Murphy, aircraft structures specialist, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to travel to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, for the purpose of aiding the Brazilian authorities' investigation into the fat [...]
2006-10-03 18:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ASEC BR
06BRASILIA2112COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MILLS
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, James Mills, Management Program Analyst, NCID/ HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Porto Alegre (RS),October 5; to Gramado (RS) October 5-8; Porto Alegre (RS),Brazil, October 8, 2006, to participate in the F [...]
2006-10-04 12:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2113 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL TRAICOFF
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official, Denise Traicoff, Health Educational Specialist, COGH, OD, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 11-18, 2006 to provide technical assistance and deliver a workshop at TEPHINET Internatio [...]
2006-10-04 12:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2115COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL ROWSON
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. David Rowson, EPA Official, Center Director, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR),Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia, Brazil, October 14-18, 2006 to attend the International Meeting on IAP, Fuel-Efficient Stoves and Sustainable [...]
2006-10-04 14:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY KSCA EPA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2116 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HATCH
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Douglas Hatch, Medical Officer, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 19 and to Brasilia, Brazil from October 19 to November 18, 2006 to provide technical assistance to Field Epidemiology Trainin [...]
2006-10-04 14:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2117 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL FIX
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Alan Fix , Branch Chief, Vaccine Clinical Senior Investigator, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Brasilia, Brazil, October 3-6, 2006, to participate in an international seminar, " [...]
2006-10-04 15:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2129 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR FWS OFFICIALS OCTOBER 2006
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dyan Straughan, Forensic Scientist; Gary Young, Special Agent; Marty Hernandez, Special Agent; Jill Birchell, Special Agent, from DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to Brasilia (Distrito Federal); Sao Paulo/Cuiaba/Londrina in transit; Campo Gr [...]
2006-10-06 17:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2150SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 82
[...] The following is the eighty-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]
2006-10-11 14:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2182COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS/HOROWITZ PLUS 2
[...] Country clearance is granted for research chemist Arthur Horowitz, supervisory hydrologist Charles Demas, and hydrologist John Gray to visit Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11/11/06 to 11/21/06 in order to provide a one-week training course on sediment sampling and sediment data reduction techniques for [...]
2006-10-17 20:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO BR
06BRASILIA2183 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIALS TO
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials, to Rio de Janeiro (transit/layover) and Brasilia, Brazil, November 10-23, 2006, to participate in the Global Training Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) Con [...]
2006-10-17 20:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2193BRAZIL ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST FOCUSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. With a week and a half left before the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, the campaign has evolved into a bitter contest dominated by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's (PT - Workers Party) claims that challenger Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB - Brazilian Social Dem [...]
2006-10-19 14:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BR
06BRASILIA2207 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STAS, AAAS AND INR
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Science and Technology adviser (STAS) Atkinson; Deputy STAS Andrew Reynolds, Jefferson; Science fellows Kim Boyer and Edward Samulksi, AAAS fellow Christina McCain; and INR geographer Lee Schwartz, to travel to and Sao Paulo and Campinas (SP),N [...]
2006-10-20 18:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO TPHY CI PE OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2241 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR HRSA/HHS OFFICIAL SCOLLARD
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David Scollard, M.D., Ph.D. Chief, Pathologist Research Department, National Hansen's Disease Program, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),as follows: -- October 29 to November 0 [...]
2006-10-26 19:47:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA KHIV OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2275 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICER TO
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Foreign Affairs Officer Michael C. Egan, to travel to Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis (RJ),Brazil, November 10-17, 2006, to participate in the "Global Dialogue on Emerging Science and Technology" (GDEST) on the topic of bioinformatics, hosted by [...]
2006-10-30 19:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO TPHY CI PE OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2276COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Marylyn Engle and Luiz Fernandez, both from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of International Affairs (OIA),to travel to Brasilia, Belem, Itaituba and Creporazao, Brazil, November 11-27, 2006, to attend a UNEP Global Partnership [...]
2006-10-30 19:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA TPHY OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2361 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL UYEKI
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Timothy Uyeki, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, November 10, and to Brasilia (DF),Brazil, November 10-19, 2006, to attend the International Global Training Epide [...]
2006-11-08 19:50:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2362 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL WHITE
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Mark White, Medical Officer, COGH, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 11, and to Brasilia, Brazil, November 11-18, 2006, to participate in the Global Training Epidemiology and Public Health [...]
2006-11-08 19:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2363 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL IKEDA
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robin Ikeda, Associate Director for Science, NCIPC, HHS, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 14-18, 2006, to serve as keynote speaker addressing the Implementation of Accidents and Violence Su [...]
2006-11-08 19:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2366 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL FONTAINE
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Robert E. Fontaine, CDC CFETP Official, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Rio de Janeiro (RJ),Brazil, November 9-19, 2006, to attend the Fourth TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference. 2. Visitors are reminded that all U [...]
2006-11-09 14:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2384 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH/FIC OFFICIAL MEJIA
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Raymond Mejia, Mathematician, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH),to Manaus, Brazil, November 25 to December 1, 2006, to attend and give a lecture, "Mathematical model prediction of high energy met [...]
2006-11-13 19:03:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2385 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE OFFICIALS TO ATTEND THE
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Allan S. Perelson and Ruy Miguel Ribeiro from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Programs, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded personnel, November 24 to December 4, 2006, [...]
2006-11-13 19:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY KNNP ENRG TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2386COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STATE AND USDOC/NOAA/NMFS
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Clayton Stanger, OES/OMC Department of State; and Eric Hawk, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); and, Keith Bates, Harvesting Systems, USDOC/NOAA/NMFS, to Belem (Para) and Fortaleza (Ceara),Brazil, November [...]
2006-11-13 19:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS SENV TBIO TRGY KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2388 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL CHILLER
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Tom Chiller, MD, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, November 12-16, 2006, to give presentation at the Global Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) [...]
2006-11-13 19:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2433SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GOODLATTE
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned November 26-28 visit to Rio de Janeiro. Deputy Chief of Mission Phil Chicola will greet you in Rio de Janeiro on November 26 prior to your scheduled meetings the next day. We are lining up for you meetings with U.S. agricu [...]
2006-11-20 18:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA2452 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL KSIAZEK
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Thomas Ksiazek, Research Scientist, COCH, OD, HHS/ Centers for Disease Control (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, from November 28-30, 2006, to assist in early stages of planning a BSL4 Laboratory Facility. 2. Visitors are reminded that all US c [...]
2006-11-21 18:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2453 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL MINTZ
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Eric Mintz, Medical Epidemiologist, COGH, HHS/CDC, to Brasilia, Brazil, from December 12-22, 2006, to represent CDC at meeting convened by Brazilian Ministry of Health and to provide technical consultation to on CDC/Brazilian projects. 2 [...]
2006-11-21 18:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2472 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE CONTRACTOR LOREN J.
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for DOE contractor Loren J. Habegger from Argonne National Laboratory, December 7 to December 21, 2006, to Itaituba (PA),Brazil. Traveler is the technical expert for EPA/OIA projects on reduction of emissions from community and small-scale gold mi [...]
2006-11-22 18:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY KNNP ENRG TBIO KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2483COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR G. MANUEL AND L. KUBISKE TO ATTEND
[...] Post grants country clearance for Gregory Manuel and Lisa Kubiske from the Department of State to attend the Second Biofuels Forum Preparatory Meeting in Rio de Janeiro November 27-28. Mr. Manuel will then proceed to meetings in Sao Paulo, November 29-30 and Brasilia, December 1, 2006. 2. V [...]
2006-11-24 17:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG SENV BR
06BRASILIA2495 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC MEDICAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Jeremy Sobel, Medical Epidemiologist, COGH, HHS/CDC, to Rio de Janeiro on December 6 and to Brasilia, Brazil, from December 6-22, 2006, to attend a meeting on analysis of data in public health emergencies and to provide technical consultatio [...]
2006-11-27 20:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2513 COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EPA OFFICIAL FERNANDEZ
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Luis Fernandez, International Affairs Specialist, Office of International Affairs (OIA),Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to Brasilia (DF),December 2-6, Belem (Para),December 7, Itaituba and Creporazao (Para),Brazil, December 8-20, 200 [...]
2006-11-29 18:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA2523SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 85
[...] The following is the eighty-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]
2006-11-30 17:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2556COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEC OFFICIALS (BLOCK AND
[...] Post grants country clearance for the December 8-22 visit of SEC officials Paul Block and Carlos Costa-Rodrigues to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia for information exchange with GoB officials pursuant to an investigation. Post understands no Embassy or Consulate assistance is requested, but reques [...]
2006-12-06 19:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA BR
06BRASILIA2562WHY BRAZIL'S ECONOMY WILL JUST KEEP MUDDLING THROUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary: By many measures, Brazil's economy has better fundamentals today than it has had at any point over the last three decades. The 1994 "Plano Real" brought previously unknown macroeconomic stability to Brazil, defeating its traditional inflation nemesis. Fiscal management has pro [...]
2006-12-07 15:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EFIN PREL SOCI BR
06BRASILIA2583SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned December 12-13, 2006, visit to Brasilia. Counselor for Environment, Science, Technology and Health Patricia Norman and OES Advisor Lawrence Sperling will greet you upon your arrival in Brasilia December 12. You are scheduled [...]
2006-12-11 17:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV BR
06BRASILIA2678 Visit of Professor Jeffrey Sachs to Brazil
[...] Summary. During a December 12-13 visit to Brasilia and Sao Paulo, noted economist Jeffrey Sachs met with high-level government policymakers, NGO representatives, and business representatives. In his meetings with Brazilian interlocutors, Sachs stressed that the U.S. and Brazil need to find a [...]
2006-12-26 15:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PREL ECON EAID BR
06BRASILIA324 BRAZIL INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2006
[...] This cable transmits Mission Brazil's submission of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement. This document has already been forwarded to USDOC by e-mail. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. The Brazilian Co [...]
2006-02-14 17:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC KTDB USTR BR
06BRASILIA327 CONGRESS, INDUSTRY SEEK TO SEIZE THE INITIATIVE ON REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 8, Senator Fernando Bezerra (PTB-Rio Grande do Norte),leader of the government in the Senate, and President of the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-Alagoas) introduced a bill which, if passed, would liberalize the country's foreign exchange regime. The proposal was dev [...]
2006-02-14 19:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV BR
06BRASILIA339SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 70
[...] The following is number 70 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and healh news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do n [...]
2006-02-15 19:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA478SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned March 19-26 visit to Manaus, Santarem, Brasilia, Maringa, and Sao Paulo. I will, unfortunately, be out of the country at that time, but the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission will greet you in Manaus on Sunday evening, March 19 [...]
2006-03-10 20:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA527COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NASA (GSFC) OFFICIAL
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Darrell Williams, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to Manaus and Santarem, Brazil, April 2-7, 2006 to address various NASA-Supported Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA-ECO) Project office management issues. [...]
2006-03-16 10:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA540COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS SCIENTIST CARLIN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for James Carlin, Physical Scientist, United States Geological Survey'S (USGS)'s tin commodity specialist, to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Brasilia, Brazil, April 14-24, 2006, to attend Metal Events LTD's International Tin Conference which feature [...]
2006-03-17 15:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA553COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STAFFDEL TAYLOR (MARCH
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for StaffDel Ms. Alison Taylor, Professional Staff Member (PSM),Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (SEPW) who will lead a staff delegation to Curitiba, Brazil, March 20-31, 2006, to observe the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties [...]
2006-03-20 11:00:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA596LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES DISCUSS URBAN AIR QUALITY IN
[...] The 1st Bolivian Congress on Urban Air Quality Management, held in Cochabamba March 16-18, brought together students, environmentalists, scientists, academics, and international consultants from several Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, Mexico [...]
2006-03-23 19:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BO BR
06BRASILIA637 CODEL GRASSLEY MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. During a March 19-23 trip to Brazil, a Congressional delegation led by Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Senator Chuck Grassley (IA),visited Manaus, Santarem (Para state),Brasilia, Maringa (Parana state),and Sao Paulo. This cable reports on the Codel's Ma [...]
2006-03-31 19:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR WTRO ENRG PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA639SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 72
[...] The following is the seventy-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]
2006-03-31 19:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA652COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS REGIONAL SPECIALIST
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Jean Weaver, Regional Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Rio de Janeiro (April 22-25) and Brasilia (April 26-28, 2006) as part of the Department of State Delegation to meet with Brazilian counterparts to conduct preliminary discuss [...]
2006-04-03 19:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA674COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CODEL SPECTER (APRIL 2006)
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee (SJUD),to visit Brasilia and Manaus, Brazil, April 12-15, 2006, in order to meet with heads of State and evaluate matters of concern to the Senate Judiciary Committee, especially [...]
2006-04-06 19:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA678SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SPECTER
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your April 12-15, 2006 visit to Brasilia (DF) and Manaus (AM),Brazil. We look forward to your trip and are arranging meetings and events for you in Brasilia and Manaus. As the Charge d'Affaires, I will meet your party upon arrival and [...]
2006-04-07 18:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AFIN AMGT ASEC PGOV ECON KSCA SENV OTRA DR CO
06BRASILIA703COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USDEL TO THE BRAZIL SCIENCE
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for the U.S. Delegation (USDEL) participating in the U.S.-Brazil Science and Technology Working Group Meetings to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 24-26. Per previous communications, these are planning sessions in preparation for the U.S.-B [...]
2006-04-11 20:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA717COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL GREEN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Green, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Belem, Brazil, May 7-14, 2006, to conduct a workshop on Chloroquine and Melfloquine Drug analysis in biological fluids in regards to efficacy and resistance [...]
2006-04-13 13:19:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA753COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR NIH OFFICIAL WESTERN TO
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Karl Western, Assistant Director for International Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/FIC, as part of the U.S. Delegation (USDEL) participating in the U.S.-Brazil Science and Technology Working Group Meeting [...]
2006-04-18 18:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TBIO SENV OTRA BR
06BRASILIA835BRAZILIAN CAPITAL MARKETS - MORE INITIAL SHARE OFFERINGS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian companies, always interested in obtaining access to cheaper capital than that on offer by the banking sector, have been turning more and more to equity offerings on the Sao Paulo stock exchange (BOVESPA). One particular slice of the market, the BOVESPA's "Novo Mercado [...]
2006-04-28 15:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON BR
06BRASILIA840COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL GREEN
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael Green, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Belem, Brazil, May 28 to June 03, 2006, to conduct a workshop on Chloroquine and Melfloquine Drug analysis in biological fluids in regards to efficacy and re [...]
2006-04-28 18:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA868COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL BLANDFORD
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for John Blandford, Economist, NCHSTP, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia, Brazil, May 21-26, 2006, to conduct one-week training in economic evaluation methods as part of a certificate course in monitoring and evaluat [...]
2006-05-04 18:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA869COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USGS WHEELER
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for Ben Wheeler, Technical Information Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey, to Brasilia, Brazil, June 4-9, 2006, to attend a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Coordination Meeting for Latin American and the Caribbean and help harmonize USGS [...]
2006-05-04 18:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV KSCA OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA954SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 74
[...] The following is the seventy-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]
2006-05-16 17:08:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA964COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL ADDISS
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for David Addiss, Chemist, NCID, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to: -- Belem, Brazil, May 21 to May 24, to attend a meeting a meeting on certifying the elimination of lymphatic filariaris in Brazil, and; -- Recife, Brazil, M [...]
2006-05-17 18:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC OTRA US BR
06BRASILIA971SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned June 4-8 visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo. I will greet you in Sao Paulo airport on June 4 prior to your active schedule of events at the AACLA meeting in Rio and with Minister of Development, Industry, and C [...]
2006-05-18 18:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON BR
06BRATISLAVA301LAVROV VISIT REINVIGORATED BILATERAL TALKS ON
[...] (C) Summary: The working visit of Russian FM Lavrov to Slovakia focused on renewing dialogue on economic and energy issues. Lavrov expressed the Russian desire to continue supplying oil, gas, and nuclear materials for Slovakia's energy needs. On Belarus, Slovak FM Kukan reportedly was forcef [...]
2006-04-13 14:25:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON BO RU LO
06BRATISLAVA476SLOVAKIA'S JUNE 17 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: UNCERTAINTY
[...] (C) With 6 major political parties likely to pass the 5 percent parliamentary threshold (and two more within easy striking distance) in Slovakia's June 17 national elections -- and none of them positioned for such a decisive victory as to allow for a two-party coalition -- it will likely be a [...]
2006-06-14 14:05:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA483AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SMER'S NO. 2, ROBERT
[...] (C) Summary. Smer's number 2 candidate and MP Robert Kalinak told Ambassador June 15 that Smer was looking forward to forming the next government and likely would turn first for support to the Hungarian party, which is now a member of PM Dzurinda's coalition. A confident Kalinak said he did not [...]
2006-06-15 15:23:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR LO
06BRATISLAVA532SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
[...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]
2006-06-29 18:18:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
06BRATISLAVA613TRANSPETROL: SLOVAKIA FEELS PRESSURE FROM ITS
[...] (C) Summary. The new Slovak government feels under increasing pressure to strike a deal with a Russian firm on Transpetrol before Yukos International initiates bankruptcy proceedings, now scheduled to begin on August 10. On July 25, the same day that Yukos creditors decided to commence bankr [...]
2006-07-28 06:00:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA621 SLOVAKIA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - JULY 28, 2006
[...] (U) The following are recent noteworthy events in the Slovak economy: PM'S ADVISOR: REALITY WILL DIFFER FROM ELECTION PLEDGES --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (SBU) In anticipation of the GOS release of its economic plan on August 1, Emboff spoke this week with [...]
2006-07-31 06:11:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA913NOVEMBER 16 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] The following are recent noteworthy events in the Slovak economy: SLOVAK ECONOMY EXPANDS AT HISTORIC PACE --------------------------------------- 2. The Slovak economy grew by a real annual rate of 9.8 percent in the third quarter, its fastest-ever expansion, up from 6.7 percent in the [...]
2006-11-20 07:32:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA963SLOVAKIA AMONG WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES
[...] SUMMARY: Slovakia's economy rose by a record 9.8 percent year-on-year during the third quarter, up from 6.7 percent in the previous three months, the Statistical Office reported. The growth at one of the fastest rates worldwide was driven mainly by consumer goods and investments. Robust econo [...]
2006-12-13 13:09:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO
06BRIDGETOWN1128BARBADOS 2005 ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Summary: The Barbados economy performed well in 2005. GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment registered 4.1, 5.1, and 8.5 percent, respectively. Construction drove growth, making up for a drop in tourism. The fiscal deficit (2.9 percent of GDP) and the national debt (88 percent of GDP) ha [...]
2006-06-30 16:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EIND EINV ELAB ETRD PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1706ANTIGUA - HALF MOON BAY: INCREASING COMMON GROUND;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 20 Ambassador Kramer and legal counsel to the Half Moon Bay property's Amcit majority shareholder met with Antigua and Barbuda Attorney General and Minister of Tourism to revitalize efforts to resolve differences surrounding the 11-year-old expropriation case of the [...]
2006-09-25 20:27:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC KIDE AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN178BARBADOS BUDGET - PM PLEDGES TAX CUTS AND ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur presented his government's 2006 economic and financial policies in a January 16 speech to parliament. PM Arthur pledged to lower energy costs, cut taxes, boost pensions, and prop up manufacturing. Most of the budget seems practical and will [...]
2006-01-27 18:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECPS SENV ENRG PINR BB
06BRIDGETOWN1832AMBASSADOR KRAMER BEGINS FAREWELL TOUR: ST. KITTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During her September 18-20 visit to St. Kitts, Ambassador Kramer began the first in a series of farewell meetings with the Prime Ministers and Governors General of the seven island-nations to which she is accredited. On September 18 she met with St. Kitts and Nevis Governor Gen [...]
2006-10-17 15:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC EAGR KIDE
06BRIDGETOWN1833AMBASSADOR KRAMER BEGINS FAREWELL TOUR: ST. KITTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During her September 18-20 visit to St. Kitts, Ambassador Kramer began the first in a series of farewell meetings with the Prime Ministers and Governors General of the seven island-nations to which she is accredited. On September 18 she met with St. Kitts and Nevis Governor Gen [...]
2006-10-17 15:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC EAGR KIDE
06BRIDGETOWN1902BARBADOS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN:
[...] (C) Summary: Barbados' next parliamentary elections will likely be decided by pocketbook issues and the voters' judgment of which party is best prepared to address their concerns over the cost of living, economy, and unemployment. Even though a recent poll gave his government poor marks on it [...]
2006-10-27 17:53:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1941PETROCARIBE 28: SANTA IS FROM CARACAS
[...] (C) Christmas came early for Barbados this year. From October 23-27, a high-level Venezuelan delegation dashed into Bridgetown to publicly rejuvenate Venezuela's relationship with Barbados, bearing gifts and agreements on tourism, satellites and cement, among others. The timing of this frien [...]
2006-11-03 13:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV XL VE
06BRIDGETOWN1961U.S. INTERESTS IN ST. LUCIAN ELECTIONS: FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The most pertinent issues for the United States in the upcoming St. Lucian elections are foreign relations, crime, and the economy. The ruling St. Lucian Labor Party (SLP) is expected to hold on to power, and therefore, significant change in St. Lucia's policies is unlikely. Ho [...]
2006-11-08 13:57:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI KCRM VE
06BRIDGETOWN2176BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: With the economy becoming a central issue in the early stages of Barbados' parliamentary campaign (reftel),Prime Minister Arthur's government is under increasing pressure to defend its record management. In a recent meeting, Minister of State in the Finance Ministry Clyde Masc [...]
2006-12-11 16:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2233BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary: Barbados' economy continues to grow at a steady pace and is projected to expand by 3.4 percent in 2006. However, a recent meeting with Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research revealed the CBB's concerns over the economy's medium to long-term health. Barba [...]
2006-12-22 18:22:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2248NEW ST. LUCIAN CABINET: MOSTLY QUALIFIED, BUT...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sir John Compton's new cabinet was sworn in on December 19. Although the UWP picked appropriately prepared candidates for most ministries, it seems the Foreign Minister and Minister for Home Affairs and National Security are surpringly inexperienced for their posit [...]
2006-12-27 13:33:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN313RSS CHAIRMAN AGREES TO PARTNERING WITH U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Kramer and the National Guard Bureau (NGB) Chief, Lt. General Blum, met February 3 with Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Spencer, acting in his capacity as Council Chairman of the Regional Security System (RSS),to pitch RSS participation in USSOUTHCOM's State Part [...]
2006-02-17 17:58:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN505BARBADOS REQUESTS URGENT USG ASSISTANCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley requested USG assistance in funding and setting up a Caribbean regional immigration database before Cricket World Cup 2007. Speaking during a March 17 meeting with Ambassador Kramer, Mottley asked the USG to take the regional immigrati [...]
2006-03-21 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER ASEC SNAR XL
06BRIDGETOWN593THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN
[...] (U) Dr. Compton Bourne was re-elected to a second five- year term as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),beginning May 1, 2006. Although generally seen as an effective leader of this organization that lends funds to Caribbean development projects, Bourne has endured criticism f [...]
2006-04-05 20:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EAID EAIR ETRD PHUM PINS
06BRIDGETOWN684BARBADOS - EMBASSY INPUT ON OPIC-SUPPORTED
[...] Summary: In response to Ref A, Post concurs with the establishment of an OPIC-supported investment fund in the region that will target Barbados, among other countries. That said, the buyout strategy outlined in paragraph 4 of reftel may face local opposition. End Summary. ---------------- [...]
2006-04-21 20:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN968 THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN
[...] (U) Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer traveled to Tokyo in May to meet Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other officials. Accompanied by Antigua Minister for Tourism Harold Lovell and the country's new Ambassador to Japan and representative to the International Wh [...]
2006-06-07 19:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PREL OFDP OVIP SENV JA XL
06BRUSSELS1876 BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 6, 2006
[...] Introduction 2. Upbeat Forecast from Planning Office 3. Belgian Savings Rate Drops 4. Big Future for Walloon Airports 5. Antwerp Port Container Traffic Booming 6. Belgian Competitiveness Weakening 7-8. American Financial Router Expanding 9. WANTED: Pan-European Pension Fu [...]
2006-06-07 12:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR TBIO BE
06BRUSSELS2199 BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006
[...] (U) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on implementing fast new technologies. The commissioner lamented Europe's slow take-up of new high-speed communications technologies such as broadband internet, te [...]
2006-06-27 13:10:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS2502BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During Ambassador's July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation and Development Armand De Decker the following topics were discussed: Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. aid, and the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC). Th [...]
2006-07-18 05:37:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ
06BRUSSELS2926 BELGIAN STEWPOT: August 29, 2006
[...] (U) According to statistics issued in July by the Survey of Current Business, the value of the stock of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Belgium rose by over $6 billion in 2005. U.S. investment in Belgium reached $36.73 billion in value, ranking Belgium ninth within the EU-25. The increase [...]
2006-08-29 15:04:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG EWWT EIND BE
06BRUSSELS3403 BELGIAN STEWPOT: October 5, 2006
[...] (U) Progress on rebalancing Belgium?s 2006 budget and proposing an FY 2007 budget has been slowed by the municipal elections to be held October 8. The government claimed remarkably quick progress in filling the holes created by an accounting snafu and over-estimation of tax revenues (ref [...]
2006-10-06 16:12:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE
06BRUSSELS3748 BELGIAN STEWPOT: November 7, 2006
[...] Sustainable Development Week 2-3. NIKE Expands, Gets Green Approval Seal 4. GDP Growth Exceeds Forecast 5. Belgian "Peace Corps" Volunteers Chosen 6. World's Biggest Diamond sold in Antwerp 7. Northwest: New Brussels-Detroit Flight 8. By Their Snacks You Shall Know Them 9. Ri [...]
2006-11-07 15:47:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE
06BRUSSELS508EUROPEAN COMMISION AND U.S. WORK TOWARD PROGRESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Fraser met in Brussels on January 26 with European Commission (EC) Director General for DG Development Stefano Manservisi to discuss the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Sudan, Chad and the Horn of Africa. Mutual perspectives and targeted assist [...]
2006-02-15 07:30:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS509EUROPEAN COUNCIL AFRICA TASK FORCE COMMITS TO
[...] (C) Vervaeke initiated the discussion by noting the European Union (EU) had received a letter from the UN, requesting EU support for a flexible "rapid reaction" force to assist, if needed, to ensure electoral stability in DRC. Vervaeke indicated the UN request lacked specificity, but that the [...]
2006-02-15 07:33:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
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