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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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06PANAMA2269ORTEGA WANTS TO SEND POSITIVE MESSAGE TO U.S.,
[...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told Panamanian President Torrijos November 21 that he wants good relations with the United States. His visit to Panama sends a signal that Nicaragua can be a positive player in the region, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador the same day. Panam [...]
2006-11-22 20:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA2272HEALTH MINISTER UNDER FIRE, BUT NOT (YET) OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The deaths of some 44 Panamanians from poisoned medications produced and distributed by the GOP's Social Security Fund (CSS) have prompted growing calls for the ouster of Minister of Health Camilo Alleyne and CSS Director Rene Luciani. Although several CSS employees and execut [...]
2006-11-24 15:57:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PGOV KSCA CDC PM
06PANAMA2303PANAMA: 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE
[...] The U.S. trade surplus with Panama was $1.84 billion in 2005, an increase of $334 million from $1.5 billion in 2004. This represented the U.S.'s seventh largest trade surplus world-wide. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $2.17 billion, up 18.2 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. [...]
2006-12-01 14:20:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD
06PANAMA2320MERIT MANAGEMENT RECEIVES CASINO LICENSE
[...] (SBU) U.S. investor, Merit Management, received its license to operate the Mallorca Casino in the Sol Melia Hotel in Colon on October 11, 2006. After a lengthy battle of more than 12 months involving allegations of corruption and obfuscation on behalf of GOP officials (reftels),Panama's Mini [...]
2006-12-04 21:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM
06PANAMA2355TERRORIST LISTS
[...] (SBU) Posts inter-agency Illicit Finance Task Force reports that the GOP does not maintain a national list of banned terrorist entities. Panama's Financial Analysis Unit (UAF) and Superintendency of Banks rely on the USG Specially Designated Global Terrorist List and the OFAC website in exec [...]
2006-12-07 19:19:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER PM
06PANAMA2379HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT TRANSLATION- PANAMA
[...] (U) Embassy Panama plans to translate post's 2006 human rights report locally. Post does not anticipate using Language Services. Arreaga [...]
2006-12-14 16:41:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO
06PANAMA2392UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] (U) Please find below updated information on child labor in Panama, divided by section. Post will report additional statistics septel as they become available. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor ----------------------------------- - The Comptroller General's Office reports that over 47, [...]
2006-12-15 21:59:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PM
06PANAMA2412REFINERY, FUEL HUB AND BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In November, representatives from state-run Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) met with Panama's Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) to discuss the proposed refinery and tour the Puerto Armuelles site (Ref A). Favorably impressed with Panama's economic and p [...]
2006-12-19 18:50:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD PGOV PM
06PANAMA2451PANAMA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama continues to be a strong partner with the United States in the global war on terrorism. The Panama Canal is the country's most important economic asset. Any act of terrorism that closes off the Canal could severely impact Panama's economy, the United States, and other [...]
2006-12-29 18:49:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO KHLS PM
06PANAMA317RETIREES & INVESTORS FLOCK TO SUNNY, SAFE &
[...] SUMMARY. With an estimated 30 million Americans scheduled to retire in 2006 (and every year for the next 18),the race is on for affordable attractive property in mild climates. Panama is set to become the third most popular destination for American expatriates in the hemisphere following M [...]
2006-02-17 15:25:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
06PANAMA319ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL TOURISM COULD
[...] SUMMARY. The economic impact of the residential tourism industry on Panama is set to rival that of the Canal Expansion. Expatriates are having a profound impact on the local economies and communities in which they are settling. These part and full time residents have increased consumer deman [...]
2006-02-17 17:54:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
06PANAMA320PANAMA: G/TIP AND WHA/PPC VISIT TO PANAMA FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy greatly appreciated the visit of GTIP Reports Officer Linda Brown and WHA/PPC Senior Advisor Mike Puccetti. Meetings with Government of Panama (GOP),EmbOffs, and visits to NGO were productive and helpful. Embassy looks forward to working with GTIP to complete the annual Traf [...]
2006-02-17 21:11:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PM
06PANAMA335FTA - GOP TO GRANT SPS EQUIVALENCY TO U.S.
[...] Summary. Panamanian officials announced February 19 that it will soon grant "equivalency" to the U.S. system for food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) protection. The GOP is finalizing a "decree law" that President Torrijos expects to issue by February 28 to create an autonomous, [...]
2006-02-21 20:54:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR USTR PGOV PM
06PANAMA337PANAMA -- CHINA RECOGNITION HANDWRITING IS ON THE
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. (See para 3.) SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Panamanian presidential advisor Jorge Ritter on February 20 detailed Panama's thinking about diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for DCM, which he called a "medium-term" pros [...]
2006-02-21 21:50:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PM SP CH TW HO
06PANAMA340PANAMA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR FY 2006
[...] (U) Panama is pleased to submit an FY 2006 anti-TIP project proposal additional to that contained in reftel B. The proposal comes from the Panamanian Attorney General's Office (PGR) and asks for $125,000 to purchase computer systems, faxes, and digital cameras for the 11 Prosecuting Attorneys [...]
2006-02-22 15:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG
06PANAMA360 PANAMA - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. 2. Traditionally, Panama has maintained a rather liberal regime for foreign investment [...]
2006-02-24 20:39:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PM
06PANAMA380PANAMA 2006 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) During 2005 Panama continued its anti-TIP efforts and enforcement of Law 16, the anti-TIP legislation enacted in 2004. Embassy believes trafficking in Panama is overwhelmingly internal to the country and limited in scale. Panama worked closely with the International Labor Organization [...]
2006-03-01 18:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06PANAMA502PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING
[...] (U) This is part one in a three-part series. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) With over three years to go before the May 2009 presidential elections, the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is already full of ferment and rumors as potential candidates joust for position. The U.S.-educated [...]
2006-03-21 14:52:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA543PANAMA BANANA WORKERS END STRIKE AT COSTA RICAN
[...] (SBU) In response to mediation and a grant from Minister of Labor Reynaldo Rivera, banana workers ended a peaceful strike March 18 that closed the Panama-Costa Rica border for three days. The laborers from Cooperativa de Servicios Multiples de Puerto Armuelles (Coosemupar) blocked trucks and [...]
2006-03-24 20:35:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA544PANAMA BRACES FOR NORIEGA'S RETURN
[...] (SBU) On Thursday, March 16 Panamanian newspapers reported in banner headlines that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to release former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega on September 9, 2007, after 17 years in a Tampa, Florida prison, and that Noriega would return to Panama. [...]
2006-03-24 20:36:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA610PANAMA: JUDICIAL PROCESS FINALLY BEGINS FOR
[...] (C) Embassy is closely following the money laundering case of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman. The probable cause hearing began on March 30, 2006 following a four-month postponement (for a defense attorney's emergency dental work). Judge Adolfo Mejia, assigned as a replacement justic [...]
2006-04-03 21:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA629FORMIN WEIGHS USG DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA UNSC BID,
[...] (C) On April 5, Ambassador pressed First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) and Minister of the Presidency Ubaldino Real on the importance of Panama's support for Guatemala's UN Security Council candidacy. Lewis Navarro revealed that Mexico's FM Derbez had called him to re [...]
2006-04-06 20:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR PREL PM
06PANAMA751 NEW PANAMA OMBUSDMAN TAKES OFFICE AMID A STORM OF
[...] (SBU) Maritime lawyer Liborio "Garcia" Correa took office as Panama's third human rights Ombudsman during a short ceremony at the National Assembly on April 3, 2006, amid raucous demonstrations opposing his appointment. A group of enraged women forced their way into the National Assembly cha [...]
2006-04-24 14:02:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PM
06PANAMA824PANAMA: PRESIDENT TORRIJOS SHAKES UP CABINET
[...] (SBU) President Martin Torrijos announced three major changes in his cabinet during a nationwide radio and TV address this afternoon. The much anticipated changes come twenty months into the Torrijos presidency and were the subject of widespread rumors for several weeks. In the Ministry of [...]
2006-04-28 22:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PM PREL
06PANAMA951PANAMANIAN JUDGE ORDERS DETENTION OF FORMER
[...] (SBU) As first reported by Panamanian television early May 18, Panamanian Judge Adolfo Mejia has ruled that the money laundering case against former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and cronies (reftels) will go forward. Ruling on the evidence presented during a March 30 hearing, Mejia o [...]
2006-05-18 21:26:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR PM NU
06PARAMARIBO105VENEZUELA DEFENDS IAEA VOTE ON IRAN IN THE
[...] (U) Under the heading "Venezuela Justifies Its Vote Against IAEA," De West, a Surinamese daily paper published a press release on February 20 from sources at the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The paper, which has the smallest circulation in Suriname, ran the article on its second pag [...]
2006-02-22 10:55:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL EU AORC ENRG NS
06PARAMARIBO141SURINAME'S STATE-OWNED ELECTRICITY COMPANY NEARING
[...] News that Suriname's state-owned electric utility company, EBS, will need to file for bankruptcy unless the Government of Suriname (GOS) quickly intervenes to prevent a shutdown has jostled Surinamers. The Minister of Natural Resources, Gregory Rusland, has asked the government's accounting o [...]
2006-03-07 19:16:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON TRGY KTDB NS
06PARAMARIBO150INSCR RECEIVES MEDIA ATTENTION IN SURINAME UPON
[...] (U) The 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2006 (INCSR) received prominent coverage from Suriname's leading newspaper De Ware Tijd upon its public release last week. The newspaper's headlines focused on the USG recommendation that Suriname devote more attention to dismantlin [...]
2006-03-10 18:34:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO155CONTINUED CONCERN OVER BOUTERSE'S NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former military dictator and convicted narcotics trafficker Desi Bouterse's recent statements claiming current conditions in Suriname are similar to those just prior to his 1980 coup have heightened public unease over Suriname's future stability. Adding to the atmosphere was a r [...]
2006-03-14 12:22:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC NS
06PARAMARIBO175UPDATE ON SURINAME'S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT PETROCARIBE
[...] (SBU) Emphatic recent public remarks of Natural Resource Minister Gregory Rusland that everything is in place for Suriname to implement its PetroCaribe agreement notwithstanding (see ref A),there remains significant opposition among important Government of Suriname (GOS) players. According t [...]
2006-03-23 18:43:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS SP
06PARAMARIBO214STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY: DVC SPARKS DISCUSSION ON
[...] (U) Embassy Paramaribo held a Digital Video Conference (DVC) titled "Preparing for Elections, It's Never too Early to Start" on April 7 to stimulate discussion between U.S. and Surinamese election experts on improving electoral systems in Suriname. Over the last decade, democracy has taken ho [...]
2006-04-13 20:19:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO217DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ATTACKS AGAINST U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 19:38:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL PTER
06PARAMARIBO266HEAVY FLOODING IN SURINAME'S INTERIOR DISPLACES
[...] (U) Heavy flooding associated with significant rainfall over the last six days is affecting an estimated 175 villages located along Suriname's interior riverways. The government has yet to declare the floods a national disaster, but is calling the situation a "serious crisis." The government [...]
2006-05-08 20:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO270SITUATION UPDATE 1: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S
[...] (U) President Ronald Venetiaan officially declared the regions of Suriname affected by recent heavy flooding (See reftel) as disaster areas in a short evening address to the nation on May 9. The declared disaster zones include areas along the upper Suriname and upper Marowijne rivers. Accordin [...]
2006-05-09 20:59:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO28PROMINENT CASINO OWNER CONVICTED OF MONEY
[...] (U) Summary. On 23 December a judge in the Netherlands sentenced Bidjay Parmessar to ten years in prison for drug trafficking, money laundering and fraud. Parmessar, who is a Dutch national, is a well-known and influential businessman in Suriname. He was arrested in March 2005 as part of 'Op [...]
2006-01-13 19:17:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO280SITUATION UPDATE 3: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S
[...] (U) Heavy flooding is continuing to have severe effects on Suriname's interior. (See reftels). Good news is that water levels are falling in the upper Suriname River region (which saw the greatest initial damage),however, levels are starting to rise in eastern and southern Suriname, especial [...]
2006-05-12 19:46:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO290SITUATION UPDATE 5: FLOODING IN SURINAME'S
[...] (U) Flooding in most affected areas of Suriname's interior has subsided and the disaster response in now focused on stabilization of the situation. Water levels are still rising, however, along the Marowijne and Tapahoni rivers in the east, although less rapidly. Overall, the number of severe [...]
2006-05-17 19:19:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO300JUSTICE MINISTER CLAIMS FARC PRESENCE IN SURINAME
[...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi told journalists on May 17 that transnational criminal organizations involved in the weapons-for-drugs trade are working closely together in Suriname and that the FARC is one of these organizations. He made the statement up [...]
2006-05-22 19:09:00Embassy ParamariboSECRETSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS CO
06PARAMARIBO305UPDATE: PATAMACCA PALM OIL PROJECT
[...] (SBU) A late breaking solution to difficulties securing financial guarantees has breathed new life into the Chinese Patamacca palm oil project, but this event has renewed controversy over the sound business sense behind the deal. Those opposed describe it as nothing more than a thinly veiled t [...]
2006-05-24 11:13:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON EAGR EINV SMIG TBIO CH NS
06PARAMARIBO311SURINAMESE FLOODS TWO WEEKS ON: PAST CRISIS PHASE
[...] Summary: While the ongoing rainy season may yet bring new challenges, for now the flooding disaster in Suriname's interior is under control. A quick and generous international official and private sector response has been sufficient to meet identified immediate needs. The picture remains l [...]
2006-05-26 15:38:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV PREL EAID ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO343INCREASED VENEZUELAN ACTIVISM IN SURINAME HAS
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's profile in Suriname is on the rise thanks to economic initiatives such as PetroCaribe, a joint Cuban-Venezuelan health care assistance program, and a steady public relations campaign by its Embassy over the past year. Despite this heightened engagement, Venezuela's act [...]
2006-06-09 18:55:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON ENRG KCRM MARR SOCI SCUL VE
06PARAMARIBO353INDONESIA SEEKS SURINAME'S SUPPORT FOR SECURITY
[...] (U) On June 7, a special envoy from the Government of Indonesia, Ambassador Ambassador Soemadi D.M. Brotodininggrat, met with President Venetiaan, according to the evening newspaper "De West." Ambassador Brotodininggrat reportedly discussed Indonesia's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on th [...]
2006-06-12 19:01:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC NS
06PARAMARIBO38TRADE MINISTER GILDS RESIGNS AFTER ATTORNEY
[...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Trade and Industry Siegfried Gilds resigned on January 19 less than an hour after the Office of the Attorney General issued a press release saying that it is investigating him for money laundering and participation in a criminal organization. The investigation surro [...]
2006-01-19 20:18:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO391SURINAME MAKING EFFORTS TO SECURE BORDER WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cross-border crime between Suriname and Guyana has been on the rise over the past year. Drugs, cash, goods, gold, arms, and people are smuggled across the poorly controlled border regularly through what is called the "back-track." This term generally refers to the multiple ro [...]
2006-06-21 14:52:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO392SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN
[...] The arrest of Roger Khan and the USG's request for his extradition has dominated the news since Friday. Post provides a summary of Surinamese press coverage in chronological order to explain the action-reaction of Surinamese officials as they attempt to gain consensus on the disposition of Rog [...]
2006-06-22 12:46:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO399DESI BOUTERSE AND SHAHEED ROGER KHAN ACTIVITIES
[...] (S/NF) WHAT IS THE STATUS OF DESI BOUTERSE AND SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN'S CURRENT RELATIONSHIP? Khan and Bouterse are partners in the drug trade, according to sensitive sourcing. The police suspect that Surinamese citizen Steven Douglas, the owner of local fishing and hunting store "Tacklebo [...]
2006-06-23 18:39:00Embassy ParamariboSECRET//NOFORNPINR SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV GY NS
06PARAMARIBO415SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN
[...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname and speculation of possible U.S. involvement dominated the news on Thursday and Friday (June 29-30). (See Reftel). All electronic media and print covered the story extensively. Radio and TV broadcasts focused on a chaotic parliamentary meeting Thursd [...]
2006-06-30 19:53:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO418PARAMARIBO RESPONSE OAS MLAT and OPTIONAL
[...] (U) Per reftel, on June 19 post delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to no immediate reaction. In a follow-up attempt on June 29, neither the head of the MFA America's Desk nor the International Organizations' Division were yet conversant with the status of the OAS MLAT an [...]
2006-07-03 18:59:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM SNAR NS
06PARAMARIBO424SUMMARY OF SURINAMESE PRESS COVERAGE OF ROGER KHAN
[...] The deportation of Roger Khan from Suriname continues to receive both front-page and electronic media coverage this week. (See reftel A and B for earlier coverage). The Times of Suriname published the results of an opinion poll conducted on July 5 by a respected Surinamese polling organiza [...]
2006-07-06 19:17:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO431MORE ON THE CHINESE IN SURINAME
[...] (C) Summary: Recent interactions with the departing Chinese ambassador reflect his country's deepening presence in Suriname as well as a tolerance for unsavory politicians on the local scene. The new Chinese ambassador to Suriname comes from the PRC Embassy in Washington, D.C. End summary [...]
2006-07-11 19:34:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR CH
06PARAMARIBO435SURINAME SIGNS VISA WAIVER AGREEMENTS WITH GRENADA
[...] (U) On July 5 Suriname signed a visa waiver agreement with the Bahamas and Grenada. Suriname had called for the signing of the agreements since January 2005, requesting visa waivers from the two Caricom states for officials traveling on diplomatic and service passports and for nationals for st [...]
2006-07-12 14:30:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CVIS NS
06PARAMARIBO438MEETING WITH PRESIDENT VENETIAAN REVEALS SUPPORT
[...] (C) President Venetiaan told the Ambassador in a meeting on July 12 that while the recent CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St. Kitts had not finalized a formal common position on the UNSC vote, it was his view that CARICOM hoped to reach consensus to support Venezuela in its UNSC seat [...]
2006-07-13 16:49:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC CARICOM VE NS
06PARAMARIBO46ATTORNEY GENERAL PUBLICLY PRESSES FOR MORE
[...] (SBU) On January 19 Suriname's Attorney General Subhas Punwasi publicly made a plea for the U.S. to expand its bilateral cooperation with Suriname by taking better advantage of the "Shiprider" Agreement, which entered into force in August 1999. Punwasi's comments were unexpected as the "Shipr [...]
2006-01-25 18:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM PGOV PHSA NS
06PARAMARIBO463 BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Embassy staff visited the Shooting Club of Suriname located at Molenpad 73, Paramaribo, Suriname to conduct the requested site visit (reftel). Per conversation with Mr. Roland Tjin Wong Joe manager/consignee on July 12, Embassy submits responses to questions posed by the Blue Lantern Coordina [...]
2006-07-25 19:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC NS
06PARAMARIBO66SURINAME'S FIU FOCUSED ON CAR DEALERS FOR NON-
[...] A significant increase in car imports in recent years, especially those in the luxury class range valued at US$25,000 and above, and suspected links between this activity and money laundering have prompted a crackdown on car dealerships by Suriname's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Last w [...]
2006-02-03 15:16:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELTN NS
06PARAMARIBO690 USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO VISIT DEMONSTRATES USG COMMITMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Overcoming logistical challenges which significantly shortened his visit, Ambassador John Maisto was an eloquent spokesperson for USG policy in the hemisphere, focusing on democracy, development and multilateralism. In meetings with President Venetiaan, the Ministers of Home Aff [...]
2006-10-30 16:33:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECIN ETRD NS
06PARAMARIBO722EMOTIONS OF SURINAMESE POLITICIANS TRUMP
[...] (C) SUMMARY On Tuesday, November 9, the President and Vice President of Suriname cancelled their meetings with visiting Dutch Minister of Planning and Development Agnes van Ardenne. News sources reported that the sudden change in schedules was seen as a protest against the recent security ch [...]
2006-11-09 18:05:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID NS
06PARAMARIBO723SURINAME: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Post presents its 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. Suriname I. Summary Suriname is a transit point for South American cocaine en route to Europe and, to a lesser extent, the United States, and has been a transit country [...]
2006-11-09 18:38:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NS
06PARAMARIBO729(C) DESPITE PRESSURE, SURINAME NONCOMMITTAL BUT
[...] (U) The Ambassador and Pol/Econ officers have approached the GOS Foreign Ministry on four separate occasions regarding ref A, most recently on 11/15, when the Ambassador and Pol/Econ section chief personally delivered points in reftels A and B. As with all previous approaches, and despite the [...]
2006-11-15 19:28:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN XG BO NS
06PARAMARIBO736NO RESPONSE YET IN SURINAME TO CARICOM ON UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 19:01:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA XL NS
06PARAMARIBO758CONFUSION REIGNS ON SURINAME'S NATIONAL DAY PARADE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. participation in Suriname's National Day parade was cancelled at the last minute, reportedly on orders from President Venetiaan. Post sees no snub intended, but rather a lack of coordination and clearance within the GOS as the primary reason. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Despit [...]
2006-11-30 14:44:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO MARR NS
06PARAMARIBO771TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] (C) Per Reftel Embassy Paramaribo, Suriname designating as TFCO and deputy TFCO: a. TFCO: Genton, Thomas R., Title - Deputy Chief of Mission, Phone Number - (597) 472900 Ext 2202, Email - GentonTR@state.gov) b. Deputy TFCO: Sanders, Jesse L., Title - Chief of Political-Economi [...]
2006-12-04 15:10:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NS
06PARAMARIBO774U.S. SPONSORED MEDIA TRAINING GENERATES EXTENSIVE COVERAGE,
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy sponsored Broadcast Journalism Workshops in Suriname from October 12 - 21, 2006. The trainings, held in Suriname's two largest cities, generated extensive positive media coverage on TV and radio and in the newspapers. In addition, the media training laid the groundwork for [...]
2006-12-06 14:59:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OPRC NS
06PARAMARIBO789BOUTERSE CONDEMNS TRIAL, SEEKS ROLE FOR HIS PARTY IN GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 17:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO796SURINAME: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 15:20:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO NS PTER
06PARAMARIBO797INL FINANACIAL MANAGEMENT STATUS 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 15:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT KFSC SNAR NS
06PARAMARIBO798UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION IN
[...] (U) In response to ref. A Post provides the following updated information on Suriname's commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, previously submitted in Ref. B. A. (U) Since Post reported on the labor situation in Suriname in 2005, the country has ratified ILO Convention 182 [...]
2006-12-21 17:26:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
06PARAMARIBO808IV REPORTING CABLE: RANU ABHELAKH
[...] (U) SUMMA... [...]
2006-12-27 18:35:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP OEXC KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO811REPORTING CABLE: MEDIA TRAINING BY DEBORAH POTTER
[...] Project/Tracker No.: 26879 2. Project Name: IIP Speaker &Media Ethics8 3. MPP Goal Addressed: Democracy ----------------------------- 4. Brief Project Description ----------------------------- Deborah Potter, Executive Director of Newslab, an online resource center for journal [...]
2006-12-29 12:20:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OPRC OIIP KPAO NS
06PARAMARIBO90BOUTERSE'S NDP PARTY TURNS UP THE PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Surinamese politics has become increasingly rancorous. The opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) is systematically working to exploit unpopular decisions taken by the government, with the goal of undermining a fragile coalition to provoke new elections. A recent chaotic N [...]
2006-02-14 19:14:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SNAR ASEC NS
06PARAMARIBO94NEW BIDDING ROUND OPENED FOR OIL EXPLORATION OFF
[...] Suriname's Minister of Natural Resources, Gregory Rusland, announced to the press last week that Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie has opened a new round of bidding to international oil companies interested in off shore oil exploration. This follows an earlier successful signing [...]
2006-02-15 21:08:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS NS
06PARAMARIBO96COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW SURINAME'S
[...] (U) On February 9, Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi established the 'International Criminal Court Commission.' The commission's main tasks are to advise the Government of Suriname (GOS) on the country's accession to the Statute of Rome; to advise the government on signin [...]
2006-02-16 14:26:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
06PARIS1006 UNESCO: INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE CONVENTION
[...] SUMMARY: On February 9, 2006 UNESCO hosted an information session for member states on the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Director General (DG),Matsuura and Assistant Director General (ADG) for Culture, Bouchenaki outlined the next steps for the impleme [...]
2006-02-16 15:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL AORC UNESCO
06PARIS1010MFA OFFERS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) During a February 15 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan offered additional details on Iranian government manipulation of the Mohammed cartoon controversy, which he said led to a violent protest last week which targeted the French em [...]
2006-02-16 18:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IR KISL FR
06PARIS1011FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.),based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...]
2006-02-16 18:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CT FR
06PARIS1031SEGOLENE ROYAL DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR 2007, TRIP
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party (PS) presidential hopeful, current media darling and president of the Poitou-Charentes region Segolene Royal left no doubt as to her determination to win election as president of France in 2007. She matter-of-factly assessed [...]
2006-02-17 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1036DEBY BETTER OFF AFTER TRIPOLI. UN DROPPING THE
[...] (C) Summary: The French Presidency is relieved at the outcome of the Tripoli summit, which has significantly defused tensions between Sudan and Chad. Elysee Africa Cell Deputy Labriolle reported that Libya was pleased to have demonstrated its diplomatic credibility and had laid the groundwo [...]
2006-02-17 16:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IV SU CD FR
06PARIS105MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...]
2006-01-06 18:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR
06PARIS1068MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relations -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1103FRANCE REPORTS FIRST CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN
[...] Summary: French authorities confirmed on February 18 the first case of avian flu in a wild duck on French territory. The government has extended the confinement of poultry to all departments of continental France. Vaccination of fowl is imminent in areas where confinement is difficult to en [...]
2006-02-22 16:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1113UDF LEADER FRANCOIS BAYROU REVIEWS HIS CENTRIST
[...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on February 16, Union for French Democracy (UDF) leader Francois Bayrou reaffirmed "that France needs a centrist alternative" (ref B). He admitted, however, that the French persist in thinking in terms of "right and left," making it unlikely [...]
2006-02-23 12:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1118TOGO/FRANCE: EX-MINISTER BOKO UPSET AND AFRAID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on February 17 that he was very upset by apparent press leaks concerning his testimony about the November 6, 2004, bombing incident in Cote d'Ivoire. Boko had told a French judge investigating the incident that French authorities h [...]
2006-02-23 14:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PINR TO IV FR
06PARIS1130GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...]
2006-02-23 17:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR
06PARIS1138FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- EDF's appetite for takeovers grows as profits double (para 2) -- Italians again eyeing Ele [...]
2006-02-24 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1141MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1144FIRST APPARENT CASE OF AVIAN FLU IN FRENCH
[...] (U) Summary: Early on February 24, France's Agriculture Minister confirmed that a flock of domestic turkeys contained highly pathogenic H5 virus. Laboratory results, expected shortly, have yet to confirm definitively the H5N1 strain. However, the flock of turkeys - since culled - was locat [...]
2006-02-24 12:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1169MTAG: FRENCH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER FOR MTCR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On 15 February 2006, ESTH/NP Officer met with French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, and provided him reftel nonpaper. Although not named in the nonpaper, Bertol [...]
2006-02-24 15:33:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL FR MTCR
06PARIS1184CHIKUNGUNYA EPIDEMIC ON REUNION ISLAND -
[...] (U) Summary: A chikungunya (`chik') mosquito-borne viral epidemic in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has become a serious political problem in Paris. Health Minister Bertrand in particular has been roundly criticized for "under-estimating" the epidemic. In an attempt to rein in th [...]
2006-02-24 17:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC FR
06PARIS1199MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq GWOT - Guantanamo -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-27 12:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS121MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 13:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1224MFA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POINTS ON
[...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points on considerations for an international tribunal for UNIIIC suspects with MFA UN action officer for Middle East issues Selina Grenet February 23. Throughout the discussion, Grenet stressed GoF support for an international tribunal, while emphasizing the need [...]
2006-02-27 19:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE KJUS FR
06PARIS1235MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Islam - Democracy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1251FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAYMOND BARRE SHARES
[...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, former prime minister Raymond Barre cautioned against any overconfidence that right-wing, nativist and xenophobic sentiment in France might be something of the past. If anything, in Barre's view, popular reaction to urban unrest and other [...]
2006-02-28 17:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1264MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS128PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...]
2006-01-09 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1293SYRIA: FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO BLOCK EIB WATER LOAN
[...] (C) Summary. French officials continue to suggest that France will not block the proposed EIB loan to support water projects in Syria. In our discussions with senior Elysee, MFA and Finance Ministry officials, they have been quick to note that Syria is not under EU sanctions, that the water [...]
2006-03-01 17:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN SY LE FR
06PARIS1295 UNESCO: CARTOON ISSUE THREATENS TO HIJACK UPCOMING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a guidance request, see para 7. On February 15 the UNESCO Ambassadors of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) released a statement in response to the Danish cartoons. Among other things, the statement calls for the creation of a normativ [...]
2006-03-01 17:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL AORC KISL UNESCO
06PARIS1296(C) MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO EU-3 ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary reaction to the U.S. white paper on Syria/Lebanon (ref A),MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Thibault sought to emphasize the positive, while offering a variety of legalistic arguments on why EU sanctions on Syria were inadvisable or unachievable at this juncture. Thiba [...]
2006-03-01 18:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
06PARIS130FRENCH IMPRESSIONS OF MORALES VISIT
[...] (C) Presidential diplomatic advisor for the Americas Dominique Boche characterized the 45 minute meeting January 7 between President Jacques Chirac and Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales as positive. Morales reassured Chirac that foreign investors would be provided a secure legal environme [...]
2006-01-09 17:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR BO
06PARIS1304PARIS CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Chirac can call his "Conference on Innovative Financing for Development" a success, at least by the standards the GOF had very likely set at the outset: during the Conference, eleven countries announced their intention to follow the French example and institute a tax [...]
2006-03-02 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS1306MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1330CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]
2006-03-02 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1331IRAN/IAEA: FRENCH SHARE U.S. ASSESSMENT OF LATEST
[...] (C) On March 2, we delivered ref A points, minus the "if asked" section, on U.S. views of the latest IAEA report to Etienne de Gonneville, an MFA action officer handling non-proliferation issues in the Strategic Affairs directorate. De Gonneville skimmed the U.S. text and remarked that our as [...]
2006-03-02 17:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR FR IAEA
06PARIS1335FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART I
[...] Answers below are keyed to section and para numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Kim Baker, bakerke@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 80 hours. FS-1 Deputy Political Counselor: 4 hours [...]
2006-03-03 11:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1338FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART II
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1339MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to India
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 11:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1344UNESCO: THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (SBU) My staff and I held an off-site meeting February 14 to review the past two years of our engagement with UNESCO and to offer suggestions for the path ahead. We all agreed that we need to achieve tangible results for the USG by the October 2007 General Conference. That requires a realistic [...]
2006-03-03 12:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KPAO AORC UNESCO
06PARIS13472/27 STRAW - DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETING: MAINLY MIDDLE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: UK embassy contacts described the February 27 Straw-Douste-Blazy working dinner as focused primarily on the two ministers' planned joint trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, with no agreement on timing. Douste-Blazy wants the trip to take place before Israeli electio [...]
2006-03-03 13:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL IS IR PARM ECON PINR UK AF FR
06PARIS1370NEA/MAG DIRECTOR JORDAN REVIEWS MAGHREB ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: NEA/MAG Director William Jordan's February 27 meetings with MFA counterparts addressed the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan-Algerian relations, human rights issues in Tunisia, and Libya. On Western Sahara, MFA officials agreed with Jordan on the need for Morocco to be more forw [...]
2006-03-03 19:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AG MO TU WS FR
06PARIS1387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Moussaoui Trial -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1388FRENCH DOWNPLAY SUMATE CONCERNS, OFFER NOTHING NEW
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard told us March 4 it would be improper for France to try to interfere in the Venezuelan government's case against Sumate, although it would maintain "vigilance," and encourage similar EU vigilance, in following the court proceeding [...]
2006-03-06 12:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL FR VE MARR
06PARIS1411FM LIVNI VISIT REINFORCES UPSWING IN
[...] (C) Summary: Israel embassy contacts stressed positive atmospherics during FM Livni's March 1 meetings with French PM Villepin and FM Douste-Blazy. Israeli contacts were struck by the degree to which Livni found common ground with French officials, Villepin in particular, despite differences [...]
2006-03-06 18:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL IR FR
06PARIS1430MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Moussaoui Trial -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1468MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran UN Reform
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 11:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS147MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-10 13:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1486CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]
2006-03-08 17:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1487SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE AND GERMANY:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 17:15:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR
06PARIS1507MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 11:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1510SOME MOD THINKING ON NATO, DARFUR, AND ARM SALES
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, senior MOD officials affirmed that the French Government has embargoed arms sales to Venezuela, although the decision may still not be final. On Darfur, France is not opposed to a NATO assistance role, but officials cautioned that the West, whether NATO or EU, [...]
2006-03-09 13:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR FR EUN NATO
06PARIS1523French Response to Discovery of AI in a
[...] Summary : Following the discovery of the H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) virus in late February on a commercial poultry farm in the Ain district, 47 countries have placed partial or complete bans on French poultry imports, domestic poultry consumption has dropped more than 30 percent, poultry price [...]
2006-03-10 06:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR
06PARIS1529MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Human Rights Report
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1568PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...]
2006-03-13 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS1573MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Milosevic Death -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1588MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]
2006-03-13 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS1611MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Justice -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1620 AVIAN FLU: U/S DOBRIANSKY REVIEWS EFFORTS TO
[...] Summary and Introduction: International Efforts to Counter Avian Flu were the focus of U/S for Global Affairs Paula Dobrianksy's February 28 meeting with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Director General Bernard Vallat. Stressing White House leadership on this issue, U/S Dobriansk [...]
2006-03-14 14:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA KFLU UNESCO
06PARIS1637MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Israeli
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1642FRANCE CREATES INDEPENDENT NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY
[...] France's Council of Ministers approved on February 22 the creation of a new, "independent," body, the High Authority for Nuclear Safety (HANS),"responsible for the control of nuclear safety, radioprotection, and information." This new administrative body will substitute for the existing Aut [...]
2006-03-15 14:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
06PARIS1670MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Israel -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 11:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1680CHAD: FRENCH OFFER FEW COMMENTS ON UNSUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French response to the thwarted coup attempt in Chad, both from the GOF and in the press, has been muted. Isabelle Guisnel (deputy to the DAS-equivalent for West Africa at the MFA) said that France remained vigilant but that the attempted coup had produced little visible disru [...]
2006-03-16 15:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CD FR
06PARIS1681SARKOZY ADVISOR ON FIRST EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, END
[...] (C) Summary: Former Industry Minister and close Sarkozy advisor Patrick Devedjian predicted March 15 that student and labor union opposition to the First Employment Contract (CPE) was spreading and might yet become a major test for the government. In any event, he believed that PM de Villepin [...]
2006-03-16 15:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PREL FR SOCI PINR EUN
06PARIS169FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] This is the fifth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France to develop fourth-generation nuclear reactor (See Para 2); -- Peugeot Citroen to [...]
2006-01-11 10:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1697Criticism Persists at Home and Abroad over French
[...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of the proposed merger of Gaz de France (GDF) with water and power utility Suez continues both at home and abroad. Domestically, unions and the left protest proposed GDF privatization. Abroad, Brussels, Italy and other EU member states denounce French "economic patr [...]
2006-03-16 16:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1706LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF VISITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 13 described Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's March 7-10 official visit to France as a success. France's primary interest in supporting Johnson-Sirleaf and stability in Liberia is to promote stability in neighb [...]
2006-03-17 09:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LI FR
06PARIS1711MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. National Security
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1715FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE
[...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France to ease restrictions on new EU workers --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced on March 13 that France would "gradually" open up its labor [...]
2006-03-17 14:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL FR EUN
06PARIS1719(C) FRENCH MFA ON POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) On the margins of a March 15 discussion on human rights in Syria (reftel),MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot commented briefly on March 8-9 political consultations in Cairo between France and Egypt, for which the French delegation was led by MFA Political Director Stanis [...]
2006-03-17 15:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY EG KISL UNSC FR
06PARIS1721SUDAN: FRANCE TO CONSIDER WAYS OF ENCOURAGING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF PDAS Elisabeth Barbier said on March 17 that France would consider whether and how best to encourage other countries to support a rapid conversion of AMIS into a UN operation for Sudan. She agreed with us that the AU decision to transition AMIS to a UN mission was not c [...]
2006-03-17 16:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SOCI SU FR
06PARIS1733 UNESCO AND THE WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services and Chair of the Memory of the World Programme International Advisory Committee met with the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector and the Director General (DG) on March 8, 2006 to discuss th [...]
2006-03-17 17:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS1734AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE -
[...] As of 3/17, French authorities report no new cases of the H5N1 in domestic poultry since the sole case confirmed on 2/25 in a farm at Versailleux in Ain `departement'. 11,000 turkeys were culled (refs A and B). Since initial detection in a wild duck on 2/18, H5N1 has been found [...]
2006-03-17 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS1750MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Third Anniversary of
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-20 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1776FRENCH AF DAS DISCUSSES SUDAN (AMIS/UN),DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Helen Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East and Central Africa, on March 20 said that France would take a low-key approach to lobbying Africans on the AMIS/UN issue, to avoid exacerbating anti-Western phobias. She stressed the importance of progress in the Abuja talks. An offici [...]
2006-03-20 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID SU DJ CG FR
06PARIS179MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Bush Iraqi Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-11 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1799MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Belarus Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1823FRANCE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT: JOB PROTECTIONISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Press reports claim that France has identified at least 20 firms, including ten blue chips, that merit GOF protection from foreign takeovers. Foreign takeovers have developed a strong political and social dimension, given the government goal of reducing unemployment before 200 [...]
2006-03-22 07:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS1832MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1863MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Bush Strategy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-23 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1891MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ETA Cease-Fire
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-24 11:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1899FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON VENEZUELA AND THE
[...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met March 23 with President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) March 23 to press for French support for Guatemala's candidacy for the Latin American UNSC seat opening in January 2007 (refs),emphasizing in particular the harm Venezuelan mem [...]
2006-03-24 13:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GT VE UNSC
06PARIS1920DONOR RESPONSE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN
[...] On March 21, ESTH Counselor and Science Affairs Specialist delivered reftel demarche to the French MFA Burma/Thailand desk officer Franck Vermeulen and Ambassador for Avian Influenza Preparedness Jean Garbe. Vermeulen stated that France has no bilateral assistance programs with Burma and it [...]
2006-03-24 16:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO EAGR EAID FR MBM
06PARIS1924CHIRAC'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON, IRAN
[...] (C) Amb Stapleton took the occasion of a meeting March 23 with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) on another subject (septel),to discuss Middle East issues, focusing on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq. Concerning Syria/Lebanon, MGM said the GOF continues t [...]
2006-03-24 18:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR SY LE SP UNSC
06PARIS1938MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Los Angeles Demonstrations -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 11:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1948FOREIGN COMPANIES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE
[...] SUMMARY. The paradox behind the rise of "economic patriotism" in France is the significant role of foreign companies in the French economy. The National Statistical Agency released a report documenting that foreign companies were responsible for 17% of value added, 30% of exports, and one em [...]
2006-03-27 13:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS1966FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON A TROUBLED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing characterized the current social upheaval in France over the First Employment Contract as the latest episode in France's deep-seated resistance to change ("in no way pre-revolutionary"). He argued [...]
2006-03-27 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ELAB FR EUN PINR
06PARIS1967FRANCE BRACES FOR ANOTHER DAY OF PROTESTS, AS
[...] (SBU) The weeks of protest (ref A) against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) could well peak tomorrow, March 28. Leftist student associations, backed by the full organizational weight of France's major trade union federations and the center left Socialist Party (PS),h [...]
2006-03-27 18:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1976MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Demonstrations Against French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-28 11:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2006MARCH 28 PROTESTS SIZABLE -- ORGANIZERS VOW
[...] (U) As of 1900 hours Paris time on March 28, preliminary police reports cite a turn-out for today's (ref A) nationwide demonstrations of over a million, double that recorded during previous protests against the Villepin government,s First Employment Contract (CPE). Earlier in the day, Prime [...]
2006-03-28 19:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2007 UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]
2006-03-29 06:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2027MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 13:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2048AFTERMATH OF MARCH 28 PROTESTS: PRESSURE TO DEFUSE
[...] (SBU) Following March 28's sizable demonstrations against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (refs A and B),there is a growing sense among both the French public and political class that leadership on both sides of the issue should find a way to defuse the burgeoning [...]
2006-03-29 19:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2059U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS2060MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice To Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2067DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...]
2006-03-30 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR
06PARIS2095CPE LAW DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL -- CHIRAC TO
[...] (U) At 2000 local time March 30 France's Constitutional Council announced that it had decided that the Equal Opportunity Law -- including its controversial First Employment Contract (CPE) article -- did not/not violate the constitution (refs A and B). According to initial press reports, the [...]
2006-03-30 19:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ECON ELAB EU FR PGOV PINR SOCI
06PARIS2100MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France Iran Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 12:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS212MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Guantanamo Israel
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-12 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2127IMPROMPTU "SMS GRAPEVINE" DEMONSTRATIONS BY
[...] (U) During the day of March 31, most university and high school students who have mobilized against the Villepin government's First Employment Contract (CPE) (ref A) took in the news of President's Chirac's likely promolugation of the controversial law (ref B). Some however, engaged in a rang [...]
2006-03-31 17:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS2130 UNESCO: PREPARATIONS FOR JULY 2006 VILNIUS
[...] Summary: In preparation for the July 8-16 2006 meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, invited experts met at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the impact of climate change on World Heritage sites; (Their recommendations para 5). The meeting was held at the request of the July 2005 [...]
2006-03-31 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SCUL KSCA SENV RS XG UNESCO
06PARIS2137IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (SBU) In the wake of the UN Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports into Oil-for-Food Program (OFF) corruption, the GoF has launched investigations of a number of French nationals named in the IIC reports, though so far none have been charged with a crime. The GoF investigation is being l [...]
2006-03-31 17:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2152MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2166FRENCH OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GDP GROWTH AND
[...] SUMMARY. Higher-than-expected GDP growth and a lower- than-expected 2005 budget deficit prompted optimistic messages on economic growth and employment for 2006. Finance Minister Breton forecast 2006 GDP would grow 2.0- 2.5%, and the unemployment rate would fall to 9% by the end of 2006, dropp [...]
2006-04-03 14:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS217 AVIAN FLU: WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL
[...] Summary: In Advance of the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, The Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is pleased with the level of cooperation among the various international organizations leading this effort (World bank [...]
2006-01-12 16:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID TBIO SOCI SENV TSPL KSCA EAGR OIE
06PARIS2177IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATIVE JUDGE VISITS
[...] (C) On April 3, poloff spoke with financial investigating judge Philippe Courroye, who heads the independent judicial inquiry into potential French involvement in Oil-for-Food Program corruption. Courroye said the Le Figaro article in para 3 of reftel was "behind the times," since he had alrea [...]
2006-04-03 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2187MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 11:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2207 UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD CONSIDERS DG'S PLANS
[...] THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST, SEE PARA 2. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: AT THE MARCH 29-31 MEETING OF THE FINANCIAL AND ADMMINSTRATIVRE EXPERTS' GROUP, A MEMBER OF UNESCO'S LEGAL OFFICE SAID THAT HIS OFFICE HAD ADVISED THE SECRETARIAT THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES IN WHICH UNESCO IS SUB-CON [...]
2006-04-04 17:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC BR UNESCO
06PARIS2226MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Saddam Trial Moussaoui Trial
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 11:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2242VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES FROM MARCH 1 TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales traveled to France from March 1 to 4, 2006. He met with Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, Director of the DST; Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of the Interior; French Counter-terrorism Officials; Ron Noble, Secretary General of Interpol; Pascal Clement, M [...]
2006-04-05 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS FR PREL PGOV KCRM PTER
06PARIS2253MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Hussein's Trial
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2306POLISH EMBASSY ON FRANCO-POLISH AND FRANCO-GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Polish Embassy PolCouns described for us April 6 an improving Franco-Polish relationship and growing French interest in the Weimar triangle grouping of France, Germany and Poland. She attributed growing French activism to attempts to offset its waning influence both vis-a-vis G [...]
2006-04-07 15:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN GE PL KPKO CG
06PARIS2314FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER DESCRIBES BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR
[...] (C) Summary: National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) president Mohammed Bechari provided a frank assessment of the current state of French Muslim communities and institutions to Poloffs March 31. Bechari described disaffected, suburban Muslim youth in the throes of an identity crisis, an [...]
2006-04-07 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER PINR SOCI MO FR
06PARIS2317USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety
[...] On April 7, 2006, USDA Under-Secretary for Food Safety Richard Raymond met with recently-appointed Executive Director of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) Catherine Geslain-Laneelle in Paris. Ms. Geslain-Laneelle is currently Regional Director of Agriculture and Forestry for the French I [...]
2006-04-07 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU KFLU TBIO FR
06PARIS232MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Transatlantic
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-13 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2343MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-10 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2348TOGO: APRIL 5 MEETING WITH EX-MINISTER BOKO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said during an April 5 meeting that the regime in Togo feared active U.S. intervention in Togo's affairs and that the U.S. could readily influence events in Togo if it chose to do so, and even compel the leadership to step down, as in Ha [...]
2006-04-10 14:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM TO FR
06PARIS2362PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the April 5 Paris Club meeting, creditors accepted in principle Algeria's offer to prepay at face value its previously rescheduled Paris Club debt. The US is the third largest creditor with $1.2 billion in claims, just over half of which are pre-payable without penalty. The US stre [...]
2006-04-11 10:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS2391MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS C.A.R. AND CHAD WITH DRL/CAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA desk officers Charlotte Montel (C.A.R.) and Lt. Col. Marc Conruyt (Chad) briefed DRL/CAR desk officer Stuart Crampton on April 6. Regarding C.A.R., Montel noted limited but growing contact between French and C.A.R. parliamentarians and recent calls for increased government [...]
2006-04-12 07:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR CT CD FR
06PARIS2405FRANCE: AUSTRALIA GROUP MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 10:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL RS FR
06PARIS2406MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Oil For Food Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2425CABINDA/ANGOLA: FLEC CONFUSED ABOUT USG INTENTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 11 meeting, FLEC (Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda) representative Antonio Nzita Bembe (Nzita) revealed divisions in the ranks of the Cabinda "resistance" movement caused by the apparent defection of former FLEC/Renovada head Antonio Bembe (Bent [...]
2006-04-12 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS PHUM AO FR
06PARIS2437MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Afghanistan Italy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-13 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2476MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Chad
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2499CHAD: FORMER PM ALINGUE PREDICTS "WAR" IF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister of Chad Jean-Bawoyeu Alingue called on us April 12 to discuss events in Chad and report on his activities in Paris. Alingue said he had met last week with Presidential AF Advisor Michel de Bonnecorse and MFA AF A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert in Paris, but cl [...]
2006-04-14 13:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS2522MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran China Israel Suicide
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2593FRENCH CONDEMN TEL AVIV SUICIDE ATTACK, WITHOUT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a disappointing response to reftel points seeking GoF condemnation of the Hamas justification of the April 17 Tel Aviv suicide attack, stressing that the GoF had chosen to "regret" Hamas' reaction rather than condemn Hamas, whom they did not hold responsible [...]
2006-04-19 17:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PREL KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2607MEDIA REACTION REPORT ran China Rising Oil Prices
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 12:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2610 COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: A somewhat subdued Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE),meeting in Strasbourg April 10-14, continued to wrestle with its overlap with other EU institutions. The PACE dodged a potential minefield when Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) representati [...]
2006-04-20 15:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL COE
06PARIS2662TERRORIST/WMD FINANCING: A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES U.S.
[...] (C) French officials are interested in continuing and deepening collaboration with the USG on terrorist financing and WMD financing issues and will consider further cooperative efforts. They are open to exploring use of financial tools against WMD procurement networks. They would appreciate [...]
2006-04-24 09:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETKTFN EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS2663A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with GOF energy policy officials to discuss potential areas for bilateral and transatlantic cooperation to improve energy security. GOF officials emphasized the need to maintain pressure on Russia to open its oil and gas markets and, [...]
2006-04-24 10:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS2665MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Jaafari Guantanamo
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2699FRANCE: INPUT FOR LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary and comment: France maintains a variety of investments in Cuba and is Cuba's 12th ranked supplier, down from fifth in 2001. France does not have a modern bilateral trade agreement with Cuba, and exchanges between the two countries are limited. France adheres to EU positions on C [...]
2006-04-25 11:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL FR CU
06PARIS2733FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- De Ladoucette named head of French Energy Regulatory Authority (para 2) -- GOF Supports [...]
2006-04-26 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS2772EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MINISTER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: Junior Minister for Promotion of Equal Opportunities Azouz Begag provided the Ambassador April 19 with a candid assessment of the current situation of minorities in France. Begag blamed discrimination for unemployment levels as high as 40 and 50 percent in many of the ghetto-like [...]
2006-04-27 10:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SCUL KISL PINR KPAO FR
06PARIS2774 UNESCO: 174th EXECUTIVE BOARD HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FOR
[...] Summary: The 174th Executive Board highlighted two major challenges that UNESCO faces in the Natural Sciences Sector. Firstly, the Secretariat needs to define a strategy for UNESCO's category two centers. Secondly, the Secretariat must respond to the demand from member states for cross-secto [...]
2006-04-27 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI
06PARIS2791UNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD DECISION ON EFA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNESCO adopted a decision on a Report by the Director-General on the Global Action Plan to achieve the Education For All (EFA) Goals at the 174th Executive Board. In late March, the U.K. together with Program and External Relations Commission chair Norway convened a working gro [...]
2006-04-27 15:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO EAID UNESCO
06PARIS282FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO LIBYA FOCUSES ON PLIGHT
[...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's January 5 visit to Libya focused on French assistance offers to HIV-infected children in Benghazi, in an effort to help facilitate the release of Bulgarian/Palestinian medics wrongly con [...]
2006-01-17 06:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LY BG FR
06PARIS2824 FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT BILL: EMBASSY EXPRESSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In response to our expressions of concern, the French government says it expects the Senate to improve some flawed elements of France's digital copyright legislation, but that it will probably not stiffen the decriminalized penalties for downloading and piracy. The bill, which [...]
2006-04-28 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS2834FRENCH NATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA EXERCISE - "THANK GOD IT
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of French authorities, on April 24-25 Embassy participated in their National Avian Influenza Exercise, together with the Prime Minister's Office responsible for security coordination (SGDN),numerous ministries, international organizations (OIE, WHO, EU, FAO, and [...]
2006-04-28 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AMGT AEMR AMED ASEC CASC FR
06PARIS28434/28 ABBAS-CHIRAC MEETING: GOF PROPOSES TRUST FUND
[...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary readout provided to poloff, Presidential Advisor for the Middle East Dominique Boche described the April 28 meeting between President Chirac and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas as focused on two topics -- ways to increase international assistance [...]
2006-04-28 17:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2848MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO Expansion
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 10:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2868CHINA AND TAIWAN AT THE OECD: HARDBALL OVER SOFT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-02 16:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SENV EU CH TW FR OECD
06PARIS2889MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East Bolivia -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2923MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 12:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS296MEDIA REACTION REPORT - New Chilean President - Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-17 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2979MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 12:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3035C.A.R.: FRENCH WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE SUDANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. Deskoff Charlotte Montel on May 5 expressed concern about a possible Sudanese presence in northeastern C.A.R., following the mysterious landing of a plane in the Tiringoulou area on April 25 (reftel). Locals reported that the 50-some soldiers who deplaned appeared to [...]
2006-05-09 15:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR CT FR
06PARIS3049MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran America's Darfur
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 09:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS31MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3101 REPLY TO BEYOND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD QUESTIONS
[...] The following items respond to Department's questions in reftels. 2. Next steps on Education for All Global Action Plan: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, was in New York City on April 27 for consultations on the EFA Global Action Plan. He and his UNESCO coll [...]
2006-05-10 15:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO
06PARIS3114MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia Versus the U.S. -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3135 STATE-OWNED AIRPORTS AUTHORITY TO PARTIALLY PRIVATIZE
[...] SUMMARY. The Paris Airports operator ("Aeroports de Paris" or ADP),the second largest European operator, is to launch an initial public offering of shares to raise 1.0-1.5 million euros, including 500-600 million euros by an increase in capital and a similar amount by a sale of government sha [...]
2006-05-12 08:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAIR PGOV FR
06PARIS3153 FRANCE'S DIGITAL COPYRIGHT BILL: SENATE VOTES TO SOFTEN
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 13 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The French Senate approved in the early hours of May 11 the GOF draft law on digital copyright, in a format which leaves unchanged the National Assembly's decriminalized penalty regime, the principle (if not the requirement) of [...]
2006-05-12 13:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD PGOV FR
06PARIS3167SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY SHINER'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris and the U.S. Mission to the OECD welcome Undersecretary Shiner's visit to Paris. The largest component of her visit will be with the head of Agence Francaise de Developpement, AFD, Jean-Michel Severino to discuss UN reform in the areas of development policy and humanitari [...]
2006-05-12 15:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL FR
06PARIS3178CHIRAC/VILLEPIN/SARKOZY AND THE CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL
[...] (C) Summary. As ref A Paris Points document, the "Clearstream" scandal has become a classic French "affaire d'etat," a scandal which threatens the life of the government and the careers of many leading political, judicial, and even military figures. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin continu [...]
2006-05-12 16:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR EUN PINR
06PARIS318 FRANCE: R/V ROGER REVELLE RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] (U) This message confirms earlier e-mail correspondence. Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 48/AME dated 12 January 2006. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research camp [...]
2006-01-18 08:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KRVC EWWT FR
06PARIS3182MAY 11 MFA MEETINGS WITH JEM KHALIL IBRAHIM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim seemed determined to oppose the Abuja accords on Darfur despite GOF advice that he sign them, MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on May 12, following her meeting with him the previous day. Khalil Ibrahim did not seemed fazed by the possible [...]
2006-05-12 16:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CVIS PINS SOCI SU FR
06PARIS3183AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. CAMEROON 5. SOMALIA Â [...]
2006-05-15 08:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS319 AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION (OIE)
[...] As reported ref B, Dr. Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organization for Animal health (OIE) has accepted the invitation to the January 19 side meeting at the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza. 2. Ref A also requested comments on the [...]
2006-01-18 10:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA
06PARIS3208OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
[...] Chairman Mats Olsson opened the meeting, the agenda was approved, and noted that the Strategic Vision was approved and declassified on 1/30/2006. In his opening remarks Deputy Secretary-General Kiyo Akasaka noted that 2006 was the year for environment at OECD that included the successful launc [...]
2006-05-15 14:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
06PARIS321MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 12:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3226MFA OPEN TO FURTHER INTERVENTIONS ON SYRIA HUMAN
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant affairs Herve Besancenot May 15, urging a more forceful GoF public stance. While agreeing that SARG repression had increased, Besancenot conceded that the French em [...]
2006-05-16 10:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM SY FR
06PARIS3234MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq U.S. Issues - NSA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 12:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3247PARIS CLUB - MAY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DEBT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) At the May 10-12 meeting of the Paris Club, Afghanistan's three creditors, Russia, Germany and the United States, took the first step toward fulfilling their pledges to cancel 100% of Afghanistan's debt by providing assurances of debt relief during the period of Afghanistan's new IMF progra [...]
2006-05-16 15:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS3269MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Immigration Policy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS328 GOF AMENDS ITS DIGITAL COPYRIGHT DRAFT BILL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Following a legislative misstep last month, the GOF has now decided to revise its copyright bill, which would transpose a 2001 European Union Directive on copyright into French law. The new texts, ordered by Prime Minister Villepin should address concerns expressed by consumer an [...]
2006-01-18 15:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS329 UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING
[...] AS INSTRUCTED REF A, POST INFORMED BOTH UNESCO SECRETARIAT AND ICSU DEPUTY DIRECTOR THAT UNESCO FUNDS SIPDIS PROVIDED TO THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE (ICSU) CAN NOT/NOT BE EXONERATED FROM RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE USE OF USG FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES IN LIBYA, IRAN, CUBA, BUR [...]
2006-01-18 15:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD UNESCO KSI
06PARIS3315FRENCH FIRMLY SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF supports completely the U.S. position set forth in ref A, MFA Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert said on May 17. France will encourage non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement to sign it, and believes that Abdulwahid Al-Nur can be persuaded to sign the agreement, If no [...]
2006-05-18 08:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI EAID SU FR
06PARIS332FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2006-01-18 17:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS3322WSIS - MULTI-LINGUALISM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a joint U.S. Mission to UNESCO and U.S. Mission Geneva cable. A joint ITU/UNESCO symposium on "Multi-lingualism in the Internet" was held in Geneva from May 9 to 11, 2006 followed by a UNESCO Meeting on Cultural Diversity (WSIS Action Line C8) and the Internet on May 1 [...]
2006-05-18 11:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO EAID ECON UNESCO
06PARIS336FRENCH MFA WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON UN REFORM,
[...] (SBU) Political Minister-Counselor discussed demarche points on January 18 with French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann (Ref A). Joining Bermann were desk officers Donatienne Hissard and Nicolas Kassianides, who respectively handle human rights issues and Security Council reform. Bermann and [...]
2006-01-18 18:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL PHUM PARM KNNP IR FR UNSC UNGA EUN
06PARIS3362 UNESCO: DAKAR OFFICE CHIEF OUTLINES DECENTRALIZATION
[...] Summary and Comment: To explore issues relating to decentralization, Ambassador Oliver and Science Officer met with Lalla Aicha Ben Barka, Director of the UNESCO Office in Dakar and the regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA). Although the UNESCO secretariat often highlights its decen [...]
2006-05-19 08:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KDEM KSCA SOCI XA SG UNESCO EDU
06PARIS337FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DHS SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is delighted to welcome Secretary Chertoff to France. We enjoy a warm and productive relationship with the French Government on many issues of high priority to the USG, including counter-terrorism and law enforcement, transportation security, and immigration and customs en [...]
2006-01-19 06:32:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER CVIS EAIR OVIP
06PARIS341 UNESCO: AMBASSADOR USES JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by N. Cooper Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, reasons 1.4.(D) 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador Louise V. Oliver's January 16 meeting with UNESCO DG MATSUURA focused on USG program priorities including literacy (and the Honorary Ambassador role of the First Lady) and [...]
2006-01-19 09:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC SCUL SOCI UNESCO KSA
06PARIS3426CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL: GETTING EVER CLOSER TO
[...] (C) Summary: Still no smoking gun in the "Clearstream" affair aimed at smearing Interior Minister Sarkozy, but the circle of suspicion continues to tighten around Prime Minister de Villepin. A key player and Villepin confidant has now admitted to having furnished the documents that implicat [...]
2006-05-22 11:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON FR PREL PINR
06PARIS3450 UNESCO REFORM: NEW STRATEGY UNVEILED ON VOLUNTARY
[...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 4. 2. Summary and Comment: UNESCO Extrabudgetary Funding Director Moller briefed Geneva Group members on the Director general's plans for a more strategic approach to extra-budgetary resources; these now account for more than half of UNESCO's funding. T [...]
2006-05-22 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3455MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Montenegro Olmert to Washington
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS346OECD: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SOUTH
[...] SUMMARY: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) hosted in Paris a Global Forum on 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2005, followed by two sessions of the Committee on Agriculture (CoAg). The Global Forum addressed the topic of Policy Coherence for Development in Agriculture. It was la [...]
2006-01-19 10:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD OECD
06PARIS3471U.S.-FRENCH CONSULTATIONS ON UN ISSUES: UN REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS Jim Warlick's May 19 meeting with MFA IO A/S-equivalent Sylvie Bermann focused primarily on UN reform issues -- namely the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),Human Rights Council (HRC),and management reform -- with SYG elections, Darfur, Cote d'Ivoire, and UNSC elections dis [...]
2006-05-23 13:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA UNSC AORC SU IV FR
06PARIS348OECD: AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND MARKETS GROUP
[...] SUMMARY: The 39th Session of the Working Group on Agricultural Policies and Markets (APM) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met at OECD Headquarters in Paris 3-4 November 2005. The meeting proceeded smoothly even though it had a large work agenda. The Sec [...]
2006-01-19 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD SENV OECD
06PARIS3482(C) UK EMBASSY UPDATE ON KHADDAM TRAVEL TO UK,
[...] (C/NF) UK Embassy First Secretary Tom Fletcher (protect throughout) updated poloff May 19 on the planned travel of former Syrian Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam to the UK, which has now been postponed to the last week of May/first week of June. Fletcher reported that Khaddam had delayed his [...]
2006-05-23 14:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR UK SY FR
06PARIS3497 UPDATE ON UNESCO ETHICS DIVISION
[...] Summary and comment-U.S. Mission Health Attache met May 19 with Henk Ten Have, director of the Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, which is located in UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences sector. Along with Ten Have were two of his staff, Sabina Colombo (bioethics) and Simone Scholze [...]
2006-05-24 14:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO UNESCO
06PARIS351MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ivory Coast -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-19 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3540MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO - Parliamentary Assembly -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 11:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS357" ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM " TAKES SHAPE IN FRANCE
[...] (C) As reported reftels, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon,s &economic intelligence8 recommendations, as outlined in his 2003 report. The GOF issued a decree on December 31, 2005, to define which sectors merit protection from foreign control for &national [...]
2006-01-19 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD ECON EUN PREL FR
06PARIS3613France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- France Telecom is Europe's largest single broadband provider (para 2); -- FT seeking revision of E.U. regulations (para 3); - [...]
2006-05-31 14:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS3619MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Alleged Massacre in Haditha
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3631MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3677MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3722MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Palestine - Hamas -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3776MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Iraq Elections in Peru
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 11:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3782AVIAN INFLUENZA FRANCE UPDATE - 06/06/06
[...] French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi-Pasteur recently announced the preliminary, but encouraging, results of its Phase 1 trials for a pre-pandemic H5N1 vaccine. The clinical study, involving 300 people, tested two formulations of the vaccine, one with and one without an adjuvant. The tests reve [...]
2006-06-06 12:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU TBIO CASC AMGT FR
06PARIS3783(C) MUSLIM LEADERS IN LYON STRESS UNITY AT
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the regional Muslim Council (CRCM) in Rhone-Alpes stressed a message of unity and moderation during a joint meeting with poloff in Lyon May 31. The CRCM leaders, who represent three rival factions within the national French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM),stresse [...]
2006-06-06 12:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PINR SOCI MO AG TU FR
06PARIS379MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iranian President in Syria -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS384 UNESCO: GENEVA GROUP SETS WORKPLAN FOR COMING
[...] This is a guidance request, please see Para 2. 2. AT THE JANUARY 12 GENEVA GROUP MEETING, CHAIRED BY THE UK, PARTICIPANTS GAVE PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT TO THE DRAFT WORK PLAN (SEE PARA 5) FOR THE COMING MONTHS. THIS IS TO BE A ROLLING DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT FUTURE MEETINGS AND U [...]
2006-01-20 13:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3844MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Guantanamo -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 13:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3872MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran CIA Renditions
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-08 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS388 UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OUTGOING
[...] The Ambassador met on January 16 with outgoing Culture Assistant Director General Mounir Bouchenaki. Bouchenaki and the Ambassador discussed the fact that the two key organizations for the World Heritage Program ICCROM (International Organization for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage) and [...]
2006-01-20 14:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO
06PARIS390USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BRENNAN,
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for William Brennan, Thomas Laughlin, and Jennifer Winston from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)and attend the Third Global Conference on oceans, coasts, and islands - January 21-29, 2006. 2. Control officer for the visit [...]
2006-01-20 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV FR
06PARIS3901SARKOZY ALLY ON CHIRAC'S ISOLATION AND SARKOZY'S
[...] (C) Over lunch on June 1 with Ambassador Stapleton, center-right candidate for mayor of Paris and Sarkozy ally Francoise de Panafieu gave a somber portrait of President Chirac's growing isolation. She conveyed Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) legislators' growing apprehension that the publ [...]
2006-06-09 10:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS3902MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Death of Zarqawi Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 12:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3922FRANCE ON JUNE 12 GAERC - RECOGNITION OF MONTENEGRO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will announce at the June 12-13 GAERC that France recognizes Montenegro, according to MFA CFSP deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff. He listed as the most important topics at the GAERC preparation of the June 20-21 U.S.-EU summit, Montenegro, Cuba, Iran, I [...]
2006-06-09 16:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FR
06PARIS393 UNESCO: SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTOR
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 11, Dr. Marc Renaud, former president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, outlined for selected delegations his recommendations regarding the future role of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector: to act as an "observatory"; [...]
2006-01-20 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3940MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Suicides Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 11:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS396 UNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS ADG KHAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador David A. Gross met with the UNESCO Assistant Director General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan and Director of the Informatio [...]
2006-01-20 14:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3979MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Iraq - Camp David Talks
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 13:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS40MFA ON JANUARY 4 CHIRAC-MUBARAK DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot previewed the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac working lunch, expected to focus on Syria/Lebanon. Mubarak will brief Chirac on his January 3 discussions in Riyadh, during which the Egyptian president was expected to press King Abdallah [...]
2006-01-04 16:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS4017FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- France's energy review recommends greater use of biofuels (para 2); -- .... and greater [...]
2006-06-14 08:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS4033MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Olmert to Europe
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 12:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS404 USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: TRANSFORMATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC),a UNESCO program established by the United States in the early 1980s to support the free flow of information in developing countries, will hold elections to its bureau in Ma [...]
2006-01-20 17:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS4053MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Foreign Policy - Iraq -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4095 UNESCO-DISCUSSION OF ROTATION CAUSING CONSTERNATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sharing worries about a threat to the status quo and the potential of a "rogue" proposition rising to open discussion and a possible vote, key donor nations from several electoral groups met for the first time to discuss their views on rotational representation on UNESCO bodies. [...]
2006-06-15 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEU UNESCO
06PARIS4117MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Afghan Violence
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 10:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4128FRANCE WANTS HRC ACTION ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
[...] (C) Summary: MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen concurred with the U.S. view that the first session of the Human Rights Council should avoid country-specific resolutions. However, she said the MFA was puzzled by the U.S. call for the HRC to avoid "action on [...]
2006-06-16 11:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS413MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Bin Laden Video
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-23 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS416AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. AFRICAN UNION 4. MALI/SOCIAL FORUM 5. DROC 6. LIBERIA 7. SOUTH AFRICA 8. SUDAN Â [...]
2006-01-23 13:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS4173(C) CHIRAC AND OLMERT DISCUSS RESUMPTION OF
[...] (S) Summary: Elysee contacts described the June 14 Chirac-Olmert meeting as friendly and said the French president was favorably impressed by his first encounter with the Israeli PM. Presidential Middle East advisor Dominique Boche stressed that Chirac urged Olmert to resume negotiations with [...]
2006-06-16 16:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL IS KPAL IR LE FR
06PARIS4175(C) HARIRI ADVISOR ON RISING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 13 discussion, longtime Hariri family advisor Basile Yared put a positive spin on the recent Brammertz report, which he viewed as compounding pressure on Syria. Yared viewed the SARG as seeking to destabilize the GoL, via arms and money transfers to Palestinian mili [...]
2006-06-16 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IR PINR PTER EAID FR
06PARIS4183MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Diplomacy - Iran
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 12:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4218AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2006 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (C) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, June 12-15, 2006 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 48 presentations by 13 AG member states, and 2 presentations were pr [...]
2006-06-20 08:43:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4219AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE
[...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]
2006-06-20 08:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4221MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit Saddam Trial North
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 09:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4225(C) PESSIMISTIC ELYSEE LINE ON LEBANON/SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: Chirac's Middle East advisor Dominique Boche recently shared a pessimistic assessment of Lebanon/Syria developments, criticizing UNSYG Annan's passivity on the issue, and citing the potential for the Lebanese government to collapse, amid internal divisions and active undermining [...]
2006-06-20 10:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IR PTER FR
06PARIS4243 MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE
[...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]
2006-06-20 16:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06PARIS4247SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER ON HOW PS-LED FRANCE WOULD
[...] (C) Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Francois Hollande and PS National Secretary for International Affairs Pierre Moscovici briefed the Ambassador June 8 on the turbulent race for the presidential nomination within the PS and the hurdles facing the party as it looks to next year's presiden [...]
2006-06-21 08:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4248MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 09:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4253PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY,
[...] (SBU) At the June 13-16 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will allow Russia to repay its remaining USD 22 billion in previously rescheduled Paris Club debt in August. The deal is still subject to approval by Moscow. Cameroon received a completi [...]
2006-06-21 09:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4256MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan U.S. - EU Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4258UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and HHS Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social Scie [...]
2006-06-21 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG UNESCO UN IOM
06PARIS4277STORMY DAYS AT EADS AND AIRBUS
[...] (SBU) The furor surrounding EADS, recent plunge in the stock market, following revelations last week of further delays in Airbus A380 deliveries (see Paris Points of June 14, 15, 16),has plunged Airbus and its mother company EADS into one of the deepest crises in their history. Revelations [...]
2006-06-21 12:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD ECON PREL FR
06PARIS4278FRANCE/VENEZUELA: NO DECISIONS YET ON ARMS SALE,
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 20, we raised ref A (possible French company arms deal with Spain for Venezuela) and ref B (Venezuelan anti-NGO bill) demarches with the MFA's PDAS and DAS-equivalents for Latin America. Regarding reports that the Spanish company Navantia has asked Thales France for pa [...]
2006-06-21 13:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KDEM PGOV VE PARM
06PARIS4295DEMARCHE TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON 2006 TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The director of France's Anti-Trafficking Office, Jean-Michel Colombani, discussed with us on June 13 the 2006 TIP report and vigorously defended France's commitment to combat trafficking in persons. It was evident that Colombani found the report's narrative on France quite cri [...]
2006-06-21 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG FR
06PARIS4296 (U) UNESCO PRIZES
[...] (U) This is a guidance request, see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. The awarding of prizes at UNESCO continues to be done on an ad hoc basis and often with little advance notice. This week's inclusion of Cuba in the announcement of UNESCO's literacy prizes is but one more example of how easily [...]
2006-06-21 16:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCU VE UNESCO
06PARIS4303FRANCE WEIGHING FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with French officials on June 8 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the MFA held jointly with the French Economic Ministry, U/S Levey laid [...]
2006-06-22 10:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL
06PARIS4305MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS431 UNESCO AMBASSADORS ON POST WSIS SCENE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Louise V. Oliver met with a select group of UNESCO Ambassadors, including members of the Information for All Programme Council, to exchange view [...]
2006-01-24 06:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS4342MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relationship -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4360(C) MFA OFFICIAL ASSAILS EU LACK OF SOLIDARITY ON
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot (protect throughout),during a June 22 farewell chat with poloff, criticized other EU members -- Spain and Austria in particular -- for going soft on Syria, and offered similar criticism of the Elysee for its more a [...]
2006-06-23 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY IS PGOV FR
06PARIS4363 TRYING TO POSTPONE THE AUSCHWITZ NAME CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israel is attempting to delay the Auschwitz name change issue from reaching UNESCO's World Heritage Conference for discussion or decision during the upcoming meeting in Vilnius next month. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO and current Charge d'Affairs for I [...]
2006-06-23 14:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PL GM IS UNESCO
06PARIS4381MEDIA REACTION REPORT - CIA - Terrorist Finance Tracking
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4386DEPARTING MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT JEAN-FRANCOIS
[...] (U) Post offers the following biographic report on Jean-Francois Thibault, newly named French Ambassador to Rabat, who leaves his current position as MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East on June 27, 2006 and is expected to arrive in Rabat shortly thereafter. His MFA successor has n [...]
2006-06-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPINR XF MO FR
06PARIS4390 UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND
[...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]
2006-06-26 14:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4407 EXECUTIVE BOARD EARLY PREVIEW
[...] Summary: Executive Board Secretary Parsuramen met with Ambassador Oliver to review preparations for the 175th Executive Board. Deadline for new agenda items for the 175th Executive Board is 22 July. End summary. 2. Ambassador Oliver met on Thursday, 22 June, with the Secretary of the [...]
2006-06-26 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4415MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Situation in Occupied Territories
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-27 10:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4441U/S JOSPEH, U/S LEVEY JUNE 20 MEET WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 20 meeting between U/S Joseph and Treasury U/S Levey and French Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, a range of proliferation-related topics were covered, including the US-French-UK-German-Italian meeting later that day aimed at preliminary consultations regarding [...]
2006-06-27 15:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR KN IN FR
06PARIS4449MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-28 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4477FRANCE/UN: DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION USEFUL; TIME TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche points at opening of business on June 27 to MFA IO PDAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix, DAS-equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, and IO desk officer Nicholas Kassianides. Lacroix offered feedback on June 28 in which he emphasized French concurrence on [...]
2006-06-28 15:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA FR
06PARIS4482MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Surge of Violence in
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-29 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4511UNESCO: STRIVING FOR RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT AT THE WORLD
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On May 30, 2006, consultant Bruno Lefevre gave a presentation about his work to institute Results Based Management (RBM) at the World Heritage (WH) Center. He was one of two consultants hired to examine the RBM framework and World Heritage System model, and propose [...]
2006-06-30 08:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SCUL KSCA SENV UNESCO
06PARIS452MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Rice Transformational
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 11:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4521MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Israeli
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-30 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4539 UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASED MAINLY DUE TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY. Job creation in the private and public sectors was boosted by an increase in government-subsidized contracts, and special government incentives. At least 700,000 jobs were created with the government's support in Q-1, which can explain the decrease in the unemployment rate to 9.1 per [...]
2006-06-30 15:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4546 FRENCH UNEMPLOYMENT: THE NEVERENDING STORY
[...] Summary: The drop in the French unemployment rate to 9.1 percent could be due to GOF policies, as the GOF claims. It also might be due to an aging workforce beating an early retreat to retirement. And it might be due to statistical corrections. But the fact remains that the youth unemployment [...]
2006-06-30 15:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4549 THE SPIRALING PUBLIC DEBT, Part I
[...] SUMMARY. A government-commissioned report has warned that the current financial situation could spiral out of control unless a freeze is put on government spending over the next five years. The report recommendations are likely to become an issue leading up to the 2007 presidential elections. [...]
2006-06-30 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4557MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Afghanistan PARIS -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS456PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the January 18 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to raise Jordan's debt swap ceiling from 30% to 40%. The US and UK were the most vocal advocates, arguing that Jordan was an important ally facing serious economic vulnerabilities despite progress implementing key economic reforms. [...]
2006-01-24 15:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4586FRENCH ADOPT NUCLEAR WASTE LAW -- DECISIVE STEP TOWARDS
[...] Summary: In June, on time and non-confrontationally, the French Parliament adopted a key law to regulate nuclear materials and waste well into the future. The legislation confirms reversible, deep geological disposal as the reference solution for high-level, long-lived waste (HLLLW),with 201 [...]
2006-07-05 07:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
06PARIS4596MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo - Trial in Paris
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4610IRAQI VP ABDEL-MEHDI MEETS WITH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: While in France for personal reasons, Iraqi Vice-President Abdel Abdel-Mehdi met on June 26 with FM Douste-Blazy and President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. Abdel-Medhi also gave numerous press interviews during which he described the situat [...]
2006-07-05 15:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IZ
06PARIS4628MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4651MEDIA REACTION REPORT - North Korea Missile Tests
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 09:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4652 THE SPIRALING PUBLIC DEBT: PART II
[...] SUMMARY. The government's intention to decrease the public deficit in 2006 and 2007 appears to be the first step towards the ultimate goal of reducing the national debt to 60% of GDP by 2010, as outlined in the Pebereau report, but thus far the proposed changes to the national budget remain sh [...]
2006-07-07 09:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4674 UNESCO: BRIEFING ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peter Smith, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Education, briefed representatives from the Executive Board's Group I countries on his plans for reform of UNESCO's Education Sector, July 6 at UNESCO headquarters. Smith announced that he has put the plan into action as of [...]
2006-07-07 15:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL UNESCO
06PARIS4693MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Operation Summer Rain
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4724MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Death of Chechen Rebellion
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 10:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4760MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Terrorist Attacks in Bombay - Iraq
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-12 11:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4795MEDIA REACTION REPORT - P5 + 1 Meeting in Paris
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4825MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - G8 Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4850FRENCH REACTIONS TO ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac, speaking from St. Petersburg on Sunday, supported a G8 call for an end to Hezbollah and Israeli military actions and the immediate disarmament of Hezbollah. Chirac and French public officials at all levels continue to call Israel's reactions disproportionate, b [...]
2006-07-17 15:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4854PAKISTANI FM KASURI'S JULY 5 MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri discussed a range of issues with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy in meetings in Paris on July 5. According to the MFA's Pakistan desk officer, Kasuri appeared stunned when Douste-Blazy requested a list of the sensitive techn [...]
2006-07-17 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IO PK PREL
06PARIS4864MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iran -G8 Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 10:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4889TFLE01: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy traveled to Lebanon on July 17 to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and the local French community. In the absence of the PM's Diplomatic Counselor, Political Minister Counselor called on the PM' [...]
2006-07-18 18:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4913MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli-Lebanese Conflict - French
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-19 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4944MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4955UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN
[...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]
2006-07-20 16:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS4966MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4982TFLE01: DOUSTE-BLAZY TESTS "MODERATE ARAB" STATES'
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Poloff met on July 21 with Douste-Blazy's acting Cabinet Advisor for the Middle East, Francois Thoizy, in order to get additional details on the FM's travel to Lebanon and other countries in the region. He said the FM would be visiting Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, [...]
2006-07-24 07:29:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4986MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-24 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5014TFLE01: FRENCH FM RETURNS FROM MIDDLE EAST: LOOKS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Political Minister Counselor met on July 24 with FM Douste-Blazy's Middle East Cabinet Advisor, Christophe Guilhou. Guilhou had returned earlier in the morning with the FM after visiting Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel. Discussions with leaders in the region, Guilhou said, had focus [...]
2006-07-24 18:20:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5020MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-25 11:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5024PARIS CLUB - JULY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND AFGHAN DEBT
[...] (SBU) At the July 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed on exceptionally generous debt relief for Afghanistan, which achieved three main objectives: (1) 92% of Afghanistan's debt stock will be canceled immediately; (2) all interest falling due between now and the end of the IMF pr [...]
2006-07-25 12:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS5028 UNESCO ETHICS PROGRAMS, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
[...] Summary and comment. The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) held an "extraordinary" session in Paris on June 27-28, 2006. This meeting was held to brief members on current activities and to obtain recommendations on next steps in three areas of "et [...]
2006-07-25 13:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO TBIO
06PARIS5051BEATING THE HEAT: GOF ON ALERT
[...] Soaring temperatures in France since mid-July are considered responsible for the death of at least 30 people. Anxious to avoid a repeat of the 2003 heat wave catastrophe (15,000 deaths, reftel),the GOF recently implemented an updated heat wave plan (Plan National contre la Canicule, or PNC). [...]
2006-07-25 15:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
06PARIS5053FINANCE MINISTER DOWN ON DOHA, IRAN; BULLISH ON
[...] (C) French Finance Minister Breton told the Ambassador on July 24 that turmoil in the Mideast resulting from Iran,s nuclear program and the war in Lebanon are of great concern to the world economy. Breton said negotiations in the Doha trade round are not working because the EU can go no fart [...]
2006-07-25 15:43:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON ETRD EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS5067MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 10:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5080MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5084EDUCATION REFORM ATMOSPHERICS AND GATHERING STORM CLOUDS AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's ADG for Education Peter Smith's information briefing on reform in the Education Sector provided an insight into the first signs of a deteriorating climate of consensus and goodwill at UNESCO. The repercussions of the current political situation in the Middle East are [...]
2006-07-27 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5103 PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF UNESCO'S
[...] (U) Ambassador Oliver met today, July 27, with Mr. Kishore Rao, Deputy Director of the World Heritage Center (WHC) to discuss preparations for the management audit. 2. (U) The Ambassador said that several key elements are needed to ensure the audit would provide the results we need to impr [...]
2006-07-27 13:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL
06PARIS5116MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-28 10:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5146 THE OECD BUDGET: PUSHING RUSSIA TO REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The role played by the OECD at the G8 summit is only one of many OECD activities aimed at strengthening the market economy and democratic governance in Russia. A comprehensive economic survey, scheduled for completion in September, will focus on innovation and reform of public [...]
2006-07-28 16:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV AORC OECD FR
06PARIS5147FRANCE ON NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING FOR
[...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel demarche July 29 with MFA duty officer Gilles-Henri Garrault, and subsequently faxed over a copy of reftel points. Deputy PolCouns also informed Garrault of an earlier call he had received from the Operations Center indicating that it would be placing a [...]
2006-07-29 11:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR KPKO LE
06PARIS5148FRANCE ON NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING FOR
[...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel demarche July 29 with MFA duty officer Gilles-Henri Garrault, and subsequently faxed over a copy of reftel points. Deputy PolCouns also informed Garrault of an earlier call he had received from the Operations Center indicating that it would be placing a [...]
2006-07-29 11:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR KPKO LE
06PARIS515761ST UNGA: FRANCE UNDECIDED ON HIGH-LEVEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 09:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FR
06PARIS5163MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Israeli Attack on Cana -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5166MICHEL ROCARD: DON'T RULE OUT A SURPRISE IN 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amb. Stapleton met with Michel Rocard on July 19 (see reftel for report on previous meeting). Rocard, who supports Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the Socialist Party (PS) presidential nomination, appeared resigned to a Royal victory in the party primary. He regretted that neither she [...]
2006-07-31 13:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5170 INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC/UNESCO)
[...] Summary and Key Accomplishments: At the 39th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council -- which took place June 21-28, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal tra [...]
2006-07-31 14:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI IZ
06PARIS5182TOGO: MEETING WITH GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: UPBEAT BUT
[...] (U) This is an action message: See para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Togolese opposition leader and UFC chief Gilchrist Olympio told us on July 27 that he agreed to the naming of Burkina Faso President Campaore as facilitator for political dialogue between the GOT and opposition political grou [...]
2006-08-01 09:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO FR
06PARIS5184FRENCH APPROACH TO FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Economy Diplomatic Counselor Gilles Mentre told Econoff July 28 that France has taken steps to respond to criticism that its aid programs unjustly inflate aid figures with debt cancellation numbers. France has devised a scheme that ties debt cancellation more directly to po [...]
2006-08-01 09:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN EIND FR
06PARIS5185MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel-Hezbollah Conflict - Iran's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS520UPDATED FRENCH AVIAN FLU PLAN
[...] Summary. In its updated strategic plan to combat avian flu, the French government recognizes the six alert phases defined by WHO and details the roles and responsibilities of government agencies that would be involved in the event of a pandemic. The plan also underscores the importance of [...]
2006-01-26 11:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CASC AMGT FR KFLU
06PARIS5216MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanese Crisis - Iran and
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5239FRANCE: ENDING CHAD'S SUPPORT TO DARFUR MILITIAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent Foucher said on August 2 that France shared the USG's concerns about Chadian support for militias in Darfur but believed that President Deby was not responsible for this support, which was being provided by other Chadians over w [...]
2006-08-02 16:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
06PARIS5248MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli- Lebanese Crisis -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS526MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 14:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5276 U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
[...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]
2006-08-03 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO LH
06PARIS5289MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel - Hezbollah Combat
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5309PKK IN EUROPE: GOF ON SUSTAINING MOMENTUM
[...] (S) Poloff followed up informally August 4 with MFA Turkey Desk Officer Pascal Schuster to discuss potential French interest in a trilateral working group concept as brainstormed in REF A. 2. (S) Schuster explained that, to his knowledge, the French embassy in Ankara had not yet reported [...]
2006-08-07 10:26:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER KFTN TU GM FR UK
06PARIS5311MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli - Lebanese Conflict:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5320FRANCE: STATUS UPDATE ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) Since we last reported on HSPD-6 in October 2005 (ref B),the GOF has continued to express reservations about it based on its experience with No-Fly watchlisting, pending issues regarding data privacy and doubts about the potential benefits of data exchange. It has been careful however [...]
2006-08-07 12:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5341USG Delegation Report on 17th Meeting of the UNESCO
[...] A US delegation participated in the 17th meeting of the UNESCO International Hydrology Program (IHP) Intergovernmental Council (IGC) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, July 3-7, 2006. The delegation consisted of: Mathew C. Larsen, U.S. Geological Survey (head of delegation),Verne R. Sch [...]
2006-08-07 16:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO KS AORC TSPL EAID KSCI SENV SOCI
06PARIS535PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK
[...] (U) In a first official GOF reaction to Palestinian elections, Prime Minister Villepin said on January 26 that "we are in a situation that leads me to express my concern." He added that in order to work with the Palestinian government, certain conditions had to be met, including renunciation o [...]
2006-01-26 17:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR FR KPAL
06PARIS5360MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon Cuba
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 11:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS537 UNESCO: ROLLS OUT EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM TO
[...] Summary. UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, Peter Smith, held an information meeting regarding Education Sector reform on January 13, 2006. The purpose of the meeting was to get buy-in for proposed Education Sector reforms from Member State Delegations. Unfortunately, the meet [...]
2006-01-26 18:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS5383UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and Health Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social S [...]
2006-08-08 16:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SMIG UN IOM
06PARIS5386MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5409MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Paris and Washington at
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-10 10:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS541MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Election Results
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5414PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S AUGUST 9 REMARKS ON LEBANON
[...] President Chirac chaired an extraordinary meeting of concerned Ministers on Lebanon August 9 in Toulon, France (near which Chirac is vacationing). Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Douste-Blazy, and Minister of Defense Michle Alliot-Marie were all pres [...]
2006-08-10 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5429FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON HCR SPECIAL SESSION ON
[...] (C) Deputy Polcouns shared ref A points August 10 with MFA DAS-equivalent for IO Human Rights Affairs Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen. Ref B reports the results of his initial, August 9 discussions with Le Fraper in accordance with ref C. Deputy PolCouns asked Le Fraper to bring to the attentio [...]
2006-08-10 16:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO UNHCR LE FR
06PARIS5440MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Foiled London Attack
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5463 UNESCO: POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON
[...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C)Charge Koss met August 10 with Lebanese Charge d'affaires Salim Baddoura to discuss the draft resolution (DR) on Lebanon for the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) coming up in late September/early October. Koss us [...]
2006-08-11 15:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO UNSC AL
06PARIS5480MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Resolution 1701 - Cease-Fire -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5495FRENCH GDP GROWTH SURGED IN Q-2
[...] SUMMARY. GDP increased 4.5-4.9 percent in Q-2, mostly due to strong growth in domestic consumption and exports. The GOF indicated that GDP growth was running at a 3 percent pace at the end of the first semester, but officials are unlikely to revise upwards their 2006 GDP growth forecast beyo [...]
2006-08-16 05:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS5512MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Lebanon - Hezbollah -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS553LONG ARM OF FRENCH LAW: INVESTIGATIONS IN AFRICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TO DJ CI RW FR
06PARIS554FRANCE AGREES WITH FOCUSING INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
[...] (C) On January 27, Poloff met with Antoine Gosset, the MFA's desk officer for Belarus, to discuss reftel demarche encouraging international media attention on the March 19 Belarus presidential election. Gosset said the MFA agreed with the demarche points and furthermore, the MFA would be ramp [...]
2006-01-27 16:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL BO FR
06PARIS5544TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on August 16 that he hoped the political dialogue in Ouagadougou between the Togolese government and opposition would be productive, but he believed the process would result only in cosmetic changes designed to improve the internat [...]
2006-08-17 09:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV TO FR
06PARIS5546COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR PATRICIA MOLLER
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for Ambassador Patricia N. Moller to travel to Paris, France, from August 22-25, 2006, to attend meetings with Embassy personnel and GOF officials. 2. Embassy point of contact for the visit is Political Assistant Robert Kaneda, [...]
2006-08-17 13:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA KE BY FR
06PARIS5555MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - U.S. Stance - GWOT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 08:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5574MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - International Force -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 11:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5594UNESCO: REPORT ON NEGOTIATION OF DRAFT PRINCIPLES RELATING
[...] Begin Summary. The UNESCO Intergovernmental Meeting on the Preparation of a Declaration of Principles Relating to Cultural Objects Displaced in Connection with the Second World War took place in Paris on July 19-21, 2006. The United States delegation consisted of the Permanent Representative, [...]
2006-08-21 09:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKNAR PHUM SCUL UN
06PARIS5595MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Cease-Fire Violation -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 10:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5609FRANCE: 61ST UNGA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 08:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FR
06PARIS5611MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France in UNIFIL -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5625MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - EU-25
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5657FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a delegation to France August 16-17 to discuss the Iraq Compact. French officials remained positive about the Compact's goals and were visibly engaged on the issue. Officials welcomed the briefing on USG discussions with Gulf countries, espe [...]
2006-08-24 07:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN EIND EAID PREL IZ FR
06PARIS566AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. MALI SUMMIT 5. CHAD 6. CONGO 7. DROC 8. KENYA 8. ZIMBABWE Â [...]
2006-01-30 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS5666MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5668LEBANON/UNFIL: CHIRAC TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON
[...] (U) President Chirac will go on national television at 8:00 p.m. tonight, August 24, to announce the decision taken earlier today, in his meeting with concerned cabinet ministers (PM, MFA, MOD),regarding France's participation in UNIFIL-plus. 2. (C) In an August 24 meeting of CDA with in [...]
2006-08-24 12:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS568MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Elections Aftermath
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5713MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - France's Commitment
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-25 12:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5732TERRORISM FINANCE: NOMINATION PROCEDURES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) TFCO held a meeting among relevant agencies at post on August 22 to reach agreement on internal procedures for nominating additional candidates for the second phase of the radical ideologue initiative (reftel). No names were sugge [...]
2006-08-25 15:46:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC FR
06PARIS5733CHINA IN AFRICA: FRENCH ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French observers believe China's growing presence in Africa reflects a strategic decision by the PRC to exploit a resource-rich continent susceptible to an aggressive Chinese approach. French contacts express apprehension at Chinese inroads into areas of Africa onc [...]
2006-08-25 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EAID ETRD CH XA FR
06PARIS5744MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel's
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 16:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5761FRANCE: DONOR ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA Office Director for Humanitarian Intervention and Evaluation Christian Bernard. Points were also provided to MFA Development Office of Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction head Emmanuel Delloye. Christian confirmed that French assistan [...]
2006-08-28 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL FR LE
06PARIS5763LEBANON/UNIFIL UPDATE: FRANCE SORTING OUT DETAILS
[...] (C) Summary: French planners at the MOD and the MFA are meeting to assess how best to proceed with the deployment of French troops to Lebanon, as announced by President Chirac on August 24. With no specifics yet available on the composition of the deployment, as announced, the plan is to send [...]
2006-08-28 16:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC LE FR
06PARIS5768 (U) UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE II
[...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) Summary. Though the resolution tabled by Lebanon and Morocco on Lebanese reconstruction to be discussed at the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) (Sept. 26 - Oct. 12) remains just a place-holder and has yet to be [...]
2006-08-29 09:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL UNSC AL
06PARIS5769MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon, Islam and the West
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-29 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5815MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 10:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5848FRANCE/BURUNDI: AMBASSADOR MOLLER'S AUGUST 22
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA and MOD officials expressed views on Burundi and the Great Lakes region similar to those of the U.S. during August 22 discussions with visiting U.S. Ambassador to Burundi Patricia Moller. MFA officials expressed concern about the recent arrests in Burundi in connect [...]
2006-08-31 10:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM BY FR
06PARIS5851MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Lebanon and the Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-31 12:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5853(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE III
[...] (C) Summary: UNESCO's first evaluation mission has returned from Lebanon. While the mission leader's first report uses dramatic language to describe the situation on the ground, the Director-General (DG) issued a press release on August 30 that is decidedly more neutral and lists the particu [...]
2006-08-31 12:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL LE
06PARIS5877GUINEA-BISSAU: FRENCH MFA PROVIDES OVERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA deskoff Damien Syed on August 29 described Guinea-Bissau's political problems, primarily the opposition's refusal to accept the 2005 election results, and their negative effect on national unity and donor confidence. France is nonetheless crafting a Partnership Framework a [...]
2006-09-01 08:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU FR
06PARIS5885MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq, Elections and 9/11
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS59MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-05 11:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5926MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Turkey in UNIFIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5958AIR FRANCE ON PNR, NO-FLY AND CNIL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Air France is confident that it will be able to transmit PNR data to the USG on October 1 with or without a new US-EU PNR agreement. The airline at present has no plans to file with the France Data Privacy Commission (CNIL) for approval of its current No Fly procedures, cont [...]
2006-09-06 08:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PTER ASEC FR
06PARIS596CHIRAC MEETING WITH QATARI AMIR FOCUSES ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Elysee contacts reported that President Chirac's January 27 discussion with the visiting Qatari Amir focused largely on Iran, with the Qatari leader stressing concern over Iran's nuclear program and its negative regional role. On Syria/Lebanon, Elysee contacts stressed that Chirac [...]
2006-01-30 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL QA IR SY LE KPAL FR
06PARIS5964MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mexico - Aftermath of Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5990MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6007 MPAA CEO GLICKMAN "OK" ON FRENCH COPYRIGHT LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Movie Picture Association of America (MPAA) CEO Dan Glickman informed Ambassador Stapleton September 7 that the U.S. film industry is in a better position on the French Copyright law, following the toughening up of penalties for copyright infringements by the French Constitution [...]
2006-09-07 15:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD FR
06PARIS602 UNESCO: MORE ON COMPETITION FOR ADG CULTURE
[...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) The competition for the position of ADG Culture is getting more intense. Rumors stating that Francoise Riviere has been or soon will be chosen continue to gain strength, thereby causing increased concern by t [...]
2006-01-30 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD SCUL CA FR UNESCO
06PARIS6020MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on CIA Secret
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6040GM RICE FOUND IN FRANCE BY GOF AUTHORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The French Government is testing for the presence of GM rice in U.S. long grain products already on the French market, an action which goes beyond the EU Commission's decision to have Member States test rice imports for the presence of GM material. Tests revealed several lots th [...]
2006-09-08 14:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6042FRENCH AGREE WITH U.S. ON SERBIA'S NEED TO
[...] (C) French MFA officers responsible for the Balkans confirmed on September 7 that the GOF was "completely in line" with U.S. thinking on Serbia's need to demonstrate effective cooperation with the ICTY. France, he said, had been skeptical about the EU "Action Plan" from the start and was now [...]
2006-09-08 15:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI FR
06PARIS6047COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]
2006-09-11 08:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6056FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL
[...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and c [...]
2006-09-11 08:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6061FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL
[...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and ca [...]
2006-09-11 08:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6063COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]
2006-09-11 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6068MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global War on Terror - Fifth
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6095MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - 9/11 - Iraq Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 11:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6118 (U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE IV
[...] (C) Summary: The Israeli ambassador met again with Ambassador Oliver on September 12 to exchange information about resolutions for the upcoming Executive Board on Lebanon, Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. The Israeli indicated that any anti-Israeli language in the Lebanon resolution co [...]
2006-09-12 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL AL IS
06PARIS6125MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - 9/11
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 10:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6165 USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
[...] See action request at paragraph 10. 2. In reftel report of the April 2006 (174th ) UNESCO Executive Board (EB) session, Mission reported (in para 30) on the possible need to review and revise the EB rules of procedure in the light of a novel European Union (EU) practice involving ambassadori [...]
2006-09-14 09:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD UNESCO EUN PREL
06PARIS6166MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Latest Al-Qaida Video -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS617 UNESCO: WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHERS GROUP
[...] Summary and comment: on January 16, the French chair convened a meeting of Electoral Group I(Western Europe and others) to explore the issue of the rotation of Executive Board membership in the context of an October 2005 resolution calling on the GC president to hold consultations on this is [...]
2006-01-31 12:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC FR UNESCO
06PARIS6172FRENCH COMMEMORATIONS OF 9/11 5TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] On the occasion of the 5th anniversary of September 11th, Post engaged a number of French institutions and government representatives to help commemorate this significant date. Below is a listing of the events in Paris and the provinces. Ceremonies included: a religious service at the Ameri [...]
2006-09-14 11:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO FR
06PARIS6178MFA COMMENTS ON COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO AND CHAD
[...] Summary: MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Bruno Foucher on September 12 said President Chirac would call attention to the financial cost of French support for Operation Licorne in Cote d'Ivoire in upcoming UN meetings and indicate the possibility of an adjustment to French force deployment if the peac [...]
2006-09-14 14:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC CD TO IV FR
06PARIS618MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Afghanistan - London
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-31 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6194MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran NATO - Ukraine Backs Off Islam
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 09:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6211IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): FRANCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 13:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV EPET FR IR
06PARIS6225 BRAZIL FIELD OFFICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Efforts by Brazil's ambassador to UNESCO to convince the US to have the Executive Board abandon its inquiries into alleged irregularities at the Brasilia field office did not go as planned, and could give new momentum to push the investigation further. End summary. 2. (SBU) [...]
2006-09-15 15:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS6230FY 2007-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 09:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS6234MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and the West - Pope Benedict
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-18 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6247 MINOR DAMAGE TO LEBANESE WORLD HERITAGE SITES
[...] Summary: UNESCO officials reported that damage to key Lebanese World Heritage sites was much less than expected, based on an initial report by UNESCO experts. End summary. 2. A press conference was held this morning, September 18, at UNESCO headquarters to present the findings of a special [...]
2006-09-18 16:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL LE PREL
06PARIS6274TURKISH FM GUL IN FRANCE: GOOD ATMOSPHERICS, NO
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Embassy, Turkish FM Gul's September 13-14 meetings with President Chirac, FM Douste-Blazy and Minister-delegate Colonna produced nothing new in substance from the French side. The Turks nonetheless profess to have discerned some softening in French attit [...]
2006-09-19 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN TU CY MARR
06PARIS6292MFA SURPRISED BY CHIRAC CALL FOR MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: When President Chirac announced Sept. 18 that he planned to call for an international conference on the Middle East, he caught the senior ranks of the MFA by surprise. For at least 24 hours, there was considerable confusion over what the French President meant. One MFA interlocu [...]
2006-09-20 11:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS630France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- France Telecom preparing for difficult 2006 (para 2) -- Bad results followed by management shake-up (para 3) -- ARCEP raps Fra [...]
2006-01-31 16:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS632 UNESCO-AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of January 23, Ambassador Oliver met with the Ambassadors of Austria (current EU president),Finland (upcoming EU president),Italy (a major player at UNESCO) and Jordan to discuss US relations with EU states, UNESCO reform and a substantive agenda, as well as [...]
2006-01-31 17:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEU IT FI AU IS XF UNESCO
06PARIS6323PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the September 13 meeting of the Paris Club, Xavier Musca, the Chairman of the Paris Club, reported that Angolan Finance Minister de Morais had told him the previous week that Angola is still considering a precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF, with the understanding that th [...]
2006-09-20 15:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS6326IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): TOTAL ON ITS
[...] (C) Summary. Total has not yet made irrevocable decisions to invest in the Azadegan Project. Until the UN Security Council agrees on international sanctions, however, Total would consider geographical, technical, and political risks in evaluating investment possibilities in Iran, a senior To [...]
2006-09-20 15:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV EPET FR IR
06PARIS6340FRANCE SETS CONDITION ON PARTICIPATION IN SRI
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF will send a three-person interagency delegation to the Sri Lanka contact group meeting on September 27. The MFA is asking that all discussions in the contact group remain strictly confidential, that the Sri Lankan government receive only the most general briefing on the g [...]
2006-09-21 14:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE
06PARIS6390GOF TAKE ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Daniel Parfait, A/S-equivalent for the Americas Bureau at the MFA, assured a visiting California State Senate delegation on September 21 that France and the USG are in complete agreement on the way forward with Iran. He said President Chirac,s determination to prevent Iran from acquiring [...]
2006-09-25 15:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
06PARIS6435 (U) USUNESCO ? ALARMING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a private, off-the-record meeting with John Parsons (please protect),the Director of UNESCO?s Internal Oversight Service (IOS),Mission learned this week of a variety of disturbing new allegations, as well as unsettlin [...]
2006-09-26 14:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS6442FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER: YES TO FRANCE, BUT NO TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A week after he was replaced on September 17 as a vice president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM),the body created with the support of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in 2003 as a vehicle to represent French Muslims, National Federation of Muslims in [...]
2006-09-26 16:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL PTER PGOV KISL FR
06PARIS645MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6511FRENCH MFA PLEADS FOR USG TO SEEK HRC SEAT
[...] (C) MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini welcomed reftel demarche with affirmations of broad agreement between French and U.S. positions on the Human Rights Council (HRC) during a 9/27 meeting with poloff (ref A). Giacomini concurred on the necessity of maintaining country-specific mandate a [...]
2006-09-28 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC PINR CU FR
06PARIS6536INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON 2007 UN
[...] (C) On September 28, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA counselor for missile defense and disarmament issues David Bertolotti, who stated he would discuss our message with French panel member Francois Richier. As an aside, Bertolotti cautioned that Richier had just assumed a new position at [...]
2006-10-02 07:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNGA CDG FR
06PARIS6542HEAD OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT USES VISIT TO FRANCE TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Prime Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy during his first visit to France as speaker of the Afghan Parliament, Yunus Qanooni offered a pessimistic assessment of security, poppy cultivation and Afghan-Pakistan relations. Although Qanooni reportedly offered nothing new [...]
2006-10-02 10:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AF FR
06PARIS6554FRANCE - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, post has created an interagency team on trade-related issues. The team includes representatives from the Economic Section, Foreign Commercial Services/U.S. Department of Commerce, and Agriculture. It will work closely with officers posted in France's two [...]
2006-10-02 16:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR
06PARIS6558FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- French PM calls for EU Energy Summit and EU Energy Chief (para 2) -- EU energy supplie [...]
2006-10-02 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ELAB EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS6576FRENCH FARMERS AND RESEARCHERS DEMONSTRATE IN FAVOR OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-03 14:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS6614 UNESCO REFORM: F/A EXPERTS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS BRASILIA
[...] Summary and INTRODUCTION: At the September 27-29 meeting of UNESCO's Financial and Administrative (f/A) experts' group, the U.S, delegation: raised questions on the legal risks posed by the Brasilia office, underlining the Executive board's fiduciary responsibilities and urging that Brasilia [...]
2006-10-04 15:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC EAID
06PARIS6615 USUNESCO - A/S POWELL VISIT: PD SCENESETTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: I am looking forward to your October 23 and 24 visit to UNESCO, and would like to suggest that UNESCO with its education, communication and culture mandates is the ideal platform to advance the Secretary's transformational diplomacy agenda. In this regard, I would like you to co [...]
2006-10-04 15:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO KPAO
06PARIS6619POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (C) Post shared ref A points October 4 with MFA A/S equivalent for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, Political Director staffer Gael Veyssiere, and IO DAS-equivalent for Political Affairs Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel. Pending a more complete reaction, Ref B reports the MFA press spokesman's sta [...]
2006-10-05 05:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KN PARM KNNP FR
06PARIS6641FRENCH PRESS REACTION TO THE WTO BIOTECH RULING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 16:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS666INVITATION TO THE 36TH MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN
[...] This is an action request with a 20 February 2006 deadline. See para 4. 2. The USG is invited to send a representative to the 36th meeting of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) at the Council of Europe (COE) in Strasbourg, France, 1-3 March 2006. Working document [...]
2006-02-01 15:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCOE
06PARIS6668THE GOF INTRODUCES ITS 2007 BUDGET
[...] SUMMARY: French Finance Minister Breton unveiled the proposed budget for 2007, which includes tax cuts and measures to boost consumption (and please voters in a presidential election year). Spending priorities remain essentially unchanged from 2006: education, defense, safety, justice, employm [...]
2006-10-06 16:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS6679 MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN/DPRK NUCLEAR GAMBIT; THE WEST AND
[...] (SBU) In lieu of daily media reaction reporting, Embassy Paris offers this report of the week's major international stories. Two major stories emerged in the first week in October: the nuclear gambit of North Korea and Iran and questions linked to criticisms of Islam. Media coverage of Islam [...]
2006-10-10 09:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS6721 FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST:
[...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1202/AME dated 11 October 2006. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of th [...]
2006-10-12 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KRVC EWWT FR
06PARIS6740EGYPTIANS PRESS FRENCH FOR DETAILS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Egyptian officials have been pressing their French counterparts to follow up on President Chirac's call for an international conference on the Middle East by spelling out what he hopes to achieve. The Egyptians believe the French may be backing away from the idea of an internatio [...]
2006-10-12 14:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EG FR IS SY
06PARIS6753FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: ECOWAS MEETING FAILS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Montel on October 10 expressed frustration that the October 6 ECOWAS summit accomplished little in moving the peace process forward, although she identified a number of points made by ECOWAS that were helpful (condemnation of Afi N'guessan, affirm [...]
2006-10-13 11:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KDEM UNSC IV SF FR
06PARIS6785 MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK'S NUCLEAR TEST, UNEASE WITH RUSSIA AND
[...] (SBU) Three major stories emerged this week: North Korea's nuclear test, fallout and international reactions to the slaying of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and western criticism of Putin's regime, and commentary on Al Gore's documentary film on climate change. French media unequivoca [...]
2006-10-13 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC SENV FR
06PARIS6786FRANCE: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH
[...] (C) Summary: In October 6 meetings with WHA Venezuela Coordinator Deborah McCarthy, French MFA officials reiterated French opposition to a Venezuelan seat on the UN Security Council but judged it remained a distinct possibility. DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard argued that overall the Chavez Admin [...]
2006-10-13 16:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CO CU BL VE PGOV SNAR UNSC SP FR
06PARIS6787FRENCH CONCERNS OVER ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS
[...] (C) French military and civilian contacts have recently expressed serious concern to us over Israeli overflights over French UNIFIL forces, most notably the "buzzing" of French navy vessels off the coast of Lebanon on or about 25 September and on a few occasions since. According to DATT and M [...]
2006-10-13 16:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS UN LE FR
06PARIS6811FRENCH MOVING FORWARD ON NEW COPYRIGHT REGULATORY
[...] (SBU) Embassy officers have completed a series of meetings with Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials regarding France,s Copyright law (ref A). French officials reiterated that they welcomed U.S. government and industry input regarding the implemen [...]
2006-10-16 13:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL WTO FR
06PARIS68162006 FRENCH GDP GROWTH REVISED UPWARD
[...] SUMMARY: The National Statistical Agency revised upward from 2.0 percent to 2.3 percent its GDP growth forecast for 2006, after taking into account the jump in second quarter growth. INSEE's forecast is in line with the government forecast for 2006. END SUMMARY. GDP Increases 2.3 Percent [...]
2006-10-16 14:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS6831FRENCH SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQ COMPACT, TALABANI VISIT
[...] (C) We raised ref A points on the International Compact with Iraq with Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, the MFA,s Inter-Ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, on October 12. Guinhut reiterated strong French support for the Compact, although he stated that President Talabani,s visit t [...]
2006-10-17 08:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
06PARIS6837UNESCO: BRASILIA FIELD OFFICE INVESTIGATION NOW OF
[...] (C) This is an action request; please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary. On Friday, October 13, the U.S. Mission was discreetly provided a copy of a letter addressed to UNESCO Director-General Matsuura signed by two Brazilian Federal Prosecutors who informed the D-G that the previously civil inv [...]
2006-10-17 12:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS6843FRENCH PONDER NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: While the French MFA's NEA and IO equivalents are convinced of the need to support PM Siniora, implement UNSCR 1701, and ensure UNIFIL's credibility, they have not yet ironed out differences in their thinking on potential next steps -- and may be seriously overestimating the poten [...]
2006-10-17 13:35:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS6845CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER ON UNSC ELECTIONS, DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: DCM met with Presidential African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 12 to follow up on French advocacy with Francophone sub-Saharan Africans to bolster the Security Council candidacy of Guatemala. Bonnecorse confirmed his intervention with the AU President and wi [...]
2006-10-17 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC SU IV FR
06PARIS685MEDIA REACTION REPORT - State of the Union
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 12:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6907TALABANI VISIT ON TRACK
[...] (C) On Oct. 19, PolMC briefed Iraqi Ambassador Mouaffak Abboud on the results (reported Ref B) of our latest demarche to the French on supporting the Iraq Compact. PolMC noted that the UK Embassy delivered a similar demarche to the French in mid-September and urged Abboud to also raise the po [...]
2006-10-19 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN ETRD FR IZ PGOV PREL
06PARIS6921 TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, EB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total International Relations Senior Vice President Hubert Loiseleur des Longchamps on Total's prospective investments in Iran. Simons explained that Congress had recently passed the Iran Freedom [...]
2006-10-20 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EINV EPET FIR IR
06PARIS6943 MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK SANCTIONS, IRAQ AND FRENCH-TURKISH
[...] (SBU) This week's commentary led with items on potential sanctions following North Korea's nuclear test and the difficulty of finding a balance between a firm stance and China's concerns over the "disintegration" of North Korea (DPRK),with a number of media linking the DPRK and Iran. Iraq sta [...]
2006-10-20 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS6946MFA A/S-EQUIVALENT PESSIMISTIC ON TURKEY-EU TRAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S-equivalent for European Union affairs Gilles Briatta told us October 20 that Turkey understood that the French National Assembly's passage of legislation criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" was only a first parliamentary step, and that Turkey had managed the [...]
2006-10-23 06:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EU TU CY PGOV RS ENRG ETRD
06PARIS6968FRANCE SEEKS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS BY A 'FACTOR
[...] On October 9, Ecology and Industry Ministers, Nelly Olin and Francois Loos, jointly presented at a 'Factor 4' Conference the final report of the Working Group on 'Achieving a four-fold reduction in GHG emissions in France by 2050.' Written under the supervision of the French Council of Econo [...]
2006-10-23 15:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV FR
06PARIS6969FRANCE SEEKS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS BY A 'FACTOR
[...] On October 9, Ecology and Industry Ministers, Nelly Olin and Francois Loos, jointly presented at a 'Factor 4' Conference the final report of the Working Group on 'Achieving a four-fold reduction in GHG emissions in France by 2050.' Written under the supervision of the French Council of Econo [...]
2006-10-23 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV FR
06PARIS6993PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MALAWI DEBT
[...] (U) At the October 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors canceled 354 million of Malawi's 363 million dollars of Paris Club debt as its completion point treatment under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The US was not a creditor. The Club provided financing assuranc [...]
2006-10-24 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7013DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 10:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PHUM PREL PTER UNGA
06PARIS7025FRANCE/CHAD: STORM HAS BLOWN OVER
[...] (C) Bruno Foucher, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent assured Africa Watcher late October 25 that the rebel attacks near Mongo had petered out and the rebels were dispersing -- some headed toward the southern border with the Central African Republic, others toward the north. Foucher, who leaves in Novemb [...]
2006-10-25 17:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CD FR
06PARIS7057EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]
2006-10-27 08:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PARIS7084THE FUSE AND THE POWDER KEG: FRANCE ONE YEAR AFTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after violent unrest lit up France's underclass suburbs for three weeks, the country's poor suburban neighborhoods remain troubled. Religious identity in these largely Muslim areas was not a significant causal factor then, nor has it become one now. Instead, failure [...]
2006-10-27 15:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI ELAB FR PGOV
06PARIS7086SERBIA PUSHING FRANCE TO REOPEN SAA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: (S) Serbian Senior Presidential Advisor Vuk Jeremic held talks in Paris at the MFA and French Presidency on October 25-26 to push for a reopening of EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) negotiations with Serbia, lay out President Tadic,s vision for elections, and plead for [...]
2006-10-27 16:07:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV UNMIK YI FR
06PARIS7090 MEDIA WRAP-UP: SUBURBAN UNREST; IRAN'S REACH INTO SHIITE
[...] (SBU) A number of media outlets commented on recent vandalism and violence in the Paris suburbs in conjunction with the anniversary of last year's suburban unrest and discussed the undercurrents of lingering tensions. Commentators analyzed the situation in the light of a confidential intellige [...]
2006-10-27 16:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7094 UNESCO -- EDUCATION ISSUES AT THE 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] (SBU) EDUCATION SECTOR REFORMS In September, the First Lady hosted her highly successful Literacy Conference in New York City, attended by the President and UNESCO's Director General Matsuura. Despite the goodwill generated by the conference and interventions by most members of the Executive [...]
2006-10-27 16:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL KPAO
06PARIS7095 MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY ISSUE AT UNESCO 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] (U) MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY The Medium Term Strategy (MTS) for 2008-2013 (34 C/4) was the source of hours of discussion and a major "thematic" debate on UNESCO's role in the world. (Comment: we know of no other organization that is as self-absorbed as UNESCO and wastes as much time discussing i [...]
2006-10-27 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL PO IS BR LE CU EU
06PARIS7096G/TIP: FRANCE MAKES CASE FOR PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Jean-Michel Colombani, Chief of the Interior Ministry's Central Office for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons, made the case during an October 25 meeting that France has a strong record in preventing and addressing the trafficking of persons and continues to make significant [...]
2006-10-27 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KWMN FR
06PARIS7098 (U) USUNESCO - MORE INFORMATION ON BRASILIA OFFICE
[...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss for reason 1.4 (d) 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Powell delivered her talking points on Brasilia to Director-General (DG) Matsuura during their meeting on October 24. Following that meeting, Ambassador Oliver had a private session with the DG to dis [...]
2006-10-27 17:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS7108MFA SEES LITTLE CHANCE OF TALKS BETWEEN POLISARIO
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb, Christian Testo, assessed there was little likelihood either Morocco or Algeria would agree to direct Moroccan-Polisario talks in the near future. In Testo's analysis, both Algeria and Tunisia were obsessed with their respective presidential [...]
2006-10-30 11:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG FR MO PGOV
06PARIS7118ISRAELI DIPLOMAT THINKS WORST IS OVER ON
[...] (S) Summary: The Israeli PolCouns told us 10/26 that "the worst is over" in terms of the public spat between France and Israel regarding overflights of Lebanon. The Israeli MFA has advised the Israeli Air Force to "cool it," and the French have assured the GoI that UNIFIL's commander will soon [...]
2006-10-30 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7127EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION
[...] (U) The question of EU ambassadorial delegation switching - which provoked strong, negative reactions at the Spring 2006 Executive Board session - was followed up with determination by the Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) States (led by India and Japan, and joined by Afghanistan, China, Indonesia) to have [...]
2006-10-31 09:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN
06PARIS71352007 INCSR REPORT FOR FRANCE
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) FOR THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN: I. SUMMARY French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the French side of St. Martin, and St. Barthe [...]
2006-10-31 12:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR FR
06PARIS715EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 07:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS7153 TOGO: GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio on October 23 told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn that the UFC would be willing to participate in Togo's government of national unity under certain conditions, such as naming a UFC member to head a notional new ministry charged with over [...]
2006-11-02 07:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TO FR
06PARIS7177FRANCE SEES POST-DEBY CHAD APPROACHING
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse admitted to visiting U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall in an October 20 meeting that Deby's Presidency could be nearing its close, with assassination a growing possibility. The manner and place of Deby's demise - [...]
2006-11-02 14:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KPKO SU CD FR
06PARIS718EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS719EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS720EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7201PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S VISIT TO CHINA-STRENGTHENING THE
[...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac's most recent four-day visit to China on October 25th through the 28th was notable due to the signing of trade deals worth approximately 5 billion euro and for his personal efforts to improve Franco-Chinese political ties. 2. (U) "Never have we been s [...]
2006-11-03 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR CH
06PARIS7208FRENCH FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
[...] Summary: A number of environmental developments have occurred in France recently: - The release of State of the Environment IFEN Report 2006; - President Chirac's announcement of an international conference to be held in Paris in early 2007 to press for a UN Environment Organization; - [...]
2006-11-03 16:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV FR
06PARIS7209CESR CHANGES OPERATIONAL TASKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has amended its charter in response to a report issued by the EU Council of Ministers earlier this year. The move is part of a broader effort to promote regulatory convergence and improve supervision of the financial markets [...]
2006-11-03 16:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7210 UNESCO - EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD
[...] Summary. Mission has picked up some murmurs about the desire of a few UNESCO member states to have UNESCO draft a convention that would treat education as a public good and attempt to remove education from the purview of the WTO, much along the lines of what was attempted during the drafting [...]
2006-11-03 16:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL ETRD
06PARIS7213 MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, NATO'S
[...] (SBU) Speculation about the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections and the impact of the war in Iraq elicited widespread conjecture about the prospects for a new U.S. strategy for Iraq. President Talabani's visit to Paris prompted additional discussion of the need for international support for his c [...]
2006-11-03 16:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7243UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In a November 3 meeting, Aurelia Bouchez, MFA DAS equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, expressed general support for the U.S.-led UNGA resolution on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. Bouchez expressed surprise, however, that the U.S. had already sent a demarche t [...]
2006-11-06 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN FR
06PARIS7251DAILY NEWSPAPERS: FIRST IN A SERIES ON THE FRENCH MEDIA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for the 2006-2007 to determine the appropriate attention to keep on traditional print media while pivoting to expand our efforts with radio and TV media, as well as with the new Internet media. This analysis of French [...]
2006-11-06 16:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7269(S/NF) G7 CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING
[...] SUMMARY: (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada) France hosted an experts-level meeting on October 25 with G7 partners and the EU to discus how to implement the G8 Gleneagles commitment to develop financial measures to combat WMD proliferation. Participants exchanged information on [...]
2006-11-07 14:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS728MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and Democracy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-03 12:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS7290HAL - FRANCE'S PORTAL FOR SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
[...] All major French research organizations, the conference of university presidents (CPU),the conference of 'Grandes Ecoles' (France's elite universities),and the Pasteur Institute recently signed a Joint Draft Agreement defining a coordinated approach, at the national level, for open-access [...]
2006-11-08 13:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTINT TNGD FR
06PARIS7322FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND
[...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met 11/8 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's foreign policy advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and received a short readout of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's visit to France November 1-2. Boche noted that Talabani did not raise France's long-standing offer t [...]
2006-11-09 11:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7328 MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, VERDICT
[...] (SBU) Debate over the impact of the war in Iraq continued to fuel widespread speculation prior to November 7 about a "lame duck presidency," while most commentary on the results concluded that the vote had "punished" President Bush's Iraq policy. Journalists analyzed the verdict in the Saddam [...]
2006-11-09 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7329FRANCE 2007 INCSR Report, Part II
[...] (SBU) Below is the proposed 2006-2007 INCSR Report for France, Part II, Financial crimes and money laundering. 2. (SBU) France France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods [...]
2006-11-09 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN FR
06PARIS7337FRANCE/GAERC: GOF MAD ON LEBANON; SKEPTICAL ON
[...] (U) We shared reftel points November 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Herve Besancenot, DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet, DAS-equivalent for Nonproliferation (Iran) Philippe Errera and Deputy David Bertolotti, and DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet. Separately, we raised [...]
2006-11-09 16:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK CG IS
06PARIS7345France Ponders 2007 Social Security Budget
[...] SUMMARY: As part of efforts to reduce the overall budget deficit to 2.5 percent of GDP in 2007, Health Minister Xavier Bertrand unveiled a 2007 social security budget with a cap on health spending, reducing the social security deficit to 8.0 billion euros (12.2 billion dollars). The social se [...]
2006-11-13 08:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7358CSTD PARIS PANEL MEETING ON WSIS OUTCOME PRODUCES GUIDANCE
[...] (U) Summary: The November 6-8, 2006 Paris Panel Meeting of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Panel Meeting on WSIS outcome "Promoting the building of people-centered, development-oriented, and inclusive information society, with a view to enhancing digital oppo [...]
2006-11-13 16:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS TINT KWWW PREL FR
06PARIS7393COTE D'IVOIRE/FRANCE: INVESTIGATION OF NOVEMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's judicial investigation of the November 6, 2004, bombing of French forces in Cote d'Ivoire by the Ivoirian Air Force may be drawing to a close, according to recent developments reported by the press. Nine French military personnel and an Amcit civilian were killed in t [...]
2006-11-15 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS IV TO BO RS UP FR
06PARIS741TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES RECENT EVENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's former Interior Minister Francois Boko on January 31 discussed Togo-Cote d'Ivoire arms trafficking (planes piloted by Belarusian mercenaries were involved in the November 2004 bombings in Cote d'Ivoire and had transited Togo, but France did not pursue information Boko says [...]
2006-02-03 15:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PINR TO FR
06PARIS7424SEGOLENE ROYAL'S VICTORY MOVES HER CLOSER TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Segolene Royal's overwhelming first-round victory in the November 16 Socialist Party (PS) presidential primary makes it official -- she will be the candidate of the center-left in next year's presidential election, likely in a tight race against the center-right's Nicolas Sarkozy. [...]
2006-11-17 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS7425FRANCE: PARIS AIRPORT SECURITY UNDER INCREASING
[...] (U) Airport security has come in for increasing public scrutiny with the airing by the Euronews network November 15 of a September videotape purporting to show holes in security arrangements at Paris' Charles De Gaulle airport (CDG). The footage demonstrated how cleared airport baggage handle [...]
2006-11-17 14:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER PREL KHLS FR
06PARIS7435MFA ADVISOR WORRIED ABOUT BULGARIAN NURSES, ASKS
[...] (C) Francois Touazi, FM Douste-Blazy's Advisor for the Persian Gulf and North Africa, told NEA Watcher November 16 that he was seriously concerned about the outcome of the re-trial of the Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV (some t [...]
2006-11-17 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR LY PGOV PREL
06PARIS744ISRAELI IO A/S OUTLINES MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Aharon Leshno Yaar briefed Political Minister-Counselor January 26 on his meetings with French counterparts, stressing his warning to the GoF against new initiatives on Shebaa farms. Yaar confided Israel was also interested in organizing a new coor [...]
2006-02-03 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS7450UNESCO GENEVA GROUP UPDATE
[...] UNESCO's Geneva Group met November 15, and was briefed by two senior UNESCO staff members on the status of the drafting of the 34 C/4 Medium Term Strategy (MTS) and 34 C/5 Program and Budget documents which will provide the foundations for the direction and funding of the organization during th [...]
2006-11-20 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN
06PARIS7451UNESCO: MAN AND BIOSPHERE COORDINATING COUNCIL PONDERS
[...] Summary. The 19th session of the MAB Coordinating Council focused on the need to define the program's future, particularly in the context of the formulation of the new UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy for 2008-2013. Issues debated included: the need to devise an appropriate approach to identifying t [...]
2006-11-20 11:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCI SENV EAID SP
06PARIS7455 UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE
[...] Summary: The November 7 meeting of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee focused on the agenda for the Committee's June 23-July 2, 2007 meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Bureau heard progress reports from the WH Secretariat on a policy paper on the effects of climate change on Wor [...]
2006-11-20 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO
06PARIS7461UNESCO: EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS PARTIALLY
[...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the Special General Assembly of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention (the Convention) at its meeting held on November 9. The Special GA elected 6 additional States Parties as members to the Inter-Governme [...]
2006-11-20 14:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7477FRENCH GDP STAGNATES IN THIRD QUARTER
[...] SUMMARY: Based on a French National Statistical Agency preliminary estimate (which may be subject to revisions),GDP growth stagnated in Q-3. The results disappointed the government, which was counting on growth to reduce unemployment ahead of the April 2007 presidential elections. However, [...]
2006-11-21 13:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7481REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO MEET WITH PLO REP HIND
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) During a November 20 conversation with Ambassador Stapleton, French Senator Aymeri de Montesquiou offered to host a lunch for the Ambassador and Ms. Hind Al-Khoury, the PLO General Representative to Paris. Montesquiou argued forcefully that [...]
2006-11-21 14:11:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KPAL PREL
06PARIS7483URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]
2006-11-21 14:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7484TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...]
2006-11-21 14:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR
06PARIS7485URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]
2006-11-21 14:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7486TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...]
2006-11-21 15:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR
06PARIS7491PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...]
2006-11-21 15:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7493FORMER SUDANESE FM ISMAIL ASSURES SUDAN ENVOY THAT
[...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios met with Bashir presidential advisor and former Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail in Paris on November 18. Natsios, who arrived from the Addis Ababa consultations on Darfur, sought an unambiguous public statement of GoS support for the Addis [...]
2006-11-21 16:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO FR SU
06PARIS7517 UNESCO'S D-G URGES MEMBER STATES TO RATIFY THE 2001
[...] (U) Action requested: see paragraph 10 below. 2. (U) Summary. At a well-attended information meeting hosted at UNESCO's Headquarters on November 21, 2006, and personally chaired by Director-General Matsuura, the D-G issued an appeal to UNESCO Member States to move with greater speed to incr [...]
2006-11-24 06:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS7534 MEDIA WRAP-UP: SYRIA AND IRAN IN MIDDLE-EAST POWER PLAY,
[...] (SBU) The media speculated at great length about Syria's role in the assassination of Lebanese Pierre Gemayel and on its broader agenda in the Middle East. By November 24, right-of-center Le Figaro warned that "Washington would pay dearly for Iraq when it turned to Tehran and Damascus to help [...]
2006-11-24 15:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS754CONTROVERSY OVER MUHAMMAD CARICATURES CONTINUES IN
[...] (C) Summary: France has joined Denmark, but to a lesser degree, as a target of ire in Muslim countries following a French daily's February 1 publication of Danish-origin Muhammad caricatures (ref A),which have since appeared in other French media. Palestinian militants threw a grenade at the [...]
2006-02-06 13:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL XF FR
06PARIS7548CHAD: FRENCH BELIEVE REBEL OFFENSIVE HAS RUNS ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials on November 27 said that the rebel offensive in Chad seemed to be subsiding after gains that peaked during the weekend. They believed that rebel elements were withdrawing eastward towards Sudan. President Deby, in contact with French officials in N'djamena, seeme [...]
2006-11-27 15:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS PGOV PINS CD FR
06PARIS7549RWANDA/FRANCE: "WE'RE BACK TO ZERO"
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 15:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW FR
06PARIS755MITTAL STEEL RE-AWAKENS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French politicians, caught off guard at first, are finding it hard to resist evoking "economic patriotism" in response to Mittal Steel's surprise hostile takeover bid of Arcelor. After Mittal preemptively assured it had no job cuts in mind, the latest salvos have shifted to di [...]
2006-02-06 14:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS7553 UNESCO - FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF INTANGIBLE
[...] (U) Begin Summary. The first meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Algiers November 18-19, 2006. The UNESCO D-G laid out a detailed timetable of proposed IGC and General Assembly meetings over the next two years t [...]
2006-11-28 06:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7567 SIGIR Stuart Bowen's PD Program in France, Nov 20 - 22,
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PAS) took advantage of the visit to France of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen, November 20-22, 2006, to program him as a "target of opportunity" speaker in both Paris and Lille. Presenting updated informati [...]
2006-11-28 14:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KDEM IZ FR
06PARIS7575FRANCE: AIR TRANSPORT FOR AFGHANS TO HAJJ DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 22 to Nicole Taillefer, Head of the Energy, Transport and Infrastructure Department in the MFA's Economics Directorate. She was unaware of any Government of Afghanistan request for support in transportation of Hajjis, but said she would follow [...]
2006-11-28 16:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID EAIR FR AF
06PARIS7579GOF C/T COORDINATOR,S OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM THREAT
[...] (S) Summary: Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's counter-terrorism coordinating chief, told us on November 20 that GOF authorities remain extremely concerned about the threat of terrorism on French soil and are actively taking measures to combat current and future threats. Radical Islami [...]
2006-11-29 11:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS7580COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PARIS RSI PARTICIPANTS
[...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for visiting USG officials participating in the Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative Chiefs of Mission Conference to travel to Paris, France from December 4 to December 8, 2006. The RSI conference will bring together [...]
2006-11-29 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR
06PARIS7581ITER JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR $10 BILLION FUSION
[...] Summary: On November 21, representatives of the European Union, China, Russia, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the United States signed the agreement creating the ITER international organization charged with building, operating and dismantling, at a cost of some $10 billion, a first-o [...]
2006-11-29 14:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY SENV KPAO FR
06PARIS7586COTE D'IVOIRE: GOF UPSET OVER GBAGBO'S TAKE-OVER
[...] (C) MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on November 29 said that the GOF was extremely upset over Cote d'Ivoire President Gbagbo's recent actions that in effect represented a take-over of the RTI broadcasting station, Cote d'Ivoire's state-owned and principal radio and television [...]
2006-11-29 15:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IV FR
06PARIS7612UNESCO: AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION SWITCHING:
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Reftel reported on a recent UNESCO Executive Board (EB) decision (175th session, fall 2006) with respect to a controversial European Union-initiated practice of ambassadorial switching (or surrogate representation among ambassadors) dur [...]
2006-12-01 05:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL UNESCO KPAO XG
06PARIS762FRENCH PROPOSALS FOR AN EU ENERGY POLICY
[...] (U) As part of an on-going EU debate on an integrated energy policy, France recently presented a memorandum highlighting the contribution of nuclear power to the security of supply and the fight against climate change. France also stressed the importance of energy-saving initiatives and grea [...]
2006-02-06 15:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET SENV EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7635WEEKLY MAGAZINES: SECOND IN A SERIES ON FRENCH MEDIA
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2006-2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of French weekly magazines is the second in a series of cables ana [...]
2006-12-01 14:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7661DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 1 to Arnaud Pescheux, MFA desk officer for Iran. Pescheux agreed with our analysis of the circular nature of the Iranian system. He also agreed that the new Iranian elections would likely fail to meet international standards of fairness and openne [...]
2006-12-04 12:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR KDEM PGOV PREL
06PARIS7666U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...]
2006-12-05 08:47:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR
06PARIS7698LEBANESE DIPLOMAT THINKS HIZBALLAH HAS THE UPPER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: LEBANESE A/DCM GHADY EL-KHOURY TOLD US DECEMBER 6 HE BELIEVED HIZBALLAH HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON THANKS IN LARGE PART TO ITS DOMINATION OF LEBANON'S SHI'A COMMUNITY. EL-KHOURY ASSESSED THAT MANY LEBANESE SHIITES WITH NO LOVE OF NASRALLAH'S IDEOLOGY -- IN [...]
2006-12-07 11:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7699DOD U/S FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS:
[...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made on Afghanistan at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decisions to ensure that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and OEF through [...]
2006-12-07 11:54:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ECPS NATO MNUC AF FR
06PARIS7705 EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...]
2006-12-07 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV FR
06PARIS7724Widespread interest in US crop insurance programs
[...] Summary: James Callan, Associate Administrator, Risk Management Agency, USDA, visited Paris November 13 and 14 and met with representatives from various agricultural sectors and French parliamentarians to discuss the US crop insurance program. All interlocutors expressed strong interest in US [...]
2006-12-08 14:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS7731FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES EXCEPT
[...] (U) We shared refs A and B points December 5 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points),DAS-equivalent for industrial questions and sensitive exports Marc Abensour (China embargo),DAS-equivalent for the Levant Herve Besancenot (Israel-Palestinian conflict and Leb [...]
2006-12-08 16:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UN YI SR BK IS LE IR
06PARIS7755A/S FRIED AND FRENCH NSA-EQUIVALENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried's December 7 meeting with presidential diplomatic advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) focused largely on Russia, with France in a defensive posture. MGM raised the aborted Putin-Chirac dinner on the margins of the NATO Riga Summit, saying it had been instigated b [...]
2006-12-12 13:05:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL FR EUN NATO RS UNO SR YI TU CY
06PARIS7770A/S FRIED AND MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and MFA Political Director Araud on December 6 discussed whether Russia would wield a veto at the UNSC to thwart Kosovar independence. Araud called for a resolution that would facilitate a Russian abstention. A/S Fried agreed, but insisted there must be a common diplomat [...]
2006-12-12 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RU TU SR FR
06PARIS7787CHIRAC ADVISER HINTS AT SOFTENING IN FRENCH
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, Dominique Boche (President Chirac's Middle East adviser) hinted at a possible softening in France's position on establishing an international tribunal for Lebanon. Boche said that France would support whatever position the Government of Lebanon (GOL) too [...]
2006-12-14 10:09:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7802GOF TO BE CONDEMNED BY EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE
[...] On December 12, the EU Commission proposed that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) fine the GOF a lump sum of 38 million euros and a daily penalty of 366,744 euros for not transposing EU Directive 2001/18 (the EU legal framework on the deliberate release of biotech products into the environme [...]
2006-12-14 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS7806USUNESCO: 13th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS
[...] Summary: The 13th session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) examined the preliminary reports of its working groups on social responsibility and health and on consent. During the debate on social responsibility and health, IBC members reiterated their independence from UNESCO itsel [...]
2006-12-15 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO TBIO US KSCI FR
06PARIS7813 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PINOCHET'S DEATH; IRAN AND THE
[...] (SBU) French Media coverage of ex-Chilean President Augusto Pinochet's death was unanimous in lamenting his "escape from justice" but noted that Chile had "turned a page" with the election of Michele Bachelet. A few commentators argued that overall, Latin America was on the road to democracy. [...]
2006-12-15 16:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7828UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR PONDERS POTENTIAL
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Executive Director Susanna Connaughton used her December meetings with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector to query them on the ongoing review of the Sciences sectors, and on how they assess the impact of their programs. Her interlocutors, [...]
2006-12-18 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
06PARIS7835PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...]
2006-12-19 13:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7847S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...]
2006-12-20 09:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL FR IR
06PARIS7861FLURRY OF FRENCH CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES
[...] Summary: To reach Kyoto Protocol commitments, the government of France recently announced: -- Its updated 'National Plan' to fight climate change (PNLCC) aimed at saving an extra 6 to 8 million tons equivalent CO2 per year (MtCO2) for the period 2008-2010. -- In the context of the EU Emis [...]
2006-12-20 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG FR
06PARIS7864OECD: COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUDGET, MAY MINISTERIAL AS WELL AS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OECD Council met all day on December 14 for its last regularly scheduled session in 2006. PermReps considered the program of work and budget (PWB) for 2007-2008 (see reftel),enlargement and enhanced engagement as well as planning for the May 2007 Meeting of the Council at [...]
2006-12-20 15:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON OECD EFIN ETRD EAID
06PARIS7873UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENT OF FRENCH UAVS TO LEBANON
[...] (C) On December 20, we met with Alexandra Novosseloff, desk officer in the MOD's Crisis Management bureau, to clarify the status of France's deployment of reconnaissance drones (SDTI) to Lebanon (reftels). She noted that, contrary to press reports, the drones have not yet been deployed in Leb [...]
2006-12-20 15:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE FR
06PARIS7882FRANCE'S NEW SCIENTIFIC/INNOVATION SYSTEM
[...] Summary: In the past two years France has undertaken remarkable reforms in its scientific/innovation system. These include the creation of a High Council for Science and Technology, a National Research Agency, and numerous 'competitiveness clusters,' among other structures. The government has [...]
2006-12-21 12:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL PGOV FR
06PARIS7884FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...]
2006-12-21 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO
06PARIS7885FRENCH AND AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Ranjeen Dadfar Spanta reacted skeptically to the French proposal for an Afghanistan Contact Group during a meeting December 14 with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Although Douste-Blazy tried to sell the group as an opportunity to rationaliz [...]
2006-12-21 15:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AF FR
06PARIS7902FRENCH UPDATE ON THE TFTP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains cautious about the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP). It is still debating internally how to respond to the European Commission's queries, mindful of the priority to ensure that counter-terrorism cooperation continues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Drawing on po [...]
2006-12-26 06:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER ECON FR
06PARIS7904S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND
[...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...]
2006-12-26 11:45:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM FR
06PARIS792WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...]
2006-02-08 08:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON FR AR VE BL BR CO CA IR HA
06PARIS798DEPSEC ZOELLICK REVIEWS INVESTMENT BARRIERS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Zoellick reviewed French economic reforms, new GoF restrictive investment rules, and the current state of the Doha Round trade negotiations with Christine Lagarde, France's Minister-delegate for Foreign Trade. Lagarde said France was "open for business", and [...]
2006-02-08 11:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL OTRA ETRD EINV EFIN EUN FR
06PARIS8MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-03 13:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS823FRANCE; DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 24
[...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff held meetings in Paris January 24 to discuss preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic, Franco-American cooperation on C/T and aviation security, and specific issues related to biometric passports and the Container Security Initiative [...]
2006-02-08 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER FR EAIR KFLU CVIS
06PARIS840MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 12:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS846DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOF
[...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary met separately on February 3 with Presidential Counselor for African Affairs Michel de Bonnecorse and Chief of Defense General Henri Bentegeat for exchanges on Sudan and Chad. French interlocutors concurred AMIS should transition into a UN mission, while em [...]
2006-02-09 15:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF IV CD SU FR
06PARIS907PSI: INTERAGENCY BILATERAL MEETING WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary. An interagency delegation met in Paris with French officials on January 16 to discuss the pending export to China of a vibration/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) by the U.S. company Data Physics and the French Company Actidyn Systemes. French technical experts disagreed wit [...]
2006-02-13 14:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR CH
06PARIS91MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mideast: Sharon's Health and
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-06 13:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS915FRENCH MUSLIM PROTESTS OF MOHAMMED CARTOONS GROW
[...] (C) Summary: Two weekend protests in Paris and Strasbourg were the largest so far in France on the cartoon controversy, but the gatherings remained peaceful and took place without incident. Both gatherings were initiated by groups outside the mainstream of French Muslim organizations, which h [...]
2006-02-13 17:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KDEM PTER IR TU FR
06PARIS937 PRESIDENT CHIRAC SPURS MICROCREDIT DEVELOPMENT
[...] SUMMARY: As another way to quiet the unrest in French suburbs, President Chirac personally turned his attention to the development of micro-credit, notably in disadvantaged areas. At a recent roundtable, Chirac proposed giving more money to the social cohesion fund ("Fonds de Cohesion Sociale [...]
2006-02-14 14:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS945MFA CONTACTS STRESS GOF POSITION ON HAMAS
[...] (C) In conversations with us February 13, senior MFA contacts stressed that the GoF position on Hamas remained unchanged and they downplayed press reports suggesting that the GoF had endorsed Russia's initiative to invite Hamas leaders to Moscow. MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herv Besan [...]
2006-02-14 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL PTER FR
06PARIS953EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEB 3 MEETING WITH SARKOZY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker reviewed on February 3 with Patrick Devedjian, a former industry minister and key advisor to Interior Minister Sarkozy, how a possible Sarkozy administration would likely approach relations with the U.S. Devedjian said a Sarkozy [...]
2006-02-14 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS962005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The following text is our contribution to the INCSR, per reftel: France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods of laundering money in France include the use of bank deposits; f [...]
2006-01-06 14:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN FR
06PARIS99 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] This is part 1 of the INCSR submission for France. A section on the French Caribbean and French Guiana follows at the end of this message. I. SUMMARY: France is a transshipment point for drugs moving into, from and within Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduit [...]
2006-01-06 14:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR FR
06PARIS993 UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL PARRIES WITH EXECUTIVE
[...] Summary: On January 19, 2006 the UNESCO Executive Board met for an information meeting with UNESCO Director-General (DG) Matsuura. Members of the Executive Board were invited to submit questions in advance of the meeting. Rather than answer questions directly, the DG read prepared remarks t [...]
2006-02-16 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL AORC SOCI UNESCO
06PESHAWAR109FRONTIER SENATE RACES
[...] (C) On March 6, President Musharraf's PML-Q party and its junior partner -- the PPP-Sherpao (PPP-S) -- won four out of eleven senate seats in indirect elections held in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly. This was an impressive performance since these parties commanded only a thin [...]
2006-03-07 11:44:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR66SECTARIAN VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN THE SOUTH
[...] (SBU) After a relatively quiet five years, the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) southern district of Hangu erupted in sectarian violence on February 9, the tenth day of Muharram. Two bomb blasts, reportedly caused by suicide bombers, shattered a Shi'a procession around noon, killing thirt [...]
2006-02-10 08:35:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KISL PK
06PESHAWAR67A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...]
2006-02-13 11:35:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF
06PESHAWAR79THE POLITICS OF UNREST IN PESHAWAR
[...] (C) Summary. The anti-cartoon protests in Peshawar and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 15 resulted in three deaths (including a child),60 injured, and widespread looting and destruction of businesses. The extensive rioting appears to have been ignited by religious fervor [...]
2006-02-16 14:30:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL CASC PK
06PESHAWAR82GOP/ARMY RELATIONS IN WAZIRISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-17 13:08:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL MARR PK PTER EAID SNAR
06PESHAWAR86CLERIC ISSUES A FATWA AGAINST DANISH CARTOONISTS
[...] (SBU) On February 17, Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Qureshi (heading Peshawar's oldest mosque, the Mohabat Khan) offered a bounty in excess of $1 million for the killing of any of the Danish cartoonists who drew the allegedly blasphemous sketches of the Prophet Muhammad. He announced that Mohabat Kha [...]
2006-02-21 12:56:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALKISL ASEC PREL PGOV CVIS PK
06PESHAWAR91CHIEF MINISTER ON PESHAWAR RIOTS
[...] (C) Summary. Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani recently discussed the 2/15 Peshawar protests (Ref A) with us. He said police are currently reviewing television and video footage of the riots and will arrest protestors who broke the law. He outlined a two-pr [...]
2006-02-23 10:46:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALKISL ASEC PREL PGOV PK
06PESHAWAR99NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR TO BE NAMED
[...] (C) In the shadow of President Bush's imminent arrival, GOP sources have leaked President Musharraf's decision to replace Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman in the next few days, according to local press reports. Rumors regarding Rehman's departure have been rampant [...]
2006-03-01 12:14:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER PK
06PHNOMPENH1036WORLD BANK FINDS CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA PROJECTS
[...] (C) Summary: A World Bank (WB) audit has found evidence of procurement fraud in seven out of nine WB programs investigated in Cambodia, involving kickbacks to Cambodian government (RGC) officials and rigged bidding. The WB estimates that 10-15% of $5.0 million already disbursed was skimmed. [...]
2006-05-31 11:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1048PROMISING CAMBODIAN UNION'S DECLINE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU),which was once one of the country's most respected unions, has plummeted in stature following the dismissal of former union president Chhorn Sokha. Embassy persuasion has been required on several occasions t [...]
2006-06-02 09:50:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON KTEX PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1050CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO ANNOUNCE FORMATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings with members of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs suggests the Cambodian body is prepared to announce in early September the formation of a Burma Caucus comprised of MPs from the ruling CPP, FUNCINPEC and opposition Sam Rainsy Party. As a [...]
2006-06-02 10:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1086TONLE BASSAC LAND DISPUTE CONTINUES
[...] (U) Summary: A land dispute in the heart of Phnom Penh is emblematic of the increasing number of land conflicts in Cambodia. On June 6 and 7, local police evicted 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community. Another group of families with land documentation from the UNTAC days is being th [...]
2006-06-09 10:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1088CAMBODIA: ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS HIGHLIGHT TOP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental leaders cited land degradation and encroachment on protected areas as Cambodia's most pressing environmental concerns during a June 7 roundtable discussion. Wildlife traffickers seem to operate in small, decentralized networks with Vietnam as either a destinati [...]
2006-06-09 10:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PHUM ECON CB VN CN
06PHNOMPENH1092AMBASSADOR PRESSES CAMBODIAN DPM ON TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Ambassador delivered the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) demarche to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng noting the upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List. While praising Cambodia's progress during the previous year, he emphasized that law [...]
2006-06-09 11:22:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1124CAMBODIAN GARMENT SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT DRAMATIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following several months of increased garment sector strikes, the number of working days lost to strikes reached 87,000 in May--more than four times typical levels. These strikes are largely the result of two irresponsible unions, but also reflect growing union rivalry, worke [...]
2006-06-15 10:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1153TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN PEDOPHILE CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 20, accused pedophile Amcit Michael Pepe was charged with rape and debauchery at Phnom Penh Municipal Court. Four local accomplices were also charged. Three women were charged with human trafficking for allegedly supplying underage female victims to the Amcit. Two of [...]
2006-06-21 08:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN ASEC
06PHNOMPENH1163DRUGS IN CAMBODIA: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Donors highlighted Cambodia's porous borders, rising rates of drug use, limited rehabilitation facilities, and limited government capacity during a June 20 roundtable discussion about Cambodia's drug problem. Several donor nations provide small-scale counternarcotics assistanc [...]
2006-06-22 08:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1165 AUSTRALIAN PEDOPHILE CONVICTED DESPITE WITNESS WITHDRAWAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Phnom Penh Appeals Court has upheld the conviction of an Australian pedophile despite the withdrawal of complaints against the accused by nine of ten witnesses. We are pleased that the Cambodian court relied on forensic evidence to uphold the conviction and did not let its [...]
2006-06-22 10:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1169GARMENT SECTOR WORRIES TARNISH GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE
[...] SUMMARY. Business leaders and government officials touted recent accomplishments in promoting economic development during the Private Sector Forum, held June 21. Despite predictions of 2.5% economic growth in 2005, Cambodia's GDP actually grew by 13.4%, thanks to a bumper rice crop and stron [...]
2006-06-23 08:50:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB KTEX EAIR PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1178NGOS APPROVE OF CAMBODIA'S TIER UPGRADE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs applauded the decision to upgrade Cambodia to Tier 2 Watch List, based on the Cambodia's performance last year. However, AFESIP and IJM believe that cooperation so far this year has not matched last year's efforts. Mission officers are stressing in thei [...]
2006-06-27 04:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1181SCREENED-OUT MONTAGNARD DEPORTED TO VIETNAM
[...] (U) Cambodian Immigration police removed a screened-out Montagnard, Y Ngoan Nie, from UNHCR's Site 2 in Phnom Penh on June 27 and escorted him to the border for deportation to Vietnam. Y Ngoan Nie was one of the 31 persons denied refugee status that the embassy referred to the Department as [...]
2006-06-27 07:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1185CAMBODIA: PROMISING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS FALTER,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Promising negotiations between the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) and the Free Trade Union (FTU) over FTU demands for a minimum wage increase faltered when FTU factory-level union leaders rejected the proposed deal on June 25. During a meeting with Polec [...]
2006-06-27 12:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTEX ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH1199CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE COULD PROVE POLITICAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The July 3 general strike threatened by the Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA) presents an already vulnerable Hun Sen with the conundrum of choosing between support for workers or the business elite. Hun Sen realizes that only Camb [...]
2006-06-28 13:30:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1201CAMBODIA'S LABOR AND COMMERCE MINISTERS DOING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During separate June 28 meetings with the Ministers of Commerce and Labor, the Ambassador relayed embassy efforts to encourage both unions and garment manufacturers to negotiate a resolution to the general strike threatened for July 3 and urged the government to do everything [...]
2006-06-29 11:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV KTEX KIPR CB
06PHNOMPENH1235CAMBODIA: 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary: During the second quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police conducted 17 operations which resulted in the arrest of 26 traffickers and pimps as well as the rescue of 20 trafficking victims. Four foreign nationals, including an American citizen, were arrested for sex crimes against [...]
2006-07-05 10:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1264CAMBODIA: FELONY CHARGES TO BE DROPPED AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A labor dispute threatened to erupt into violence on July 6 after striking workers illegally blockaded the main gate at the Genuine garment factory and the garment factory had three union leaders arrested on trumped-up felony charges of human confinement, the first time unionis [...]
2006-07-10 11:30:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1362KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BUILDING MOMENTUM
[...] (U) Summary. Following initial criticism of a slow start, progress of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on a variety of fronts has picked up in July, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). OSJI believes the most significant new development is the court's adoption of the ICC Code o [...]
2006-07-27 09:03:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1404PROTESTORS DEMAND REOPENING OF CHEA VICHEA MURDER CASE -- A
[...] (U) Summary: On August 1 (the first-year anniversary of the convictions),20 armed police officers dispersed protestors who had gathered in front of the Phnom Penh prison holding the two convicted killers of Chea Vichea to demand that their cases be reopened. Protesters also appealed to King [...]
2006-08-07 02:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1406PHNOM PENH'S CHINESE SEX TOURISM INDUSTRY
[...] (U) Summary. Typically shrouded behind legitimate businesses, Phnom Penh's sex establishments catering to the Chinese operate relatively discretely. Generally, Chinese men come to Phnom Penh for business reasons, not for the purpose of sex tourism. Chinese clientele refrain from the low-e [...]
2006-08-07 08:49:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KJUS CB KWMN SNAR
06PHNOMPENH1424AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 4, the Ambassador delivered the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan demarche to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, stressing the recommendations outlined in reftel. The Ambassador added that he was concerned that Cambodia would become complacent an [...]
2006-08-09 07:43:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1426CAMBODIA LAND DISPUTES, EVICTIONS CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the June 6 and 7 evictions of 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community (refs),there was a large-scale eviction of 168 families from the grounds of a Phnom Penh hospital on June 29. Protests from civil society led to the postponement of another forced eviction, but [...]
2006-08-09 10:25:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1445CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT
[...] (U) Summary. On August 8, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court initiated corruption proceedings against Touch Ngim, former Deputy Director of the MOI's Anti-TIP Department. Ngim confessed to taking bribe money to release brothel owners, but claimed that he was acting upon orders of his superior, [...]
2006-08-15 08:34:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1452LAND DISPUTES IN KANDAL PROVINCE LEAD TO VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent land disputes involving Kandal province have resulted in low-level violence. On August 7, 60 armed police officers clashed with a group of 200 hundred villagers from Kandal province who tried to enter Phnom Penh to protest a land dispute in their community. The en [...]
2006-08-15 09:53:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1509CAMBODIA'S RENEGADE POLICE CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary. On August 2, an arrest warrant was issued for Heng Pov, the powerful former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Interior, who reportedly was tipped off of the impending arrest and fled the country by the time the RGC moved to arrest [...]
2006-08-24 01:11:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1519CAMBODIA: POLICE CRACKDOWN ON POSSIBLE PEDOPHILE NETWORK
[...] (U) Summary: Police from the Phnom Penh anti-Trafficking Unit arrested five individuals, including two German nationals, for their alleged involvement in the sexual exploitation of four underage girls. The German suspects are accused of debauchery; the others, one of whom is the mother of t [...]
2006-08-24 09:17:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1534CAMBODIA'S LEGISLATURE LAUNCHES BURMA CAUCUS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 25, Cambodia's National Assembly launched its Burma Caucus, which includes 26 members from Cambodia's three political parties. Members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC),diplomats, and NGOs participated in the inauguration ceremony, as did mem [...]
2006-08-28 09:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1606TIP MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN POLICE DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On September 5, the Acting DCM delivered the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan demarche to Lieutenant General Neth Savoeun of the Cambodian National Police, emphasizing the recommendations in the reftel. The A/DCM asked that Cambodian police consider the recommendations as a way [...]
2006-09-06 11:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB KWMN
06PHNOMPENH1607POLICE ACTION AGAINST PROSTITUTION -- CAUSE FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Recently, the police of Toul Kork district started a campaign against prostitution, rounding up 47 prostitutes from nine brothels and other venues in the area and referring them to NGO shelters. Twenty-seven customers and two facilitators were arrested during the operations, b [...]
2006-09-07 00:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1613CAMBODIA'S SEASON OF POLITICAL SILLINESS: NO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, the Cambodian public has witnessed its National Assembly attempt to outlaw adultery as well as limit its members' freedom of speech in return for pensions and other financial benefits. This was followed by the PM vetoing any future Miss Cambodia beauty contests. Th [...]
2006-09-07 09:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1643DISINFORMATION/INCITEMENT LAWS: NEW TOOLS TO SUPPRESS
[...] (U) Summary: The government's legal means to suppress criticism has not been eliminated despite the partial decriminalization of defamation. Three recent cases, including those of two journalists and a former professor, illustrate that disinformation and incitement laws may be the new tools [...]
2006-09-12 09:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CB KJUS
06PHNOMPENH1646CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT: THREE
[...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted and sentenced three police officers to five and seven years imprisonment for taking bribes, and ordering them to pay compensation of USD 9,000 to the plaintiffs - brothel owners who bribed the police to release them followin [...]
2006-09-12 09:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1700CAMBODIA: MONTAGNARD UPDATE, RESPONSE TO NGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...]
2006-09-19 09:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1723C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (PARA. 10): CAMBODIA:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...]
2006-09-20 10:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1755CAMBODIA: WORST DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK SINCE 1998
[...] Summary. Cambodia is in the midst of its worst dengue outbreak since 1998, with 10,000 Cambodian children already infected this year. Phnom Penh's SOS Clinic, a popular choice among the expatriate community, reports 47 dengue cases so far this year, in contrast to 45 during all of 2005. Th [...]
2006-09-27 08:50:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI AMED CB
06PHNOMPENH1757CORRUPT CAMBODIAN UNION UNDER INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Cambodian government has formed a commission to investigate the Khmer Youth Free Trade Union (KYFTU),a labor union notorious for extorting garment factory management and beating rival union leaders. If the commission can find sufficient evidence of illegal activities, the [...]
2006-09-27 08:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALELAB KCOR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1806UNHCR PICKS UP MONTAGNARDS IN MONDOLKIRI
[...] (SBU) Following interventions from the Ambassador and A/DCM (Reftel),UNHCR was able to mount a joint expedition with representatives of MFA and MOI to the northeastern province of Mondolkiri to rescue 13 Montagnard asylum seekers. The September 27-30 journey was the first UNHCR visit to Mon [...]
2006-10-04 02:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF VM CB
06PHNOMPENH1821FUNCINPEC'S POLITICAL PARALYSIS
[...] (C) Summary. After nearly two months of continued removals of FUNCINPEC officials and criticism of party leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh by PM Hun Sen, Ranariddhhas sought to stave off further problems by underscoring that FUNCINPEC will remain a partner within the coalition government. The [...]
2006-10-05 10:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1845CAMBODIA'S ECCC MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 1-5 visit to Cambodia, S/WCI and INR officials met with a wide range of interlocutors concerning the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). ECCC officials from the office of Administration underscored budgetary gaps and unfill [...]
2006-10-10 10:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH1860CAMBODIAN REACTION TO NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (SBU) On October 12, then-Charge and Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith to deliver reftel A demarche points as well as provide a copy of President Bush's October 9 statement. With respect to North Korean actions, Borith assured us that the RGC condemned the nuclear te [...]
2006-10-12 07:44:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP CB
06PHNOMPENH1871CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN EFFORT TO FORM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen opened a two-day meeting in Siem Riep September 26-27 by asking NGOs to draft legislation to create a national human rights commission in one year. Members of civil society, Cambodian lawmakers, government officials and foreign observers participated in [...]
2006-10-16 06:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1891THAI PM SURAYUD PROMISES CONTINUITY TO CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's one-day visit to Phnom Penh October 15 was intended to reassure the Cambodian government of Thailand's stability and that the Thai government (RTG) would continue to strengthen ties between the two countries despite the change in governmen [...]
2006-10-18 08:48:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM ENRG CB TH
06PHNOMPENH1893CAMBODIA'S GARMENT INDUSTRY GROWING, BUT WILL IT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's garment industry grew impressively since the Multifiber Agreement (MFA) ended, expanding by 13% in 2005 and 21% in the first eight months of 2006. While this increase has translated into a growing number of factories and workers, neither factory owners nor workers [...]
2006-10-18 08:55:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH1899FUNCINPEC OUSTS RANARIDDH AS PARTY PRESIDENT
[...] SBU) Summary. On October 18, a hurriedly convened FUNCINPEC party congress voted to remove Prince Norodom Ranariddh as party leader in favor of Keo Puth Rasmei, a relative by marriage to the royal family and most recently the RGC Ambassador to Germany. Ranariddh, who is currently outside t [...]
2006-10-19 10:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1924 CAMBODIA WATER AND SANITATION ASSESSMENT
[...] Summary: Over the last decade, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has become a commercially viable public enterprise regarded as a model across Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, access to improved water supply in rural areas is severely limited and, throughout Cambodia, sanitation is [...]
2006-10-23 10:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDESTH SENV EWWT CB
06PHNOMPENH1927CAMBODIAN RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Chief raised the North Korean refugee issue with MFA Secretary of State Long Visalo on October 19. Visalo said that he would provide the copy of reftel non-paper to the Minister and brief him on the USG request. On the question of sensitivity to [...]
2006-10-24 08:14:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL ASEC PINR CB
06PHNOMPENH1934A/S LOWENKRON MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER SAM RAINSY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16 and 17, A/S Lowenkron met with various leaders of Cambodia's civil society, union leaders and labor experts, and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy. Human rights leaders discussed impunity, the difficulties involved in the RGC's proposal to form a human rights [...]
2006-10-25 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1940CAMBODIA: UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR
[...] (U) Donor representatives met October 25 to review recent developments in efforts to help Cambodia learn to manage its oil revenue in a transparent manner that benefits the Cambodian people. A focus of the discussion was on public outreach to increase awareness of the revenue windfall that i [...]
2006-10-27 07:35:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON EINV CB
06PHNOMPENH1954CAMBODIA: 3ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary. From July through September 2006, the police arrested 24 suspects involved in human trafficking and pimping. Four foreign nationals, including an American, were arrested for sex crimes against children. Police rescued 27 victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. Six othe [...]
2006-10-27 11:01:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH1965 CAMBODIA INCSR PART I SUBMISSION
[...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report as requested reftel. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary The number of drug-related investigations, arrests and seizures in Cambodia continued to [...]
2006-11-01 09:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CB
06PHNOMPENH1983RECENT ECCC DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings concerning the Extraordinary Chambers have highlighted funding gaps and the need for additional support from donors. The role of the judicial police is looming as an issue requiring clarification and possible donor intervention with the RGC to ensure that the [...]
2006-11-02 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH2046ECCC ISSUES DRAFT INTERNAL RULES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal's (ECCC) Rules Committee released the draft internal rules for public comment on November 3, providing two weeks for civil society and others to give feedback on the proposed rules. Informal soundings from sources within the ECCC, the diplomatic comm [...]
2006-11-16 11:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH2048CAMBODIAN MFA OFFICIAL ON HR RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) On November 16, P/E Chief met with Sun Suon, Director of the MFA's International Organizations Department that handles UN affairs, to provide demarche points concerning the proposed Belarus resolutions (reftel a). Suon noted that normal practice is for the Cambodian Permrep in New York [...]
2006-11-17 07:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA CB
06PHNOMPENH2072NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE HELD IN MONDOLKIRI PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary. The Cambodian press reported on November 22 that Cambodian provincial police in Mondolkiri province arrested a North Korean man in the past week. According to press reports, a senior Cambodian police official confirmed the arrest, added the North Korean was deported to Vietnam [...]
2006-11-22 10:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL KN VM CB
06PHNOMPENH2084RIVAL UNIONS ORDER GENERAL STRIKE, END TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Pro-government union federation leader Chuon Mom Thol has told members of his federation to stop participating in bilateral negotiations with garment factory owners. The directive comes after several pro-government unions joined with independent and pro-opposition unions in c [...]
2006-11-27 08:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2095CAMBODIA'S ECCC STUMBLES AND STALLS
[...] (U) Summary. During the ECCC judges' plenary session from November 20-25, international and Cambodian judges were sharply divided over issues concerning the primacy of Cambodian law versus international law. News about the impasse leaked out and appeared on the Internet. Running parallel [...]
2006-11-28 11:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH2096CAMBODIAN VIEW OF ASEAN-CHINA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA official, the ASEAN-China Commemorative Summit held in Nanning, China on October 30 underscored ASEAN's desire for greater Chinese trade and development assistance. However, ASEAN reportedly remains unimpressed with the level of assistance/loans offer [...]
2006-11-28 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEAN EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH2131CAMBODIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Phnom Penh submits the following submission as an interim assessment of Cambodia's progress in fighting Trafficking in Persons in 2006. Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) During the first nine months of 2006, the Camb [...]
2006-12-04 08:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH2138DRUG PRECURSORS AND DEFORESTATION IN CAMBODIA'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In addition to being home to a multitude of endangered and threatened flora and fauna, the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia also contain aromatic trees being harvested and processed illegally to produce high quality sassafras oil, a substance used to produce methamp [...]
2006-12-05 04:39:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALSNAR ESTH PGOV CB VN
06PHNOMPENH2142RGC RESPONSE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS
[...] (SBU) On December 5, post received a preliminary response to the demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Cambodia's CWC status. The MFA said that in 2006, the RGC established through Royal Decree a National Authority to deal with chemical, biological, and other weapons of mass [...]
2006-12-05 09:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPARM CWC KTIA PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2144 NRP Approved; Ranariddh Loses Assembly Seat
[...] (U) Summary. The MOI formally recognized the Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) on November 28. With approval for the Prince to form his own party, FUNCINPEC expelled Ranariddh from the royalist party, which means the loss of Ranariddh's National Assembly seat and parliamentary immunity. The Pr [...]
2006-12-05 10:11:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH2172 PM'S BODYGUARD LEADS MONKS IN PATH TOWARDS HARMONIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hing Bun Heang, the Commander of the Prime Minister's Personal Bodyguard Unit, was appointed in September 2006 as Supreme Consultant to a newly formed Monk Assembly, which is designed to investigate and resolve disputes involving monks across Cambodia. The Royal Government of [...]
2006-12-11 11:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH2180HUMAN RIGHTS DAY IN PHNOM PENH: MULTIPLE
[...] (U) Summary. Post participated in three celebrations of International human Rights Day, two of which received partial funding from USAID. On December 8, the Cambodian senate organized its own celebration: focusing on the legislature's role in human rights and highlighting the needs of speci [...]
2006-12-13 11:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2208CAMBODIA: LABOR UNREST TOPS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Dramatic increases in labor unrest, government interference in union affairs, labor violence, and a nearly universal disregard for the labor law topped the concerns raised at the Second National Industrial Relations Conference on December 18. The Ambassador's keynote address no [...]
2006-12-20 12:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH2209 CAMBODIA: 2006 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] (U) Cambodia's ability to investigate potential terrorist activities is limited by a lack of training and resources. An absence of comprehensive domestic legislation to combat terrorism also hinders the ability to arrest and prosecute terrorists. However, Cambodia's political leadership demo [...]
2006-12-21 01:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2210 REACTION TO FINNISH VISA FOR CONVICTED CAMBODIAN COP
[...] (SBU) Summary. While the Cambodian government has reacted angrily to the Finnish government's decision to offer a visa to convicted senior police official Heng Pov, Cambodian human rights NGOs and the political opposition are pleased with the decision. Following the announcement on December [...]
2006-12-21 01:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS PREF CB
06PHNOMPENH2212UPDATE ON CAMBODIA'S CWC STATUS
[...] (SBU) On December 20, Acting DCM met with Lt. General Chau Phirun, Director General of the MOD's General Department of Material and Technique; Major General Chey Son, Chief of the Directorate of Chemical Protection, and his deputy, Lt. Colonel Yin Sothy. Acting DCM reviewed reftel B demarche [...]
2006-12-21 01:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM CWC KTIA PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2221HENG POV'S UNCEREMONIOUS RETURN TO CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Returned from Malaysia on December 21 by private charter plane, former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov is currently in Prey Sar prison outside Phnom Penh. The RGC tried to keep Heng Pov's arrival under wraps for as long as possible, but the media caught wind of the news in t [...]
2006-12-22 01:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CB KJUS
06PHNOMPENH2228CAMBODIA'S BILATERAL DEBT AND JAPANESE CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Meetings with the RGC Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF),the Japanese Embassy, and the IMF suggest that questions surrounding the relevant cut-off date for Cambodia's bilateral debt is creating misunderstandings and possibly preventing the Cambodian government from fina [...]
2006-12-27 09:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH2240CAMBODIA: GARMENT BUYERS URGE IMPROVED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Buyers of Cambodian-made garments urged the Better Factories Cambodia factory monitoring project to maintain credibility by continuing International Labor Organization (ILO) involvement and to meet financial challenges by encouraging more buyers to participate. Cambodia's good [...]
2006-12-28 05:25:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD KTEX PHUM
06PHNOMPENH2241 CAMBODIA CHILD LABOR REPORT UPDATE 2006
[...] Please find below post's update of the child labor report for Cambodia. An electronic version of the report, including updated footnotes listing sources, will be emailed to Tina McCarter. Begin Text: Cambodia Incidence and Nature of Child Labor Forty-five percent of children ages 5 [...]
2006-12-28 06:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDELAB CB
06PHNOMPENH328WHITHER FUNCINPEC? DOWN BUT NOT YET OUT
[...] (C) Summary. Since Hun Sen's outreach to opposition leader Sam Rainsy, the Prime Minister and his party have spoken about ruling coalition partner FUNCINPEC in increasingly negative and strident tones. Hun Sen recently criticized FUNCINPEC for being more interested in graft and less intere [...]
2006-02-17 09:25:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH348CAMBODIAN LAND DISPUTES MORE FREQUENT, MORE VIOLENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Land disputes--which often pit poor villagers against the powerful and wealthy--have affected 12% of Cambodians and are on the rise. The disputes take many shapes, including large economic land concessions on land claimed by indigenous groups in the northeast and a plethora of [...]
2006-02-22 11:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH365ANATOMY OF A LAND DISPUTE: TWO CASESQOM WESTERN
[...] SUMMARY. Land disputes affect 45% of the population of the western province of Banteay Meanchey and 10% of the population in neighboring Battambang province, according to estimates by local NGO activists. During a Feb. 1-3 trip to the region, Econoff and Econ FSN learned that such disputes [...]
2006-02-24 07:47:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH396 PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY RESTORED TO THREE
[...] (U) Summary: On February 28, the National Assembly reinstated parliamentary immunity for three opposition MPs, including opposition leader Sam Rainsy and approved replacement of a former opposition MP. Two nominees from FUNCINPEC were elected to be Senators. PM Hun Sen called on political [...]
2006-03-01 10:48:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH413HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CAMBODIA'S NORTHWEST
[...] (U) Summary: A four-day trip to the northwestern provinces of Cambodia revealed a decline in human trafficking due to RGC-NGO cooperation and increased effort to combat the problem. However, mistrust between NGOs and the police hampers anti-trafficking efforts in certain areas. Poverty con [...]
2006-03-02 08:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH428 CAMBODIAN PM DISMISSES TWO CO-MINISTERS;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the need for greater efficiency in Cambodia's bloated bureaucracy, Prime Minister Hun Sen removed two FUNCINPEC officials as co- ministers of Defense and Interior on March 2. (Since 1993, the PM's Cambodian People's Party and the Royalist FUNCNPEC party have shared co [...]
2006-03-03 11:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH442CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION ON STATUS OF TALKS WITH
[...] (C) Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MP (and Sam Rainsy spouse) Saumura Tioulong -- please protect -- told us March 6 that PM Hun Sen recently offered to take opposition leader Sam Rainsy into the government as a deputy prime minister, possibly with broad authority over various ministries. Rainsy repo [...]
2006-03-06 11:39:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH460 CAMBODIA'S ROYALIST PARTY LEADER RESIGNS FROM
[...] (U) Summary: FUNCINEPC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh resigned March 3 as the President of the National Assembly following Prime Minister Hun Sen's dismissal of two FUNCINPEC senior officials from the royal government (reftel). Soon after the resignation, the Prince told FUNCINPEC officia [...]
2006-03-07 10:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH472CAMBODIA: MORE ON RANARIDDH'S RESIGNATION
[...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC Deputy Secretary General Ung Huot says that Prince Ranariddh's decision last week to resign as National Assembly President was based principally on a desire to concentrate more on strengthening the party, but Hun Sen's personal attacks and the danger that he might be [...]
2006-03-08 09:43:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH493CAMBODIA'S LAND DISPUTE AUTHORITY: WILL IT WORK?
[...] (C) Summary. The recently proposed national land dispute authority comprised of officials from ten ministries, representatives from the three political parties, and NGO representatives remains a work in progress and has already generated controversy. Three NGOs invited to participate have [...]
2006-03-13 09:30:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EAGR KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH501 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2005 - March 2006. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (SBU) [...]
2006-03-15 08:51:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD CB
06PHNOMPENH514CAMBODIA'S PM MEETS WITH NGOS TO DISCUSS LAND,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 15, PM Hun Sen met with representatives of 10 NGOs to discuss land disputes and women's issues. NGO oncerns regarding land issues centered on illegal government concessions of large tracts of land, lack of local community involvement in land development, slowness in [...]
2006-03-17 08:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH516CAMBODIA: SRP'S INTERNAL REFORM EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senior SRP officials recently discussed the challenges of reforming the Sam Rainsy Party, touching on internal elections of party leaders at the grassroots level, intraparty strife, the former Secretary General and Sam Rainsy's lack of consultation with the SRP's steering com [...]
2006-03-17 09:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH519FUNCINPEC LEADER LEAVES COUNTRY, MANY QUESTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh left Phnom Penh for Paris on March 14, having appointed Prince Norodom Sirivudh, his half brother and the party's Secretary General, to act as the interim party leader in his SIPDIS absence. The Prince departed the country in the wak [...]
2006-03-17 10:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH526CAMBODIA: FACTORY MONITORING PROJECT PREPARES FOR
[...] SUMMARY. Better Factories Cambodia, the ground-breaking garment factory monitoring project run by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and funded largely by the US government, has plans in place to ensure its sustainability once it becomes a fully independent organization in 2009. The [...]
2006-03-20 10:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH534CAMBODIA: TIP ASSESSMENT VISIT
[...] Summary: Representatives from G/TIP and EAP/RSP met with Cambodian government officials and NGOs on March 17 to gauge the Cambodian government's efforts to combat TIP. Anti-trafficking NGOs unanimously agreed that the government has significantly increased its efforts and NGOs are receiving [...]
2006-03-21 09:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH544 Cambodia's National Assembly Approves Cabinet
[...] (U) Summary: Cambodia's National Assembly on March 21 approved the Royal Government's nomination of CPP officials Sar Kheng and Tea Banh as Ministers of Interior and Defense respectively, and FUNCINPEC official Nhek Bun Chhay as a Deputy Prime Minister. The ballot also rejected the nominatio [...]
2006-03-22 08:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH570 CONFIRMED BIRD FLU DEATH IN CAMBODIA
[...] Cambodia's Ministry of Health, together with the World Health Organization and the Pasteur Institute, has confirmed that a three-year-old girl died March 21 from avian influenza. The girl, who lived in the Kong Pisey district of Kampong Speu province, about 30 miles west of Phnom Penh, had r [...]
2006-03-24 09:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
06PHNOMPENH583 CAMBODIA/AI: THREE MORE HOSPITALIZED WITH AI-LIKE
[...] One adult and two children with fevers and respiratory problems were admitted to Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh on Saturday. The three have been tested for avian influenza and results are expected by tomorrow. The three patients come from a neighboring village in the same district as the t [...]
2006-03-27 10:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
06PHNOMPENH585CAMBODIA: FUNCINPEC'S ONGOING STRUGGLES
[...] (C) Summary. Senior FUNCINPEC official Serey Kosal told us March 23 about the reasons for Ranariddh's resignation from the National Assembly presidency, the struggle within the party to designate candidates for government positions, CPP's role in undermining the royalists, and actions that [...]
2006-03-27 11:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH586TENSIONS AMONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES ON THE RISE
[...] (C) Summary. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) leader Kem Sokha and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy are undergoing a period of tension that has the potential to undermine Cambodian democratic consolidation. Kem Sokha claims that Sam Rainsy is unnecessarily worried over Kem Sokha' [...]
2006-03-27 11:30:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH595 CAMBODIA/AI: THREE SUSPECTED CASES TEST NEGATIVE
[...] Three persons hospitalized on March 25 with symptoms and exposure patterns consistent with avian influenza have all tested negative for the virus (ref B). Asymptomatic contacts of the hospitalized individuals also tested negative for avian influenza. Following extensive screening efforts, t [...]
2006-03-29 01:03:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR KFLU SENV AMED CB
06PHNOMPENH598UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP BRIEFS COMS ON MARCH 18-28
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Representative for Human Rights Yash Ghai met with COMs on March 24 to provide an outbrief of his meetings during his recent assessment visit. Ghai is not able to fully assess the political changes since his last visit but is willing to proceed on the assumption th [...]
2006-03-29 11:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
06PHNOMPENH602CAMBODIA: UNIONIZATION EFFORTS STALL IN CASINO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Unionization efforts at a Thai-owned casino on the Cambodian-Thai border were met with alleged management intimidation and firing of union leaders. Management objected to an arbitral award calling on them to re-instate 11 of the 20 terminated workers, has refused to implement [...]
2006-03-30 09:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ECON PREL CB TH
06PHNOMPENH642POSSIBLE CAMBODIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition parliamentarian Son Chhay, soon to be designated as the Chairman of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs, is prepared to promote a resolution on Burma in the National Assembly. Such a resolution would be in keeping with -- but a little more forwar [...]
2006-04-05 11:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH643CAMBODIA'S FM ON APEC, BURMA, AND
[...] (C) Summary. During Ambassador's April 5 meeting with FM Hor Namhong, the FM raised the prospect of APEC membership, PM Hun Sen's desire to participate in the November APEC Summit meeting in Hanoi as part of the ASEAN leaders' meeting with President Bush, and the FM's interest in meeting wi [...]
2006-04-05 11:51:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH655CAMBODIA: GARMENT SECTOR STRIKES RISE SHARPLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than twice as many workers (16,000) were involved in strikes in February and March of this year than in the two previous months. The dramatic increase is probably due to a number of factors: resurgence of activism after months of economic and political uncertainty, lea [...]
2006-04-07 03:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV KTEX CB
06PHNOMPENH657 CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT HIGHLIGHTS TIP AT
[...] Summary: On March 15, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) organized the fifth annual national seminar on law enforcement against sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking of women and children. The issue of human trafficking was the lead seminar topic at the Ministry of Justice's April 5 confer [...]
2006-04-07 03:49:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH661CAMBODIA: SEX AND SLAVERY IN SIEM REAP
[...] Summary. PolOff traveled to Siem Reap to meet with NGOs, government officials, and conduct direct observations and interviews at commercial sex establishments to better assess the trafficking in persons (TIP) problem and the action that is being taken to combat TIP in the province. NGOs una [...]
2006-04-07 09:02:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH662TIP ON THE COAST OF CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. PolOff traveled to Cambodia's coastal regions to meet with anti-trafficking NGOs and government officials to assess the human trafficking problem and the efforts being made to combat TIP. NGOs in the port city of Sihanoukville report good cooperation with the government and [...]
2006-04-07 09:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH665CAMBODIAN THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING ASEAN FM MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. According to MFA Secretary of State for ASEAN affairs Kao Kim Hourn, ASEAN has several options for moving foward on Burma: a visit to Burma by the Eminent Persons Group (EPG),a visit by the ASEAN Troika, or an invitation from the Philippines President to Than Shwe to attend t [...]
2006-04-10 07:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH671 Cambodia's National Assembly Approves
[...] (U) Summary. The National Assembly approved on April 7 internal reforms that will allow the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) to chair two of nine National Assembly commissions and to have one deputy Secretary General. The Assembly's internal rules were also modified to improve SRP partici [...]
2006-04-11 07:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH696CHINESE PM VISITS CAMBODIA, CHINESE ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Cambodia April 7-8 as part of his tour of Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The PM announced an assistance package worth approximately USD 600 million, although some projects (the hydro-electric dam project in Kampot province finance [...]
2006-04-12 09:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH699What a Difference a Decade Makes: Cambodia Sends
[...] On April 12, Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over a ceremony for the 109 Cambodian peacekeeping troops being sent to Sudan to participate in UN sponsored demining operations. (Note: There are a total of 135 but 26 have already departed for the Sudan. End Note.) This is the first time Cambodi [...]
2006-04-13 02:21:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CB
06PHNOMPENH700CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ON HUN SEN'S RECENT
[...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told the Ambassador on April 12 that he remains encouraged by his interactions with Hun Sen on land issues and opposition inclusion in the National Electoral Commission, but the key test of the PM's willingness to implement meaningful reforms will b [...]
2006-04-13 05:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCOR CB
06PHNOMPENH742SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S APRIL 30-MAY 2
[...] (SBU) Your visit will come at a time when things are looking better for Cambodia than they have in a long time and at a time when Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party are feeling comfortable about their performance. The political environment has turned around dramatically, the economy is up [...]
2006-04-21 10:09:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH814CAMBODIA: WORKERS MARCH DESPITE POLICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A Labor Day march with more than 1,000 workers proceeded peacefully despite the brief and detention by police of union leader Chea Mony, police checkpoints at roads leading into the capital, and unconfirmed reports of isolated clashes between police and workers elsewhere in the [...]
2006-05-01 10:11:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH887KRT JUDGES NAMED: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
[...] (C) Summary. On May 7, the Cambodian Government announced the names of the Cambodian and international judges selected by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and approved by the King. The results are a mixed bag of good, middling, and poor choices. Initial soundings within the diplomati [...]
2006-05-09 09:48:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH911CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT, MANUFACTURERS PLEDGE CHILD
[...] (U) During a May 4 International Labor Organization-International Program to End Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) event to publicize the ILO's second report on child labor, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) president Van Sou Ieng outlined GMAC's policy on child labor. He said that a [...]
2006-05-11 06:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH912 CAMBODIA: QUARTERLY REPORT ON HUMAN
[...] (U) Summary: In the first quarter, there were ten police operations and verdicts rendered in five court cases. Fifteen women and girls were either identified as victims of trafficking or removed from brothels; and eight human traffickers arrested. Among the five court cases, 11 human traf [...]
2006-05-11 07:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH955CAMBODIA/AI: WORLD BANK PLANS TO FUND
[...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed in principle to a World Bank-funded effort to provide compensation for culling birds in areas affected by confirmed cases of H5N1 avian influenza. The proposed program would compensate small farmers approximately one dollar per bird; large commercia [...]
2006-05-19 10:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDAMED EAGR KFLU SENV CB
06PHNOMPENH977 REGIONAL PROGRESS ON COMMIT PROCESS
[...] SUMMARY: The Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) held the Fourth Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM 4) on human trafficking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 10-12, 2006. Over thirty senior government officials from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Governm [...]
2006-05-23 06:55:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PHNOMPENH982UN HIGH COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRAL TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During her May 13-19 visit to Cambodia, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour's agenda focused on the consolidation of democracy and rule of law, as well as the independence of the judiciary. She defended the work of UNSYG Special Representative (SRSG) Yash Gha [...]
2006-05-23 11:48:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH983CAMBODIA: DRUG SEIZURES AND ARRESTS UP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: May 19 and 20 arrests of two Taiwanese nationals attempting to smuggle a total of nearly 7 kg of heroin to Taiwan highlight increased drug arrests and seizures in Cambodia. The quantity of heroin seized during the weekend airport busts is large by Cambodian standards--authoriti [...]
2006-05-23 11:49:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PGOV CB TW
06PHNOMPENH998CAMBODIAN LABOR REACTION TO NEW LABOR MINISTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Cambodia's newly appointed Minister of Labor and Vocational Training (MOLVT),Vorng Sotr (CPP),replaces Nhep Bunchin (FUNCINPEC),who was removed from office pending a corruption investigation. The few labor observers who know Vorng Sotr from his previous position as MOLVT Sec [...]
2006-05-25 08:08:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ECON CB
06PODGORICA15MONTENEGRO - 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Montenegro became independent on June 3 this year, after a public referendum on May 21. The Government of Montenegro, before and after independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, has taken a serious and considered approach to combating international terrorism, including terroris [...]
2006-12-19 08:01:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO AEMR MW
06PORTAUPRINCE101HAITI ELECTIONS: OAS DISTRIBUTES OVER 60 PERCENT
[...] According to OAS electoral chief Elizabeth Spehar, the OAS has received all 3.5 million ID cards and had distributed 2,070,369 or 59 percent as of their most recent reports from the field on January 11. Taking into account delayed reporting of distribution outside of Port-au-Prince, Spehar es [...]
2006-01-13 19:18:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1028LAVALAS REUNIFICATION MEETING FAILS
[...] (C) A June 2 meeting among Famni Lavalas (FL) leaders in Port-au-Prince ended in acrimony, as the participants failed to select a new ad interim leader (in the absence of former President Aristide). The meeting was reportedly spurred in part by an intense effort by Aristide to orchestrate hi [...]
2006-06-12 17:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1070VETTING REQUEST: PSU USG EQUIPMENT HANDLING
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Palace Security Unit for credible information of gross human rights violations. T [...]
2006-06-16 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE111WHA/DAS DUDDY'S VISIT TO HAITI, JANUARY 10-11
[...] (C) Summary: WHA/DAS Patrick Duddy during his visit to Port-au-Prince on January 10-11 urged the IGOH, political parties, and UN and OAS officials to hold to the most recent electoral calendar, take action to improve the security environment, and encourage Haitians to participate in the elec [...]
2006-01-17 14:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1178DEMONSTRATORS COME AND GO/WORLD CUP GOES ON
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Rumored large-scale demonstrations by Fanmi Lavalas (FL) partisans, whether demanding the restoration of their government jobs or the return of Aristide, have yet to materialize, despite continued r [...]
2006-06-29 15:18:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1203UN SRSG MULLET ON MINUSTAH, SECURITY AND HAITI
[...] (S) Summary. I met with UN SRSG Edmond Mullet July 2 to discuss his views of Haiti, the security environment and other issues. Mullet said that MINUSTAH is prepared to take "decisive action" against the gangs when/if President Preval agrees. He reports that an unknown quantity of automatic w [...]
2006-07-06 20:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS UN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1205HAITI: PETROCARIBE IMPLEMENTATION STALLED
[...] (C) Summary: The 100,000 barrels of petroleum, from the initial PetroCaribe shipment to Haiti on May 14, remain in storage facilities at the port and have not been put on the market. To date, no second PetroCaribe transport ship has been scheduled to arrive. Edouard Baussan (President Rene [...]
2006-07-07 13:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1213NOT QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME? THE PREVAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 18:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1214HAITI: LAVALAS PARTISANS SEEK RE-EMPLOYMENT
[...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. According to press reports, militant Lavalas partisans have threatened to recommence armed violence after July 9 if the Preval government does not reinstate them to jobs in government ministries and pub [...]
2006-07-07 19:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KHLS SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1220MINUSTAH, GOH ASSESS RENEWED GANG VIOLENCE IN
[...] (SBU) Government and MINUSTAH officials are taking stock of the gang shoot-out on July 6-7 which left more than 20 people dead in the "quartier chaud" of Martissant, south of the capital. Government/MINUSTAH meetings are underway to discuss how to manage the fallout from the Martissant inci [...]
2006-07-10 12:18:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALASEC HA PGOV PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE124HAITI ELECTIONS: FEBRUARY 7 ON TRACK, WITH BUMPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH and OAS officials in a January 13 meeting with donors explained that while some significant problems need to be resolved, the February 7 first round is technically possible. Political party complaints about the number of voting centers and voting center assignments have [...]
2006-01-18 20:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1241HAITIAN OFFICIALS COMMENT ON QUIET SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 20:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE125PREVAL'S CAMPAIGN OFFICE BURNED IN ST. MARC
[...] (U) According to Radio Metropole, unidentified individuals burned the campaign office of L,Espwa presidential candidate Rene Preval in St. Marc (lower-Artibonite) on January 18. The demonstrators also reportedly burned a vehicle and a large poster of Preval and placed flaming barricades and [...]
2006-01-18 20:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1258PREVAL TRIES TO DODGE ISSUE OF VENEZUELA AND UNSC
[...] (C) In our early morning meeting July 10 (other topics reported septel),President Preval carefully circumvented any detailed discussion of CARICOM support for Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. He outright refused to say if Haiti would join a CARICOM consensus. Noting that Haiti took no active [...]
2006-07-12 14:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA PGOV PREL UNSC
06PORTAUPRINCE1265"REPORTS OF MY DEATH ARE GREATLY
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Haiti's infamous gossip network went into overdrive Tuesday and Wednesday as reports circulated widely that President Preval had died of a heart attack July 11 while working at the Presidential Palace. Pre [...]
2006-07-13 16:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1266GOH PREPARES FOR JULY 25 DONORS, CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOH is beginning to get into high gear for the July 25 Donors' Conference. Minister of Finance Daniel Dorsainvil outlined the GOH's priorities for the Conference: closing the financing gap, [...]
2006-07-13 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1279PREVAL ON SECURITY, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT: "I
[...] (C) Summary and comment. I met with President Preval early morning July 11 to discuss the current security environment, political issues, and his development priorities. I also pressed him on Haiti's position regarding Venezuela's bid for the UNSC seat (reported septel.) Preval contends Haiti [...]
2006-07-14 20:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETRD EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE128HAITI ELECTIONS: FURTHER ON ANTI-L'ESPWA ATTACK IN
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified-- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Further details emerging from St. Marc regarding the January 18 attack on Preval campaign preparations indicate that a dispute over the location of the event precipitated the incident. According to press reports, Pre [...]
2006-01-19 19:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1283 JULY 15 LAVALAS DEMONSTRATION IS PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The widely-publicized July 15 Lavalas demonstration (reftels) attracted 5,000-6,000 supporters to a peaceful protest at the National Palace (presidency). There were no reports of any attempts at violence by the demonstrators. MINUSTAH and Haitian National Police (HNP) units p [...]
2006-07-17 11:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV KPKO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE129VOTING CENTERS CENTER OF CRITICISMS OF HAITIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Political Parties and some Provisional Electoral Council employees continue to assert there are widespread problems with voting centers. MINUSTAH and the OAS reject their claims as politically and financially motivated. They have worked throughout January to rectify voting cente [...]
2006-01-19 19:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1303HAITI: PREVAL APPOINTS NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
[...] (U) Speaking at the Haitian Diaspora conference on Wednesday evening (July 12),Preval announced his choice for secretary of state for public security, Luc Eucher Joseph. SIPDIS Joseph is the former chief inspector general of the Haitian National Police. Over the past 2 years, he has worked [...]
2006-07-19 15:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KHLS SMIG ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1311MINISTER REPORTS THREATS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS,
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, Frantz Verella, told Ambassador July 17 that his public works projects in Port-au-Prince are threatened regularly by bandits demanding [...]
2006-07-20 11:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ENRG PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1336GOH AND MINUSTAH PREPARE TO TAKE ON GANGS; MANUEL
[...] (C) Summary. Although July 21 has been quiet, these days of violence along Airport Road have prompted President Preval to invite MINUSTAH to take firm military action against the gangs. But Preval refuses to go public with this request and is reluctant to authorize MINUSTAH to go into the he [...]
2006-07-21 19:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1342NEW TRUCE QUELLS GANG VIOLENCE - FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH's top gang expert reports that on July 21 Cite Soleil's most powerful gang leader, Evens Jeune, re-imposed a truce to end the recent violence and kidnappings that have Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH says there have been no hostile actions reported in the Airport Road area bor [...]
2006-07-24 19:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1343HAITI ELECTIONS: CHALLENGES AND RISKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although no date has been set for remaining national level elections or the municipal and local contests, Prime Minister Alexis has informally suggested that all be held together by the end of November. Both Electoral Commission Director General Jacques Bernard and MINUSTAH e [...]
2006-07-25 11:18:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE136HAITI ELECTIONS: USG-FUNDED NGO ACTIVITIES UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Representatives from four USG-funded NGOs (UNOPS, IRI, NDI, and IFES) met with USAID project manager and poloff to review status and activities of election support projects. The meeting, held weekly, serves to ensure coordination and information sharing between projects funded [...]
2006-01-20 13:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1365JULY 20 REPATRIATION OF 139 HAITIAN AND 2 CUBAN
[...] According to lead UN Police Maritime advisor, Officer Pat Evans, Haitian Coast Guard Detachment Cap-Haitien intercepted a 40 foot Haitian sailing sloop with 141 persons on board near Point Picholet on July 20 at 0315. The vessel was escorted back to Maritime Operations Center/Coast Guard Stat [...]
2006-07-27 18:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPINR SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1374HAITI: THE PROVISIONAL RELEASE AND STATUS OF YVON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Haitian judicial authorities granted former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune a provisional release from prison yesterday, July 27, at approximately 1530 hours on medical grounds. MINUSTAH transported Neptune via ambulance to its field hospital near the Port-au-Prince airport, where [...]
2006-07-28 18:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1376HAITI: DONORS REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO HAITI AT JULY
[...] Summary: The Haitian Government (GOH) hosted a Donors' Conference July 25 in Port-au-Prince that resulted in international commitments totaling USD 750 million over the next fifteen months (July 2006 to September 30, 2007). The GOH compiled a "pie in the sky" budget for this time frame of U [...]
2006-07-28 18:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1386HAITI: PM ASKS WHA A/S FOR HELP ON SECURITY,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis told Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon July 25 that the Donors' Conference was a success and proves Haiti is ready to assert its leadership and take back nation-building responsibilities from the international community. Alexis said the gove [...]
2006-07-31 17:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1407HAITI: A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MINUSTAH SRSG
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Edmond Mulet warned A/S Shannon on July 25 that provocations by former president Aristide and his supporters could erode Haiti's post-electoral stability. Mulet said that President Preval's public silence about security pro [...]
2006-08-02 19:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1417IMPASSE AT MALPASSE: HAITIAN-DR BORDER STRIKE
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary: A transport workers' strike has disrupted commercial traffic and general transit at the Haitian-Dominican border crossing at Malpasse since July 10. Most recently, the workers perpetrated violence on [...]
2006-08-04 13:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE142OAS ESTIMATES 80 PERCENT OF HAITIAN ELECTORAL IDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 20:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1425ANNAN AVOIDS PARLIAMENTARY BOYCOTT
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan canceled his scheduled visit to parliament on August 3, avoiding a boycott by what could have been a substantial number of parliamentarians. In the chamber [...]
2006-08-04 19:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1426UNSG ANNAN VISITS HAITI, AUGUST 3-4
[...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan successfully concluded his visit August 3-4 to Port-au-Prince, meeting with President Preval, Prime Minister Alexis and selected cabinet Ministers. Weather difficulties forced the UNSYG to overnight in Port-au-Prince, giving h [...]
2006-08-04 21:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KUNR KPKO UNSC UN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1460"NEGOTIATIONS" OR NOT, GOH SCRAMBLES FOR WAY TO
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary and Comment. Senior GOH officials tell us privately that the GOH is scrambling for a way to address Port-au-Prince's continuing gang violence. President Preval remains wedded to his carrot and stick approach for the time being and has instructed senior staff members to mee [...]
2006-08-08 20:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1464VETTING REQUEST: HNP MOTORCYCLE TRAINING
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police (HNP) for credible information of gross human rights violations. These ind [...]
2006-08-09 13:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1466HAITI: INEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN CHAMBER OF
[...] (U) Steven Benoit, L'Espwa deputy from Port-au-Prince, told poloff on July 27 that the Chamber of Deputies had not yet held a session that focused on its legislative agenda since opening the legislative season. During parliament's opening weeks, at least 70 deputies showed up for the thrice-w [...]
2006-08-09 17:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1481PPREVAL TO GANGS: DISARM OR DIE
[...] (C) Six days after announcing he preferred "dialogue" to a military solution, President Preval on August 9 publicly demanded that gangs "surrender their arms or die" in a surprise visit to Cite Militaire, a Port-au-Prince slum adjacent to the gang stronghold of Cite Soleil. Preval's visit a [...]
2006-08-10 16:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1483GOH BUDGET UPDATE: MOVING FORWARD WITH
[...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff August 8 that the new budget is almost complete and will move forward to parliament, maybe by tomorrow (August 11). Concerning the financing gap for FY06 (USD 18.5 million) and FY07 (USD 15 - 25 million),govern [...]
2006-08-10 19:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALECON EAID ENRG PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1487HAITI'S WEAK LEGISLATURE
[...] Summary. The Haitian parliament as of June 12 is in regular session for the first time in nearly three years. Hampered by inadequate facilities, lack of technical support, and institutional weakness, legislators have carried out their basic functions but have failed as yet to develop a legisl [...]
2006-08-11 15:53:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1522ARISTIDE COLLABORATORS RELEASED
[...] (C) The presiding judge on August 14 released Aristide allies and Lavalas activists Anette Auguste, aka So Anne, Paul Raymond, and Yvon Antoine, aka Yvon Zapzap, and dismissed the charges against them for lack of evidence. Over the course of their roughly 18-month detention, prosecutors fai [...]
2006-08-17 18:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1543PREVAL REVIVES DDR
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Preval has asked MINUSTAH to develop and prepare to implement a Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration ((DDR) plan to serve as the carrot in his "carrot and stick" policy to combat Port-au-Prince's armed gangs (reftel). MINUSTAH's DDR department is preparing [...]
2006-08-21 12:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1588GOH DISMISSES DISARMAMENT STUNT
[...] (C) President Preval reportedly rebuffed on August 14 an offer by Cite Soleil gang leader William Baptiste, aka "Ti Blanc" to participate in a disarmament ceremony, after a series of meetings with gang leaders over the previous weeks failed to produce a result. (Note: Preval's frustration [...]
2006-08-25 15:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1597PREVAL COMING TO DC/PENSIVE WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with President Preval on August 24 to review the bilateral agenda on the eve of her departure for leave and Washington consultations. Preval plans to visit Washington on September 18-19 in advance of the UN General Assembly meeting: he told the Ambassador dur [...]
2006-08-25 18:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD ECON UNSC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1598HAITI: PETROCARIBE UPDATE: RATIFICATION IN THE
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The PetroCaribe agreement is in parliament awaiting ratification. For several days, the parliamentarians have asked for more time to analyze the document before finalizing their report. By all accounts, the p [...]
2006-08-25 19:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE16POST'S ASSESSMENT OF MINUSTAH PERFORMANCE
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH's performance has been mixed. The mission has failed to make significant progress on the security front in Cite Soleil, the police mission is only partially integrated into the Haitian National Police (HNP),its elections program has been mismanaged (leading to addit [...]
2006-01-04 20:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETKPKO PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1604FL MILITANT RENE CIVIL ARRESTED
[...] (C) The Haitian National Police (HNP) on Friday, August 25 arrested Fanmi Lavalas (FL) militant Rene Civil in the upper-class Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, charging him with carrying an unlicensed firearm, driving a stolen car, and "association with malefactors." Government pro [...]
2006-08-29 17:53:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1618PARLIAMENT RATIFIED PETROCARIBE AGREEMENT 08/29
[...] Parliament ratified the PetroCaribe agreement during a session of the national assembly, which included 19 of 27 senators and 47 of 88 deputies. 53 voted in favor and 13 abstained; no parliamentarians voted against ratification. The agreement, signed by President Rene Preval and Venezuelan V [...]
2006-08-30 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1622PREVAL PRESSURES MINUSTAH FOR CLAMPDOWN
[...] (C) President Preval on August 31 convened meetings with MINUSTAH leaders, including the SRSG and his military and police commander, and Haitian security officials to press for decisive action against gang leaders in Cite Soleil. A MINUSTAH official who participated in the meeting told Polco [...]
2006-08-31 16:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1643HAITI'S FISCAL GOAL: RAISE INTERNAL REVENUES BY 25
[...] Finance Minister Daniel Dorsainvil and Charge signed a preliminary agreement September 1 to modernize Haiti's tax collection and administration in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Treasury, with funding from USAID. According to Dorsainvil, it is time to "bring in the tax man," but he [...]
2006-09-05 16:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1648GOH FY07 BUDGET: MOVING FORWARD BUT SLOWLY
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff Sept 6 that finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil is discussing his FY07 budget informally with parliament, but has not yet presented i [...]
2006-09-06 17:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1661PREVAL HOME ALONE
[...] Summary. Over four months into Preval's presidency, he has yet to form a staff allowing him to carry through policy initiatives. Preval confidante and advisor Robert Manuel serves as chief counselor. Gabriel Verret, who appears to have grown in influence advises Preval on economic matters. [...]
2006-09-07 17:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1668MUNICIPAL/LOCAL ELECTIONS DELAYED
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) in Haiti Edmond Mulet and President Preval on September 7 agreed to delay the date of municipal, local, and pending national elections until February 7. The CEP [...]
2006-09-08 13:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1686PRESIDENT PREVAL CANCELS FOREIGN TRAVEL
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Presidential advisor Gabriel Verret confirmed to Polcouns on September 7 that President Preval would not travel to either the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Conference in Havana beginning September 11 or the UN General [...]
2006-09-11 10:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OVIP OTRA KSEP UNGA HA CU
06PORTAUPRINCE169OAS ESTIMATES 88 PERCENT OF HAITIAN IDS DISTRIBUTED
[...] The OAS reported January 23 that it has distributed 2,846,793 or 81 percent of the 3.5 million Haitian ID cards. However, taking into account delayed reporting (most of the OAS figures date from January 18 - 20) the OAS estimated it had actually distributed over 3.1 million or 88 percent of th [...]
2006-01-24 18:53:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1690SUB-CABINET SHAKEUP
[...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 7 announced the replacement of 10 of 18 directors general (DGs) in cabinet ministries and four of nine DGs in government agencies. DGs are third in the bureaucratic hierarchy, serve as chief operating officers, and traditionally manage pe [...]
2006-09-11 17:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA PGOV PINR
06PORTAUPRINCE1697HAITI: CELLULAR INTER-CONNECTIVITY AT LAST
[...] Summary: Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication Frantz Verela announced that all three cellular operators in Haiti -- Comcel, Digicel and Haitel -- will finally be inter-connected by September 24 at midnight. Since May, the two incumbent operators, Comcel and Haitel, refus [...]
2006-09-12 15:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ETTC PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE170VETTING REQUEST: UDMO WEAPONS TRAINING NO. 2 FEB
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-01-24 19:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE173VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY UNIT
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police's Presidential Security Unit for credible information of gross human rights [...]
2006-01-24 20:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1755MINUSTAH CLOSES IN ON CITE SOLEIL
[...] (C) Summary. Under continued prodding from President Preval (ref A),MINUSTAH and the HNP over the past week have taken significant steps to secure the access routes areas immediately adjacent to Cite Soleil and the major north-south artery within the district, route 9. According to MINUSTAH [...]
2006-09-15 18:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1785VETTING REQUEST: ANTI KIDNAPPING UNIT - HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-09-21 12:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1786VETTING REQUEST: CIMO UNIT - HAITIAN NATIONAL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-09-21 12:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1798PM ON COOPERATION/SECURITY/ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 19 reviewed with the Ambassador recent developments in the bilateral agenda. The Ambassador congratulated the PM on the previous day's signing of the bilateral aid agreement and pledged to coordinate our assistance with the GoH. [...]
2006-09-22 13:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNGA ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE184A/S SHANNON ATTENDS MINUSTAH/OAS MEETING IN
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon represented the United States. at a meeting of senior MINUSTAH, OAS, and donor countries in Port-au-Prince on January 20. The participants agreed that election of [...]
2006-01-25 20:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1881ROCKY START FOR DDR
[...] (C) Summary. Forty-seven gang members from Cite Soleil on September 26 finished a week-long orientation program for the revamped Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) program (ref A),though follow-on activities remain in doubt as MINUSTAH DDR staff attempt to ensure with the [...]
2006-09-29 18:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1932AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS VISIT CITE SOLEIL: LIFE AT
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and emboffs visited the impoverished Port au Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil on October 10 at the invitation of MINUSTAH Force Commander General Elito. Based on our observations, signs of life appear to be returing to what some in the past have called the most danger [...]
2006-10-11 20:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE194The Press on the Jean-Juste Case
[...] Several recent radio reports have drawn attention to the evolving judicial case against Gerald Jean-Juste. The Prime Minister recently weighed in to deny reports that Caricom had refused to observe Haitian elections until all political prisoners were released. The following is an informal t [...]
2006-01-26 19:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM HA PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1964VETTING REQUEST: PALACE SECURITY UNIT (PSU)
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-10-13 18:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1973PREVAL EMPHASIZES DRUG TRAFFICKING, SECURITY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 16:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2025VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-10-23 15:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2026VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-10-23 15:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2031MINUSTAH/HNP ATTACKED IN CITE SOLEIL
[...] (C) Summary. A MINUSTAH operation to clear rubble from an area near a Cite Soleil checkpoint on October 19 generated fierce protests from local residents. The operation ultimately resulted in an armed battle between Cite Soleil gang members and HNP/MINUSTAH forces. Attackers firing three [...]
2006-10-24 15:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2065STUDENT PROTEST CALLS FOR THE DEPARTURE OF MINUSTAH
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Approximately 75 students from the State University of Haiti School of Human Sciences protested the &occupation of MINUSTAH8 on October 24, the day commemorating the 61st anniversary of the United Nations. The stud [...]
2006-10-27 16:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2067VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-10-27 17:26:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2087CITE SOLEIL RESIDENTS PROTEST MINUSTAH
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: protect accordingly. 2. (U) Cite Soleil residents on October 29, conducted a peaceful march protesting the presence of MINUSTAH, chanting anti-MINUSTAH slogans as they walked by a MINUSTAH outpost in the Port-au-Prince slum. Various news reports [...]
2006-10-31 15:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2105LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN 33 DAYS: KEY TASKS
[...] This message describes the main logistical tasks to be done in preparation for the local, municipal and the remainder of the legislative elections on December 3. 2. Ballots Jacques Bernard, Director General of the Provisionary Electoral Council (CEP),reported on October 20 that ballot [...]
2006-11-03 14:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2125VETTING REQUEST: SUB REGIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. Post requests that the Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following individual for credible information of gross human rights violations. This individual is being vetted [...]
2006-11-07 18:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2169A/S PATTERSON PUSHES FOR COOPERATION WITH GOH
[...] (C) Summary. INL A/S Anne W. Patterson urged increased cooperation on law enforcement and intelligence gathering to combat narcotics trafficking through Haiti during her meetings on November 3 with President Preval and senior GoH and MINUSTAH officials. Repeatedly referring to the 1997 ill [...]
2006-11-13 12:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC KCRM HA SNAR
06PORTAUPRINCE2171ELECTIONS UPDATE
[...] Summary. Elections preparations are on track and the Provisionary Electoral Council (CEP) is completing its checklist of remaining tasks, according to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard. CEP has taken over the primary role of implementing the elections but remain in daily contact with MINU [...]
2006-11-13 14:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2185VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. Post requests that the Department initiates review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian Coast Guard for credible information of gross human rights violations. Thes [...]
2006-11-14 18:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2187JUDICIAL/POLICE BATTLE RAGES
[...] (C) Summary. Judge Napela Saintil on November 11 recused himself in the case against the Michael Lucius, the third-ranking member of the Haitian National Police (HNP) and director of its investigative unit (DCPJ). Port-au-Prince prosecutor Claudy Gassant (ref B) on November 13 subsequently a [...]
2006-11-14 19:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE220AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE
[...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. SUMMARY: Post's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met on January 23 and began developing preparedness measures to meet the threat of a possible AI human pandemic. The AIWG members have inventoried medical supplies, identified medically traine [...]
2006-01-30 18:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2202MARTISSANT VIOLENT, BUT NOT "OPERATION BAGHDAD"
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Gang violence has increased in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Martissant during recent weeks, and local radio has given a forum to gang members who claim they are launching "Operation Baghdad II," [...]
2006-11-15 17:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC HA KCRM MARR
06PORTAUPRINCE222HAITI ELECTIONS: 30 SENATORIAL SEATS AT STAKE
[...] (U) Summary. Voters will elect thirty members to the Haitian senate in the upcoming elections, three each from the country's ten departments. No single party is likely to gain a majority in either the senate or the chamber of deputies, thus the new President and parliament will likely have [...]
2006-01-30 20:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2226VETTING- HAITIAN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. Post requests that the Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following individual of the Haitian Government for credible information of gross human rights violations. This [...]
2006-11-20 16:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2230COLLEAGUE CHRONICLES CORRUPTION OF YOURI LATORTUE
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Youri Latortue may well be the most brazenly corrupt of leading Haitian politicians, according to a colleague. The XXXXXXXXXXXX recently shared with poloffs his concerns regarding Latortue's illegal or otherwise unsavory activities in the port city of Gonaives and other ar [...]
2006-11-20 18:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2233ANTI-MINUSTAH PROTESTS COMMEMORATE NATIONAL HOLIDAY
[...] (U) This message sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: A spasm of anti-Minustah sentiment surfaced in Port-au-Prince leading up to and on November 18, a national holiday commemorating the 203rd anniversary of the Battle of Vertieres which led to Haitian [...]
2006-11-20 20:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2244HAITI NON-COMMITTAL ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per ref, poloff delivered the demarche on November 17 to director of political affairs Weiner Jean Baptiste in the ministry of foreign affairs. Jean Baptiste said that this resolution was very important [...]
2006-11-22 13:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2273YOUNG WOMAN'S VIOLENT MURDER SPARKS OUTRAGE; PM
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The kidnapping and murder of a young woman, Natasha Dessources, has shocked and angered the population of Port-au-Prince over the past two weeks. The story has caused a strong reaction from the p [...]
2006-11-29 14:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2277HAITI'S LOCAL ELECTIONS ON TRACK FOR DECEMBER 3
[...] Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and representatives of the UN mission to Haiti (Minustah) reported that elections preparations are in the final stages, with no unscheduled loose ends remaining. In preparation for post-electoral disputes, Director General of the CEP Jacques B [...]
2006-11-29 18:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2289PREVAL II: THE HONEYMOON'S OVER
[...] (C) Summary. There is increasing talk among Haitians these days about malaise and government inertia. President Preval, now seven months into his term, i seen as isolated and distracted. Reports of dissntion within his inner circle, a poor legislativ record to date, and a failed disarmament po [...]
2006-11-30 19:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2305VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-3. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-12-01 21:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2306ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE IN RELATIVE CALM
[...] (U) Summary: Voting for municipal and local candidates proceeded smoothly with a few hiccups. Political party observers outnumbered the electorate in many voting centers and a small number of voters were turned away from the polling stations because their names did not appear on the voter reg [...]
2006-12-03 22:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2338ELECTIONS: 4 DAYS AFTER
[...] (U) Four days following Haiti,s 3rd round of elections, Provisionary Electoral Council,s (CEP) officials are closely holding all results because, according to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, several races are extremely close and he wants to be certain of the results. According to OAS, t [...]
2006-12-07 20:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2341PM ELATED FOLLOWING MADRID CONFERENCE, BLAMES
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis met with WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and the Ambassador December 3 for a cheerful meeting after returning from the donors, conference in Madrid. PM Alexis stressed the importance of the [...]
2006-12-08 18:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE235HAITI ELECTIONS: FEBRUARY 7 OR BUST
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 elections meeting with the OAS, MINUSTAH, and donors, Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard stated that the only obstacle to the February 7 election date is fear; logistical matters will not keep the people from voting. He assured t [...]
2006-02-01 15:53:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2367MARTISSANT HOTSPOT FOR GANG VIOLENCE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The murder of a Haitian National Police officer during the December 3 elections sparked a new wave of gang violence in the Martissant neighborhood in the south of Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH presenc [...]
2006-12-12 19:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MARR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2371STUDENTS ARE REVOLTING
[...] (U) Summary: Recent student protests culminated on December 5 with a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's office that devolved into confrontations between MINUSTAH personnel and students who threw rocks and vandalized MINUSTAH vehicles. Three groupings appear to have generated the [...]
2006-12-13 12:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2373GOH TO ANNOUNCE NEW CARICOM OFFICE
[...] Summary: President Rene Preval appointed a new advisory council on external relations consisting of financial specialists Marie Michelle Rey, Charles Clarmant, and Preval's financial advisor (and presumed fiancee) Elizabeth Delatour. He created the advisory council in September to review rel [...]
2006-12-14 17:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2385PREVAL TELLS MINUSTAH TO TARGET THE GANGS
[...] (C) President Preval on December 15 directed SRSG Mulet to have MINUSTAH forces conduct targeted operations against known leaders in Cite Soleil and other Port-au-Prince slums, according to MINUSTAH political staff. Senior MINUSTAH civilian staff present at a birthday party for Mulet's chief [...]
2006-12-15 17:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA BR
06PORTAUPRINCE2387SENATORS PRESS PM ON INSECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, acting in his capacity as chief of the High Council of the National Police (CSPN),testified December 13 in front of the senate commission on defense, justice and security, pledging to undertake actions against the bandits responsible for t [...]
2006-12-15 18:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2409UN TAKING ACTION AGAINST INSECURITY
[...] (C) MINUSTAH plans to execute one targeted operation in Port-au-Prince every other day with the goal of arresting gang members, according to Mike Center (strictly protect),deputy chief of MINUSTAH's Joint Mission Analysis Centre (JMAC). Center told Poloff on December 18 that JMAC is selectin [...]
2006-12-19 16:21:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2424MINUSTAH/HNP TO MOVE ON CITE SOLEIL
[...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and the HNP are finalizing plans to move against specific gang leaders in Cite Soleil. Acting UNPol Commissioner Richard Warren and Haitian Police (HNP) Director General Andresol completed an operational plan on December 20 and hope to conduct an operation by December 2 [...]
2006-12-21 16:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2427PREVAL: MINUSTAH MUST ACT NOW
[...] (C) Summary. I met with President Preval on the evening of December 21 to discuss the current security environment, the political machinations underway in Parliament and the Primature, and Haiti's continuing dispute with China. Preval also shared with me frank details of his health (reported [...]
2006-12-21 17:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA UN
06PORTAUPRINCE2433HIGH ANXIETY OVER SECURITY
[...] (C) The recent spate of high-profile kidnappings and the GoH's stumbling response has become the singular issue in Haitian politics and public discourse. While panic has not yet set in, the Port-au-Prince population has begun to alter their work and private routines and much of daily life aga [...]
2006-12-21 20:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2453POLICE CHIEF CRITICIZES JUSTICE SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Mario Andresol denounced Haiti's corrupt justice system December 15 at a graduation ceremony for 567 cadets. He claimed the justice system "consists of a dictatorship of some judges who arbitrate based on their own interpretati [...]
2006-12-26 18:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2459MINUSTAH BEGINS TARGET OPERATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the Haitian National Police (HNP) carried out a joint operation in Cite Soleil on the morning of December 22, beginning at approximately 4 a.m. (ref A). MINUSTAH,s A/Deputy Commissioner OPS Neil Warriner is pleased [...]
2006-12-26 20:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE246HAITI: FATHER JEAN-JUSTE FLIES TO MIAMI FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Court of Appeals issued an order on January 29 authorizing Father Gerard Jean-Juste to fly to Miami to seek treatment for leukemia. Initially, the IGOH attempted to let the case wind its way through the Haitian judicial system, but eventually bowed to weeks of pressure [...]
2006-02-02 19:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2471ARISTIDE'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO HAITIANS
[...] (U) Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide sent his third Christmas message from South Africa to the Haitian people since his departure in February 2004. Aristide writes in "Daki," or Creole parables, to send messages to his partisans. This year, Aristide urged his followers to stay mobili [...]
2006-12-28 20:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2472MINUSTAH CONTINUES CITE SOLEIL OPERATIONS
[...] (C) MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) ran their second joint operation in the early morning of December 28 targeting gang members, specifically Belony, residing in the Bois Neuf area of the Port-au-Prince slum, Cite Soleil. According to MINUSTAH's A/Deputy Commissioner for OPS Nei [...]
2006-12-29 12:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV KPKO MOPS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2476STUDENTS CONTINUE TO PROTEST INSECURITY
[...] (U) Summary: December 26 and 28 were marked by student protests in Port-au-Prince. In accordance with what has become the central issue across all sectors in Haiti in recent weeks, demonstrators took to the streets and organized a sit-in protesting violence and kidnappings and demanding that [...]
2006-12-29 14:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA KDEM
06PORTAUPRINCE249HAITI VOTE TABULATION CENTER
[...] Summary: On January 27 and 29 PDAS Jonathan Farrar and Charge Carney separately visited the Vote Tabulation Center (VTC),which will be the nerve center of Haiti's election results tabulation. The VTC is located roughly one km from the MINUSTAH base at the Port-au-Prince airport. MINUSTAH ha [...]
2006-02-02 20:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE251OAS REPORTS 89 PERCENT BUT ESTIMATES 94 PERCENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-02 21:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE252HAITIAN ELECTIONS TECHNICALLY READY, BUT POLITICAL
[...] Introduction: In a meeting with the donors and international elections partners February 1, Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General gave a readout from the January 29 elections simulation. The simulation tested distribution of materials, the status of the Voting Centers (VC),and [...]
2006-02-03 18:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE259WILL HAITI HOLD CREDIBLE ELECTIONS?
[...] (C) Summary: Haitian and international election authorities face uncertainties as they prepare to conduct the first round of Haiti's elections on February 7. The most serious of these are the competence and performance of poll workers, particularly at rural and isolated voting centers, and t [...]
2006-02-04 19:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE260CAMPAIGN ENDS PEACEFULLY IN HAITI
[...] This message is sensative but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Campaigning in Haiti officially ended Saturday, February 4. Presidential Charles (Charlito) Henri Baker was the only candidate to hold a mass rally in Port-au-Prince. Front-runner Rene Preval cance [...]
2006-02-05 21:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE261HAITI ELECTIONS OBSERVATIONS #2
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Haiti remained calm on election day minus two. Election Observation Teams (EOTs) in Port-au-Prince reported that the streets were quiet and that elections authorities continued to finalize preparat [...]
2006-02-05 21:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE266HAITI ELECTIONS OBSERVATIONS 1
[...] Summary: As of 1530 local/EST five of six teams dispatched to the countryside had arrived safely at their cities of observation except for Election Observation Team (EOT) Hinche, which is still on the road. EOT Hinche estimates it should arrive by 1830 local/EST. Three EOTs are on the grou [...]
2006-02-06 12:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE275HAITI ELECTIONS OBSERVATIONS #3
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: All six provincial Election Observation Teams (EOTs) unanimously report calm in their areas. Port-au-Prince EOTs and Embassy staff report light traffic but normal commercial activity. MINUSTAH pol [...]
2006-02-06 21:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE276HAITI ELECTIONS UPDATE #4: HUGE TURNOUT, SLOW
[...] Summary. Crowds of Haitians in an upbeat mood began to form long lines at voting centers as early as 0500 this morning. Disorganization caused virtually every voting center to delay opening. Post believes that most voting centers opened between 0700 and 0800, though some opened later. Votin [...]
2006-02-07 18:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE282HAITI ELECTIONS: UN SAYS HNP DID GREAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 19:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE283HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: From all accounts, Haitian Election Day concluded successfully on February 7. Few Bureaux de vote (BVs) opened on schedule but once voting began and after the initial rush into the Voting Centers, the majority of the crowds assumed orderly lines and displayed remarkable patie [...]
2006-02-08 20:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC PKAO KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE304HAITIANS PONDER A PREVAL PRESIDENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) having announced preliminary results on the evening of February 9 showing that Rene Preval had a considerable lead, Haitians across the political spectrum are concluding that Rene Preval has won the presidency and coming to grips wit [...]
2006-02-10 20:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE31HAITI ELECTIONS: MINUSTAH LOGISTICS IN PLACE,
[...] (C) Summary: The MINUSTAH head of elections operations and logistics reported that MINUSTAH will be prepared logistically to administer elections, but that Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) must take some policy decisions to avoid additional delays. MINUSTAH is ready to begin training poll [...]
2006-01-06 12:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE312PRO-PREVAL DEMONSTRATIONS COVER PORT-AU-PRINCE
[...] (C) Summary: Preval supporters are staging demonstrations as small as 50 people and as large as 4000-5000 at the SONAPI Voting Tabulation Center. The demonstrators are chanting in support of Preval and are calling for the announcement of a first-round victory. Post is concerned that demons [...]
2006-02-13 20:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE317PREVAL SPEAKS: CONTINUE PROTESTS, BUT DO SO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential candidate Rene Preval held a press conference February 14. Preval insisted that his party stands for peace. However, he said that the party is convinced that massive fraud took place and that if results are published in their current state, L'Espwa would legally [...]
2006-02-15 14:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE321HAITI ELECTIONS IMPASSE
[...] (C) Summary: Ninety-two percent of the vote tally sheets (Proces Verbaux or PVs) had been recorded before the CEP ordered counting stopped February 14. Based on internal projections, MINUSTAH officials do not believe that the uncounted PVs would push Rene Preval over the fifty percent mark [...]
2006-02-15 20:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE324Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for ESF Funds, FY 2006
[...] Please find a proposal submitted by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Haiti for anti-trafficking in persons ESF funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti. The proposal tar [...]
2006-02-16 20:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE335Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for INCLE Funds, FY 2006
[...] Please find a proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for anti-trafficking in persons INCLE funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti from a law enforce [...]
2006-02-17 20:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE336PRESIDENTIAL VOTE COUNT ENDED, OTHER COUNTING
[...] Summary: MINUSTAH reports that it has stopped counting presidential ballots, and Provisional Electoral Council Director General Jacques Bernard says the CEP will formally announce results soon. Meanwhile, vote counting for the deputy and senate races began February 16; MINUSTAH has already fi [...]
2006-02-17 20:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE337REACTION TO PREVAL'S FIRST-ROUND VICTORY
[...] Summary: Political and civil society leaders have largely resigned themselves to the CEP's decision to declare Rene Preval's victory with 51.15 percent of the vote in the first round of voting. Leslie Manigat declared the decision a "coup d 'etat," but said that he would do nothing against [...]
2006-02-17 20:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE338VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY UNIT
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police's Presidential Security Unit for credible information of gross human rights [...]
2006-02-18 19:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM ASEC PTER HA
06PORTAUPRINCE348CEP PRESSURED TO ANOINT PREVAL UNTIL HIS
[...] (C) Summary: Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) General Director Jacques Bernard and members of the CEP report that they came under extreme pressure from the executive to "throw the election" to Rene Preval as vote counting for the Haitian presidential race came to a close February 12 and 13. [...]
2006-02-22 13:53:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE36PM LATORTUE ON ELECTIONS, NEPTUNE AND JEAN-JUSTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told Charge January 5 that the interim government (IGOH) does not object to examination and diagnosis of imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste by the physician of his choice. Before options for treatment would be explored, however, Latortue [...]
2006-01-06 21:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE361HAITI: MANIGAT'S WIFE WITHDRAWS FROM SENATE RACE
[...] (U) Myrlande Manigat, the Assembly of Progressive National Democrats (RDNP) senatorial candidate for the West (Port-au-Prince),abruptly withdrew from the race February 21 despite having won enough votes to qualify for the second round run-off election. With all senatorial ballots counted ( [...]
2006-02-24 15:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE365MAJORITY OF CEP PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR BERNARD
[...] (C) Summary: Six of nine members of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) reaffirmed their support for the CEP's Director General Jacques Bernard in a public letter February 23. CEP president chief of staff Duchatelier told poloff February 22 that Jacques Bernard was indispensable for [...]
2006-02-24 17:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE366FINAL RESULTS IN HAITI SENATE RACES
[...] (SBU) MINUSTAH elections chief Gerardo Lechevallier provided polcouns a copy of the final vote tally for the senate and deputy races on the evening of February 23. Lechevallier reported that the CEP had completed the tabulation on February 20, but had ordered the results embargoed, at least [...]
2006-02-24 19:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE415Haiti's Submission for Sixth Annual TIP Report
[...] The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor in a practice call [...]
2006-03-06 13:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG PREF ELAB ASEC KCRM KWMN KFRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE43VETTING REQUEST: LESS-THAN-LETHAL TRAINING NO. 3
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-4. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-01-09 20:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE459UN'S POLICE AGREEMENT CAUSES FUROR
[...] (C) Summary. The Supplemental Agreement on Haitian National Police (HNP) reform (SA),signed by Prime Minister Latortue and the SRSG Valdes in New York on February 22 and has caused a political firestorm in recent days. Haitian objections center on clauses of the accord that could subordinat [...]
2006-03-08 20:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE467HAITI ELECTIONS: DONORS PUSH FOR EARLY SECOND
[...] Summary: Donors met March 7 with CEP and Minustah representatives to urge that the calendar for the second round legislative elections be established as soon as possible. Minustah and the CEP discussed a possible timeline for completion of the contestation process and necessary logistical p [...]
2006-03-09 18:07:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE538VETTING REQUEST: HNP TRAINING FOR JACMEL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-03-22 12:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE543HAITI ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP
[...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is completing review of claims arising from the February 7 General Election and should finalize candidate lists for second round Senate and Chamber of Deputy candidates by March 20. According to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, at l [...]
2006-03-23 19:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE612UNDER SECRETARY SHINER,S VISIT TO HAITI
[...] Summary. Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette S. Shiner, visited Haiti March 24 - 25 as part of a review of UN assistance programs. She traveled to a rural township in northeast Haiti where the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) assists with [...]
2006-04-04 17:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE669HAITI: NEPTUNE CASE STALEMATED
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy reports indicate that the health of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune continues to decline as both he and Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue remain locked in a stalemate. The interim government is willing to broker a humanitarian release deal, provided that the gover [...]
2006-04-12 15:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE707VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING FOR HNP SWAT TEAM
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-5. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individua [...]
2006-04-20 19:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE718HAITI ELECTIONS: ALL SET FOR SECOND ROUND
[...] (C) Summary. The Director General of Haiti's CEP, Jacques Bernard, and MINUSTAH elections chief Gerardo LeChevallier expressed confidence on April 18 that elections preparations were in place and that the second round would proceed smoothly on Friday, April 21. MINUSTAH military leaders als [...]
2006-04-21 12:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE720HAITI ELECTIONS: ORDERLY WITH LIGHT TURNOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Voting for the second round of parliamentary elections is proceeding smoothly with light turnout as of 1330. Estimates range from 10 to 20 percent participation so far. The CEP has taken to the airwaves to encourage voting, emphasizing better organization at voting centers and [...]
2006-04-21 19:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE721HAITIANS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDE SECOND ROUND OF
[...] The vote for Haiti's parliament concluded in an orderly fashion at 1600 on April 21, and Embassy teams reported a quick conclusion of vote tallying at the voting centers they observed. MINUSTAH officials at the vote tabulation center in Port-au-Prince informed the Ambassador on the morning of [...]
2006-04-24 17:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE722HAITI ELECTIONS: NATIONAL TURNOUT 30.6%
[...] CEP officials informed Emboff the morning of April 24 that with 98% of results tallied, voter turnout for the second round on April 21 was 30.6 nationally. The West Department, including Port-au-Prince and representing roughly one third of the total population, registered 20% turnout. The No [...]
2006-04-24 17:58:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE756PRESIDENT ALEXANDRE RESISTS RELEASING NEPTUNE
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. Â [...]
2006-04-27 20:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE765HAITI ELECTIONS: SECOND ROUND LEGISLATIVE RESULTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With almost 98 percent of votes tabulated from the April 21 second round legislative elections, President-elect Rene Preval's L'Espwa party holds the most seats in both houses of Parliament, though L'Espwa falls short of a majority. The April 21 election results finalized 27 [...]
2006-04-28 19:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE828LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RESULTS FINALIZED
[...] (U) The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) certified the results of the April 21 Parliamentary elections on May 6. The results are official with their May 8 publication in the official government gazette, Le Moniteur. As finalized, the results include 27 Senators and 86 Deputies and differ l [...]
2006-05-11 11:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE847SUSPECTED DRUG-TRAFFICKER WINS SENATE PRESIDENCY
[...] (S) Haiti's senators (reftel) on May 11 elected Joseph Lambert senate president. Lambert, who represents President-elect Peval's L'Espwa party from the Southeast Department, is a native of the departmental capital Jacmel and widely rumored to be a leading narco-trafficker in the region. Lamb [...]
2006-05-12 19:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV SNAR KDEM KCRM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE854PREVAL SUCCESSFULLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF HAITI
[...] (U). President Preval took the oath of office before the Haitian parliament and Haitian and international dignitaries on May 14. The ceremonies also included a mass celebrated at Port-au-Prince's Catholic cathedral and concluded with President Preval's address to the nation at the presidenti [...]
2006-05-15 14:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE865HAITI: INAUGURATION DAY PRISON RIOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prisoners in the maximum security section of the national penitentiary (known as "Titanic") began rioting hours before President Preval assumed office on the morning of May 14. The prisoners broke the locks on the prison cells and mounted the inner prison walls shouting pro-Pr [...]
2006-05-15 19:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE876HAITI LABOR LEADER SAYS CITE SOLEIL STILL A POWDER
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Patrick Numas, leader of one of the larger labor unions in Port au Prince, believes that despite the recent calm, the situation in Cite Soleil is &a powder keg,8 and that the supply of arms continues to [...]
2006-05-16 18:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE891PETROCARIBE WILL SELL TO EDH
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. Michel Guerrier, Director of National, confirmed May 17 the scenario described in reftel A, whereby Haiti's National Electricity Company (Electricite d'Haiti -- EDH) will be designated as Haiti's state-owned oil co [...]
2006-05-17 20:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE92HAITIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Interim government President Boniface Alexandre announced January 11 the Committee of Guarantee (COG) for Elections. In part reading from the executive order that will create the COG, Alexandre explained that the committee, comprised of members of political parties (five) and civil societ [...]
2006-01-12 21:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE931HAITI ELECTIONS: FINAL CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES LIST
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Reftel reported final results of Haitian April 21 legislative elections and included the names of the 27 Senators elected. Below are the names of the 88/88 Deputies elected with available biographic information. The pending [...]
2006-05-24 16:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE936PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER ALEXIS NOMINATION FOR PM
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament is set to open discussion on President Preval's nomination of Jacques Edouard Alexis today, May 24. Most observers expect a vote on Alexis by the end of this week. Political leaders have voiced objection to Alexis, but appear to be positioning themselves to negotiate [...]
2006-05-24 17:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE945SENATE APPROVES ALEXIS, DEPUTIES VOTE PENDING
[...] (SBU) The senate on the afternoon of May 25 approved the nomination of Jacques Edouard Alexis by a vote of 20 to 4. The OPL bloc of four voted against Alexis, according to press reports. The vote in the chamber of deputies is pending. Alexis told the Ambassador today (May 25) that he was con [...]
2006-05-25 20:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE971HAITI: FIRST PETROCARIBE SHIP STALLED AT VARREUX
[...] Shooting stalled the unloading and delivery of oil May 17 from the first PetroCaribe ship, which arrived in Haiti on May 13 (reftel A). The ship was docked at Varreux, a port located near one of Port-au-Prince's most violent slums, Cite Soleil. The captain of the ship reported bullets flying [...]
2006-06-01 13:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE972NOEL RELEASED, TALKS ABOUT HIS ARREST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with UCREF head Jean-Yves Noel May 30, one day after his release from prison. According to Noel, he was arrested ostensibly for having his bodyguards detain a court bailiff, but in reality his arrest was masterminded by those whose bank accounts had been frozen by U [...]
2006-06-01 15:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALKCRM EFIN PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE999PROPOSED HAITIAN CABINET
[...] (U) Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis presented his "general policy" (politique general) and introduced his proposed cabinet ministers to the national assembly today, June 6. As of this writing, Alexis is answering questions from each of the 27 senators. National assembly leader [...]
2006-06-06 18:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HA
06PORTLOUIS210UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - AFRICAN CANDIDACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 07:57:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PHUM OPDC PREL UNGA UNCHR UN MP
06PORTLOUIS722MAURITIUS - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] Mauritius joined the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy),the fiber-optic undersea cable which will connect more than 20 African nations from South Africa to Sudan, as part of a wider plan to turn the country into a key Indian Ocean IT hub. The GOM Minister of Information Technology and [...]
2006-11-29 13:09:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV PINR MP
06PORTLOUIS743MAURITIUS MOVES TOWARDS GREATER PEACEKEEPING ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Top Mauritian security officials committed publicly to increasing participation in international peacekeeping efforts. U.S. military officers training Mauritians say their constabulary Special Mobile Force is ideal for PKOs. Additional Mauritian attributes are the population,s [...]
2006-12-11 10:29:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PINR MP AU UN SADC
06PORTLOUIS752MAURITIUS DENIES PLAN TO CEDE AGALEGA ISLANDS TO INDIA, BUT ISSUE SHOWS MAURITIAN SUBORDINATION
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritian officials deny any intention to cede Agalega islands to India, as alleged in an Indian newspaper report. They have said that India agreed to help with economic development and infrastructure improvement but they were unable to deny categorically that India has no ulterior mot [...]
2006-12-15 08:26:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EPET PBTS ECON PHSA PINS IN MP IO
06PORTLOUIS759MAURITIUS: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] Post has compiled the following information on child labor in Mauritius in response to questions posed in reftel. //CHILD LABOR LAWS AND REGULATIONS// 2. On November 21, 2006, the Government of Mauritius (GOM) amended the Labor Act to raise the minimum employment age from 15 to 16 years i [...]
2006-12-19 12:44:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MP
06PORTMORESBY126MCC - LEVERAGE ON GOVERNANCE IN PNG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 06:43:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PP
06PORTMORESBY169POLITICAL RIOT IN SOLOMON ISLANDS
[...] (U) Summary: A riot has been instigated in Honiara by the losing side following the selection of a new prime minister. Youths have burned vehicles around parliament and have moved into the downtown area, attempting to trash businesses with Taiwanese affiliations. Police are now moving in. We ha [...]
2006-04-18 06:18:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV INR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY170VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN HONIARA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 00:39:00Embassy Port MoresbySECRETPGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY175HONIARA STABILIZED - SOLOMON ISLANDS STILL A MESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 06:56:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY185SOLOMON ISLANDS REMAINS TENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-24 07:04:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY200NEW SOLOMON ISALNDS PM WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 06:12:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BP
06PORTMORESBY237SOLOMON ISLANDS: CLOSING PEACE CORPS SAVES LITTLE, MAY COST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 04:23:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL BP
06PORTMORESBY353SOLOMON ISLANDS - RIOT, ARSON, NOW MURDER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 01:39:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY370SOMARE COMMITS TO VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 01:50:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PP
06PORTMORESBY400TIME TO SPEAK ON SOLOMON ISLANDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 06:00:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY460SOLOMON ISLANDS: PRIME MINISTER SOGAVARE VS RAMSI
[...] (U ) SUMMARY: Ambassador traveled to the Solomon Islands to present her credentials and met with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Discussion centered on Sogavare's continued dissatisfaction over RAMSI presence and in particular the ongoing row between the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) an [...]
2006-11-20 07:17:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BP
06PORTMORESBY479PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRIME MINISTER ON MOTI AND BILATERAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador made her introductory office call on Prime Minister (PM) Sir Michael Somare on November 27. Somare said that he has instructed Foreign Minister Paul Tiensten to meet with Australia Foreign Minister Downer next week to resolve the current stalemate over the Moti affair [...]
2006-11-30 08:11:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PP
06PORTOFPAIN568CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...]
2006-05-08 19:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN1070 DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 14:55:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC KDEM SU TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1080 T&T HOMICIDE BUREAU CHIEF: DEPORTEES NOT MAJOR CRIME
[...] In an extended interview with the daily Trinidad Guardian newspaper on September 12, Head of the Homicide Bureau, Assistant Commissioner of Police Maurice Piggott discussed many of the current shortfalls in T&T's policing efforts and the steps that the police force is taking to rectify the sit [...]
2006-09-15 20:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1125PM MANNING SAYS T&T IS A RELIABLE ALLY, SO U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reprising public remarks from several days earlier (reftel),PM Manning characterized T&T as a reliable ally and energy supplier that was not receiving sufficient attention from the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Harbert and State/WHA DAS Duddy. He praised bilater [...]
2006-09-22 21:10:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EPET MARR SNAR EAID TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1126PM MANNING FRUSTRATED OVER CARICOM RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Karen Harbert and WHA DAS Patrick Duddy, PM Manning voiced frustration with CARICOM colleagues over their stance on Petrocaribe but at the same time said he would go along with a "CARICOM decision" to support Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. [...]
2006-09-22 21:14:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALEPET UNSC PREL PGOV VE TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1161MANNING: LIFTING IMET RESTRICTIONS VINDICATES T&T
[...] (U) As reported septel, Prime Minister Patrick Manning,s October 4 budget speech, was, for the most part, devoted to a discussion of T&T,s largely energy-driven revenues and of proposed expenditures on infrastructure development, manufacturing diversification and agriculture promotion, as wel [...]
2006-10-06 20:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALEAID KCRM MARR PGOV PREL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN119 TRINIDAD'S (AMENDED) OSHA NEARS
[...] The long-delayed Occupational Safety and Health Act came one step closer to implementation with passage of a package of amendments by the lower house of Parliament on January 23. The upper house is slated to debate the bill, as amended, on January 26, keeping it on track for implementation b [...]
2006-01-24 19:47:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1214OPPOSITION LEADER: PM HAS TERRORIST LINKS, IS
[...] (C) On October 3, the Ambassador met with Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Deputy Political Leader Senator Wade Mark, at Mark,s request. Mark said his purpose was to express to the Ambassador the UNC,s shock at the &sudden assault8 on the United States unleashed by Prime Minister Pat [...]
2006-10-20 14:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VZ TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1270INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION
[...] Polchief contacted MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon, on November 3, and reminded her of the talking points contained in Reftel B presented by Poloff on August 29 to MFA Multilateral Division officer Roanna Gopaul. Department will recall that post had reported Gopaul's response [...]
2006-11-03 19:59:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA ILC TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1273T&T TO USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO: BRING ON THE SOA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USOAS Permanent Representative Maisto met with T&T PM Manning and FM Piggott on October 20 to discuss the 2009 Summit of the Americas. Manning signaled that the country will be ready for the summit, and hopes to have a successful event that highlights the Caribbean as well as T [...]
2006-11-06 17:13:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1294BWIA to become Caribbean Airways: A Real Transformation?
[...] Summary: After years of financial struggles and failed attempts at restructuring, the national airline carrier of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T),the British West Indies Airways (BWIA),will close its doors December 31, 2006, and reopen the next day as Caribbean Airlines. Indications that this lat [...]
2006-11-09 17:23:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN131SPECIAL ANTI-CRIME UNIT OF T&T: LOOKING BACK,
[...] (SBU) Brigadier General Peter Joseph, Director of the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT) provided Poloff with a candid assessment of last year's performance in fighting crime, as well as a look forward to 2006. Joseph stated that 2005 was a year of building capacity, esp [...]
2006-01-26 20:14:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1319T&T'S PRE-ELECTION POLITICS WARMING UP
[...] SUMMARY: A number of recent polls as well as statements by Prime Minister Patrick Manning indicate that Winston Dookeran and his newly-formed Congress of the People should be regarded as serious new actors on the country's political stage. It now seems that the Prime Minister may have decided [...]
2006-11-15 19:23:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1344MANNING AND CHERTOFF: CLOSER COLLABORATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Manning hosted DHS Secretary Chertoff for a bilateral meeting on October 26, SIPDIS prior to a multilateral meeting with CARICOM representatives (reported septel). In the meeting, Manning assured Secretary Chertoff on Cricket World Cup security preparations [...]
2006-11-22 17:58:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1358TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER PT 1
[...] Farewell BWIA, welcome Caribbean Airlines 2. Inflation - who's to blame? 3. Crushing blow to music pirates 4. Telecom - Digicel goes to court; Paltel drops out 5. HBO to plug Flow 6. T&T/India to sign BIT 7. U.S. consultants derailed 8. GOTT convenes smelter symposium, but... [...]
2006-11-28 14:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELNT ETRD KIRP TD
06PORTOFSPAIN137T&T PM MANNING SUPPORTIVE OF HAITI IN CARICOM;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Austin met Interim Haitian Prime Minister Latortue and informed him of the desirability of immediately releasing Father Jean-Juste from prison. Ambassador also asked about the outcome of Latortue's meeting with Prime Minister Manning. Latortue stated that he would ca [...]
2006-01-27 15:53:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM HA TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1372CONFERENCE PROMOTES CARIBBEAN ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION
[...] Summary: Caribbean Energy Ministers met in Port of Spain September 6-8, 2006, at the "Energy and The Competitiveness of The Caribbean" conference to discuss opportunities for developing renewable energy to reduce the region's dependency on foreign oil. The goal of the conference was to illumin [...]
2006-12-01 15:02:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EIND EINV CARICOM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1430TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - NOV-DEC
[...] Further BWIA-Caribbean Airlines Developments 2. Delta Airlines opens Atlanta-Port of Spain direct flights 3. Second Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) Named --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...]
2006-12-18 13:47:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1445PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE:T&T RESPONSE
[...] Ambassador Austin delivered the points contained in Reftel to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, discussing them with the minister on three separate occasions. The Ambassador emphasized to Joseph the technical impossibility, at this late stage in the development of the software for [...]
2006-12-21 14:17:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN152 TRINIDAD: BI-WEEKLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] PM MANNING MEETS WITH HAITI'S INTERIM PRIME MINISTER 2. JAMAAT-AL-MUSLIMEEN LEADER TO STAND TRIAL FOR TERRORISM 3. OPPOSITION CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS 4. PRISONS OFFICER CHARGED 5. PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTION AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION (EBC) -- [...]
2006-02-01 12:19:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS TD
06PORTOFSPAIN164T&T'S FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS CARICOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gift previewed the agenda for the February 9-10 CARICOM Intersessional meeting. Gift expects PetroCaribe will generate significant debate at the meeting. He also anticipates that CARICOM's relations with Haiti will warm some after the meeting. Gift inquired ab [...]
2006-02-02 19:29:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN204 CARICOM ON CRICKET WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS
[...] (U) Prime Minister Keith Mitchell of Grenada provided a mid-morning press briefing on February 9 during the CARICOM Inter-Sessional meeting on the state of play of Cricket World Cup (CWC) preparations and the status of West Indies cricket more generally. Mitchell opened by noting that West I [...]
2006-02-13 19:50:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECIN XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN217CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...]
2006-02-14 20:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN245 UNC REARRANGES CHAIRS IN T&T'S PARLIAMENT
[...] On February 14, the United National Congress (UNC) swore in two new Senators, Dr. Tim Gopeesingh and Ato Boldon to replace Robin Montano who was recently fired and Roy Augustus who recently resigned in protest (reftel). The new Senators received seats high up the line, bumping Sadiq Baksh an [...]
2006-02-21 20:05:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN253 "UNITY" RALLY WELCOMES MAHARAJ TO T&T'S UNC;
[...] SUMMARY: The United National Congress (UNC) held a Unity Rally on February 19 to smooth over divisions in the party and to criticize the ruling People's National Movement. Former UNC Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj keynoted and received a warm welcome. In spite of fiery speeches, [...]
2006-02-23 17:38:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SENV KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN261TRINIDAD LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY IPR CAMPAIGN
[...] SUMMARY: The T&T government has launched an anti- piracy campaign. It will involve outreach to schools and media advertisements to the public. The launch during Carnival focuses attention on vending of pirated works and the damage it does to T&T recording artists whose creative work culminat [...]
2006-02-24 15:26:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN295TRINIDAD ABOUT-FACE ON PETROCARIBE AND CARICOM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Trinidad's opposition to Petrocaribe softened at the February 9-10 CARICOM summit, as it agreed to lifting the CARICOM common external tariff so other member states could go ahead with their individual agreements with Venezuela. One reason why T&T acquiesced is its interest in jo [...]
2006-03-08 18:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ETRD ECIN TD
06PORTOFSPAIN374TRINIDAD GOVERNMENT ALLEGES CORRUPTION IN
[...] SUMMARY: The Attorney General of Trinidad & Tobago has declared that a water supply contract with desalination company Desalcott, in which GE has a 40% stake, should be terminated due to fraudulent and corrupt dealings in its negotiation during the late 1990s. The announcement came as the GOT [...]
2006-03-24 19:16:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEINV PGOV KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN405 AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH DOOKERAN ON CRIME,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-31 16:29:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN406 100 MURDERS IN 85 DAYS: T&T POLICE CANNOT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred murders have been committed in Trinidad and Tobago in the first 85 days of 2006. Police officers attribute the problem to a combination of guns, drugs and gangs. Additionally, a track record of police incompetence and fears of repercussions keep civilians from wo [...]
2006-03-31 18:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN411 IS THE LAW CLOSING IN ON PANDAY?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The much-awaited corruption trial for UNC Party Chairman and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday's trial has begun. Panday is on trial for knowingly failing to disclose his interest in a London bank account as required by the Integrity in Public Life Act. Panday claimed he had no [...]
2006-03-31 20:16:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN445EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN REVIEW OF CRICKET SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago is starting to seriously prepare for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC). Although we would like to assist, post operates in a complex assistance environment. The government is wealthy enough to purchase technology, but needs to invest further in its human reso [...]
2006-04-10 19:54:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN489OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND - TRINIDAD
[...] Post is pleased to comment on reftel report of a possible OPIC-supported investment fund. AIC has had a presence in T&T since 2003. We understand that it was founded and is controlled by Jamaican Michael Lee-Chin, now residing in Canada. In July 2005, Central Bank Governor Williams spoke at [...]
2006-04-25 11:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC EFIN TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN501TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
[...] (c) Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) and Cuba enjoy cordial relations, and are co-members of the Association of Caribbean States. There are no substantial T&T investments in Cuba, and post is aware of no/no examples of trafficking in confiscated property or other assets. 2. (c) In the six months si [...]
2006-04-26 15:18:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL TD CU
06PORTOFSPAIN568CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...]
2006-05-08 19:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN587TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#2-06)
[...] U.S. company signs MOU for ethylene complex ------------------------------------------ Texas-based Westlake Chemical plans to build a US$1.5 billion ethylene plant in T&T. Westlake CEO Albert Chao signed a memorandum of understanding with Energy Minister Lenny Saith on April 18 for the plan [...]
2006-05-10 19:10:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EINV EIND TD
06PORTOFSPAIN590TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY PART 1
[...] Inflation continues with little change ------------------------------------------ The inflation rate in T&T was running at an annual rate in March of 6.6 percent, according to T&T Central Bank figures. While this was only slightly higher than 6.5 percent in February, there is still no sign of [...]
2006-05-11 15:10:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEIND EAIR EFIN TD
06PORTOFSPAIN602 PASTOR HINN'S SECOND COMING TESTS T&T'S
[...] SUMMARY: Controversial Pentecostal Pastor Benny Hinn is scheduled for a second trip to Trinidad and Tobago in May. His "Miracle Mission" has occasioned significant dispute in the press, with Hindu leader Sat Maharaj using his media outlets to question Hinn's ministry as a sort of revenge fo [...]
2006-05-15 18:41:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF TD
06PORTOFSPAIN615 T&T BACCHANAL: CHIEF JUSTICE ACCUSED OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, Satnarine Sharma, stands accused of attempting to influence the outcome of the Panday Integrity Commission case (reftel). Given the seriousness of the situation, PM Manning canceled his trip to Europe for two high-level summits. Info [...]
2006-05-19 13:05:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS TD
06PORTOFSPAIN618PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM
[...] (C) Political officer met with Imtiaz Ali, organizer of the Caribbean Muslim Forum (CMF),on May 15. Ali mentioned that initial planning was for this year's CMF to be held Easter weekend, to establish a pattern following the 2005 CMF, but that due to difficulties with organizing it for April [...]
2006-05-19 15:14:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPINR KISL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN670U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN DELIVERED TO TRINIDAD
[...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel message to Prime Minister Manning in a June 1 meeting. A/DCM accompanied Ambassador. We had attempted to get time with the PM on May 31 without success. Ambassador did not share text of points, but gave Manning a copy of the Secretary's statement from the State [...]
2006-06-02 13:53:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN698 CARICOM URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO SPEED
[...] Acting Foreign Minister Danny Montano summoned the Ambassador to a meeting on June 6 to deliver a letter from Prime Minister Patrick Manning to President Bush (text of letter below). Political Officer accompanied the Ambassador. The letter echoes the sentiments of the letter sent by Barbado [...]
2006-06-07 16:39:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PTER SNAR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN736 T&T CHIEF JUSTICE SCANDAL CONTINUES
[...] The furor over allegations that Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma, sought to improperly influence Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicols in the Panday corruption case (reftel) has not died down. Police investigations, including searches of the Chief Justice's office, are ongoi [...]
2006-06-13 19:51:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS TD
06PORTOFSPAIN74T&T MINISTRY OF LABOR ON OSHA REVISIONS AND
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with Mr. Devnath Roopnarine, Chief Inspector of the Occupational Health and Safety Division in the Ministry of Labor to discuss the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Roopnarine explained that the OSHA has had a long history under three differen [...]
2006-01-13 19:54:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN787PARAGUAY TO MEET CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ON WTO
[...] A brief AP story appeared in the June 28 Trinidad Express business supplement regarding Paraguay and the waiver in the World Trade Organization (reftels) for countries enjoying benefits of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). The article, reporting on a recent meeting in Guyana, [...]
2006-06-29 14:19:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO EAID TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN806UNC EXECUTIVE/DOOKERAN DIVORCE ALMOST FINAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 28, the UNC Executive passed a motion of no confidence in UNC Political Leader Winston Dookeran and dismissed three of his leading supporters. Dookeran was unmoved, as he continued his campaign trek around the country in an effort to rally UNC and broader voter support in [...]
2006-07-06 11:39:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN841T&T MFA ON CARICOM'S UNSC CANDIDATE CRITERIA
[...] (C) Political Officer met with Ms. Sandra Honore, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs CARICOM division on July 13. She stated, in no uncertain terms, that the CARICOM communique issued after the St. Kitts Heads of Government Meeting in early July outlines a clear set of criteria that any [...]
2006-07-14 19:51:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN863TRINIDAD/VENEZUELA CLOSER TO TREATY ON USE OF
[...] (U) The June 19 edition of daily paper "Trinidad & Tobago Newsday" reported on a Ministry of Foreign Affairs release that addressed a future agreement between the governments of T&T and Venezuela on shared gas reserves. Full text of the release follows in next paragraph. 2. (U) Begin Text [...]
2006-07-21 19:42:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECIN PREL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN884TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JULY, PART 1
[...] Caribbean Star/Sun expanding operations in T&T --------------------------------------------- ------- To better support an expansion in service from Trinidad, Caribbean Star Airlines has established a new crew base and maintenance facility at Piarco Airport in Port of Spain. The new crew bas [...]
2006-07-25 14:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAIR EIND KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN931TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY 15-31
[...] Alcoa clears another hurdle 2. Alcoa partners with Bechtel 3. Laqtel launching soon 4. IMF calls for spending cuts in T&T 5. T&T leads economic growth in the region 6. Possible privatization for BWIA ------------------------------ Â [...]
2006-08-08 13:57:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEAVI ECON EIND EPET ETRD TD
06PORTOFSPAIN958 MFA STILL UNDECIDED ON WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY
[...] On August 15, PolChief and PolAsst met with MFA Multilateral Affairs Division Director Susan Gordon and Senior Multilateral Affairs Officer Roanna Gopaul. Among other topics, we delivered the August 9 demarche(reftel)requesting confirmation of what the department reported as T&T's commitment [...]
2006-08-16 18:13:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC TD
06PORTOFSPAIN972T&T NOT AFTER CARICOM SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA has corrected a recent press report implying a T&T push for a regional Caricom seat on the Security Council. However, we believe a T&T bid to fill an upcoming UNSC vacancy would not be surprising. According to the Guatemalan Charge here, T&T has decided to support Guate [...]
2006-08-17 12:55:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL CARICOM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN974 NEW CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF FOR T&T
[...] According to press reports, T&T President George Maxwell Richards will promote Colonel Edmund Dillon to the rank of Brigadier General, on August 15, thereby officially making him Chief of Defense Staff. Dillon, who has been acting Chief of Defense staff, will succeed Brigadier General Ancil A [...]
2006-08-17 13:15:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR PINR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN977TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST 1-15
[...] Japanese Minister announces plans to invest in T&T 2. Roof tile manufacturer opens for production 3. Central Bank raises 'Repo' rate to 7.50 4. T&T building costs on the rise 5. MoU signed on sea laws for fisheries company --------------------------------------------- -------- Â [...]
2006-08-17 13:26:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EFIS EIND EINV ETRD TD
06PRAGUE1032CZECH POLITICS: CSSD DUMPS ODS AT THE ALTAR AND
[...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Talks between the leaders of the two main Czech political parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) and the Social Democrats (CSSD),broke down August 24, hours after both sides had publicly stated that an agreement was in sight and expected within days. Immediately after outgoing Prim [...]
2006-08-25 16:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1054CZECHS PREPARING LETTER OF INTENT ON NATO'S
[...] (C/NF)DATT delivered reftel talking points to MOD Defense Policy and Strategy Division Deputy Director Radomir Jahoda on August 29th. Jahoda reiterated the Czech Ministry of Defense support for the Strategic Airlift initiative. He said a Letter of Intent was currently awaiting signature by Depu [...]
2006-08-30 12:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL NATO EZ
06PRAGUE1093LOW-KEY CZECH REACTION TO NEW DETAINEE INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador briefed Czech PM Topolanek September 7 on the new USG initiative related to detainees in the war on terrorism (reftel). Topolonek had no substantive reaction but asked for additional details (we are providing his office with transcripts and tailored points). Separately, visit [...]
2006-09-08 11:59:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EZ
06PRAGUE1106DAS PEKALA IN PRAGUE: MISSILE DEFENSE THE MAIN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Missile defense dominated discussions in Prague during DAS Mark Pekala's meetings. Pekala explained in public and private that a USG decision on MD site(s) in Central Europe should come in the fall; that the MD assets have no offensive capability; and that the USG welcomes a v [...]
2006-09-11 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PHUM EZ
06PRAGUE1120SECOND UPDATE: CZECH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] (U) Poloff spoke with Czech MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara on September 12 to update information previously reported on Czech high-level attendance at UNGA (Ref A). Kara provided the following information: A. Head of State President Vaclav Klaus will not/not attend. B. Hea [...]
2006-09-13 13:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE1124CZECHS: STILL NO DECISION ON UNIFIL TROOPS (BUT
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs remain undecided on whether to commit troops to UNIFIL (the MFA still supports it, but MOD sources say budgetary constraints make troop commitment "highly unlikely"). Nevertheless, the Czechs have committed or spent nearly $1 million in humanitarian aid and assistance i [...]
2006-09-13 13:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL IR LE MARR MOPS SY XG EZ
06PRAGUE1134CZECHS ON SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the September 15 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq),the Balkans, and Africa. The Czechs support sanctions for Iran, although they hope for international consensus. On Palestine, the Czechs will urge the EU to issue GAE [...]
2006-09-14 15:16:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UN EUN SR LE IS KPAL EZ
06PRAGUE1140THIRD UPDATE: CZECH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] (U) Poloff spoke with Czech MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara on September 15 to update information previously reported on Czech high-level attendance at UNGA. Kara said the travel plans of Czech FM Alexandr (Sasha) Vondra have changed. Specifically, FM Vondra now plans to make two tr [...]
2006-09-15 11:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE1167AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cabaniss met with new Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on September 21. Topolanek offered thanks for the Ambassador's efforts to promote bilateral relations, and expressed a desire to continue close ties in the fields of joint security, intelligence sharing and bus [...]
2006-09-22 11:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE121CZECH MFA SPEAKS ON LATEST CUBA CLASH: CZECH NGO
[...] (C) Summary and comment. A recent incident involving two Czech NGO workers, who were arrested in Cuba by secret police and detained for 11 hours without access to the Czech Embassy, has further cooled the already chilly relations between the Czech and Cuban governments. The Czech MFA demanded [...]
2006-02-07 12:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CA CU EZ
06PRAGUE1234CZECH REPUBLIC: NO SIGNIFICANT TRADE AGREEMENT
[...] In almost all respects, the U.S. - Czech trade and investment relationship operates smoothly and is reflected in over $3 billion of U.S. FDI since 1993. Despite the broadly positive trade and investment climate, U.S. companies in some sectors continue to face barriers to entering the Czech mar [...]
2006-10-04 14:51:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EZ
06PRAGUE1239CZECH REPUBLIC: ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PREVAILS DESPITE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent articles in the international press about reform fatigue and political instability in Central Europe have received much attention locally. There is strong consensus among local economists and financial institutions that the Czech Republic's economic situation differs sig [...]
2006-10-05 13:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1252CZECHS ON UNGA AND CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Polec Counselor and Poloff met October 6 with Czech MFA UN Department Director Jan Kara to discuss Czech impressions of UNGA to date, and specifically Ref A proposal on the Cuba embargo resolution (note that Ref B was received subsequent to our meeting. Several issues in Ref B were cover [...]
2006-10-09 11:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL PHUM EUN CU UN EZ
06PRAGUE1296AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT MINISTRY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador,s October 16 introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Petr Necas, Necas expressed his support for strong transatlantic ties as a fundamental foreign policy pillar for the current government, and lamented the Czechs [...]
2006-10-18 06:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EZ
06PRAGUE1308CZECH RESPONSE TO UNGA ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Czechs generally support USG priorities for UNGA. They support tough sanctions on Iran and North Korea. They continue to support Guatemala for the UNSC seat, although they believe that there is now little that countries outside of Latin America can do to influence the outcom [...]
2006-10-20 11:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE1327AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT CZECH NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s October 20 introductory call on Czech National Bank (CNB) Governor Zdenek Tuma, Tuma reviewed the progress that Czechs have achieved in liberalizing the banking and economic sectors, but expressed a cautious note that the ballooning government deficit and p [...]
2006-10-24 11:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1334RFE/RL ENERGY FORUM REFLECTS LACK OF EUROPEAN
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) hosted a two-day Energy Forum in Prague October 23-24. The Forum addressed a wide range of tough issues related to European energy security, including Iran, how companies influence energy policy, the role of the European Commission [...]
2006-10-25 10:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1340AMBASSADOR GRABER'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 23 introductory call, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) expressed his satisfaction with bilateral cooperation in the fields of security and democracy promotion, his concern about energy security in Europe, and his hope that the Ambassador w [...]
2006-10-26 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1349PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN CLOSED SOCIETIES: LESSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Czechs are well-known for their spirited and effective promotion of democracy and human rights in closed societies, such as Belarus, Cuba, Burma, Iraq, and elsewhere. This cable highlights examples of Czech public diplomacy efforts in these countries. The goal of these Czech [...]
2006-10-30 11:31:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE1369CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s November 1 introductory call on Civic Democrat (ODS) leader and Minister of Finance Vlastimil Tlusty, Tlusty commented on recent political developments concerning the formation of a government and conceded his party,s mistakes. Tlusty discussed growing defi [...]
2006-11-03 13:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1400NORTH KOREAN LABORERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
[...] (C) Currently, 408 North Korean laborers (almost exclusively female) are working in numerous factories throughout the Czech Republic. A Czech government taskforce of seven government agencies and an NGO conducts regular joint inspections into the work conditions of the DPRK workers. These r [...]
2006-11-09 12:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KN EZ
06PRAGUE1401CZECH REPUBLIC: UNLIKELY TO FORGIVE BEYOND 80% OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 12:35:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EZ IZ
06PRAGUE1402CZECH ENERGY SECURITY: MODERATE BUT INCREASING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic is moderately dependent on Russian oil and gas compared to other former Soviet bloc countries, thanks to its domestic coal production supplying over 50% of domestic energy needs, its position as a major electricity exporter in Europe, and diversified [...]
2006-11-09 12:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1405INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROLS REPORT (INCSR)
[...] SUMMARY. I. Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. Locally produced pervitine is also exported to neighboring countries. Marijuana, grown locally and imported from Holland, is used more than any other drug. Consumption of recreational drugs, su [...]
2006-11-09 14:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1414CZECH REPUBLIC: SKILL GAPS IN LABOR MARKET
[...] Summary: The Czech Republic has been the darling of foreign investors in Central Europe, and as a result FDI is the number one engine of GDP growth. Foreign investors have taken advantage of the low-cost, highly skilled workforce and duty-free access to the EU to build mostly assembly plants, [...]
2006-11-15 14:06:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EINV ECIN SOCI SCUL EZ
06PRAGUE143CUBA STRIKES BACK: CZECH NGO DENIED ECOSOC
[...] (C) Summary. Czech NGO People in Need (PIN) was recently denied ECOSOC consultative status because of strong Cuban opposition. According to a PIN representative, the denial will have no impact on PIN democracy promotion activities in Cuba or elsewhere. End summary. 2. (SBU) Poloff met Ivana [...]
2006-02-10 16:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL UN CU EZ
06PRAGUE1466PLANNED CZECH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS FOR 2007
[...] (U) Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies will vote in December on a bill authorizing proposed foreign military deployments for 2007. The bill is likely to pass without serious opposition. Increased numbers of troops are planned for Afghanistan and the Balkans, while Iraq troop levels will re [...]
2006-12-01 13:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS IZ AF YI BK LE
06PRAGUE1488CZECH REPUBLIC REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The USG applauds the Czech Republic for its strong support of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. The Czechs do not recognize the transfer of power to Raul Castro, and continue to advocate for a tougher EU common position on the Castro regime that emphasizes [...]
2006-12-07 09:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD ETTC PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1508GWOT INFORMATION EXCHANGE: SEEN AS LINKED TO THE
[...] (C) The Czechs have a modern immigration database available at all ports-of-entry, a comprehensive watchlist is in use, and they began issuing biometric passports in early September 2006. Biometric systems will be introduced at ports-of-entry once the Czech Republic joins the Schengen zone. [...]
2006-12-13 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALASEC CMGT CVIS EZ KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06PRAGUE1509CZECHS SUPPORT SINIORA, APPROVE TROOPS FOR UNIFIL,
[...] (U) Czech MFA Head of the Near East Group in the Middle East and Africa Department Jaromir Marek told Poloff on December 1 that the Czechs fully support the government of Lebanese PM Faud Siniora, and continue to closely monitor the situation in Lebanon. In a separate meeting, Director of the [...]
2006-12-13 14:47:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EZ
06PRAGUE1518HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR JOINT COMBINED
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Post has carefully reviewed the human rights record of the below named Czech military unit and unit commander. Post finds no record or evidence of any human rights violations. a) Name of Unit ) 601st Special Forces Group, Czech Mini [...]
2006-12-15 12:10:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL EZ
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