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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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09KUWAIT1035COURT RULES FEMALE MPS DO NOT HAVE TO WEAR HIJAB
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 10:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1048ICRC-LED TEAM FINDS POSSIBLE IRAQI REMAINS FROM
[...] An ICRC-led team that included representatives from the U.S., UK, and Iraqi Embassies in Kuwait, the GOK's Ministries of Interior and Justice, and the GOK's National Committee for Missing and POW Affairs (NCMPA),on November 3 discovered bones in a desert site outside of the capital that may be [...]
2009-11-03 14:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR IZ SA KU
09KUWAIT1078PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER LABOR AND TIP BILLS AMID
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 13:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KMPI KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT1101TRIPARTITE CELEBRATES IRAQI EFFORTS, REMAINS
[...] This is an Action Request. See Para 6. 2. Summary. Ambassador led the U.S. delegation to the 32nd Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting on November 18, which though it closed only one official remains file, registered a spirit of optimism that was in stark contrast to last year's negative [...]
2009-11-19 13:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT1125WHEN WILL KUWAIT HAVE ITS FIRST FEMALE JUDGE?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 10:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN KMPI PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1131KUWAITI JOURNALIST ARRESTED FOR SLANDERING RULING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI KU
09KUWAIT1134CDEBACA TO GOK AND KUWAITI NGOS: NEW BILL IS KEY
[...] (U) Summary: Highlights of the November 16 visit to Kuwait by Ambassador at Large for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Luis CdeBaca: --Meeting with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),Ambassador CdeBaca emphasi [...]
2009-12-03 09:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KMPI KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT1136LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: BUQAMAZ, AHMAD (DOB: 9-28-1984, Kuwaiti Passport # 002849913) ALMUTAIRI, MESHAL (DO [...]
2009-12-03 10:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS KU
09KUWAIT1144ARRESTED KUWAITI JOURNALIST OUT ON BAIL PENDING
[...] (U) On December 2, a local misdemeanor court released on a bail of 1,000 dinar (3,500 USD) Kuwaiti journalist and media mogul Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jasim. Jasim, who was arrested November 22 on charges of slandering the Prime Minister (reftel),earlier refused to pay bail and continued critic [...]
2009-12-07 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KU
09KUWAIT1159BIDOON KEPT AWAY FROM CANCELED PARLIAMENT SESSION
[...] (U) On December 10, the Kuwaiti parliament failed to hold a planned session on a bill to extend education and healthcare benefits to the country's 100,000 Bidoon (stateless residents who assert rights to Kuwaiti citizenship). Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi canceled the session at exactly [...]
2009-12-14 06:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT1177KUWAIT PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE FOR WOUNDED YEMENIS
[...] (U) Kuwaiti news media widely reported on December 12 the arrival in Kuwait for medical treatment of 20 Yemeni civilians allegedly injured by rebel fighting in Yemen's Saada province. Press accounts noted that the victims were transported from Yemen on a Kuwaiti medical evacuation aircraft. A [...]
2009-12-16 12:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU YM
09KUWAIT1180KUWAIT AIRPORT TURNS AWAY "APOSTATE" EGYPTIAN
[...] (U) GOK authorities at Kuwait's International Airport refused entry to Egyptian literary scholar Dr. Nasir Hamid Abu Zayid on December 15, a decision that has angered local Kuwaiti liberal groups. Abu Zayid -- who was declared an apostate by an Egyptian court in 1995 for his analysis of the Qu [...]
2009-12-16 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI PREL KU
09KUWAIT1216SATELLITE STATION OWNER DETAINED FOR SLANDERING
[...] (U) A media brouhaha over remarks that former National Assembly candidate and owner of the Al-Sour statellite channel Mohammed Al-Juwaihel delivered on the air on December 18 (reported refs A and B) which were viewed as disparaging to Kuwaiti tribesmen -- and certain prominent tribalist MPs -- [...]
2009-12-29 09:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1219AMIR WARNS NATION ON THREATS TO NATIONAL UNITY
[...] (U) In a rare televised address to the nation the evening of December 29, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah reflected on the "charged and gloomy atmosphere" that has afflicted Kuwait in recent months and condemned those who engage in "threatens, skepticism, sensation and chaos," while unders [...]
2009-12-30 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1220LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: ALKHADHER, Mohammad KH M DOB: 4 Oct 1955 Kuwaiti Passport # 001684954 who intend [...]
2009-12-31 07:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS KU
09KUWAIT157KUWAIT'S 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Executive Summary: Physical abuse of domestic workers and withholding of payment remained the most common trafficking problems for Kuwait,s two million foreign workers. Although the GOK made little real progress in combating these problems over the past year, there were some bright spo [...]
2009-02-24 03:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09KUWAIT186DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WELCOMES U.S. RETURN
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 delivered reftel demarche points informing Kuwait of a U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights Council and to discontinue participation in negotiations on the present draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. Dr. [...]
2009-03-03 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNHRC PHUM KU
09KUWAIT190AMBASSADOR TARASOV: UNAMI TO FUND EXPANDED SEARCH
[...] (C) During a March 1 call on the Ambassador, Gennady Tarasov, the UN High-level Coordinator for the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of all Kuwaiti property, including archives, seized by Iraq during the 1990 invasion, said that [...]
2009-03-03 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN KU
09KUWAIT213DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO PAKISTAN'S IDP
[...] (U) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Hamad Bu Rahmah, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Counselor on March 10. Rahmah was not aware of the UN and ICRC requests but said he would coordinate with the MFA Economic Department on the GoK response. He sai [...]
2009-03-10 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF PK KU
09KUWAIT230MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM AL-SHEIKH: READ OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior officials at the Kuwait Fund and the Foreign Ministry told EconCouns that the March 2 Sharm Al-Sheikh donors' conference for Gaza had been a great success financially and also politically as it strengthened the roles of the Palestinian Authority(PA) and moderate Arab stat [...]
2009-03-11 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL KBWG KU
09KUWAIT258DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Marwan Al-Ghanim, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development on March 17. Ghanim confirmed the Kuwait Fund had been designated by Amiri decree as the lead agency for distribution of GoK aid to Gaza. He said t [...]
2009-03-18 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KU
09KUWAIT26OVERVIEW WITH MFA U/S ON JCSE, GAZA, ARAB ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, Ambassador briefed MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah on the Embassy,s upcoming Joint Combined Security Exercise. She also discussed the ongoing crisis in Gaza and urged GoK support for both UNRWA and the PA. Jarallah raised his concern that if the Gaza "disaster" continued [...]
2009-01-12 12:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER EAID ECON PHUM KU
09KUWAIT311DEMARCHES DELIVERED: DOHA SUMMIT/PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador on March 27 raised with MFA Undersecretary Khalid Jarallah points contained refs A and B in advance of the March 30-31 Arab League Summit in Doha. Jarallah, in response, told Ambassador that he anticipated the Summit's final communique would "definitely be supportive of the Arab [...]
2009-03-31 03:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PHUM AL SU KU
09KUWAIT326DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO SUPPORT U.S. FOR UN
[...] POLCOUNS on April 5 raised reftel points urging the GOK to support the U.S. for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council with Dr. Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's International Organization's Department, stressing the USG's commitment to addressing global human rights and to rendering the HRC [...]
2009-04-05 15:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KU
09KUWAIT354EMBASSY INITIATIVE TO LOCATE IRAQI KIA
[...] An Embassy-prompted multilateral effort to locate potential burial sites in Kuwait of Iraqi Gulf War killed in action (KIA) sparked hopes of excavation activity and produced the sole deliverable from the March 31 Technical Subcommittee (TSC) meeting of the Tripartite Commission. The TSC was [...]
2009-04-12 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR IZ SA KU
09KUWAIT385KUWAITI WOMEN VIE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SEATS: MOST
[...] (C) Summary. On May 16, some thirty Kuwaiti women will vie to become the first female elected to parliament (ref A). While Kuwait's female candidates come from varied professional, social and religious backgrounds, almost all of them are politically liberal and support close relations with t [...]
2009-04-20 08:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KU
09KUWAIT463ISLAMISTS SEEK TO UNDERMINE FEMALE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES
[...] (C) As the May 16 parliamentary elections loom, conservative elements in Kuwait have begun taking "potshots" against front running female candidates. These tactics include issuing fatwas against voting for women and using interpretations of Islam to demonize those candidates who choose not [...]
2009-05-07 15:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO PHUM PREL KU KWMN
09KUWAIT502KUWAIT CLAIMS TO BUILD TERRORIST REHAB CENTER,
[...] (C) Summary. GOK interlocutors have advised us a long promised rehabilitation center for Islamic extremists -- mentioned by Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 2008 meeting with Secretary Rice -- has been completed and could soon begin operations. The GOK, under significant domestic [...]
2009-05-18 12:38:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT504KUWAITI WOMEN SHATTER PARLIAMENTARY GLASS CEILING
[...] (C) Frustrated by three years of political gridlock largely attributable to rancorous Sunni Islamists and perhaps hoping to avoid another parliamentary dissolution, Kuwait voters on May 16 elected a new National Assembly they hope will have better chances than the last two of working coopera [...]
2009-05-18 14:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT518U.S. PROGRAMS PROPEL KUWAITI WOMEN TO GREEN CHAIRS
[...] (C) Summary. In Kuwait's May 16 election, four U.S. educated women -- Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, and Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar -- became the first women to win seats in Kuwait's fifty-member parliament. Embassy believes their electoral chances were significantly [...]
2009-05-21 15:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KMPI KPAO OEXC OIIP
09KUWAIT539DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS
[...] On May 26, econoff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asian Department Counselor Rashid Al-Hajeri. In response to a query about the USD 49 million commitment made by Kuwait at the Pakistan Donor's conference in Tokyo in April, Hajeri confirmed that this contribution ref [...]
2009-05-28 13:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF PK KU
09KUWAIT555KUWAIT HAS NOT YET CONSIDERED NEW AID FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Econoff followed up on the possibility of Kuwait aid for Pakistan's IDPs with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor Rashid Al-Hajri on June 1. Al-Hajri said the GoK's new Cabinet, which met first on May 31, had not yet considered the issue of relief for Pakistani IDPs. Officials from the [...]
2009-06-02 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM PK KU
09KUWAIT558KUWAIT'S STATELESS BIDOON: BACKGROUND AND RECENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. For the past twenty years, Kuwait's 100,000 stateless Bidoon residents have been denied access to the free healthcare, education, and other welfare-state benefits enjoyed by Kuwaiti citizens. Demonstrating a growing social awareness of the plight of the Bidoon and a sensitivity [...]
2009-06-03 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT566RENEWED IRAQI EFFORT ON KUWAITI MISSING A POSITIVE
[...] (U) In a tone more upbeat than in recent Tripartite Commission (TC) and Technical Subcommittee (TSC) meetings (Refs A, B),the ICRC on June 1 praised delegates from Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, France, UK and the US for their increased efforts -- since the March 31 TSC -- to locate the remains [...]
2009-06-04 14:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT587ICRC'S BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON MISSING PROVIDES
[...] Capitalizing on the positive atmospherics of the June 1 Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee meeting (ref A),ICRC assembled a panel of forensics experts for a June 7 "brainstorming session" on ways to accelerate the search for the missing -- on both sides of the border -- from the [...]
2009-06-11 10:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT593TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOK WELCOMES CRITICISM, SAYS
[...] POLCOUNS on June 15 delivered reftel demarche notifying Kuwait of its Tier 3 ranking in the 2009 TIP report both to Mr. Hamad Sulaiman Al-Mishaan, First Secretary of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Mr. Hamad Al-Medhadi, Undersecretary for Co-operative A [...]
2009-06-15 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09KUWAIT602GOK OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM AL
[...] (C) A/DCM on June 18 raised reftel points concerning the need for moderate Arab states like Kuwait to exercise leadership during the upcoming June 24 Arab League ministerial with Ahmad Al-Baker, lead official on AL issues in MFA's Arab World Department. 2. (C) In response, Al-Baker assured A/ [...]
2009-06-18 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT613KUWAIT'S NEW REHAB CENTER FOR FORMER GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 13:18:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT614KUWAIT'S MERCHANTS FRET ABOUT THE FUTURE, FAIL TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 13:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT623INTERIOR MINISTER PRESENTS HIMSELF WELL IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT631SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] (C) Dear AA/S Feltman, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your arrival comes at an interesting moment, with a newly elected National Assembly already testing the government's resolve through the "grilling" of a senior Al Sabah minister. Your visit will provide an excellent [...]
2009-06-25 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV IZ IR KU
09KUWAIT639KUWAIT'S AID TO PAKISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary and Key Points ---------------------------- -- The Kuwait Red Crescent (KRC) has made preparations to provide Pakistani Internally Displaced Persons with 20,000 tents and 10,000 packages of foodstuffs, cooking ut [...]
2009-06-28 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PHUM PREL PK KU
09KUWAIT659INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) In what amounts to a stinging rebuke to tribalist opposition members of parliament, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah survived a vote of no confidence July 1 by a convincing 30 to 16 votes, with two abstentions and one absence. The vote came in response to a motion filed b [...]
2009-07-01 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT675AA/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH AMIRI ADVISOR REVIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: AA/S Feltman reviewed with Amiri Advisor Ambassador Mohammed Abulhassan on June 30 the state of play on the Kuwait - Iraq bilateral relationship and GOK expectations for an August 3 Amir - POTUS meeting in Washington. Abulhassan made clear that the Amir's (and the GOK's) highest [...]
2009-07-08 05:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT755INTERAGENCY GTMO TEAM HAS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO
[...] (S/NF) An interagency team representing DoD, State, DoJ, and GRPO visited Kuwait July 26-27 to discuss GOK preparations in the event that any or all of Kuwait's remaining four GTMO detainees should be transferred, and to tour the purpose-built "Al-Salam Center" rehabilitation facility and rev [...]
2009-07-30 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT761GOK ON TIP ACTION PLAN: ANTI-TIP LAW LIKELY TO
[...] (SBU) Key points: -- The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) expressed confidence that an anti-TIP draft law will be approved by the National Assembly in the Fall. -- The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) now expects lengthy delays before construction can begin on a 700-bed shelter for d [...]
2009-08-02 11:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN SMIG ELAB KCRM KU
09KUWAIT779IRAQ STEPS UP EFFORTS TO LOCATE MISSING KUWAITIS
[...] (U) Key points: -- The ICRC-brokered Technical Subcomittee meetings (TSC) continue to serve as a constructive venue for Iraq-Kuwait bilateral engagement. -- In recent months, the GOI has shown a "new determination" in following-up on leads in the search for those still missing from the [...]
2009-08-06 15:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ
09KUWAIT788GOK ENACTS POSITIVE CHANGE TO FLAWED WORKER
[...] (C) Summary. The GOK has made several recent moves towards reforming its flawed foreign worker sponsorship system: -- On August 9, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) issued a Ministerial resolution ) not subject to Parliamentary approval ) to immediately permit most foreign w [...]
2009-08-10 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP SMIG KU
09KUWAIT790GOK ADDS AL-BATHALY TO THE REHAB CENTER MIX
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note August 10 from the Kuwaiti MFA reiterating the GOK's long-standing request for the return of the four Kuwaiti nationals held at Guantanamo Bay, and outlining the procedures to be followed by the GOK in the [...]
2009-08-11 14:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT811KUWAIT'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Summary. As requested (ref A),Post provides below additional information for the Department's reassessment of Kuwait's Tier 3 ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Though significant efforts to counter widespread abuse are ongoing, the GOK has not progressed substantia [...]
2009-08-17 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP KU
09KUWAIT832GOK MOVES FORWARD ON NEW LABOR LAW & ON RELIEF FOR
[...] (SBU) At an unprecedented 19 August emergency session of Kuwait's National Assembly, MPs gave the first of two approval votes needed to pass the new private sector labor bill. The bill would increase foreign workers' annual leave from fourteen days to thirty and increase the amount of time re [...]
2009-08-23 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT844GOK TWEAKS GROUNDBREAKING SPONSORSHIP REFORM
[...] (U) Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Minister Mohammad Al-Afasi issued a groundbreaking resolution on August 9 allowing foreign workers in Kuwait's private sector for the first time to quit their jobs and change to a new employer provided they had remained with their current employ [...]
2009-08-25 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT849AMIR OFFERS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR WOUNDED IRAQIS
[...] (U) The Kuwaiti media reported August 27 that Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah has instructed his government to assist in transporting to Kuwait for medical assistance a number of Iraqis injured in August 19 truck bomb blasts in Baghdad. This message was conveyed in a statement by Minister [...]
2009-08-27 15:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT883DESIGNATION OF MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER AND
[...] (U) Per reftel, Chief of Mission (COM) Embassy Kuwait has designated a Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and Mission Disaster Relief Alternate (MDRA) to serve as the focal point for disaster-related information, planning, and activities affecting Kuwait. The contact details for MDRO and [...]
2009-09-03 10:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI EAID PREF KU
09KUWAIT890KUWAIT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR HRC
[...] (C) Political Counselor on September 7 raised reftel points with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, noting the importance to our common interests of having an effective Human Rights Council and the unfortunate signal that Iran's presence on the HRC woul [...]
2009-09-07 14:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT896KUWAIT FOLLOWS THROUGH ON PROMISE TO HELP INJURED
[...] (U) Kuwaiti news media widely reported on September 04 the arrival in Kuwait for medical treatment of some 25 Iraqis injured in August 19 truck bomb blasts in Baghdad. The gesture fulfills an instruction issued by Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah (reported reftel) to his goveQent to assist [...]
2009-09-09 09:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT927KUWAITI RESPONSE TO AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On September 16, Econcouns talked by phone with MFA Arab Affairs Counselor Saleh Al-Mutairi to discuss the September 22, Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting and U.S. goals. Econcouns explained that we believed the AHLC meeting would be best held at the "expert level" and stressed th [...]
2009-09-17 11:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER KU
09KUWAIT941KUWAIT CONTINUES TO TREAT IRAQI VICTIMS OF AUGUST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 11:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT958TRIBAL/URBAN DIVIDE UNDERLIES DEBATE OVER RAMADAN
[...] (C) Summary: Government attempts to censor programs parodying senior government figures and Kuwait's parliament during the recent Ramadan season (which traditionally functions as something of a "Sweeps Season" for Kuwait's public and private TV channels) aroused extensive criticism from media [...]
2009-10-04 13:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT959WRITING ON WALL FOR TARASOV MANDATE
[...] (C) Ambassador Gennady Tarasov, UN High-Level Coordinator for the repatriation of Kuwait's missing persons and archives, expressed to Ambassador on October 5 his concern that an end to his mandate in June 2010 would be perceived by Kuwait as a mass surrender by UN officials to political exped [...]
2009-10-06 11:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV MARR KU IZ
09KUWAIT97AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED FOR IMMEDIATE BUDGET
[...] (SBU) On February 2, Ambassador used a meeting called by MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah to brief on the outcomes of the Arab Economic Summit and on the central role that Gaza played in the summit (septel) to urge the GoK to provide immediate budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Ambas [...]
2009-02-02 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL EAID ECON KU
09KUWAIT972TSC APPLAUDS RECENT IRAQI EFFORTS TO RECOVER
[...] (U) The ICRC opened the 62nd session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) October 6 with praise for recent efforts by Iraq's Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) to advance the search for missing Kuwaitis from the 1990 Iraqi invasion. Echoing these plaudits, the Kuwaiti del [...]
2009-10-09 09:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ
09KYIV1031UKRAINE'S POSITION ON RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on June 2 to Ms. Dina Martina, Deputy Head of the Department for UN and Other International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had no immediate comment. In following up with Ms. Martina, we were informed that the Government of Ukraine suppor [...]
2009-06-15 13:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV1131HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN REPORTS ON TORTURE, NEED
[...] (SBU) Human Rights Ombudsman Nina Karpachova recently presented a report to the Rada highlighting problems with the judiciary, torture in pretrial detention, and poverty. Human rights experts we spoke with gave her some credit for raising these concerns but criticized her for being too involve [...]
2009-07-06 14:36:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UP
09KYIV1172PATRIARCH KIRILL'S VISIT AND UKRAINE'S ORTHODOX
[...] (SBU) Church leaders in Ukraine are preparing for the visit of Kirill, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) later this month. The Ukrainian branch of the ROC hopes to avoid controversy by emphasizing the religious purpose of Kirill's visit. The second largest Orthodox community in [...]
2009-07-10 15:43:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV119EMBASSY KYIV COMMENTS ON DOL DRAFT LIST OF GOODS
[...] As requested by ref A, Post would like to comment on the draft list of foreign-produced goods that the Department of Labor has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor. Ref B contained Post's latest information on child labor in Ukraine, and ref C specifically addressed t [...]
2009-01-22 06:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI KTIP UP
09KYIV1259 SPECULATION SOARS WITH ARREST OF GONGADZE MURDER SUSPECT
[...] (SBU) The recent arrest of former police general Oleksiy Pukach, a key suspect in the 2000 murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze, has many hoping that he will reveal who ordered this high-profile murder. Gongadze's widow told the press that senior officials from the Kuchma admi [...]
2009-07-29 13:31:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
09KYIV1558UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the Human Rights Council 12th Session on September 11. The recipient was the MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Sviatlana Tereverten. She thanked us for providing this information to the GOU in advance of [...]
2009-09-11 17:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV1647UKRAINE WILL CO-SPONSOR UNHRC DRAFT ON FREEDOM OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) We received notification from the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Svitlana Pereverten, that the GOU will co-sponsor the USG's draft resolution on freedom of expression (reftels). 3. (SBU) Ms [...]
2009-09-25 14:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV1772UKRAINE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Prior to our receipt of the cleared demarche, Pereverten had contacted the embassy to ask for the USG position on this matter. She promised to keep our position in mind as she draf [...]
2009-10-14 15:07:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER UP
09KYIV1887UKRAINE: THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 13:30:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UP
09KYIV2069RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The status of the Russian language in linguistically divided Ukraine has thus far featured less in the current Presidential election campaign than it did in 2004. The Regions party (PoR),which calls for Russian to become a second state language, has chosen instead to concentr [...]
2009-11-30 13:44:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RS UP
09KYIV236TENSIONS IN CRIMEA OVER DISPUTED LAND
[...] (C) Tensions between Crimean Tatars and Crimean authorities over disputed land in Simferopol, which had the potential to erupt into violence, appear to be easing. Defense Minister Yekhanurov has gotten personally involved in seeking a peaceful solution. The Ministry of Defense is reported to [...]
2009-02-03 16:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI UP
09KYIV39UKRAINE'S MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE EMPHASIZES
[...] (SBU) The head of external relations for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) emphasized its apolitical stance in a meeting with Emboff. He acknowledged that the church's pro-Yanukovych position in the 2004 presidential elections was a mistake and emphasized its indep [...]
2009-01-09 16:19:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UP
09KYIV941ODESA: CITY WITH A RUSSIAN PAST SEARCHING FOR A
[...] (C) Odesa, with a population of over a million, is an important commercial and cultural center for Ukraine. The city, known for its sea port and ethnically diverse population, is still strongly influenced by historic and cultural ties to Russia. In recent meetings, interlocutors described a [...]
2009-06-02 12:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV95UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA
[...] As requested by ref A, below Post provides updated information on child labor issues in Ukraine to aid in the drafting of the 2008 Trade and Development Act (TDA) report. Refs B-C contain previous Post reporting on child labor issues. 2. Post will also send this information via email to US [...]
2009-01-16 09:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI UP
09LAGOS144NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS GOVERNOR ALAO-AKALA'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the April 14, 2007 election of Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala (People's Democratic Party),and dismissed an appeal filed by All Nigerian Peoples Party Governorship (ANPP) candidate Abiola Ajimobi. The ruling has put an end to weeks of [...]
2009-03-20 12:22:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS163NIGERIA: Ekiti Gubernatorial Election Rerun Set for April
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ekiti State gubernatorial election, ordered rerun by the Appeals Court on February 17, will be held on April 25. Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to organize a transparent election, and issued election guidelines it claims will eliminate [...]
2009-04-01 08:11:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS171NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT REJECTS ELECTION TRIBUNAL VERDICT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Federal Appeals Court has ordered a new hearing into allegations by Action Congress (AC) candidate Rauf Aregbesola that vote rigging and ballot tampering led to the April 14, 2007 election of Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The c [...]
2009-04-03 08:12:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS179NIGERIA: LAGOS STATE ECONOMIC REPORT CARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post looked at five criteria, infrastructure, economic activities and growth, public services delivery, government leadership and capacity issues in order to give Lagos State Governor Fashola a "report card" on his performance. Governor Fashola has undertaken massive infrastructu [...]
2009-04-08 15:12:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS231NIGERIA: UNIONS COMMENCE PROTEST RALLIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 13 in Lagos, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) held a protest demanding a higher national minimum wage, reform of the electoral process, and suspension of the planned deregulation of the downstream oil sector. Approximately 1,000 people gathered for the protest, then mar [...]
2009-05-20 08:11:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS279NIGERIA: ONDO STATE GOV CONFRONTS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Olusegun Mimiko's (Labour Party - LP) four months in office have been a mixed bag of accomplishments and political intrigues. His supporters claimed he has in four months accomplished more than his predecessor achieved in two years. Opponents argue that his government [...]
2009-07-06 15:33:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS307NIGERIA: CALL ON ONDO GOVERNOR AND VISIT TO USG FOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, Ambassador made a call on Governor Olusegun Mimiko and his cabinet at the Governor's House, following a tour of the Matna Foods Cassava Processing Facility in Akure, Ondo State. Ambassador made introductory comments to the Governor's cabinet, highlighting the U.S. Mis [...]
2009-07-20 07:58:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS309NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS AT EKITI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, the Ambassador participated in a roundtable on Democracy and Electoral Reform in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, hosted by the New Initiative for Social Development (NISD) and attended by three other civil society organization (CSO) partners. The roundtable was in part held i [...]
2009-07-20 15:05:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS345NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA AMNESTY FAILS TO IMPRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Government (GON) amnesty program to end militancy in the Niger Delta is faltering. While as many as 400 militants have reportedly surrendered their weapons, high-profile leaders like Tom Polo have mostly kept away, deterred either by skepticism over GON intentions or, [...]
2009-08-25 17:38:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM NI
09LAGOS346NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA AMNESTY FAILS TO IMPRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Government (GON) amnesty program to end militancy in the Niger Delta is faltering. While as many as 400 militants have reportedly surrendered their weapons, high-profile leaders like Tom Polo have mostly kept away, deterred either by skepticism over GON intentions or, [...]
2009-08-25 17:38:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM NI
09LAGOS449UBA OUT BUT PDP PROBLEMS PLAGUE ANAMBRA RUN-UP
[...] (C) A November 13 court dismissal of a suit by self-styled "governor-in-waiting" Andy Uba has seemingly cleared the path for the February 6, 2010, election to occur as planned. Incumbent Governor Peter Obi of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) faces challenges from the 26 other partie [...]
2009-11-25 15:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NI
09LAGOS465NEW WAVE OF NIGERIANS RETURN FROM BAKASSI
[...] (C) ConGen Lagos contacts confirmed press reports that increasing numbers of fishermen and their families are seeking refuge near Calabar in Cross River State, after alleged violent clashes with Cameroonian gendarmes in Bakassi. These individuals claim to have been harassed, illegally detain [...]
2009-12-04 18:22:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREF PREL PHUM NI
09LAGOS472SOLUDO'S ANAMBRA BRAVADO CONTINUES
[...] (C) A Federal Appeals Court ruled December 1 that People's Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Charles Soludo should suspend his campaign in Anambra State and "stop parading" himself as a candidate pending a final judicial outcome. The court also ordered the Independent Nigerian El [...]
2009-12-08 10:39:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS484SUPREME COURT REINSTATES SOLUDO
[...] (SBU) After several legal setbacks, People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Charles Soludo received Supreme Court approval December 17 to participate in the February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The PDP is therefore very much back in the fray, and the potential for el [...]
2009-12-18 15:05:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI
09LAGOS59NIGERIA: CROSS RIVER STATE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary. Executive Director of the NGO Global Peace Development, Ebruke Esike, told PolOff on January 13 that the current development strategy of Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke (PDP) fails to deliver development to the poorest of the poor. Imoke seeks to develop tourism as the engin [...]
2009-02-06 11:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS61NIGERIA: DRUG ABUSE ON THE INCREASE AMONG YOUTH IN
[...] (C) Summary. Dr. Theo Onyuku, a medical doctor at the Federal Psychiatric Hospital in Calabar, told PolOff on January 13 that drug abuse among young people in Cross River State is on the rise and claimed that there is a strong correlation between drug use and "cultism," violent crime and milit [...]
2009-02-09 11:41:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS63NIGERIA: SURGEON, ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST TAKES
[...] (C) Summary: Edet Ikpi, Commissioner of Health in Cross River State, who is a practicing surgeon and former head of the Zero Corruption Coalition, told PolOff on January 13 that he has embarked on a campaign to introduce transparency, accountability and service delivery in his department. As a [...]
2009-02-09 11:42:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS77NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The Appeals Court in Kwara State, on February 17 overturned the decision of the electoral tribunal affirming the election of Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni (PDP) and ordered new elections in 10 of the state's 16 local government areas. (Comment: After 21 months in power, it is lik [...]
2009-02-24 14:33:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS88NIGERIA: LAWYER: OKAH'S SECRET TRIAL INTENDED TO
[...] (C) Summary: In January 15 and February 9 meetings in Lagos with Festus Keyamo (strictly protect throughout),human rights lawyer and activist, Keyamo claimed that the trial of Henry Okah, alleged head of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) who is currently charged with [...]
2009-02-26 06:21:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPHUM EPET KDEM PGOV NI
09LAGOS99NIGERIA: NEW BAKASSI LOCAL GOVERNMENT: WHERE ARE
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 12-14 trip to Cross River State, Poloffs, visit to the New Bakassi Local Government Area indicated that most, if not all, of the Nigerian citizen Bakassi residents who returned to Nigeria were temporarily housed for one to two months, and then sent away to other [...]
2009-03-04 14:51:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF NI
09LAHORE116PUNJAB SUPPORTS IDP EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Human Rights Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has registered 54,396 individuals in Punjab as of June 6, the majority of whom have taken refuge in private residences, but UNHCR expects many more have arrived in the province. The Punjab Government, Governor and other politi [...]
2009-06-16 02:28:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV EAID PK
09LAHORE122TRAFFICKING STILL PREVELANT IN RAHIM YAR KHAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The southern district of Rahim Yar Khan has served as Pakistan's hub for children trafficked to the Gulf States to work as camel jockeys. Since 2005, the Federal government has repatriated over 800 trafficked children from the United Arab Emirates. According to UNICEF, the Gov [...]
2009-06-23 02:01:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE131MINORITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE ARRESTED IN LAHORE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Joseph Francis, National Director of the Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) and prominent human rights advocate, was arrested and denied bail by the Lahore High Court on July 9 after traveling to London while on bail in a forced conversion case. Francis is [...]
2009-07-11 11:40:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE133CHRISTIANS ATTACKED IN KASUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: A drunken fistfight erupted into an alleged incident of blasphemy, which sparked a mob attack on a Christian community in rural Punjab, prompting 700 people to flee their homes June 30. Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti offered compensation to the affected [...]
2009-07-13 06:07:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE154ICE MAY HAVE CRACKED, BUT SHARIFS STILL DISTRUST IN ZARDARI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 12:45:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE155RAPE VICTIM PORTRAYED BY NY TIMES FACES CORRUPT POLICE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Khanewal district in south Punjab have refused to arrest the rapists and police whom New York Times subject Assiya Rafiq has accused of rape, women's rights activist Mukhtar Mai told Acting Principal Officer July 28. According to the July 26 article by Nicholas Kristof, [...]
2009-07-28 13:36:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCOR PK
09LAHORE165PROSECUTIONS AND PEACE PROMISED IN STRIFE-TORN VILLAGE
[...] (C) Summary: While politicians and religious leaders have sought to establish inter-religious peace in Gojra village after the August 1 burning of eight Christians, human rights activists have urged the government to reconsider the blasphemy law, which sparked the killing of a Muslim businessma [...]
2009-08-10 10:59:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE167PUNJAB ATTORNEYS CONSIDER SUPREME COURT RULINGS PIECEMEAL
[...] (C) Summary: Punjab attorneys from across the political spectrum criticized Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry's July 31 rulings against judges appointed during former President Musharraf's last 18 months in office as political and piecemeal, they said in a series of meetings with Acting Principal [...]
2009-08-17 06:25:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE175SHAHBAZ SHARIF CLAIMS ZARDARI GOVERNMENT LACKS CREDIBILITY
[...] (C) This is an action request for S/SRAP. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told PO August 31 that the federal government as lacked credibility, hampering improvement in economic and social development. He pledged to prosecute the perpetrators of the A [...]
2009-09-01 08:10:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU PK
09LAHORE190MUKHTAR MAI: STRUGGLING AGAINST THE PUNJABI FEUDAL SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Mukhtar Mai Women's Welfare Organization (MMWO),named for the survivor of a gang rape ordered by community leaders as vengeance for a family honor violation, is at a crossroads. As it fights the feudal system and its oppression of women, it struggles with sustainability, [...]
2009-10-02 07:16:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN PK
09LAHORE195UNICEF SUSPENDS SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN TRAFFICKED BETWEEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. UNICEF temporarily suspended programs aimed at rehabilitating children trafficked to the United Arab Emirates as camel jockeys, pending the resolution of a partisan squabble that has essentially closed a district office of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau, UNICEF's gover [...]
2009-10-14 05:34:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PK
09LAHORE196BLASPHEMY ACCUSED DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY IN NORTHEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A young Pakistani Christian man died in police custody, three days after he was arrested and charged with blasphemy. On September 11, 20-year-old Fanish Masih, an illiterate sweeper, allegedly grabbed a copy of the Quran from a teenage Muslim girl and threw it in the drain. [...]
2009-10-14 05:55:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE204CHRISTIANS DEMAND JUSTICE FROM PUNJAB PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 5, Christian villagers from Gojra made a show of rejecting USAID winterization kits and demanded justice after Muslim mobs burned houses in two Christian villages in August, killing eight people. Frustrated by the release on bail of a man arrested in connection wit [...]
2009-10-21 09:57:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LAHORE215NOVEMBER 10 VISIT TO MUKHTAR MAI AND SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 8. After the leadership of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) contacted Department of State personnel regarding terrorist threats, ConGen Lahore spoke with NGO staff and relevant security organizations. Police told us they recently contacted staff of Mu [...]
2009-11-19 08:23:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PK
09LAPAZ1027GOB "SUSPENDS" USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: Citing "orders from above," GOB Planning and Development Minister Noel Aguirre on July 9 delivered a letter to CDA Creagan suspending all USAID democracy programs as of July 15. Aguirre acknowledged such a decision could neg [...]
2009-07-10 21:53:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR SOCI BL
09LAPAZ1028BOLIVIA: 2008-09 COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE MIXED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales Government,s 2008-2009 counternarcotics performance continues to be mixed, with slowly rising eradication levels and increased seizures in interdiction, but with legislative reform on hold until after the December 2009 presidential elections. UNODC,s recent coca sur [...]
2009-07-13 11:55:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1046SPECIAL ADVISOR ECHAVESTE VISITS BOLIVIA
[...] (C) Summary: Maria Echaveste, Special Advisor to the Secretary, traveled to Bolivia June 27-28 to meet with GOB officials including President Evo Morales, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana, and Government Minister Alfredo Rada to convey the Secretary,s commitment to improving bilateral [...]
2009-07-17 18:20:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON SNAR EAID EINV
09LAPAZ1184RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST
[...] Following review of the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft revised EO 13126 list of products for Bolivia (reftel),post has concluded that child labor in Bolivia in the sugar cane and Brazil nut sectors does not constitute forced or indentured labor as defined in E.O. 13126. 2. Post understa [...]
2009-08-14 21:26:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1233BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...]
2009-08-26 21:06:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL
09LAPAZ1256BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY CRUMPLES UNDER MAS ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary: Through a series of judicial maneuvers and pressure tactics reminiscent of their 2007 dismantling of the country's Constitutional Tribunal, Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party appear to be set on shutting down the Supreme Court until [...]
2009-08-31 20:15:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1285BATTLE LINES DRAWN FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the passage of the September 7 filing deadline, eight parties have registered to contest the December 6 elections for Bolivia's presidency and Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Three parties are set to split the bulk of the opposition vote, greatly strengthening Presiden [...]
2009-09-09 21:51:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM INR PHUM BL
09LAPAZ131EU ISSUES MIXED REPORT ON BOLIVIAN REFERENDUM
[...] Summary: The European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU EOM) published on January 27 its Preliminary Statement regarding the January 25 constitutional referendum. Although the report says the referendum was credibly completed and the "electorate could in general freely exercise their ri [...]
2009-01-29 11:11:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ1320BOLIVIAN ELECTION PLANNING (C-AL9-01770)
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel A request, Embassy reports that Bolivian election planning is advancing on all fronts. The registration process for the new biometric electoral roll, managed by the Bolivian National Electoral Court (CNE) is proceeding on schedule and without major obstacles. The CNE [...]
2009-09-17 14:55:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1321PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...]
2009-09-17 15:18:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1327NEW VIDEO CASTS DOUBT ON PANDO "MASSACRE"
[...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the September 11, 2008 clash in Pando department that left 11 dead, local opposition groups released new video evidence that casts doubt on the GOB's version of events. Poloff traveled to the site of the conflict on September 11 and 12 to interview a [...]
2009-09-18 16:16:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1468GOB DIVIDED ON APPROACH TO U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Our recent experiences with the Bolivian government show its internal divisions, between those officials who distrust the USG but recognize the value of repairing relations and those who view us as a threat and want to reduce us to a minimal in-country presence. The upcoming sec [...]
2009-10-20 11:17:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1520INDIGENOUS LAND USE RIGHTS EMERGING ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: With President Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party projected to take control of both houses of Congress in upcoming elections, attention has begun to turn to a package of 100 laws Morales has pledged to pass to implement the new Constitution, including several t [...]
2009-11-04 19:09:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON BL
09LAPAZ1538MORALES MAINTAINS COMMANDING LEAD
[...] (C) Summary: With one month left before the December 6 national elections, President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) remain poised to retain the presidency and take control over both houses of the Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Public and private polling indic [...]
2009-11-09 12:36:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1551SANTA CRUZ GOVERNOR REMAINS IN OPPOSITION, WILL RUN AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz Prefect (Governor) and leading opposition figure Ruben Costas told us November 6 that he will run again for prefect in April under the banner of his recently-established "Verde" party. Costas described public security in Santa Cruz as worsening, prompting the national [...]
2009-11-18 14:25:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1553CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...]
2009-11-18 14:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1567CAMPAIGN UPDATE: POTOSI AND CHUQUISACA GO TO THE MAS
[...] (C) Summary: The southern highland department of Potosi will vote heavily in favor of President Evo Morales and his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party in December's elections. His support is solid in rural areas, as well as in the periphery of Potosi city, populated by newcomers from the co [...]
2009-11-25 13:51:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1577BOLIVIA: ELECTION MONITORS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings on November 24 and 25 with representatives from the OAS, European Union, and Carter Center electoral observation missions, all told us they were prepared for the December 6 elections and identified potential pitfalls, including the practice of "public voting," inapprop [...]
2009-12-01 17:32:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1585BOLIVIA: FINAL PRE-ELECTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: With days remaining before the December 6 presidential and legislative elections, polls report President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have widened their lead, with an outside chance at reaching an overall two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Ass [...]
2009-12-02 20:12:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1589MORALES, MAS WIN RESOUNDING ELECTION VICTORY
[...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) won a resounding victory in national elections on December 6. Parallel vote counts show Morales won re-election with approximately 63 percent of the vote and that the MAS won at least 24 of 36 Senate seats. L [...]
2009-12-07 19:29:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1591GOB DEMARCHED ON UNGA DEFAMATION RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 19:43:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA UN BL
09LAPAZ1605GOB TO JAIL OPPOSITION LEADER REYES VILLA?
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Manfred Reyes Villa confirmed to local press December 16 that he is in hiding from GOB authorities but said he had not fled the country. Reyes Villa labeled himself a victim of political persecution and said President Morales sou [...]
2009-12-18 17:03:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1609DECEMBER ELECTIONS SHOW MAS GAINING IN OPPOSITION DEPARTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition remains strong in Beni, but the ruling Movemiento al Socialismo (MAS) party made considerable inroads in the December elections. The increase reflected the MAS' substantial investment in its Beni campaign, its increased appeal to poorer voters, and a weak oppositi [...]
2009-12-23 13:05:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1611BOLIVIA: NEGATING "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivia regularly votes for the Organization of the Islamic Conference's UN resolutions against "defamation of religions," most recently on December 18 in the UNGA plenary session. Given our thorny bilateral relationship, the GOB's ALBA membership, and its growing ties with Iran, [...]
2009-12-23 14:04:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KISL OPDC BL
09LAPAZ1642BOLIVIAN NOMINATION: THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Per REFTEL, Embassy La Paz nominates Dr. Marina Flores Villena for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Through her work as a lawyer and public prosecutor, Marina has dedicated herself professionally and personally to positively impacting the lives of hundreds o [...]
2009-11-30 21:25:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL KPAO BL
09LAPAZ1730Bolivia CN Update November 09
[...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Year-to-date seizures of precursors and labs rose substantially; seizures of cocaine base rose slightly; and cocaine HCL seizures declined. In a series of 43 joint operations called "Plan Inca," Bolivian and Peruvian Counter Narcotics (CN) forces seized 100 [...]
2009-12-11 14:14:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BL KJUS PHUM
09LAPAZ175BOLIVIA: PANDO REPORT CONCERNS; OHCHR RESPONSE
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Denis Racicot, representative in Bolivia for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) January 26, to assess OHCHR activities as per request (Reftel E). Relations between the OHCHR and both the government and civil society actors appear to be generally qu [...]
2009-02-02 20:38:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1784BOLIVIA: COUNTER-NARCOTICS NEWS AND TRENDS
[...] 1. Summary and comment: Bolivian Counternarcotics (CN) officials have voiced public concern over a number of negative trends, including a sharp rise in the number of cocaine laboratories seized, the GOB's inability to track the rising number of small aircraft used to transport drugs to ne [...]
2009-12-17 21:50:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BL KJUS PHUM
09LAPAZ232ALLEGED GOVERNMENT LAND GRAB AFFECTS U.S. RANCHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recently, the Bolivian Government and landowners in the Cordillera province of Santa Cruz have clashed violently concerning land rights. The government acuses the landowners, including a high-profile AmCit rancher, of labor abuses and serfdom against the resident Guarani popula [...]
2009-02-11 16:41:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR PGOV PHUM EINV CACS BL
09LAPAZ290SEVEN TAKEN IN NEW ROUND OF PANDO DETENTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: As predicted in conversations with EcoPol contact (reftel A),Bolivian security forces on February 18 detained up to 21 people in Pando department (state) before releasing 14 and bringing the rest to La Paz for further questioning. According to the prosecutor's office, the detai [...]
2009-02-20 21:16:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ303FOREIGN MINISTER ON CIA, ERADICATION, HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Kris Urs met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca February 26 to refute President Evo Morales' accusations of CIA presence in state oil company YPFB, discuss joint counternarcotics eradication efforts, and review the newly-released human rights report. Choqu [...]
2009-02-26 22:12:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ31USAID AND GOB AGREEMENT ON CHAPARE PHASE OUT
[...] (C) USAID-Bolivia and the Vice Ministers of Social Defense Felipe Caceres and Coca/Integrated Development Geronimo Meneces Mollo have signed an agreement for the orderly phase-out of USAID's work in the Chapare. In the agreement the Government of Bolivia agrees to provide the necessary securi [...]
2009-01-08 14:32:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALBL EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SENV
09LAPAZ373BOLIVIA: MORALES EXPELS EMBASSY OFFICER
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C//NF) Summary: President Evo Morales declared Embassy officer Francisco (Frank) Martinez persona non grata on national television March 9. Morales accused Martinez of "meeting with opposition prefects (governors)" and said he wa [...]
2009-03-09 20:41:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER ODIP
09LAPAZ386"COMMUNITARIAN JUSTICE" SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL?
[...] (C) Summary: Following the March 7 ransacking of former Vice President Victor Hugo Cardenas' home and attack on his wife and family (reftel),provincial community leaders declared March 10 they would formally expropriate the property and claimed the new constitution explicitly justified their [...]
2009-03-12 20:26:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ389BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INT'L HELP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senate President and opposition leader Oscar Ortiz on March 12 publicly called on the diplomatic community to "remain engaged" and encourage the Morales administration to negotiate in good faith regarding the new constitution's implementation, Congress' role during the transitio [...]
2009-03-12 22:38:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ407BOLIVIA: CIA ACCUSATIONS SPREADING
[...] (C) Summary: Accusations of CIA involvement in Bolivian "internal affairs" have proliferated since the announcement of Embassy officer Francisco "Frank" Martinez's expulsion March 9. President Morales' top advisors, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana and Government Minister Alfredo Rada, [...]
2009-03-13 21:24:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ409GOB RHETORIC MAY SET STAGE FOR FURTHER EXPULSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Following the March 9 expulsion of Embassy officer Frank Martinez (Reftels B, C) and subsequent government accusations March 12 of more CIA activity in the country (Reftel A),President Evo Morales charged March 13 and 14 that "foreign agents" were "buying the loyalty" of Bolivia [...]
2009-03-16 15:59:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ434BOLIVIA: CONTINUED MIXED MESSAGES
[...] (C) Summary: While official media give extensive coverage of Foreign Secretary David Choquehuanca's March 19 announcement that Bolivia seeks to "rebuild mutual trust" with the USG, President Evo Morales' March 20 statement that he will "personally investigate the presence of external agents" [...]
2009-03-20 19:53:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ469MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...]
2009-03-26 16:27:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ474MORALES ALLEGES USG INTERFERENCE, AGAIN
[...] (C) One day after Foreign Minister Choquehuanca assured us the GOB would not take actions to embarrass the U.S. administration and would resolve bilateral issues through diplomatic channels, President Evo Morales on March 26 publicly and without proof accused the USG of "mobilizing" CIA and DE [...]
2009-03-27 16:59:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ496MAS TRIES TO STACK THE DECK FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The new Bolivian constitution requires Congressional passage by April 7 of a "transitional regime" to establish the rules for the December 6 election of the president, vice president, and members of the new "Plurinational Assembly." Under threat of a 10,000-person siege by socia [...]
2009-03-31 17:55:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ501SANTA CRUZ LEADERS ALARMED BY EROSION OF
[...] (C) Summary: During several recent trips by embassy officials to Santa Cruz, leaders and common citizens alike have expressed concern over the growing anti-democratic tendencies of the Morales government. Issues such as the continued imprisonment of Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez, the self [...]
2009-03-31 21:23:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PHUM SNAR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ519MORALES PARROTS CHAVEZ ON G20, CRITICIZES OBAMA
[...] (C) Summary: During a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Bolivian President Evo Morales on April 3 repeated almost verbatim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's criticisms of the G20 summit agreement from a day before. Morales added his own doubts regarding President Obama, saying he [...]
2009-04-03 21:02:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ555MR. OBAMA, TEAR DOWN THIS EMBARGO: BOLIVIA'S BIG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a press conference at the presidential palace April 8, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) will meet prior to the Summit of the Americas to discuss a Bolivian proposal to lift the United States' embargo on Cuba. The group [...]
2009-04-09 19:48:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL CU
09LAPAZ557STARVING DEMOCRACY: ELECTORAL LAW IMPASSE
[...] (C) Summary: As of 2:00pm April 9, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has been unable to break a legislative deadlock with the opposition over passage of the constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which will govern all aspects of upco [...]
2009-04-09 20:41:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ572NO ELECTION DEAL; MORALES: USG DEATH THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: After five days of often heated debate, as of 4:00pm April 13, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have been unable to reach a satisfactory compromise with the opposition to pass a constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL). The [...]
2009-04-13 21:37:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ578OPPOSITION GAINS WITH ELECTORAL LAW PASSAGE
[...] (C) Summary: At approximately 4:00am on April 14, the Morales administration reached formal agreement with the opposition and passed the Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which establishes the rules for the December 6 national elections. The ETL directs the National Electoral Court to construc [...]
2009-04-14 22:11:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ584MORALES TO ATTEND SOA, UNASUR MULTILAT
[...] PolOffs demarched on April 9 and April 15 Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza and MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Cecilia Chacon, respectively, to request information on the Bolivian delegation to the Summit of the Americas, or SOA (Reftel B). Between the two dates, th [...]
2009-04-15 21:19:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BL KDEM KSUM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
09LAPAZ594BOLIVIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) As per reftel B, PolOff on April 9 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. On April 15, Post delivered via diplomatic note the points listed in Reftel A. 2. (C) During the April 9 meeting, Mendoza lame [...]
2009-04-17 13:45:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ596BOLIVIAN FM: "STOP SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITION"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: April 20, one day after leaving the Summit of the Americas (SOA),both Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Charge to the United Nations Pablo Salon are claiming victory after making their "demands" known to the U.S. delegation. Salon spoke to press in Geneva about "laying down [...]
2009-04-21 21:40:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC BL ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
09LAPAZ600GOB BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON "TERRORIST CELL"
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and other senior administration members, during an address to the diplomatic corps on April 21, underscored the seriousness of what they labeled a series of three terrorist attacks and the presence of a terrorist cell with at least ten [...]
2009-04-23 11:06:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ601MORALES PRAISES OBAMA, BLASTS DEA
[...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales gave a press conference with foreign press April 21 to express his views on the Summit of the Americas (SOA) in terms of the U.S.-Bolivian bilateral relationship. He highlighted his brief encounters with President Obama at the SOA, saying that Bolivia "saw [...]
2009-04-23 11:06:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ635BOLIVIA: "TERRORISM" EXCUSE FOR MASS ARRESTS?
[...] (C) Summary: The Morales administration may use an April 16 police team raid in opposition-dominated Santa Cruz, in which police shot and killed three alleged terrorists, arrested two more, and reportedly found a separate weapons cache (Reftels A, B),to initiate arrests of the political opposition [...]
2009-04-29 21:20:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ65BOLIVIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT THREATENS
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced January 13 the Congress would end its session without designating new members of the Constitutional Tribunal or the Supreme Court. Assuming voters approve the new constitution on January 25, new appointments would not occur [...]
2009-01-14 22:23:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ655BOLIVIA: MORALES' MAY DAY WEEKEND
[...] (C) Summary: Continuing a three-year tradition of May Day nationalization announcements, Bolivian President Evo Morales on May 1 nationalized AirBP, a jet fuel provider and subsidiary of British Petroleum. Morales announced the nationalization in conjunction with several supreme decrees regar [...]
2009-05-05 17:32:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ658FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS BOLIVIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Former President Jimmy Carter, his wife, and members of the Carter Center in Atlanta visited Bolivia April 30-May 3. The former President met (in chronological order) with the Embassy Country Team, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas, Presiden [...]
2009-05-05 22:44:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL VE EC
09LAPAZ659GOB IMPLICATES SANTA CRUZ LEADERS IN "TERRORISM"
[...] (S) Summary: The government prosecutor has implicated a dozen top Santa Cruz leaders in supporting a "terrorist cell" aiming to divide the country. A former public defender for one of the Hungarian defendants told us the government had informants within the group and a great deal of evidence t [...]
2009-05-06 15:17:00Embassy La PazSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC BL
09LAPAZ674EL ALTO MAS ASKS FOR USAID EXPULSION
[...] SUMMARY. El Alto members of President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party verbally attacked the United States May 4, following a presentation by Venezuelan-American Eva Golinger entitled "The Interference and Subversive Strategies of the United States in Latin America during the Twe [...]
2009-05-07 18:01:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ708USAID BOLIVIA: IN THE CLEAR OR IN THE CROSSHAIRS?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ten days after several El Alto leaders called for the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from their city (ref),other leaders, including the mayor, are coming to the organization's defense. Oscar Chirinos, an El Alto Movement Towards Social [...]
2009-05-14 21:43:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ715SUPREME COURT HALTED, JUDICIARY DISMANTLED
[...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian Congress' lower house narrowly voted on May 14 to impeach Supreme Court President Eddy Fernandez, and the opposition-controlled Senate will begin a "trial of responsibilities" within two weeks. The ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's main charge against F [...]
2009-05-15 20:11:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ743CHARGE MEETING WITH FORMER VP CARDENAS
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation on May 15, Charge d'Affaires met with former Vice President and leading opposition presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas and discussed Cardenas' campaign prospects, recent attacks against political opponents by ruling Movement Toward Socialism [...]
2009-05-22 15:49:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ750LAWYER: GOB INVOLVED IN TERROR, PANDO, YPFB CASES
[...] (S) Summary: A Bolivian government lawyer who worked closely on the Santa Cruz terrorism case, the investigation into the September 2008 Pando conflict, and the YPFB (state oil company) murder and corruption case provided new information on GOB involvement in all three incidents. In the alleg [...]
2009-05-26 19:45:00Embassy La PazSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ758GOB TO SEIZE "TERRORIST" ASSETS WITHOUT TRIAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Morales issued a supreme decree on May 20 authorizing government prosecutors to seize, without trial, assets related to alleged terrorist acts, including personal goods, business assets, bank accounts, and communications media. The decree is to be applied retroactively [...]
2009-05-27 22:18:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ766BOLIVIA'S BILATERAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Paragraph two contains the Embassy La Paz translation of the proposed Framework Agreement presented by the Bolivian Government for consideration at the May 20-21 bilateral dialogue. A point of clarification in Article III, Section 1: the Bolivian Government intends "State to State" to ex [...]
2009-05-29 12:02:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID ODIP OPDC OEXC SNAR BL
09LAPAZ799BOLIVIA: USG-BACKED CONFERENCE SPURS TIP
[...] Summary: On April 21 and 22 the Embassy's Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),in a joint initiative with the United Nations, Office of International Migration (OIM) and the Attorney General's Office, organized Bolivia's first International Conference on Trafficking in Persons in the city of Cochab [...]
2009-06-02 18:12:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KDEM ASEC KJUS BL
09LAPAZ96BOLIVIA'S REFERENDUM: MARGIN OF VICTORY MATTERS
[...] (C) Summary: With the January 25 constitutional referendum rapidly approaching, all signs point to victory for President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Although the opposition has made inroads into the MAS lead, most national polls point to between 54 and 60 p [...]
2009-01-23 13:26:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LEIPZIG15RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WIN MINOR GAINS IN EASTERN GERMANY'S
[...] (U) The right-wing extremist "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) achieved minor gains in the June 7 communal elections in the eastern states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, had an increase in support in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) from .08 to 3.2 percent of the vote statewid [...]
2009-07-02 08:32:00Consulate LeipzigUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV GM
09LIBREVILLE16GABON: DETAINED NGO LEADERS OUT ON BAIL
[...] (C) Five NGO leaders and others arrested by Gabonese authorities in a December 31, 2008, crackdown (reftels) were released on bail January 12. The two most prominent detainees appeared initially to be in good physical condition. In a wide-ranging press conference days before the release, th [...]
2009-01-13 13:16:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE22GABON: WORRIES PERSIST OVER BONGO,S HEALTH
[...] (C) Embassy visitors calling on a mid-ranking official at Gabon's presidential palace January 14 caught a rare glimpse of an extremely frail President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba being lifted into his presidential Rolls Royce en route to a ceremonial opening of the latest session of the Gabones [...]
2009-01-15 15:19:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE246GABON: POLITICAL SCENE IN FLUX WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Gabon's political scene remains in flux with President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba hospitalized with a serious illness in Spain and his son the Defense Minister (and possible heir-apparent) Ali Bongo visibly weakened after recent hospitalization for an intestinal problem. Ali's half-siste [...]
2009-06-02 16:22:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM FR GB
09LIBREVILLE267GABON'S RESPONSE TO RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 09:19:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL SU AF GB
09LIBREVILLE3GABON: NGO ACTIVISTS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED
[...] (C) Marc Ona, other NGO activists and journalists arrested New Years' Eve are supposed to be released today according to Gabonese law (LIBREVILLE 002). In a status called "garde a vue", individuals can be held in police custody lawfully without formal charges against them for a total 72 hou [...]
2009-01-06 13:56:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE36GABON: PRISON UPRISING EXPOSES DEPLORABLE
[...] (C) An uprising at Libreville's Central Prison January 19 left three prisoners dead and several wounded before authorities restored order. Trouble started when prisoners took four guards hostage in a protest over filthy living conditions and lengthy pretrial detention. The government's inter [...]
2009-01-26 05:21:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE38GABON: ACTIVISTS SAY GOVERNMENT TRUMPED UP
[...] (C) The Ambassador met January 16 with two Gabonese NGO leaders under investigation for an alleged plot to undermine state security. Marc Ona and Georges Mpaga, arrested on New Year's Eve, were released January 12 but are still subject to a lengthy investigation and trial. Neither is free to [...]
2009-01-26 11:00:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE389GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY II
[...] (C) The jockeying for position and desire for votes by the candidates of the Gabonese presidency has steadily risen in intensity. Bruno Ben Moubamba, an independent candidate, is in the sixth day of a hunger strike to protest irregularities regarding the Constitutional Court and electoral list [...]
2009-08-21 13:55:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE39GABON: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] In Gabon, the problem of child labor in Gabon is closely linked to trafficking in persons, and efforts to combat the worst forms of child labor are merged with efforts to combat child trafficking. This identification is supported by the limited data available. This includes a 1998/99 ILO/IPEC [...]
2009-01-30 12:01:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM PGOV SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE416GABON: PRESIDENT-ELECT BONGO'S WHISTLE STOP REGIONAL TOUR
[...] (U) Gabon's President-elect Ali Bongo Ondimba has spent the last several days visiting heads of state in the Central Africa region. On September 11, Bongo met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaounde and President Denis Sassou Nguessou in Congo-Brazzaville. On September 12, he was receiv [...]
2009-09-15 11:32:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM AO CD CF CG CM EK GB
09LIBREVILLE431GABON: PROBLEMS ARISING OVER PRESIDENTIAL RECOUNT
[...] (U) Summary: Gabon's Constitutional Court announced its plans to review the government's vote tallies and other challenges to President-elect Ali Bongo Ondimba's victory, but opposition concerns with the court's methodology could delay the process. The opposition wants the court to compare th [...]
2009-09-29 15:09:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM GB
09LIBREVILLE467GABON: ALI BONGO ARRESTS KEY PLAYERS IN REGIONAL BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Newly installed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba recalled Philibert Andzembe, the Governor of the Central Bank of Central African States (BEAC),who is Gabonese, in the wake of revelations about the $82 million financial scandal. Press sources are reporting that two other [...]
2009-10-20 14:47:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCOR GB
09LIBREVILLE490GABON: ABSTENTION ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT A
[...] On November 4, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of the Americas Desk Bika Bisso told poloff that Gabon may decide to abstain from voting on the Goldstone Report. Bika Bisso said that he could not give a definitive answer, but that Gabon had abstained in the past on similar measure [...]
2009-11-05 14:10:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL GB
09LIBREVILLE508GABON: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] Summary: Post provides the following response keyed to questions in ref A. Gabon's new government has demonstrated an energized commitment to combating trafficking in persons. During the reporting period (February-November),the deaths of Gabon's First Lady Edith Bongo in March and President [...]
2009-11-17 14:07:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM SMIG GB
09LIBREVILLE510 GABON: SEVERAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS ARE SUSPENDED FOR
[...] (U). Summary: After several months of a more open press environment during Gabon's political transition, the National Council for Communication (CNC) suspended six independent newspapers from one to three months for "violations of the principles of professional ethics." Several of the suspend [...]
2009-11-18 14:12:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR KPAO PINS SOCI GB TP
09LIBREVILLE518 GABON: FIRST DANIEL PEARL WORLD MUSIC DAYS A POPULAR AND
[...] (U) Summary. The first-ever Gabonese Daniel Pearl World Music Days celebration was held in Libreville from November 17-20, with the participation of partner embassies Spain, Japan, Korea, and France making it truly a multicultural event. A two-night music and film festival was open to the pub [...]
2009-11-24 12:23:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PHUM OIIP AO GB
09LIBREVILLE550 GABON: FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE DEFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] (SBU) I welcome the opportunity to work with you on combating racial and religious discrimination and intolerance (reftel). In the past, unfortunately Gabon has voted "yes" and abstained on the anti-defamation resolutions, despite our efforts. Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have expla [...]
2009-12-21 13:20:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PROVE OPDC GB
09LIBREVILLE57GABON: CHAD-SUDAN PEACE PROCESS WAY OFF TRACK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 16:04:00Embassy LibrevilleSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM SU CD CF GB
09LIBREVILLE7GABON: DETAINED ACTIVISTS SCHEDULED FOR
[...] (C) Seven persons detained in a crackdown on anti-corruption and anti-government activists were scheduled to be arraigned in a Libreville court on the afternoon of January 7. Details of potential charges against the detainees are not available. One of the detainees told us they are being he [...]
2009-01-07 14:34:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE9ACTIVISTS CHARGED WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE
[...] (C) Civil society activist Marc Ona is among several NGO activists reportedly charged under Article 88 of Gabon's Penal Code with the intent to distribute "propaganda, written or oral, that could disturb the peace, incite a revolt against the authorities, attack the Republic of Gabon by tarnis [...]
2009-01-08 15:09:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LILONGWE103IOM BI-REGIONAL WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS HORN OF AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recently held a three-day bi-regional workshop on irregular migration flows from Eastern to Southern Africa. The workshop brought together representatives from eleven governments spanning Ethiopia to South Africa to discuss pot [...]
2009-02-27 09:44:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PREF PHUM KTIP
09LILONGWE105IOM BI-REGIONAL WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS HORN OF AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recently held a three-day bi-regional workshop on irregular migration flows from Eastern to Southern Africa. The workshop brought together representatives from eleven governments spanning Ethiopia to South Africa to discuss pot [...]
2009-02-27 14:43:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PREF PHUM KTIP
09LILONGWE19MALAWI - CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] Summary: The child labor situation in Malawi remains largely unchanged from last year. No new laws concerning child labor, child rights, or trafficking were passed. Violations largely resulted in fines rather than custodial sentences. Approximately 150 labor inspectors are trained to identi [...]
2009-01-12 14:58:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MI
09LILONGWE477MALAWI: NON-CONCURRENCE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
[...] (U) Ref. A requested Post concurrence on the Department of Labor's draft list of products that have been "mined, produced or manufactured using forced or indentured child labor," pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 12126. Post does not/not concur with the inclusion of Malawi for the production [...]
2009-08-25 06:02:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI MI
09LILONGWE520MALAWI: DOL LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED BY FORCED LABOR
[...] Post delivered reftel points and copies of the TVPRA list and the E.O. 13126 list to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on September 9. Mr. Chiunguzeni offered no substantive response. 2. We also delivered reftel points and lists to Labor Commission [...]
2009-09-18 10:49:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI MI
09LILONGWE522 MALAWI: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES
[...] Post welcomes this opportunity to provide input on the Malawian diaspora community. The initiative is particularly timely given recent remarks by President Mutharika regarding his interest in tapping the Malawian diaspora community as a resource for in-country development activities. We will [...]
2009-09-18 13:28:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL MI
09LILONGWE590MALAWI: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 11:26:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER KPAL MI
09LILONGWE591MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. Specific information on each priority area follows. 2. (C) On no-action motions, Chiunguzeni stated that Malawi's policy would be to listen to the debate on any and all mo [...]
2009-11-03 11:32:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA MI
09LILONGWE762009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI
[...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains committed in its fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. Malawi is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking and the GOM acknowledges that trafficking is a problem. The Ministry of Women and Child D [...]
2009-02-13 10:56:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
09LIMA1000PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING NGO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 18:10:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PE
09LIMA1053FUJIMORI SENTENCED TO 7.5 YEARS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on July 20 to seven years and six months for embezzlement charges, in connection with a $15 million "severance" payment to then-intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. Fujimori admitted guilt on the first day of the trial in orde [...]
2009-07-22 16:32:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM PE
09LIMA1114SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PRICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of opportunities and challenges - specifically, that a pro-growth strategy is best suited to reduce poverty and that strengthening institutions is the [...]
2009-08-04 19:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM USAID OVIP PE
09LIMA115POLICE DEATHS SPARK CALLS FOR INTERIOR MINISTER'S
[...] (C) Summary: The deaths of two policemen, killed while evicting squatters in the northern region of Lambayeque, has sparked controversy over the way the government handles social disturbances. Citing incompetence in a botched operation, some high-profile political figures have called for Inte [...]
2009-01-27 21:27:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM ASEC PE
09LIMA1200GOP REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] The Foreign Ministry has presented the Embassy with diplomatic note 22-6-GG/71 announcing Peru's candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the period 2011-2014, and requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy. We have emailed scanned copies of the diplomatic note, its ac [...]
2009-08-19 17:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA1389AMAZON WORKING GROUPS: FRUSTRATIONS AMID DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes in which 24 police officers and 10 civilians were killed, then-PM Yehude Simon signed accords with indigenous groups that established the National Coordinating Group for the Development of Amazon Populations ("Grupo Nacional" -- reftels) [...]
2009-09-17 21:47:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA1463FUJIMORI SENTENCED IN FOURTH CONVICTION
[...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on September 30 to six years (concurrent) in prison for eavesdropping and other corruption charges, and ordered to pay nearly $10 million in civil reparations. As he did in the preceding case (in July - refs),Fujimori plead guilty [...]
2009-10-01 21:06:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCOR PHUM PE
09LIMA1601PERU RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 22:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN PE
09LIMA1629Amazon Dialogue: Negotiating Through Distrust
[...] (C) Summary. Working groups formed to resolve issues arising out of the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes have shown uneven progress thus far. GOP contacts assure us that the dialogue process will lead to a new forestry law that brings Peru back into compliance with the PTPA by the August 2010 d [...]
2009-11-04 17:46:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA1647Peru: Chile Military Purchases Rankle
[...] (C) Summary: Reports that Chile is poised to make significant arms purchases from the U.S. have caused rankles in Peru, and are being connected in the media to the capture of a Peruvian Air Force officer alleged to have been spying for Chile. The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Ga [...]
2009-11-13 19:39:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PE
09LIMA1651Peru Response: UNGA Specific Resolutions
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 23:04:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA1665Peru Response to Review for Suspension of Title III of the
[...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic [...]
2009-11-20 19:39:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LIMA275PERU RESPONSE TO TIP REPORTING QUESTIONS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Lima submits the follow response to the TIP reporting questions found in paragraphs 23-29 of the cable guidance (reftel) in regards to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. 2. (SBU) Peru's TIP Situation (paragraph 23) A) The primary sources for information contain [...]
2009-03-03 19:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09LIMA596PERU RESPONSE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 21:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL
09LIMA628ROSALES' ASYLUM: VENEZUELA RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the Garcia administration's granting of political asylum to former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales (ref B),the Venezuelan Ambassador was recalled to Caracas for consultations. While the GOP sought to soften the diplomatic blow [...]
2009-04-30 22:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE PE
09LIMA680PERU-BOLIVIA RELATIONS TENSE OVER EX-MINISTERS'
[...] (C) Summary: Peru's relations with Bolivia took another sour turn after Bolivian President Evo Morales called President Alan Garcia "chabacano" (vulgar) over Peru's granting of political asylum to three former cabinet members of Bolivian ex-President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada's adminis [...]
2009-05-12 21:51:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BL PE
09LIMA777AMAZON PROTESTS SPARK DEBATE OVER DECREES
[...] (C) Summary: Prolonged and effective protests by Amazon indigenous community groups have caused Congress to reassess the legality of a number of legislative decrees regarding the use of national resources in Peru's jungle lowlands. Should Congress and President Garcia give in to the pressure, [...]
2009-06-01 23:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EAGR SOCI SENV PE
09LIMA793AMAZON PROTESTS: NOT SO HIDDEN POLITICAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Amazon community groups have invoked the supposed unconstitutionality of nine legislative decrees as the reason for protests that have gone on for almost two months now. These nine decrees are technical laws that seek to facilitate investment and promote development in one of Pe [...]
2009-06-05 19:20:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ECON ETRD PE
09LIMA982PROTESTS FIZZLE INTO THIRD AND FINAL DAY
[...] (C) Summary: The second of three days of general, nationwide protests continued with underwhelming impact and participation. In Lima, gatherings were small and marked by internal discord. In some provinces, protesters blocked roads and paralyzed public transportation and schools, but gather [...]
2009-07-09 19:23:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI PHUM ELAB PE
09LISBON101PORTUGAL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); 6. The [...]
2009-02-17 16:22:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD KTIP ASEC PREF ELAB
09LISBON106PORTUGAL RECEIVES DEMOCRACY IN MAURITANIA MESSAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 16:01:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL PO
09LISBON109PORTUGUESE FM AMADO HOPES TO ATTEND MARCH 2
[...] (SBU) On February 19,Pol-Econ officer shared reftel points with Portuguese MFA Officer Florbela Cardy and underscored the importance of Portugal's engaged participation in the event. Cardy told us that Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado wants to attend the event and believes that it will b [...]
2009-02-20 13:41:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM PO
09LISBON110PORTUGAL INFORMED OF U.S. TERRORIST FINANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 13:42:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PO
09LISBON127PORTUGAL WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Officer briefed Portuguese MFA Human Rights Director Sara Martins that the United States would be an active observer in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and would seek to participate actively in discussions and decisions. Martins said Portugal and its EU partners warmly welcom [...]
2009-03-03 14:18:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PO
09LISBON162PORTUGUESE FOLLOW GERMAN STRATEGY FOR UN UNIVERSAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Portugal is preparing for a December Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Portuguese MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins outlined Portugal's plan to consult with NGOs, coordinate a unified GOP response, and prepare for the HRC Review in Dec [...]
2009-03-17 16:11:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN PO
09LISBON202PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO STATE DEPARTMENT'S 2008 HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 15:10:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PO
09LISBON218PORTUGAL WELCOMES U.S. CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 16:20:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PO
09LISBON222CONG. HASTINGS MEETS WITH PORTUGUESE ROMA LEADER
[...] (SBU) US Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL),in Portugal for OSCE Parliamentary events hosted by the Portuguese parliament, met with Portuguese Roma leader Antonio Nunes on April 19. Post arranged this discussion to continue our engagement with Roma community, particularly in the period around [...]
2009-04-20 10:23:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI PO
09LISBON256TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 14:38:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID
09LISBON266MEETING WITH JORGE SAMPAIO ON ALLIANCE OF
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio, currently the UN HiRep for the Alliance of Civilizations and the UN Special Envoy against Tuberculosis, met with Ambassador Stephenson at the embassy on May 15. Sampaio gave a re [...]
2009-05-19 11:55:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN PO
09LISBON271PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 08:55:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PO
09LISBON283PORTUGAL: PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS INTENSIFIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 14:57:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF
09LISBON366PORTUGAL UN NGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 07:18:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PO
09LISBON375TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 09:38:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID
09LISBON380CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 07:43:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL PO
09LISBON399PORTUGAL REQUESTS TWO SPECIFIC GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C/NF) On July 23, Portuguese MFA PolDir Nuno Brito called in Charge d'Affaires and Pol/Econ Counselor to pass the names of two Guantanamo detainees that Portugal is willing to accept for resettlement at this time. The two are Muhammad KHANTUMANI (SY-312) and Moammar Badawi DOKHAN (SY-317). P [...]
2009-07-23 15:25:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR MOPS PO
09LISBON412INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The ROKG (South Korea),current Chair of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),hosted an inter-sessional meeting of APDP on the margins of the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Portugal on July 11. The ten governments represented received a briefing on APDP activit [...]
2009-07-29 06:54:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XB PO
09LISBON453PORTUGAL ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 14:51:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL PO
09LISBON494PORTUGAL ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR INTERNALLY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 14:36:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09LISBON530UPDATE ON RESETTLEMENT OF TWO GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C/NF) On October 7, an official with the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which is charged with administering the resettlement of the two Syrians transferred from Guantanamo to Portugal on August 28, provided us an update on their resettlement process. 2. (C/NF) The two i [...]
2009-10-08 09:26:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO
09LISBON540UPDATE ON DAILY ROUTINES OF TWO GUANTANAMO
[...] (C/NF) Further to information provided reftel regarding the two Syrians transfered from Guantanamo to Portugal on August 28, at our request the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which adminsters the resettlement, has provided further details on the transferees' daily routines. [...]
2009-10-15 12:23:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO
09LISBON556PORTUGAL WILL SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 15:01:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN PO
09LISBON568PORTUGAL WILL SUPPORT EU POSITION ON GOLDSTONE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 15:01:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL PO
09LISBON577PORTUGAL WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON BELARUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 11:14:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALBO PREL EUN PHUM PO
09LISBON610POINTS DELIVERED RE: DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 15:20:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC SOCI PO
09LISBON75PORTUGAL LOOKS TO SHAPE PROCEDURE, NOT POLICY, IN
[...] (SBU) On January 29, Portuguese DCM to Washington Paula Cepeda offered a readout of the January 23 Community of Democracies' (CD) "troika" meeting in Lisbon that included Portuguese FM Luis Amado, Lithuanian FM Vygaudas Usackas, Secretary General Al-Maamoun Baba Lamine Keita from Mali, and Exe [...]
2009-02-03 15:25:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM PO
09LJUBLJANA106SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the MFA's International Organizations division, told emboff on April 15 that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (reftel). Knez noted that the U.S. would be in a better position to influence the 2010 review [...]
2009-04-16 09:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA114SLOVENIAN INTERIOR MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, GUANTANAMO, AND
[...] (C) In an April 20 courtesy call on Interior Minister Katarina Kresal, CDA discussed several current issues in the U.S. - Slovenian relationship. CDA pressed Kresal to move forward with HSPD-6 and PCSC agreements, in order to satisfy requirements to remain on the visa waiver program. He raise [...]
2009-04-22 12:28:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG KCRM NATO CVIS ASEC PHUM PTER PINR SI
09LJUBLJANA162SLOVENIA UNABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) ADCM met with Tomaz Mencin, head of the Division for Africa, the Near East, Asia and Oceania, and Natalija Raisp, head of the Asia section, on June 9 to urge Slovenia to heed the UNSYG's warning that there will be a severe crisis if the UN is forced to cut services because of the unmet UN a [...]
2009-06-10 05:48:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM PREF PK SI
09LJUBLJANA18DEMARCHE: ALERTING ARAB CAPITALS TO U.S.-ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 15:51:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS SI
09LJUBLJANA223SLOVENIA FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILDREN
[...] (U) After the successful launch of the "Our Rights" program in 2005 under Slovenia's Chairmanship of the OSCE, it is continuing the program on human rights education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and North Ossetia, during its chairmanship of the Council of Europe. In a July 16 meeting wit [...]
2009-07-30 08:23:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL COE BK KV SI
09LJUBLJANA242SLOVENIA: SMALL ROMA POPULATION STILL FACES
[...] (U) The Roma community in Slovenia, numbering between 7,000 and 10,000, is characterized under Slovene law as a "special community," rather than a national minority. Since 1994, the government has passed legislation and worked through various ministries to foster better social integration for [...]
2009-08-06 14:47:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SI
09LJUBLJANA254SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING AUNG SAN
[...] (C) On August 19, Emboff met with Matjaz Marko from the Asia and Pacific Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver reftel talking points regarding the conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi. Marko expressed GOS unity with the EU position strongly condemning the conviction. He also stated [...]
2009-08-19 11:57:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BM SI
09LJUBLJANA274SLOVENIA: PM ASKS FOR BREATHING ROOM RE GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) DAS Stu Jones asked Prime Minister Pahor in a private meeting at the Bled Strategic Forum on August 30 if Slovenia would be willing to accept one or two Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. Pahor declined to provide an immediate answer, staying that he needed to resolve the border dispute wi [...]
2009-09-03 14:40:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDRG SI
09LJUBLJANA289SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES AT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche on September 11 to Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Slovenian MFA's International Organization and Human Security Division, to encourage Slovenian support for U.S. priorities during the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) Session and to gather in [...]
2009-09-17 09:42:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN SI
09LJUBLJANA307SLOVENIA FAVORS EU ABSTENTION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) On October 1, Pol/Econ Chief used the occasion of a previously scheduled lunch to discuss refs (A) and (B) talking points concerning the Goldstone Report with MFA's Andrej Benedejcic, MFA's Director General for Security Policy and Multilateral Political Affairs. The MFA's Section for Hu [...]
2009-10-01 14:03:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL
09LJUBLJANA332SLOVENIA: NO EASY SOLUTION FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 05:51:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PREF PHUM SI
09LJUBLJANA351SLOVENIA ON BELARUS SANCTIONS: CURRENT POLICY NOT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 13:32:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PHUM BO SI
09LJUBLJANA38SLOVENIA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] The answers provided below are keyed to the questions asked reftel regarding Slovenia's TIP Situation. 2. Slovenia's TIP Situation --------------------------- A. The Government of Slovenia (GoS) provides information on trafficking in persons through its national coordinator for and thr [...]
2009-02-13 17:02:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09LJUBLJANA42SLOVENIA TO ANNOUNCE ASSISTANCE TO GAZA AT SHARM
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Slovenia's Foreign Minister, Samuel Zbogar, plans to present details on Slovenia's assistance efforts at the March 2 donors' conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, according to Polonca Smole of the MFA's Middle East section. She told us on Feb [...]
2009-02-20 15:50:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM EFIN PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG SI
09LJUBLJANA55SLOVENIA: MFA PRAISE, CONCERNS ABOUT HRR 2008
[...] (SBU) Andrej Benedejcic, acting director of the MFA's policy planning and multilateral affairs division, expressed appreciation to CDA on February 27 for Post's "big investment" in producing the Human Rights Report and for Post's engagement with various ministries on human rights issues. He n [...]
2009-03-03 11:58:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA64GUIDANCE REQUEST: FORMER SLOVENIAN FM RUPEL ASKED
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: CDA met March 11 with former Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel ) now PM Pahor,s diplomatic &Special Envoy8 ) at Rupel's request to discuss a proposal that he lead a UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission to Gaza. Rupel said he was asked by the [...]
2009-03-11 18:36:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA IS SI
09LJUBLJANA75SLOVENIA TO PROVIDE GAZA ASSISTANCE THROUGH
[...] (SBU) Urska Potocnik, advisor in the MFA's international development and humanitarian assistance division, confirmed to emboff March 12 that the Slovene government would provide 146,000 euros to Slovenian NGOs for assistance to Gaza, as pledged at the Sharm El Sheikh conference (reftel A). She [...]
2009-03-19 13:30:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EFIN PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG SI
09LJUBLJANA84SLOVENIA: PM PAHOR'S 1ST 100 DAYS DEFINED BY
[...] (C) Nearly all observers cite the economic crisis as the biggest task facing the government during its first 100 days in office, with the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute a close second. Pahor himself told us he agrees with this assessment, and that he is "basically satisfied." On the domesti [...]
2009-03-27 15:42:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SI
09LOME111TOGO: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9. Menan listened carefully and said Togo would be happy to support a U.S. candidate. He requested a diplomatic note with particulars to pass on the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [...]
2009-04-09 14:26:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL TO
09LOME117 TOGO: ACOTA TEAM VISITS POST
[...] SUMMARY: From March 10-14, 2009, an evaluation team from the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program visited Lome to asses Togo's qualifications and readiness as a Peace Support Operations (PSO) Troop Contributing Country (TCC) to become a partner in the ACOTA peac [...]
2009-04-14 09:46:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME138 TOGO: US NAVY DIVE TEAM VISITS POST
[...] SUMMARY: From March 21-28, 2009, a Navy Dive Mobile Training Team (MTT) from the U.S. Navy Expeditionary Training Command (ETC) was deployed to Lome, Togo. The MTT consisted of Lieutenant Christopher Donabella; Chief Navy Diver Michael Linzy; and Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Angelo Sanchez. [...]
2009-04-28 15:21:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME149 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two Togolese Navy officers selected to attend a conference in Rota, Spain, on May 28-29, 2009, to reflect on activities conducted by USS Nashville in February 2009. 2. Information about the participants is as follows: Name: Ametsipe, Ya [...]
2009-05-05 13:22:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME15HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY OFFICERS ATTENDING
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for six (06) Togolese Navy Officers to attend the APS Ship Riders training from February 4-28, 2009 on USS Nashville. 2. Information about the six (06) participants is as follows: Name: Anwone, Agba Nikabou Rank: Sergeant Unit: Togolese Ar [...]
2009-01-15 15:54:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME160 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MAJOR EGOULOU AWIZOBA
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for Major Egoulou Awizoba to attend the 87th International Narcotics Enforcement Management Seminar (INEMS) from June 15 through June 24, 2009, in Potomac, Maryland. Descriptive information for Maj. Awizoba is as follows: Name: Awizoba, Egou [...]
2009-05-11 16:11:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO ASEC
09LOME163 TOGO: CONSULAR FRAUD SUMMARY
[...] SUMMARY: The following is an update of Togo's Consular Fraud Summary for the period of October 2008 to March 2009. END SUMMARY. 2. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Foreign countries continue to show interest in helping Togo emerge from its prolonged economic crisis. Massive flooding in July and August 20 [...]
2009-05-13 17:16:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CASC TO
09LOME164 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NOMINEE FOR ACSS -
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one (01) Togolese official to attend the ACSS - Strategic Level Seminar in Dakar, Senegal, on June 14-26, 2009. 2. Information about the nominee is as follows: Name: Kabiya, Dao Boubozoube Rank: Colonel Unit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2009-05-18 07:10:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME178 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE ARMY OFFICER TO
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Army officer to participate in ACOTA Training. 2. Information about the participant is as follows: Name: Nakoura, N'dayome Katanga Rank: Major Unit: Togolese Armed Forces, Army Occupation: Commander, Peacekeeping Training [...]
2009-06-02 15:42:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME179 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY AGENTS
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for seven (07) Togolese Navy personnel to attend the APS Ship Riders training from July 7 to late August 2009 on the HSV-2 SWIFT. 2. Information about the seven (07) participants is as follows: Name: Agrigna, Sama Rank: Lieutenant Junior Gr [...]
2009-06-02 15:46:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME200 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TWO TOGOLESE ARMY OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two (2) Togolese Army Officers selected to attend Basic Language Instructor Training at the Defense Language Institute, English Language Center from July 15, 2009 to January 22, 2010 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. 2. Information about [...]
2009-06-19 09:50:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME219 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE ARMY OFFICERS WHO
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two Togolese Army officers who will undergo peacekeeping training to prepare for their deployment as commanders of the ABECHE and BIRAO peacekeeping contingents. 2. Information about the participants is as follows: Name: Towbeli, Kossi [...]
2009-07-02 15:25:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME229 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE CITIZENS ATTENDING
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for the below listed persons to attend AFRICOM sponsored training regarding the use of presumptive drug test kits from July 19 through July 21, 2009, in Lagos, Nigeria. Descriptive information for the proposed attendees is as follows: Name: [...]
2009-07-13 17:00:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO ASEC
09LOME247 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NOMINEE FOR ACSS -
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one (01) Togolese Military officer to attend the ACSS - Health and Security Seminar in Lusaka, Zambia, on August 9-14, 2009. 2. Information about the nominee is as follows: Name: Sossou, Kodjovi Galley Rank: Colonel Dr. Unit: Military [...]
2009-07-24 07:04:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME25GOT ANNOUNCES CREATION OF HOTLINE TO REPORT
[...] On January 14, the Ministry of Social Affairs announced the creation of a hotline to report violence against children in Togo. Called "Allo 111," it is meant to allow greater ease in reporting violence against children in school and institutions, and even in families and communities. Children [...]
2009-01-23 14:51:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB PGOV TO
09LOME302 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ONE TOGOLESE ARMY OFFICER
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Army Officer selected to be Commander of the UNOCI peacekeeping contingent. 2. Information about the participant is as follows: Name: Bataba, Gandah Soklemah Rank: Major Unit: Togolese Armed Forces - Army Occupation: Comm [...]
2009-08-27 12:55:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME331 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ONE TOGOLESE ARMY OFFICER
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for one Togolese Army Officer selected to attend Advanced English Language Instructor training. 2. Information about the participant is as follows: Name: Rembena, Komlan Allahare Rank: Captain Unit: Togolese Armed Forces - Army Occupation [...]
2009-09-17 08:18:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME362 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NOMINEES FOR ACSS
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two (02) Togolese officials to attend the ACSS - Anti-narcotics Seminar in Dakar, Senegal, on November 9-12, 2009. 2. Information about the two (02) nominees is as follows: Name: Badombena, Wanta Gender: M Rank: Colonel Unit: Ministry [...]
2009-10-14 08:47:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME395 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY STAFF
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for two (02) Togolese Navy Staff to embark on the USS GUNSTON HALL from January 15, 2009 to May 15, 2010. 2. Information about the two (02) participants is as follows: Name: Mawussi, Komi Rank: Chief Warrant Officer (E-8) Unit: Togolese Ar [...]
2009-10-26 09:26:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME400DEMARCHE REPLY TO 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarch to Assistant Secretary General Adomayakpon of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Oct 28. Adomayakpon did not give any clear answers as to the GOT position on the matter but promised to pass along our message. He did state that the GOT usually does support th [...]
2009-10-28 15:23:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN TO
09LOME408 TOGO: CONSULAR FRAUD SUMMARY
[...] SUMMARY: The following is the Consular Fraud Summary update for the period of April to September 2009. END SUMMARY. 2. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: The international donor community has slowly returned to assist Togo to emerge from years of economic stagnation. However, the local economy has been hi [...]
2009-11-02 16:04:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CASC TO
09LOME412TOGO: National Assembly Modifies Press Freedoms
[...] Summary. On October 30, the Togolese National Assembly adopted a bill modifying a 2004 law governing the influence and power of the High Authority of Audiovisual and Communications (HAAC). The new law substantially reinforces the power of the HAAC. The vote exposed weaknesses and fissures wi [...]
2009-11-04 16:40:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PHUM TO
09LOME430MEDIA REACTION TO PROPOSED HAAC LAW
[...] On November 10, Post's PAO and Information Assistant met with representatives of Togo's four press unions, the Independent Union of Togolese Journalists (UJIT),the Togolese Media Observatory (OTM),the National Council of Press Leaders (CONAPP),and Journalists for Human Rights (JDHO-Togo). T [...]
2009-11-16 08:27:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PHUM TO
09LOME448 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COLONEL WANTA BADOMBENA
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for Lieutenant Colonel Wanta Badombena to attend the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Senior Executive Seminar from Jan 20-29, 2010, in Garmisch, Germany. Descriptive information for Col. Badombena is as follows: Name: [...]
2009-11-25 10:14:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO ASEC
09LOME64GOVERNMENT OF TOGO CREATES TRUTH, JUSTICE AND
[...] On February 18, 2009, the Council of Ministers issued a decree announcing the creation of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. This commission was first called for in the Global Political Agreement (GPA) of 2006, and a country-wide consultation process was implemented with the help [...]
2009-02-27 12:53:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME83 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NOMINEES FOR ACSS
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for four (04) Togolese officials to attend the ACSS - ECOWAS Strategic Level Seminar in Abuja, Nigeria, on April 19-24, 2009. 2. Information about the four (04) nominees is as follows: Name: Koudouovoh, Teko Mawuli Rank: Superintendant Uni [...]
2009-03-18 14:43:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LONDON100IRAN: HMG FEELS LEGALLY COMPELLED TO OPPOSE MEK RE-LISTING IN FUTURE EU VOTES, BUT ARGUES ITS ANTI-MEK POLICY IS UNCHANGED
[...] (C) UK Government representatives in Brussels are likely to begin voting to oppose re-listing the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq (MEK) under EU anti-terror regulations as the issue arises, FCO Iran Coordination Group Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) January 12. The rev [...]
2009-01-14 17:07:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPRP PGOV PHUM PTER IR EU UK
09LONDON1203UK WINDOW ON IRAN: NGO ARGUES MORE SABERI-LIKE
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to Department (NEA/IR) request that Iran Watcher posts, echoing IRPO Dubai's widely read "Window on Iran" round-ups, provide as feasible occasional front channel summaries of day-to-day Iran-related interactions appropriate for reporting in summary form to a wide Wash [...]
2009-05-21 12:47:00Embassy LondonSECRETIR JA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK
09LONDON1226LIBERTAD ACT: INPUT FOR UK
[...] (C) Summary. Further to reftel, Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers May 21 to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disa [...]
2009-05-22 11:37:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD ETTC PHUM CU UK
09LONDON127IRAN: BBC PERSIAN TV BEGINS OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. BBC Persian TV launched its well-resourced broadcast operations January 14. Both anti-regime exiles and the Tehran regime continue to attack BBC's objectivity. The BBC's effort is a long-term one aimed at attracting Farsi-speaking audiences in Iran, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan; broa [...]
2009-01-16 16:30:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF IR KPAO PHUM PREL PROP TI UK
09LONDON1385COMMMONWEALTH ON FIJI, SRI LANKA, NIGERIA, QUEEN'S
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 11 discussion with Poloff, Commonwealth Political Director Amitav Banerji offered electoral commission capacity-building as an area where the USG and Commonwealth could be strategic partners; said a Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) would soon discuss and [...]
2009-06-11 15:32:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM PINR NI CE FJ NZ CA MY UK
09LONDON1396EU-PAKISTAN SUMMIT: DELIVERABLES ON TRADE, IDPS,
[...] (C/NF) Acknowledging that internal EU discussions on deliverables for the EU-Pakistan had been "tough going," UK Foreign Office Pakistan Team leader Matthew Lawson and Desk Officer Bikash Dawahoo said the UK had secured deliverables on trade, General Schedule Preferences Plus (GSP Plus),IDPs, [...]
2009-06-12 15:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID PHUM ETRD PK UK
09LONDON1423IRAN ELECTION: XXXXXXXXXXXX CLAIMS MOJTABA IS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX and former XXXXXXXXXXXX claims that Mojtaba Khamenei, acting in concert with IRGC Jafari and other officials in the Supreme Leader's office, has been a major force behind vote manipulation, and current measures to repress pro-Moussavi demonstrations in the street, accor [...]
2009-06-16 15:55:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK
09LONDON1442IRAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX SAYS ELECTION PRECLUDED BY "POLITICAL COUP," URGES USG FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR PROTESTORS
[...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX on June 16 told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) and a small group of diplomats that "a majority" of leaders within the government of Iran and the IRGC want the United States, while continuing to avoid interference in Iran, to continue and even strengthen its public messages [...]
2009-06-18 17:50:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINS IR UK
09LONDON1516ZIMBABWE: TSVANGIRAI'S VISIT - FURTHER SUPPORT
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's June 19-24 visit to London, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown, and Development Secretary Douglas Alexander communicated the message that f [...]
2009-06-30 15:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID PHUM ZI UK
09LONDON157SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON ICC INDICTMENT
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 13 round of UK-France-U.S. (P-3) talks in London, Senior P-3 representatives held a shared assessment of the Darfur peace process: Darfur was at a stalemate and the situation on the ground deteriorated in 2008. The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) as well as the Qata [...]
2009-01-21 16:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK
09LONDON1635SOMALIA/HOA: UK MINISTERS REVIEWING POLICY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Newly arrived Foreign Office East Africa and Great Lakes Director Jonathan Allen previewed July 14 for Poloff the discussions UK officials have teed up for ministers to have on Somalia at their July 21 Cabinet sub-committee on Africa meeting. Disrupting the al-Shabaab network [...]
2009-07-14 15:19:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID PHUM MCAP MASS PINR XW SO KE ER
09LONDON1668DARFUR/SUDAN: UPDATE ON JEM THINKING BY GIBRIL
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Representative Gibril Ibrahim said July 20 that JEM is "not venue shopping" for peace talks and continues to support the Doha talks, and that the international community needs to put pressure on the Government of Sudan (GoS) to implement [...]
2009-07-20 15:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID MOPS KPKO SU CD UK
09LONDON1674DARFUR/SUDAN: ABDUL WAHID COMMANDERS READY FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following SE Gration's June meetings with Abdul Wahid al Nour's Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/AW) commanders in Chad (ref A),SLA/AW field commanders and political officers plan to force Abdul Wahid into engagement in the Darfur peace process, London-based SLA/AW represen [...]
2009-07-21 10:52:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PHUM MOPS SU CD UK
09LONDON1701SOMALIA/HOA: PDAS CARTER INFORMED THAT UK TO INCREASE SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT REF: LONDON 1635 Classified By: Acting Political Counselor Daniel McNicholas, reasons
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 13:11:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS PHUM PINR XW SO KE ER ET UK
09LONDON1702WEST AFRICA: PDAS CARTER HEARS UK CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office West and Southern Africa DAS-equivalent Janet Douglas told PDAS Carter July 22 that relative stability in West Africa and a UK budget crunch had meant a reduced UK presence and programming in West Africa, but agreed that Briton Edwin Dyer's June murder in Mali by AQIM ha [...]
2009-07-24 13:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS PHUM XY NI UK
09LONDON1767SOMALIA: LONDON-BASED ARS CHAIR SAYS ARS READY TO
[...] (C) Summary. Acting Chair of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) Zakaria Abdi told Poloff July 31 that ARS is ready to mediate between the Transition Federal Government (TFG) and Hisbul Islam and al-Shabaab. Abdi claimed the TFG's Sheikh Sharif left the ARS because ARS was "to [...]
2009-07-31 16:15:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PHUM PTER SO UK
09LONDON1806UK TO DECIDE ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the letter from Secretary Clinton on budget support for the Palestinian Authority to Alice Mann, Deputy Head (London),Palestinian Program at the Department for International Development on 5 August. She told Econoff that they were "delighted by the U.S. contribution," [...]
2009-08-06 15:34:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER UK
09LONDON1818SOMALILAND: KULMIYE OPPOSITION PARTY SUPPORTS MORE USG PRESSURE FOR ELECTIONS REF: NAIROBI 1685
[...] (C) Summary. Mohamed Omar, Foreign Affairs Secretary of Somaliland's Kulmiye opposition party, said August 7 the USG should put more pressure on Somaliland President Dahir Riyale to reinstate the voter registration list and to allow the return of Interpeace, the NGO supporting the technical conduc [...]
2009-08-07 14:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL EAID PHUM SO DJ ET XW UK
09LONDON1873UK REACTS STRONGLY TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM BM UK
09LONDON207IRAN - ANALYST KHAJEHPOUR ARGUES FOR: BROADENING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Iran's leadership is committed domestically to low-grade enrichment but is not irretrievably committed to creation of a nuclear weapon, in the view of Tehran-based political risk analyst Bijan Khajehpour, who met privately in London with U.S Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte ac [...]
2009-01-23 15:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR IS KPRP LE PGOV PHUM PINS PREL UK IA SW
09LONDON2120UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES
[...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...]
2009-09-11 13:54:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK
09LONDON2178IRAN: HMG "WILL DISCUSS" RAISING CASES OF MISSING/DETAINED AMERICANS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Helen Teasdale of the Foreign Office's Iran Bilateral Affairs desk September 16. Her initial reaction to the request was that given the low ebb of relations between Iran and the UK -- which is still very concerned about the welfare of its local embassy staff [...]
2009-09-18 15:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALCASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09LONDON2315UK THINKING ON OCTOBER 9 DISCUSSION WITH AUNG SAN
[...] (C) UK Foreign Office Burma Team deputy leader Gill Lever told poloff October 8 that the key message the UK Government wants to get across during the October 9 meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) about sanctions is that sanctions are "not all or nothing" and can be done in a gradual way based on t [...]
2009-10-08 12:04:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM UK
09LONDON2333THE GAMBIA: UK CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, NO PROGRESS ON EU ARTICLE 8 PROCESS REF: BANJUL 235
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 16:19:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV XY GA EU UK
09LONDON2352IRAN: IDEAS ON HOW TO PRESSURE THE REGIME ON HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT RISKING OUR BROADER AGENDA REF: A. A. STATE 103219 B. B. THE HAGUE 608 Classified By: Politial Minister-Counselor Greg Berry, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian interlocutors are increasingly concerned that the international community is not doing enough to highlight the human rights violations being committed by the Iranian regime (IRIG). These contacts believe focusing on the nuclear issue provides the Iranian regime with legitima [...]
2009-10-16 12:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR UK
09LONDON2382IRAN/AMERICAN DETAINEES: HMG UNABLE TO PROVIDE
[...] (C) Following up on her September 16 meeting (ref B) with Helen Teasdale of the Foreign and Commonwealth's Iran office, London Iran Watcher asked if HMG had made a decision regarding raising the issue of American detainees with the Iranian government. Teasdale explained the U.S. request for assist [...]
2009-10-21 13:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR UK
09LONDON2391UK IN AGREEMENT WITH THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
[...] (U) Summary: Deputy Head of the UN Human Rights Team at the Foreign Office Andrew Suarez responded to reftel demarche by saying that HMG is supportive of all U.S. priorities at this year's session of the UN Third Committee. The UK opposes the use of no-action motions to block country-speci [...]
2009-10-22 16:29:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN UK
09LONDON2484SUDAN: UK HOME OFFICE GRANTS NON-ARAB DARFURIS
[...] (SBU) In a break with the UK's previous policy on granting asylum to Darfuri refugees on a "carefully considered case-by-case basis," the UK Home Office announced November 2 that "all non-Arab Darfuris," who have not committed a serious crime, regardless of political affiliation "qualify for a [...]
2009-11-04 13:55:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SU UK
09LONDON2485IRAN: SUPPORTERS OF THE GREEN MOVEMENT PRESENT
[...] (U) On November 4, about 10 self-identified supporters of the Green Movement of Iran delivered a letter (text below) and a commemorative plaque expressing regret for the take-over of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. London Iran Watcher accepted the items on behalf of the embassy. A few m [...]
2009-11-04 15:58:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV UK IR
09LONDON2520UK INITIATIVES HARNESS DIASPORA CAPACITY
[...] (U) Summary. The UK has initiated a number of programs to help engage UK-based Diaspora groups and harness their expertise in international development. Under the direction of the Department for International Development (DFID),and the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO),these programs are ty [...]
2009-11-06 17:18:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM OIIP SCUL SMIG ECON SO PK NI
09LONDON2592UK INPUT: CUBA, LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers November 18 per reftel to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disappointe [...]
2009-11-19 12:05:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU UK
09LONDON2737EMBASSY LONDON NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN
[...] (U) Summary: Post's nominee for the International Women of Courage Award is Farhat Khan. Farhat is an inspirational woman who experienced forced marriage and prolonged violence and abuse in Pakistan, escaped to the UK, and has used this experience to work -- often on a volunteer basis -- to [...]
2009-12-08 16:44:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
09LONDON2784LETTER FROM ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU TO THE
[...] Embassy London received on December 10 the following letter for the Secretary from Archbishop Desmond Tutu as the Chair of The Elders Foundation. The letter is copied to U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice and the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Genera [...]
2009-12-11 15:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PREF OPRC PHUM XA SU UK
09LONDON2819(C/NF) COMMONWEALTH TACKLES CLIMATE CHANGE, MOSTLY STEERS CLEAR OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES REF: A. PORT OF SPAIN 00482 B. LONDON 2743 C. LONDON 2769
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 16:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM TSPL KSUM KGHG TD RW ZI GA UG FJ
09LONDON2820DARFUR/SUDAN: LONDON-BASED JEM LEADER ON DOHA, RELATIONS WITH THE SOUTH, AND ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 16:55:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MCAP PHUM PINR PGOV SU CD UK
09LONDON2843UK WORKS WITH EU TO BOLSTER HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
[...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs),FCO Civil Society and Freedoms Officer Sarah Murrell told Poloff that over the past five years, the UK has refined its efforts to bolster human rights defenders around the world. The EU set guidelines on supporting HRDs i [...]
2009-12-17 14:00:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UNGA UK
09LONDON2857UK HOSTS OVERSEAS TERRITORIES LEADERS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 10:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM KDRG
09LONDON290(S) FCO WELCOMES EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON DETAINEE
[...] (S) Summary. The UK Government "strongly welcomes" the executive orders concerning Guantanamo Bay and U.S. detainee policy, according to Robert Chatterton-Dixon, Head of the Foreign Office's Counter Terrorism Policy Department. The UK is not willing to resettle any further detainees in the UK -- be [...]
2009-02-03 10:16:00Embassy LondonSECRETPTER KHLS PREL PINS PHUM KAWK MOPS KISL EUN
09LONDON2909UK RESPONSE: EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 17:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL SOCI CU UK
09LONDON403BOSNIA: UK NOMINATES SIR EMYR JONES PARRY AS HEAD
[...] (C) Former UK Perm Rep to NATO and the UN, Sir Emyr Jones Parry (bio para 4),has been nominated by the UK to be the next High Representative for Bosnia, replacing Miroslav Lajcak, who is leaving to become Slovakia's Foreign Minister. FCO Bosnia desk officer Matthew Andrew Harvey said that [...]
2009-02-13 17:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS BK UK
09LONDON430MAURITANIA: UK AGREES WITH USG POSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 15:59:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EUN MR UK
09LONDON434THE UK'S APPROACH TO PEACEKEEPING REFORM
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Following the January 23 UNSC debate (reftel A),the UK has made more effective UN peacekeeping a policy priority, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown may plan to raise it during the visit to Washington which he has requested. HMG plans to negotiate a PRST or UNSCR to address the [...]
2009-02-19 11:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO UNSC PHUM UK
09LONDON435AFRICA: HMG'S PRIORITIES TO DISCUSS WITH THE OBAMA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. UK officials have highlighted Prime Minister Gordon Brown's priorities in Africa and previewed the core messages which the Prime Minister plans to bring to discussions with U.S. officials. Zimbabwe, Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain HMG's top p [...]
2009-02-19 13:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID UNSC KPKO PHUM ECON XA SO SU ZI
09LONDON440HMG WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON DURBAN II, HOPES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Susan Hyland, Head of the Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group at HMG's Foreign and Commonwealth Office told Poloffs that HMG "agrees broadly" with the USG's position and reservations regarding the Durban Review Conference. She especially emphasized that HMG considers [...]
2009-02-19 15:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC EZ DA IR NL SZ UK
09LONDON445IRAN: JOURNALIST PROPOSES BASKERVILLE DOCUMENTARY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A UK-Iranian dual citizen journalist and historian told London Iran Watcher (poloff) he seeks USG support to make a 50-minute documentary, to be filmed during 2009 in Iran, UK and the United States, about Howard Baskerville, the American teacher who was in the past beloved in [...]
2009-02-19 16:31:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNKPRP PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PROP IR UK
09LONDON517SUDAN/DARFUR: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH FUR
[...] (C) Summary. AF Acting A/S Carter met with London-based Fur leader Ahmed Diraige to discuss how to widen the Darfur peace discussions started in Doha to encompass other movements including Fur representation in order to take advantage of the opportunity the recent JEM-GNU agreement provided. [...]
2009-02-26 15:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID PINR SU UK
09LONDON544IRAN: MEK SUPPORTERS IN PLAN TO PRESS HMG, USG,
[...] (C) Summary: Mujahadeen e Khalq (MEK) supporters within Parliament are ramping up pressure on HMG on behalf of MEK residents at camp Ashraf, and will be pressing HMG, via questions in the Commons this week, for USG and Iraqi public commitments to protect Camp Ashraf residents. MPs stated [...]
2009-03-02 15:25:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALEU KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PROP PTER TI UK
09LONDON55OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP: HMG BELIEVES ISSUE IS NOT WINNABLE AND USG SHOULD NOT ASK FOR A VOTE
[...] (C) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Iran Coordination Group Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling, in several conversations January 8 with London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on ref b, said HMG would stand with USG if there is a vote but deferred to FCO officials leading on the issue. Gelling said [...]
2009-01-08 17:46:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKPRP PGOV PHUM PREL UN IR UK
09LONDON552DRC/INDIA: UK WORKS TO KEEP INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 09:56:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PHUM UNSC CG IN UK
09LONDON553SUDAN/DARFUR: UK SUPPORTS LOW-KEY RESPONSE TO ICC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 09:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PHUM SU XA XW UK
09LONDON568DRC/INDIA: UK WORKS TO KEEP INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PHUM UNSC CG IN UK
09LONDON646PAKISTAN: UK CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR IDPS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 09:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF PK UK
09LONDON668IRAN - ROXANA SABERI: LONDON FRIENDS SAY LAWYER
[...] (S/NF) Summary. A lawyer's visit to Roxana Saberi on March 9 indicated Ms. Saberi was encouraged by news of efforts being made on her behalf, but is generally distraught at her situation. According to UK Embassy Tehran, the charges against Ms Saberi were brought in by a court which tries na [...]
2009-03-16 18:07:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNCASC IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09LONDON67IMO: LEGAL COMMITTEE, REPORT OF THE 94TH
[...] SUMMARY: The Legal Committee (LEG) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its ninety-fourth session at the IMO Headquarters in London, 20-24 October 2008, under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, p [...]
2009-01-12 14:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT AORC ELAB PHSA PHUM UK
09LONDON704ZIMBABWE: SOME AFRICAN LEADERS CALL FOR RESUMPTION
[...] (SBU) Botswana President Ian Khama called for a resumption of aid to Zimbabwe during the March 16 consultative meeting with Africa leaders in the run-up to the London Economic Summit, according to UK Government officials present at the meeting (reftel). Khama said he was initially "very skept [...]
2009-03-20 17:01:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM EAID ZI ZU UK
09LONDON731IRAN-ROXANNA SABERI'S CONTINUED DETENTION
[...] (S/NF) The UK Embassy Tehran on 18 March raised Roxanna Saberi's case at EU Heads of Mission in Tehran and asked the Presidency to include her detention in the next EU demarche on human rights to IRIG, London Iran Watcher learned on March 24 from FCO Iran Coordination Group. FCO also asked Pol [...]
2009-03-25 16:52:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNCASC IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09LONDON801HMG "DELIGHTED" USG WILL SEEK UNHRC SEAT
[...] (U) Carmel Power, Deputy Head of the Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office declared that HMG is "delighted" that the USG has decided to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). As a consequence of the P-5 agreement, if for [...]
2009-04-01 17:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UK
09LONDON837IRAN/ISRAEL: REGIME INSIDER REPORTEDLY PASSES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: IRGC figure Salman Safavi (refs) on April 6 reportedly said Iran's senior leadership has "no interest in engagement" with a Netanyahu government on the subject of Israeli IDF hostages possibly held by Hamas, according to a regular Embassy London contact who said he has, at Isr [...]
2009-04-07 18:11:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPRP IA IR IS LE UK
09LONDON859IRAN/SABERI CASE: UK LEADING CHARGE ON IMMEDIATE
[...] (C) The UK is asking the Czech EU Presidency to issue a public statement April 9 on the Saberi case, but believes that a direct, informal USG signal to the Czechs is needed to ensure a speedy EU statement, according to Iran Watcher (Poloff) contacts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Ira [...]
2009-04-09 13:52:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALIR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09LONDON923IRAN ELECTIONS; DISARRAY IN BOTH CONSERVATIVE AND REFORMIST CAMPS; MOUSSAVI TOO UNKNOWN FOR MANY; XXXXXXXXXXXX LIKELY TO EMERGE; IRANIAN ANALYSTS URGE OUTREACH, DISAGREE OVER CHANNELS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Iranian analysts in Iran and the UK see no clear trends or emerging patterns in the campaigns of candidates for President in the run up to Iran's June elections; London Iran Watcher (Poloff) contacts do agree broadly on the importance of direct engagement with Iranian Government, b [...]
2009-04-20 16:45:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM IR UK
09LONDON952SUDAN/DARFUR: LONDON-BASED OPPOSITION LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two prominent Darfuris in exile in the UK, one Fur and one Zaghawa, see the situation in Darfur as increasingly fractured and the path to peace littered with hazards and potential spoilers. Mohamed Dousa, a Zaghawa leader in the Sudanese Constitutional Party, said his constituen [...]
2009-04-24 12:53:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KPKO PHUM SU UK
09LONDON953SUDAN/DARFUR: JEM COMMITTED TO DOHA, CLAIMS TO
[...] (C) Summary. JEM will continue to engage with the Government of Sudan (GoS) and Bassole in Doha even though senior JEM leadership does not believe that the GoS negotiates in good faith, Gibril Ibrahim and Ahmed Adam said on April 25. At upcoming negotiations, JEM will push for the resumption [...]
2009-04-24 12:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID KPKO SU UK
09LUANDA188ANGOLA REVIEWING POSITION ON "DEFAMATION OF
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 24 to Adao Pinto, Deputy Director of the Americas for Angola's Ministry of Foreign Relations. Pinto undertook to share the information with a "key" colleague in the international organizations bureau. PolOff followed up on March 25 and Pinto co [...]
2009-03-26 07:04:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF AO
09LUANDA193PAPAL VISIT RAISED TOUGH ISSUES; DOS SANTOS
[...] (C) Summary: In his March 20-23 visit to Angola, Pope Benedict XVI addressed national reconciliation, poverty alleviation, transparency and anti-corruption in public events with as many as two million participants. The official reaction to this message was strikingly responsive, with Presiden [...]
2009-03-26 14:54:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF AO VT
09LUANDA223TIP OUTREACH CONNECTS KEY STAKEHOLDERS
[...] (U) Summary: On March 31, PolOff led a TIP roundtable, in which key ministries of the Government of Angola (GRA) participated. GRA and NGO participants spoke openly about TIP problems and strategies for Angola's increasingly active anti-TIP efforts. Post believes that real progress in identi [...]
2009-04-03 16:06:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIP PGOV PHUM AO
09LUANDA249CABINDA: SECURITY INCIDENT PROVOKES STERN REACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On March 31, the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Armed Forces of Cabinda (FLEC-FAC) claimed responsibility for an attack on three Chinese-operated trucks in Cabinda province in which one Chinese national died. Despite a 2006 cease-fire with the rest of FLEC and [...]
2009-04-14 16:30:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV AO
09LUANDA257ELECTIONS IN 2009 UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Summary. Staffdel Marsh's conversations with parliamentary, ruling party, and opposition figures suggest presidential elections in 2009 are highly unlikely. Constitutional reform, which President dos Santos has said must precede these elections, is progressing slowly, with even the most o [...]
2009-04-16 15:15:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUANDA272STAFFDEL MARSH ENGAGES ON POLITICAL, SOCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 9-12 visit, Staffdel Marsh met with top government officials, including Foreign Minister Assuncao Afonso dos Anjos, Secretary General of the MPLA Dino Matross, and Acting President of the National Assembly Joana Lina Ramos. Marsh participated in discussions with [...]
2009-04-22 15:22:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID KDEM PHUM OVIP AO
09LUANDA364MIXED MESSAGES ON SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE
[...] (SBU) Drawing from key talking points (reftels),Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Jeronimo Gaspar de Almeida, Counselor for the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The GRA offered no substantive response. 2. (C) British second secretary David Arkley separately told Polo [...]
2009-06-12 14:27:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SU AORC AO
09LUANDA367ANGOLA: 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 15:20:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KLAP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM AO
09LUANDA37Advancing Political Competition and Consensus Building in
[...] Summary. With its first parliamentary election in 16 years completed and its presidential and municipal elections still to come, post-civil war Angola is in the midst of a transition toward participatory democracy. USG assistance has played an important supporting role in the process thus far [...]
2009-01-14 17:55:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID KDEM AO
09LUANDA580DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 14:40:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AO
09LUANDA582DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 15:21:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AO
09LUANDA585DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 15:21:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AO
09LUANDA65ANGOLA: ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD
[...] (U) The following responses reflect updated information as requested by ref STATE 127448. Laws and Regulations on Child Labor ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Angola's constitution prohibits human bondage in general, and statutory law specifically prohibits forced or bonded ch [...]
2009-02-03 15:50:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI AO
09LUANDA661CONTINUING DEMARCHE ON 64TH UNGA, THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) On November 4, Ministry of External Relations Americas desk officer Dalcio Nogueira reported that his office director saw "no problems" in supporting U.S. positions on human rights and thematic resolutions before the Third Committee this fall, as presented by Post using Ref. B background a [...]
2009-11-04 12:41:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDAO PHUM PREL
09LUANDA662DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (SBU) On November 4, Poloff presented Reftel demarche to Dalcio Nogueira, desk officer of Americas desk at Ministry of External Affairs, and sought Government of Angola support for U.S. position on the Goldstone Report. Nogueira had no direct response on the demarche but assured poloff he would [...]
2009-11-04 13:10:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER KPALAOIS KPAL
09LUANDA7042009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 16:08:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AO
09LUANDA747UPDATE ON ANGOLAN RETURNEES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A USAID assessment team visited Uige Province from 20 November to 4 December to assess the current conditions of reception camps and resettlement zones for the approximate 22,000 Angolans who have flooded back to Uige since the DRC began expelling them on 5 October (see reftels) [...]
2009-12-10 18:12:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM AO
09LUANDA750FNLA IMPLODING?
[...] (C) The National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) - one of the triumvirate of Angolan independence movements and the third largest opposition party in parliament - appears increasingly on the verge of rupture. A convoluted dispute over leadership has left Lucas Ngonda in charge of the FNLA, [...]
2009-12-12 15:10:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUANDA781GOVERANCE NOTE: ANGOLA'S VICE MINISTERS
[...] (C) Angolan cabinet ministers are seconded by a small group of vice ministers, usually two or three, and these senior officials are frequently our counterparts in Embassy dealings with GRA ministries. In a wide-ranging discussion with DCM, Vice Minister of Interior Jose Bamoquina Zau offered [...]
2009-12-22 10:40:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUANDA784ANGOLA-DRC BILATERAL COMMISSION MEETS, PUTS OFF
[...] (SBU) A cabinet-level delegation led by DRC Minister of International and Regional Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda traveled to Luanda December 15-17 for a meeting of the binational commission between Angola and the DRC. The two sides discussed a range of bilateral issues at the ministerial and [...]
2009-12-23 12:55:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM EPET AO CG
09LUANDA785ANGOLA'S OPPOSITION: WEAK PILLAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary. While Angola's political opposition faces many institutional obstacles, considerable internal weaknesses also prevent it from playing fully its role in a democratic system. Whereas the ruling MPLA, albeit with all the advantages of decades of incumbency, is well organized, unite [...]
2009-12-29 09:55:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUSAKA212ZAMBIAN POSITION ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 10:38:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PREL ZA
09LUSAKA313DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND PROPOSALS
[...] In response to the reftel solicitation for Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) proposals, Embassy Lusaka is pleased to submit the following two projects for consideration with a total allocation of USD 19,000. Embassy Lusaka originally selected these projects in FY 2008 but did not fund th [...]
2009-05-07 14:45:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM SOCI ZA
09LUSAKA398RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 11:57:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL
09LUSAKA538LAUNCHING OF ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAW
[...] On July 28, 2009, the Zambian Minister of Home Affairs launched the Anti-Human Trafficking Law of 2008, this makes Zambia one of three SADC countries to enact such a law. Zambia recognizes the high threat human trafficking poses to marginalized citizens. In 2007, the International Labor Organi [...]
2009-07-30 10:30:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ZA PHUM
09LUSAKA57PERSPECTIVES FROM ZAMBIA ON ZIMBABWE SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: In various conversations over the past week, President Banda, COMESA Secretary General Ngwenya, and Patriotic Front Deputy Leader Scott have all suggested to us or the UK High Commission that a direct high level U.S. or UK approach to Mugabe is needed to break the political impass [...]
2009-01-28 07:40:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ZI ZA
09LUSAKA588MFA PROTESTS EMBASSY COMMENTS IN THE PRESS
[...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Tens Kapoma called in the Ambassador August 14 to protest an Emboff's remarks reported by the opposition "Post" newspaper on August 11 that were critical of the GRZ's proposed NGO Bill. The Post accurately quoted Emboff as saying we believe the NGO Bill is unnecess [...]
2009-08-24 12:46:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ZA
09LUSAKA594MINISTER MULONGOTI DEFENDS ZAMBIAN POLICIES
[...] (U) Zambian Minister of Works and Supply, as well as acting ruling party MMD spokesperson and rumored member of President Banda's inner circle of advisers Mike Mulongoti discussed the Government of Zambia's (GRZ) troubling record on freedom of speech and press of late. Mulongoti went to the [...]
2009-08-27 10:34:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL ZA
09LUSAKA637ZAMBIA PREPARED TO BREAK WITH TRADITION AT UN
[...] (C) Summary. A senior Zambian Foreign Ministry official, Winnie Chibesekunda, is predisposed to breaking with NAM, AU, and SADC ranks at UN fora in order to address issues individually and on their own merit. In response to the reftel demarche, she expressed some willingness to support coun [...]
2009-09-15 09:27:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC ZI ZA
09LUSAKA649MORE ON ZAMBIAN PREPARATIONS FOR UNGA, UN HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Zambian Government (GRZ) is inclined to call for measures to address human rights problems in Burma, North Korea, and Sudan at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council. A senior Foreign Ministry official voiced some displeasure with Zambia's tendency to engage in bloc [...]
2009-09-22 08:44:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC UNESCO KV CU BM ZA
09LUSAKA676CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME OF GLADSTONE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 12:13:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KISL KPAL IS ZA
09LUSAKA677DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 12:13:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM HRC KWMN SOCI UN ZA
09LUSAKA726ZAMBIA SEEKING CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME OF GOLDSTONE
[...] (SBU) Zambian MFA International Organization official Mubukwanu told PolEcon Chief October 15 that the Zambian mission in Geneva would certainly be able to discuss its instructions on the Goldstone report with USMISSION Geneva. He regretted that he was not privy to the instructions given to t [...]
2009-10-15 14:36:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL KPAL IS ZA
09LUSAKA730ZAMBIAN BY-ELECTION MARRED BY VIOLENCE AND FRAUD
[...] (C) The October 15 Kasama Central Member of Parliament by-election in Zambia's Northern Province was marred by Electoral Code of Conduct violations, violence, and rampant fraud. Although opposition Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba won in the heavily PF district by a wide [...]
2009-10-19 15:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PHUM ZA
09LUSAKA760G/TiP: KEEPING ZAMBIA ENERGIZED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 04:51:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KOCI SMIG SOCI PREF ZA
09LUSAKA768G/TiP: KEEPING ZAMBIA ENERGIZED
[...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: Zambian authorities and civil society are energized around efforts to operationalize the 2008 Anti-Human Trafficking Act and 2009 Anti-TiP Policy, interlocutors impressed upon G/TiP Reports Officer Stephanie Kronenburg during her October 12-17 visit. With prevent [...]
2009-11-03 05:00:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KOCI SMIG SOCI PREF ZA
09LUSAKA794ZAMBIA REMAINS NON-COMMITTAL ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC
[...] (SBU) Post previously reported that the Zambian Government (GRZ) expressed an interest in single country resolutions that offered a roadmap to resolve the problems described in the resolutions or included technical assistance to help the named country tackle the issues involved, and that they w [...]
2009-11-13 09:01:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA ZA
09LUSAKA916ZAMBIA PREFERS "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" BE
[...] (SBU) On December 1, MFA PermSec Tens Kapoma told Ambassador that Zambia abstained from the Third Committee vote on the combatting defamation of religions resolution in part for "legal reasons," and that the Zambian government (GRZ) will look at whether Zambia can shift to a "No" vote in the u [...]
2009-12-01 13:24:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA UN PHUM ZA
09LUSAKA929PRESIDENT BANDA FIRES AND SCAPEGOATS ATTORNEY
[...] (C) President Banda fired disloyal but competent Attorney General (AG) Mumba Malila on December 7 -- the latest of several senior government officials sacked in recent months (ref A) -- and appointed Solicitor General Abyudi Shonga acting AG. Law Association of Zambia President Stephen Lungu [...]
2009-12-09 14:12:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZA
09LUSAKA985VICE PRESIDENT'S CHRISTMAS "CRACKER" FIZZLES
[...] (C) Summary: Progress by journalists and the Zambian government (GRZ) on media self-regulation appeared endangered December 22 when Vice President George Kunda sent the Ministry of Information (MOI) his own draconian media bill, based in part on Zimbabwe's media regulations. Kunda's strident a [...]
2009-12-30 14:04:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO ZA
09LUSAKA986ZAMBIA: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS PERTAINING TO SEXUAL
[...] (U) This is a response to reftel request for information on human rights trends pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity in Zambia. 2. (U) Chapter 87, Sections 155-8 of Zambia's Penal Code criminalize homosexuality, and the government enforces the law. Section 155 defines hom [...]
2009-12-31 06:26:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ZA
09LUXEMBOURG313LUXEMBOURG: DISPATCHES FROM THE DUCHY-OCTOBER 2009
[...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the October 2009 edition of "Dispatches from the Duchy" to capture highlights from the local press, diplomatic and international communities, and news not otherwise reported during the month. Prepared by (acting) POL/ECON Chief Adam Center. This m [...]
2009-11-03 13:27:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ELAB PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM LU
09LUXEMBOURG321LUXEMBOURG: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 16:58:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL LU
09LUXEMBOURG52LUXEMBOURG'S 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Post hereby submits the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report for Luxembourg. 2. (U) Post point of contact for the TIP report is Adam Center, phone: 352 46-01-23.x2227; fax: 352 22-64-57. Post spent approximately 30 hours compiling this report: FSO FO-03: 15 hours; FSN-10: 15 [...]
2009-02-25 11:47:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MADRID1005SPAIN: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL
09MADRID1009TFHO1: A/S SHANNON AND SENIOR DIRECTOR RESTREPO
[...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and NSC Senior Director Dan Restrepo outlined U.S. concerns over the situation in Honduras for MFA Secretary of State (Under Secretary equivalent) for Latin America Juan Pablo de Laiglesia during an October 10 meeting in Valencia. Shannon noted [...]
2009-10-16 06:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM HO SP
09MADRID1045UNGA: SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO USG THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the UNGA Third Committee agenda with the Spanish MFA's Director of Human Rights, Juan Duarte, October 23. Duarte said that Spain and the United States were on the same page with respect to country-specific resolutions (Iran, Burma and DPRK),but took the opportunit [...]
2009-10-23 16:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN SP IS KPAL
09MADRID1077SPAIN ON GOLDSTONE/UN DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered reftel demarche November 3 to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Subdirector General for the UN, Marcelino Cabanas; Human Rights Office Director, Juan Duarte; and Deputy Director General for the Middle East, Alberto Ucelay. In a follow-up conversation with [...]
2009-11-04 13:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL
09MADRID1101SPAIN APPRECIATES USG OUTREACH REGARDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),on October 7 held a DVC with GOS officials and Embassy Madrid staff in which he expressed his interest in maintaining open dialogue with Spain and outlined areas for prospective co [...]
2009-11-17 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MADRID1184FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION FOR WORLD TOURISM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 16:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI AORC SP
09MADRID1186SPAIN WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO WFP
[...] Post conveyed reftel appeal December 11 to MFA SubDirector General for Continental Asia Jose Luis Garcia Galan, who agreed to discuss the matter with colleagues at the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID). 2. AECID contacts, in response to the urgent appeal [...]
2009-12-15 16:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD IO PGOV PHUM PK PREF PREL
09MADRID177DEMARCHING SPAIN ON DEMOCRACY IN MAURITANIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 17:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PHUM PGOV MR SP
09MADRID178SPAIN'S EFFORTS SUPPORTING MARCH 2 GAZA DONOR'S
[...] Per reftel demarche, sources at the Spanish MFA have said that FM Moratinos spoke recently with Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni, telling them that Spain will cooperate with new Israeli administration as soon as a coalition government is formed. Spain will continue its focus on multilateral [...]
2009-02-19 17:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SP
09MADRID187NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN
[...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTELS, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is Political Officer Hugh Clifton, Te [...]
2009-02-20 20:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP KT
09MADRID188SPAIN NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL MAURITANIAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Spanish MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Dononso February 20, stressing the EU's opportunity to support the AU and its imposition of targeted sanctions against the military junta. Benitez-Donoso restated Spain's condemnation of the coup an [...]
2009-02-23 08:02:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PHUM PGOV SP MR
09MADRID213SPAIN WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Human Rights Office Director Juan Duarte Cuadrado February 24 to discuss reftel demarche and learned that Spain shares U.S. concerns regarding the draft document, particularly regarding racism issues and attempts to use defamation of religion arguments to limit [...]
2009-02-27 09:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC SP
09MADRID298SPAIN: SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FOR NINTH ANNUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 18:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
09MADRID346SPAIN: PROSECUTOR WEIGHS GTMO CRIMINAL CASE VS.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Spanish NGO has requested that the National Court indict six Bush Administration officials for creating a legal framework that allegedly permitted torture. The NGO is attempting to have the case heard by Investigating Judge Baltasar Garzon, internationally known for his dogged [...]
2009-04-01 17:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL CASC CJAN PTER PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI
09MADRID347SPAIN: PROSECUTOR WEIGHS GTMO CRIMINAL CASE VS.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Spanish NGO has requested that the National Court indict six Bush Administration officials for creating a legal framework that allegedly permitted torture. The NGO is attempting to have the case heard by Investigating Judge Baltasar Garzon, internationally known for his dogged pursui [...]
2009-04-01 17:01:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL CASC CJAN PTER PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI
09MADRID351SPAIN: S/WCI ENGAGES GOS ON ACCEPTING GTMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 13:02:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID373SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION FOR NINTH ANNUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 06:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
09MADRID39SPAIN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED URGING IMMEDIATE SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 13:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG SP
09MADRID392SPAIN: ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOMMENDS COURT NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 16, Candido Conde Pumpido, Spain's Attorney General (AG),publicly stated that prosecutors will "undoubtedly" not support a criminal complaint, filed by a Spanish NGO with the National Court, to investigate six former USG officials, including former AG Alberto Gonzalez, for cr [...]
2009-04-17 06:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL CASC CJAN PTER PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI
09MADRID404SPAIN WELCOMES U.S. HRC CANDIDACY AND EXPLAINS
[...] (C) April 3 Poloff informed Spanish MFA's Director of the Office of Human Rights Juan Duarte and Subdirector General for the UN Marcelino Cabanas of the U.S. intention to seek election to the UNHRC in 2009, requesting Spain's vote in favor of the United States in the May election. Post subseq [...]
2009-04-21 08:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM SP PREL
09MADRID440GARZON OPENS SECOND INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Spanish National Court (Audiencia Nacional) investigating judge Baltasar Garzon has announced he will pursue an investigation into allegations the U.S. tortured terrorism detainees at Guantanamo. He has yet to name any targets of his investigation. This comes days after he wa [...]
2009-05-05 15:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL CASC CJAN PTER PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI
09MADRID60SPANISH PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALLEGED FORMER NAZIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In July 2008 the Spanish National Court, under the Spanish judicial concept of universal jurisdiction and pursuant to a request by private parties, initiated an investigation of four suspects who allegedly committed crimes against humanity while serving in Nazi concentration camp [...]
2009-01-20 06:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL PHUM SP
09MADRID604SPAIN: S/GC DAN FRIED PRESENTS CASE FILES ON GTMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:58:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID742SPAIN ANALYZES GTMO FILES TO FIND "BEST FIT" FOR RESETTLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 12:37:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID749SPANISH VIEWS ON JULY 27-28 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the July GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia July 24. Nuno said that the Foreign Ministers will focus on Somalia, Georgia, Iran and Iceland's application. "Any Other Business" items will include discussion o [...]
2009-07-24 14:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP EU
09MADRID780SPANISH ANTI-TORTURE INITIATIVES
[...] (U) In an effort to cement a seat on the 2010 UN Human Rights Council and in preparation for its January 2010 EU Presidency, the GOS is focused on the promotion of human rights. In furtherance of this Zapatero Administration priority, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega unveiled Spain's Nation [...]
2009-08-03 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UN SP
09MADRID824SPAIN SUPPORTS OBJECTIVES OF BMENA FORUM FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 15:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM PGOV PHUM SP
09MADRID832SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI CONVICTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 09:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV BM SP
09MADRID899SPAIN'S COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the July GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia September 4. Nuno confirmed that the Foreign Ministers' discussion will focus on Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the MEPP. 2. (C) Iran: Nuno expressed sincere [...]
2009-09-04 11:06:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP EU
09MADRID912SPAIN'S PREVIEW TO SEPTEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) In a follow-up conversation with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia September 10 regarding the September GAERC, Nuno confirmed that focus will remain on Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the MEPP. FM Moratinos is expected to lead the discussion on the MEPP and repo [...]
2009-09-11 14:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP EU
09MALABO33EQUATORIAL GUINEA REITERATES ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Salvador Ondo Nkumu contacted CDA to appeal once again for U.S. assistance on justice reform, asking for specific help in creating capacities for forensic pathologists and crime scene investigation, which do not currently exist within the EG justice system. The m [...]
2009-04-14 12:04:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS EK EAID
09MALABO41NEW OFFFICE OF DEMOCRACY ISSUES GENERATES ACTION PLAN,
[...] (U) In March CDA met with the Third Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) for Political Affairs, Demetrio Elo Ndong Nsefumu, at DPM's request, to discuss possible US assistance for an Action Plan generated by the recently-created Office of Democracy (OD) within his bureau. The Plan intends to strengthen [...]
2009-05-10 16:35:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EK EAID
09MALABO42AFTER NOWAK -- SETTING THE BAR FOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (U) Our policy of gradual engagement with EG went off the rails late last year following the November 2008 visit and resulting press statement by UN Special Rapporteur Nowak (REF A). Nowak indicated the EG's use of tortur [...]
2009-05-12 11:53:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS EAID EK
09MALABO43EQUATORIAL GUINEA: ADDITIONAL STEPS TAKEN TO REFORM JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On Sunday, May 16 Minister of National Security Obama Nchama called A/COM to say the dissuasive measures taken by Equatoguinean security forces (increased patrols, identity checks, police and military presence around key installations) had been effective in mitigating the recent threat of [...]
2009-05-19 10:25:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR EAID EK PREL PTER
09MALABO48EQUATORIAL GUINEA RAW, PAPER 6: REFINING OUR APPROACH
[...] (U) Triggered by changes underway in Washington D.C., upcoming personnel rotations in Embassy Malabo and animated by the recent attack on the capital, this is the final in a series of cables intended to update our perspective on Equatorial Guinea, and to provide a ground-level view of one of th [...]
2009-05-21 17:29:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PHSA ENRG EPET EK KCOR ECON SOCI
09MALABO57ICRC RELAUNCHES PRISON VISIT PROGRAM IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA
[...] (SBU) On Thursday, June 18 and Friday, June 19, two senior officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) successfully reinstituted a program of prison visits in Equatorial Guinea. In March of 2008 the ICRC suspended such visits when it determined that some of the agreed-upon [...]
2009-06-22 13:46:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PGOV PREL EK
09MANAGUA1011NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: DEA, MINI-INTERNATIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE (IDEC)
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Mini-International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC) in Sa [...]
2009-10-14 21:07:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA1024NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: RSO, ILEA PERSONAL AND FACILITY SECURITY PROGRAMS IN EL SALVADOR
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA Personal and Facility Security Program training in El [...]
2009-10-16 17:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA103NICARAGUA: RAAN ELECTIONS AS PREDICTED - FSLN WINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 19 the Supreme Election Council (CSE) declared the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party victor in four of the seven municipalities in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) - Bonanza, Rosita, Waspam and regional capital Puerto Cabezas. As expected, [...]
2009-01-23 21:35:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1031CONTINUATION OF TPS FOR NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per ref A, following is Embassy Managua's assessment of Nicaragua's current conditions and ability to reabsorb the roughly 4,000 Nicaraguans granted Temporary Protective Status (TPS) after Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Nicaragua has yet to fully recover from Hurricane Mitch, and the [...]
2009-10-19 21:52:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF SMIG NU
09MANAGUA1041NICARAGUANS RESPOND TO COURT RULING ON RE-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: After the Supreme Court's (CSJ) ruling allowing Presdient Daniel Ortega's re-election, civil society across the board has stated clearly its opposition to the decision. They have labeled the decision as illegal and a major step backward for Nicaragua's democracy. While NGOs con [...]
2009-10-22 21:23:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1045ORTEGA'S JUDICIAL COUP: POLITICAL OPPOSITION UNITES AGAINST COURT'S RULING
[...] (C) Summary: On October 21, and in response to the Supreme Court's (CSJ) decision to allow President Daniel Ortega's re-election, opposition parties met and issued a communiquC) denouncing the illegal court ruling and establishing joint commissions to combat the "consolidation of Ortega's dict [...]
2009-10-23 22:31:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NU
09MANAGUA1047MISKITO INDEPENDENCE: DEATH & MAYHEM IN BILWI PROTESTS
[...] (C) Protestors who support the six-month-old independence declaration by Rev. Hector Williams, the "Wihta Tara" (or "Great Judge" in Miskito) of the Miskito Council of Elders (see REF A & B) have been brutally attacked by police, the Navy and government-run Citizen Power Council (CPC) youth gan [...]
2009-10-26 16:11:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV NU CASC PBTS
09MANAGUA1049ORTEGA'S JUDICIAL COUP - FSLN LIKE THEIR EGGS, BEATEN
[...] (SBU) In the early morning of October 22, Supreme Court Justice (CSJ) Magistrate Francisco Rosales was pelted with several dozen eggs by a number of unidentified youth as he was exiting his vehicle and entering the building of 100% Noticias, a Managua television station for an interview. It i [...]
2009-10-26 16:49:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV NU
09MANAGUA105AMBASSADOR RAAS TRIP EYE OPENING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 15 and 16, Ambassador Robert J. Callahan traveled with Defense Attache (DAO) and EmbOff to Nicaragua's South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS) to meet with political, military, religious and community leaders. The ambassador visited Corn Island, Bluefields and El Bluff [...]
2009-01-23 22:15:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA1051WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND THE MOSQUITO COAST INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months have passed since the April 18 declaration of independence of the Mosquito Coast by the Council of Elders and the election of Reverend Hector Williams as the Wihta Tara (Miskito for "grand judge") to lead the people. The Ortega government continues to be silent and has [...]
2009-10-27 22:42:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV NU PBTS
09MANAGUA1053UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES: NICARAGUA REFUSES TO TAKE A MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 22:44:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN NU
09MANAGUA1057FSLN Beat, Kidnap Opposition Youth in Leon
[...] (C) Summary: On October 29, members of the governing FSLN (some with ties to the Leon City Hall) beat, briefly kidnapped, and interrogated youth who were publicly displaying their opposition to the Supreme Court's (CSJ) ruling allowing President Daniel Ortega's re-election. This was done with at le [...]
2009-11-02 18:08:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1065Ortega's Judicial Coup: The ALN Blocks Opposition Unity
[...] (C) Summary: The political opposition's latest effort at unity, initiated October 21 in response to the Supreme Court's (CSJ) ruling to allow Ortega's re-election, appears to have come to a halt on October 28 in the National Assembly. The "united" opposition previously had committed to work [...]
2009-11-03 17:04:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1077Ortega's Judicial Coup: Legal Experts Denounce Court's
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the weeks after the Supreme Court's (CSJ) decision to allow President Daniel Ortega to run for re-election in 2011, legal experts have denounced the judicial ruling as "illegal," "unconstitutional", and "invalid." Experts describe the ruling as such for technical/administra [...]
2009-11-09 22:36:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1078NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND RANGER
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the English Language and Ranger Course in Fort Benning, Georgia fro [...]
2009-10-29 21:35:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA1079GENDER EQUALITY, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN NICARAGUA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September rape case of a government employee by her co-workers and the irregularities in the subsequent police investigation has brought the issues of gender equality and domestic violence against Nicaragua women to the forefront of public discourse. While gender equality in Nicara [...]
2009-11-12 15:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KWMN PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1081NICARAGUA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 18:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN NU
09MANAGUA1090SANDINISTAS ATTACK U.S. EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 29, several hundred Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) supporters attacked and vandalized Embassy Managua for approximately four hours. Hundreds of FSLN youth and state employees surrounded the Embassy, blocking traffic, and carrying signs calling for the i [...]
2009-10-30 21:25:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NU
09MANAGUA1091Nicaragua's November 21 Dueling Marches, Some Violence
[...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, November 21, civil society together with opposition parties will march on the streets of Managua to protest the 2008 municipal election fraud and the re-election of President Daniel Ortega. On the same day (and on nearby streets) the governing Sandinista National Libe [...]
2009-11-20 14:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1103Nicaraguans Successfully March Against Ortega
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) tactics to suppress marcher turnout, on November 21 civil society and the opposition successfully gathered approximately 25,000 participants to protest President Daniel Ortega's authoritarian manner of governance. [...]
2009-11-24 22:41:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PROP NU
09MANAGUA1111Stop the Presses! Nicaragua's largest newspaper accuses FSLN of Sabotage
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, November 19, the printing press of Nicaragua's largest daily newspaper, La Prensa, was sabotaged in what the owner believes was a politically motivated act perpetrated by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government to silence media dissent. The sabot [...]
2009-12-01 15:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1124NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, MAITENANCE ORIENTATION
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Maintenance Orientation training in Fort Hood, Texas from N [...]
2009-11-05 15:31:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA1127Ortega Dismisses OAS and Democratic Charter
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 28 speech, President Daniel Ortega described the recent Honduran elections as a political process lacking legitimacy, meant only to legitimize the coup d'etat. The elections, he argued, made it clear that the Inter-American Democratic Charter and the Organization of Ame [...]
2009-12-04 19:08:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA113NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, COUNTER-TERRORISM SEMINAR IN MIAMI
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Counter-Terrorism Seminar at SOUTHCOM in Miami, FL, from Febr [...]
2009-01-26 22:04:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA1137OPPOSITION UNITY TALKS CONTINUE - ARNOLDO ALEMAN REMAINS KEY
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 3 meeting, a group of prominent Nicaraguan business and political leaders reported to the Ambassador on their efforts to promote opposition unity. The group, several of whom had traveled to Washington the week before for a talk at the Inter American Dialogue and fo [...]
2009-12-11 16:14:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1139Voter Registry Verification Characterized by Low
[...] (SBU) Summary: The November 27-30 verification of the voter registration lists for the upcoming Atlantic Coast regional council elections was characterized by low participation and numerous irregularities, both worrisome developments for the climate in which March's regional elections will take [...]
2009-12-11 19:39:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NU
09MANAGUA1141National Assembly Passage of Bills Points to Pacto
[...] (C) Summary: On December 3, the National Assembly approved a fiscal reform bill, the 2010 national budget, and a non-binding resolution against Ortega's re-election efforts. The manner in which these three bills passed lead many to believe that the corrupt power-sharing agreement ("pacto") be [...]
2009-12-15 23:56:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1147Kill the Messenger: A Case Study in FSLN Political Tactics
[...] (C) Summary: Since President Daniel Ortega entered office in 2007, his Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party has attacked its political opponents as well as those within its party structure it views as opposition. The latest examples of this are a Managua city councilmember and th [...]
2009-12-21 19:38:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1149Lords of the Narco-Coast: Part I - Deadly Confrontation at
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, after a plane laden with cocaine and cash crash landed in the remote, small village of Walpa Siksa in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN),a deadly confrontation took place between Nicaraguan anti-drug units and drug smugglers allied with a some number of loc [...]
2009-12-21 22:41:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALSNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL KCOR ASEC NU
09MANAGUA1153Suggestions for Defamation of Religion in the UN
[...] (C) President Daniel Ortega's government generally votes against the U.S. position in the United Nations, and in 2008 voted against the U.S. position in the important issues as described in the Department's "Voting Practices in the United Nations 2008." As noted in ref E, Nicaragua (along wit [...]
2009-12-22 13:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NU
09MANAGUA1155Independent Media Continue to Suffer, While Official Media
[...] (C) Summary: As the independent media (and particularly independent radio) continue to suffer as a result of government and economic pressures, media owned or affiliated with the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) continue to grow. This has led independent media to limit th [...]
2009-12-22 14:02:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ECPS ECON EAID NU
09MANAGUA1157Nicaraguan Independent Media Attacked Again; Albanisa to Buy Major Nicaraguan News Channel?
[...] (C) Summary: Independent media is under attack again in Nicaragua. Two civil court judges recently filed a "preventive embargo" against Radio 15 de September and Televisora Nicaraguense (Telenica),essentially freezing several thousand dollars worth of broadcast gear equipment. The embargos appear [...]
2009-12-22 14:32:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1192(U) SANDINISTA SUSPICIOUS SALE OF TIMBER-RICH ANCESTRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August, approximately 12,400 hectares of indigenous land in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) was sold to a foreign-owned timber company under suspicious circumstances. The tract from the Awas Tingni community, home to a large Sumo Mayagna indigenous group, was on [...]
2009-11-18 14:47:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PINS SENV ETRD EIND EAGR NU
09MANAGUA1198NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, CENTRAL AMERICA REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF SEMINAR IN PANAMA CITY
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Central America Regional Disaster Preparedness and Relief [...]
2009-11-18 18:28:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA1200Nicaragua 2009 TIP Interim Assessment
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, below is Embassy Managua's 2009 TIP interim assessment for Nicaragua. In preparation for this report PolOff requested a meeting with the Government of Nicaragua's (GoN) Coordinator for the National Coalition Against Trafficking in Persons (NCATIP),however, the Coordinator st [...]
2009-11-18 18:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG NU
09MANAGUA1264NICARAGUA: POTENTIAL POLITICAL PRISONER GRANTED AMENSTY
[...] (SBU) On November 18, the Nicaraguan National Assembly granted amnesty to Sandinista dissident and Catholic missionary Alberto Steffano Boschi. Mr. Boschi, who is a dual Nicaraguan-Italian citizen, fled the country for Italy in November 2008 after being found guilty and sentenced to one year [...]
2009-12-01 15:31:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1266NICARAGUA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] (U) Embassy Managua is please to nominate Leonor Martinez for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per ref A. 2. (U) Full Name of Nominee: Leonor del Socorro Martinez Valverde 3. (U) Job Title and Institution: Teacher, currently unemployed; Youth Activist in the [...]
2009-12-01 16:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PREL KPAO
09MANAGUA1318NICARAGUA - FSLN SOCIAL PROGRAMS POLITICIZED AND FAILING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the third year of President Ortega's five-year terms ends, many of his party's much-heralded social welfare programs to fight child labor, hunger and improve education are failing to live up to GON rhetoric. First Lady Rosario Murillo's auspicious Programa Amor ("Program of [...]
2009-12-11 22:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PHUM EAID ELAB IADB VE NU
09MANAGUA1340NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, COUNTER DRUGS OPERATIONS COURSE
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Counter Drugs Operations Course in Ft. Benning, Georgia [...]
2009-12-17 14:58:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA1354NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, COUNTER NARCO-TERRORISM COURSE
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Counter Narco-Terrorism Course in Fort Benning, Georgia [...]
2009-12-18 16:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA1360NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: ADVANCED CONCEALMENT COURSE IN COSTA RICA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Advanced Concealment Course in Liberia, Costa Rica from [...]
2009-12-18 17:59:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA1362NICARAGUA: VETTING REQUEST FOR MILGP, JOINT OPERATIONS
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Joint Operations Course in Fort Benning, Georgia, from Janu [...]
2009-12-18 19:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA163SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO NICARAGUA BY CODEL
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Managua, I want to warmly welcome you to Nicaragua. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore our continuing commitment to the Nicaragua people and willingness to engage with the Nicaraguan government on areas of mutual concern, while emphasizing our growing concer [...]
2009-02-12 00:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR NU
09MANAGUA172NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, LANGUAGE TRAINING AND RANGER SCHOOL
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Language Training and Ranger School in Texas and Georgia, from [...]
2009-02-13 20:05:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA203GON/FSLN: ON ELECTIONS, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Nearly four months after the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) claimed "victory" in the November 2008 municipal elections, there has been no indication that the Nicaraguan government intends to address the credible allegations of fraud or complaints regarding t [...]
2009-02-25 15:39:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA206NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL DARE DEMAND REDUCTION TRAINING, MARCH 10-13
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the DARE Demand Reduction training from March 10-13, 2009. The [...]
2009-02-25 22:36:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA207NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: ILEA LETSS COURSE, MARCH 10-13
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA Law Enforcement Training and Safety Survival Course in [...]
2009-02-25 22:38:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA229NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Human Rights Seminar, from March 17 - 20, 2009. The names [...]
2009-03-03 22:55:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA237NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, ILEA - LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (LEMDP) TRAINING
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA LEMDP training in San Salvador, from April 13 to May 2 [...]
2009-03-05 19:50:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA238NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the English Language Training in San Antonio, Texas, from March 30 [...]
2009-03-05 19:50:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA264NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Special Forces Training, during the month of May, 2009. The n [...]
2009-03-11 21:38:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA265NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CFAC - MOTOR POOL MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the CFAC Motor Pool Maintenance Operations course in Ft Bliss, Tex [...]
2009-03-11 21:39:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA274NICARAGUA: POINTS DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 22:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA276NICARAGUA'S OTHER SANDINISTAS: THE MRS' POSITION
[...] (C) Summary: In hindsight after the November 2008 municipal elections, Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) President Enrique Saenz believes his party made the correct choice in supporting candidates opposed to the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). MRS participation in the electio [...]
2009-03-13 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA323CODEL ENGEL VISITS NICARAGUA
[...] (C) On February 18-20, Rep. Elliot Engel, Chair of the House Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee visited Nicaragua for meetings with the Nicaraguan government, opposition and civil society leaders, and to visit USAID assistance projects. Engel was accompanied by Representatives Jean Schmidt, Virg [...]
2009-03-26 17:59:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA328NICARAGUA: DELIVERED U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 20:52:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL OAS IAHRC XM
09MANAGUA339NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Joint Operations Training in Ft. Benning, GA, on April 20, [...]
2009-03-31 22:32:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA340NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, TIP TRAINING IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the TIP Training in Managua, from April 15 - 16, 2009. The nam [...]
2009-03-31 22:33:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA341NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who haS been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the CFAC Motor Pool Maintenance Operations Course in Ft. Bliss, Te [...]
2009-03-31 22:33:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA342NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, II STEP TRAINING IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the II Step Training in Managua, from May 11 - 15, 2009. The n [...]
2009-03-31 22:33:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA358CPC DEATH THREATS TO HUMAN & LABOR RIGHTS DEFENDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, Human Rights Defender and Labor Activist Alvaro Leiva Sanchez received a hand-written death threat signed by the Citizen Power Council (CPC) allegedly from Masaya. The note was addressed to Mr. Leiva's mother-in-law, but the death threat was directed against Mr. Leiv [...]
2009-04-03 16:42:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA37NICARAGUA: SAINTS AND SYMBOLS IN MUNICIPAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Daniel Ortega appears to be trying to use religious symbolism for political purposes, as part of his effort to consolidate control in Nicaragua. After following a strategy of co-opting Evangelical symbols in the Citizen Power Councils (CPCs) "prayer against hatred" camp [...]
2009-01-13 18:36:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA401NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, PKO AMERICAS EXERCISE IN ARGENTINA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the PKO Americas Exercise in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from May [...]
2009-04-16 22:42:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA406NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, NICARAGUAN ARMY ESTADO MAYOR SCHOOL VISIT IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will travel to Washington D.C. from May 31 to June 5, 2009. The names are [...]
2009-04-20 16:59:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA415NICARAGUA: MISKITO ELDERS DECLARE "INDEPENDENCE," ELECT NEW LEADERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Miskito Council of Elders elected Reverend Hector Williams Padilla as a new "Wihta Tara" (Miskito for "Grand Judge") to be the leader of The Mosquito Coast. Immediately following his election, Williams proclaimed the independence of the Mosquito Coast, urged the formation of an arm [...]
2009-04-21 17:11:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA433MERIDA INITIATIVE: NICARAGUA FORMALLY JOINS, BUT POLICE CHIEF GRANERA IN DIRE STRAITS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 23:06:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNNU PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
09MANAGUA434NICARAGUA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 00:48:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA443NICARAGUA: CPCS RAN OUT OF PRAYERS OR MONEY?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, 2009, after more than 210 days of illegally occupying Managua's key traffic rotundas to prevent opposition rallies, the "Prayer Against Hatred - Love is Stronger than Hate" faux religious protest ran out of prayers (see Reftel A and B). The campaign showed signs of fat [...]
2009-04-30 15:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA470NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, COUNTERDRUG OPERATIONS COURSE
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Counterdrugs Operation Course from May 22 - July 9,2009 at [...]
2009-05-07 21:52:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA471NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CIVIL-MILITARY OPERATIONS COURSE
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Civil-Military Operations Course at Ft. Benning, Georgia fr [...]
2009-05-07 21:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA472NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, DARE CONFERENCE, JULY 20-24, 2009
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the DARE Conference in Orlando, Florida from July 20 - 24, 2009 [...]
2009-05-07 21:57:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA473THE FSLN'S ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT THE CATHOLIC
[...] (C) Summary. On April 30, First Lady Rosario Murillo distributed a letter from presidential advisor Orlando Nunez to media outlets in which Nunez openly criticized Nicaragua's Catholic Church. According to Nunez, the Vatican considered the Nicaraguan church as one of the most corrupt in the [...]
2009-05-07 22:15:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS NU
09MANAGUA474NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, ILEA BORDER ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN SAN SALVADOR
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA Border Enforcement Training in Sal Salvador, El Salvad [...]
2009-05-07 22:36:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA501NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR TRIP TO RAAN OVERSHADOWED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21 and 22 Ambassador Callahan traveled for the first time to Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). During his two-day trip, he met with opposition, religious and indigenous leaders, held a press conference, and inaugurated a USAID-funded [...]
2009-05-19 16:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM OTRA NU
09MANAGUA522NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE COURSE
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Aircraft Maintenance Course in Lackland AFB, TX, from June [...]
2009-05-22 19:14:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA541GOVERNMENT MANUAL SEEKS TO SILENCE CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) Summary: The Ortega government is drafting a new manual that it states would facilitate the administrative process for international non-government organizations (NGOs) to operate in Nicaragua, but admits the manual will make clear that foreign funds should not be used for "political purp [...]
2009-06-01 22:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA554CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR ELECTORAL REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary: Nearly seven months after Nicaragua's fraudulent municipal elections, civil society continues to call on the Government of Nicaragua (GON) to address the fraud and restore people's confidence in the country's electoral system. On May 28, over 100 civil society associations held [...]
2009-06-03 22:10:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA557NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CFAC LIGISTICS COURSE IN COBAN, GUATEMALA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who haS been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the CFAC Logistics Course from June 17-26, 2009. The name is list [...]
2009-06-04 16:45:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA559NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, ILEA, RISK MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN SAN SALVADOR
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA, Risk Management Training from July 19-25, 2009. The [...]
2009-06-04 17:21:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA600CPC UPDATE: COLLECTING GARBAGE & ELECTRIC BILLS, GIVING SWINE-FLU REFERRALS, AND STEALING PUBLIC LAND AND JOBS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political party and its Citizen Power Councils (CPCs) continue to embed themselves into the fabric of Nicaraguan life. In addition to being behind recent public attacks against NGOs and serving as the primary distribution points for [...]
2009-06-17 18:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA626RADIO STATION SHUTDOWN APPEARS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
[...] (SBU) On June 19, 2009, armed "technicians" representing Nicaragua's telecommunications regulator (Instituto Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, TELCOR) and Nicaraguan customs (DGA) seized $6,000 to $10,000 worth of broadcasting equipment from radio station La Ley in Sebaco, Matagalpa (ap [...]
2009-06-23 23:06:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECPS ECON EAID NU
09MANAGUA642NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CIVIL-MILITARY OPS TRAINING
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Civil-Military Ops Training from July 15 - September 16,200 [...]
2009-06-29 15:30:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA663NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, CFAC MAINTENANCE COURSE
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the CFAC Maintenance Course from July 26 - August 17,2009 in G [...]
2009-07-02 21:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA712NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, ILLICIT ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE IN FLORIDA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Illicit Activities Conference in Miami, Florida from August 17 [...]
2009-07-17 20:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA713NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, PKO AMERICAS EXERCISE (STAGE III) IN GUATEMALA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the PKO Americas Exercise (Stage III) in Coban, Guatemala from [...]
2009-07-17 20:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA714NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, VARIOUS PKO COURSES IN GUATEMALA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend various PKO Courses in Coban, Guatemala from August 17 - Decemb [...]
2009-07-17 20:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA757NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, TRANSNATIONAL THREATS TO SOVEREIGNTY COURSE IN SAN SALVADOR
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Transnational Threats to Sovereignty Course in San Salvador [...]
2009-08-04 18:11:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA767AMB. LLORENS JULY 30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZELAYA IN MANAGUA
[...] (C) Summary. In a private, one hour one-on-one meeting followed by a two-hour meeting with members of Zelaya's cabinet, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras Llorens urged President Manuel Zelaya to go on a diplomatic offensive, including travel to the U.S. and Mexico, and help bring the Honduras crisi [...]
2009-08-04 22:26:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NU HO
09MANAGUA781NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, CYBERCRIME CONFERENCE IN PANAMA CITY
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Cybercrime Conference in Panama City, Panama from August 25 [...]
2009-08-06 22:08:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA787NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, MARKSMANSHIP & OFFICER BOARDING COURSE IN BLUEFIELDS, NICARAGUA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Marksmanship & Officer Boarding course in Bluefields, Nicaragu [...]
2009-08-07 22:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA788NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, LATIN AMERICAN CADET INITIATIVE (LACI)
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will participate in the Latin American Cadet Initiative (LACI) in Washingto [...]
2009-08-07 22:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA79BROOKLYN RIVERA SHOT - ALMOST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27 an angry Miskito Indian shot at Yatama party leader and North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) National Assembly Deputy Brooklyn Rivera during a campaign visit to Kuamwatla. While Rivera's life was spared, the incident reveals the evaporating support he has among [...]
2009-01-16 21:32:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA794FSLN CONTINUES ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO INTIMIDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As has become customary with non-governmental organizations' sponsored public events, on August 8 FSLN mobs attacked members of civil society who attempted to assemble peacefully. Over 500 members of the Coordinadora Civil (CC, a network of left-of-center civil society organiza [...]
2009-08-12 17:25:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM NU
09MANAGUA828THE NICARAUGAN LABOR MOVEMENT: FRAGMENTED AND POLITICIZED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 21:30:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PHUM NU
09MANAGUA835HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF: FSLN LABOR MOVEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 16:00:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PHUM NU
09MANAGUA836FSLN YOUTH GROUPS COUNTER "OPPOSITION" YOUTH PROTESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 18:43:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA837NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION UNITY EFFORTS: A PROMISING
[...] (C) Summary. For the first time in nearly a year, serious efforts are underway to foster opposition unity ahead of Nicaragua's 2011 national elections. The goal of these efforts is to encourage the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC),led by ex-President Arnoldo Aleman, and the Independent Lib [...]
2009-08-25 21:31:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA84NICARAGUA: ON THE EVE OF RAAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) January 18 municipal elections, contacts described conditions as tense. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party ran an aggressive, well-funded campaign, while other parties, such as the Liberal Constitutiona [...]
2009-01-21 14:04:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA845NICARAGUAN DEMOCRACY & INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 9 in Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN),Miskito indigenous leader and democracy defender Marcela Davis was shot and wounded by Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) during a protest by Miskito lobster divers over falling lobster prices. The [...]
2009-08-27 15:06:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI ELAB EFIS KWMN NU
09MANAGUA849NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: RSO, LATIN AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR (LALEEDS) IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Latin American Law Enforcement Executive Development Semina [...]
2009-08-28 14:04:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA853FIRINGS AT FAMILY MINISTRY BAD NEWS FOR ADOPTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) carried out massive firings at the Ministry of the Family (MIFAMILIA),decimating the units responsible for adoptions and the welfare of children. Post fears that cooperation with the GON will deteriorate on adoptions and sensitive chil [...]
2009-08-28 20:25:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KOCI PGOV ELAB PHUM NU
09MANAGUA859NICARAGUA'S REGIONAL ELECTIONS - THE MORE THINGS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) established the election calendar for the Atlantic coast's regional elections, which will take place March 7, 2010. The corrupt CSE magistrates who manipulated the system and were complicit in the massive fraud in the Novem [...]
2009-08-31 21:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA869NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: DEA MONEY LAUNDERING CONFERENCE IN SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the DEA Money Laundering Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica fro [...]
2009-09-02 15:12:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA891SANDINISTA LABOR UNION PROTESTS AGAINST DANIEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, approximately three hundred union members from the Central Sandinista de Trabajadores (CST),the smaller of Nicaragua's two principal Sandinista party-affiliated labor confederations, protested in front of President Daniel Ortega's residence/headquarters. They calle [...]
2009-09-08 22:00:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA899NICARAGUA: TVRPA LIST OF CHILD LABOR PRODUCTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 14:55:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU
09MANAGUA900NICARAGUA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 16:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN UNHRC NU
09MANAGUA914NICARAUGA: PRISON PROTEST & POLICE ABUSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New cases of degrading and discriminatory treatment in Nicaragua,s prisons are back in the news. On September 8, a complaint was filed against an Atlantic Coast police chief for violating a juvenile prisoner's human rights by forbidding him to defecate. On September 9, five female [...]
2009-09-21 13:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI NU
09MANAGUA916NICARAUGA: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS UNDER ATTACK AGAIN...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Freedom of the press in Nicaragua remains under attack by President Daniel Ortega's ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). The party has sought to amend journalism laws in an effort to discourage, if not outright censor, media reports critical of Ortega and the party [...]
2009-09-21 13:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PLAB PHUM NU
09MANAGUA919NICARAGUA: TIP TIER 2 WATCHLIST ACTION PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 20:41:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN NU
09MANAGUA920NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, OUTBOARD MOTOR MAINTENANCE COURSE IN GULFPORT, MS
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Outboard Motor Maintenance Course in Gulfport, MS from Octo [...]
2009-09-21 20:42:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA922NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend MS-13 Gang Task Force trainings in Virginia, North Carolina, Ca [...]
2009-09-22 18:23:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA935NICARAGUA: REGIONAL ELECTION ALIANCES FORMED, FSLN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, Nicaragua's Supreme Election Council (CSE) published the list of authorized political alliances for the March 7, 2010 Regional Elections in the Atlantic Coast. There will be four main political alliances and three Christian/Evangelical parties will run independen [...]
2009-09-28 18:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA959NICARAGUA'S INDEPENDENT RADIOS FACING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Independent radio, like other independent media outlets, faces increasing political pressure from the Ortega government, including vandalism by Sandinista activists and revocation of broadcast licenses. This growing political pressure, combined with plummeting advertising reve [...]
2009-10-01 20:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECPS ECON EAID NU
09MANAMA100BAHRAIN'S FM TO ATTEND MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM
[...] (SBU) CDA discussed reftel with MFA U/S Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa February 18. Shaikh Abdulaziz said Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa would attend the March 2 Sharm Al-Shaikh conference on Gaza relief. The FM would announce new Bahraini assistance still to be determined, [...]
2009-02-19 12:31:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG EFIN PHUM BA
09MANAMA107EMBASSY MANAMA'S INPUT FOR BAHRAIN TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's government demonstrated a commitment to actively combating Bahrain's human trafficking problem. At the same time, senior Bahraini officials recognize that they need to continue their efforts to change society's attitude toward TIP issues, and to educate officials on h [...]
2009-02-22 13:51:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MANAMA112WIFAQ LEADER DISCUSSES PLAN FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: The leader of Bahrain's mainstream Shia opposition party discussed his plan for a "national dialogue" to address sectarianism and reinvigorate political reform. He asked for U.S. support in the endeavor. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador met with Wifaq leader Ali Salman and Wifaq [...]
2009-02-24 08:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA
09MANAMA147BAHRAIN HOSTS ANTI-TIP CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Bahrain hosted a two-day international conference on combating trafficking in persons. The conference was the first of its kind in the Gulf. The conference concluded with a resolution to continue the fight against trafficking in persons. End Summary. 2. ( [...]
2009-03-11 12:53:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
09MANAMA149HAQ SUPPORTERS TARGET SOUTH ASIANS
[...] (U) Summary: Small bands of youth continue to skirmish with police in Shia villages, protesting the detention of two Shia Haq Movement activists. In a new development, some of these youth have attacked South Asians. End summary. 2. (U) Over the past week, several bands of 10-20 Shia yout [...]
2009-03-12 14:26:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
09MANAMA150BAHRAIN: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 16:06:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM BA
09MANAMA166S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO MANAMA
[...] (S) Summary: A Bahraini MFA official said that the GOB would consider the USG's request to accept non-Bahraini Guantanamo detainees as a gesture of respect to the Obama administration's commitment to close the facility. He added that Bahrain would try to convince Yemen to find a compromise th [...]
2009-03-22 11:59:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PHUM PTER KDRG SA YE TU LY SY SU BA
09MANAMA172DEATH OF PAKISTANI ATTACKED BY SHIA PROTESTERS
[...] (U) Summary: A Pakistani man died March 21 from burns suffered in a Molotov cocktail attack during protests at the detention of Haq Movement leaders. Five Shia youths may face murder charges and a possible death sentence. Sunnis and moderate Shia have condemned the violence. End summary. [...]
2009-03-23 10:19:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA183BAHRAIN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS AHEAD OF DOHA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Abdulaziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told A/DCM on March 26 that Bahrain shared USG concerns about maintaining commitment to the Quartet principles and not undermining the Arab Peace Initiative. Currently, King Hamad plans to attend the Doha Summit, but developments [...]
2009-03-26 13:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM AL SU XF
09MANAMA190BAHRAIN STREET CLASHES: THE RULES, AND BREAKING
[...] (C) Summary: Vandalism and small clashes between Shia youths and police are part of a familiar pattern, but recent attacks on south Asians are an ugly departure from the unwritten rules. End summary. 2. (C) Tensions between Bahrain's ruling Sunni minority and its Shia majority continue [...]
2009-04-01 05:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA
09MANAMA191BAHRAIN STREET CLASHES: THE RULES, AND BREAKING
[...] (C) Summary: Vandalism and small clashes between Shia youths and police are part of a familiar pattern, but recent attacks on south Asians are an ugly departure from the unwritten rules. End summary. 2. (C) Tensions between Bahrain's ruling Sunni minority and its Shia majority continue [...]
2009-04-01 05:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC BA
09MANAMA213BAHRAIN SUPPORTIVE OF UN HRC CANDIDACY
[...] (C) A/DCM met with MFA International Organizations Director Fouad Darwish on April 9 to discuss the USG's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). Darwish was pleased to hear the news and said that he would brief the FM later that afternoon with a recommendation that the GOB vote f [...]
2009-04-09 12:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BA
09MANAMA22RADICALS DENOUNCE RULING FAMILY DURING ASHURA
[...] (U) Summary: The radical Shia Haq movement exploited Ashura processions to denounce Bahrain's ruling family. Erstwhile human rights activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja called for the overthrow of the Al Khalifa family. Prosecutors later questioned and released him after a few hours. End Summary. [...]
2009-01-13 13:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM BA
09MANAMA220BAHRAIN: ROYAL PARDONS FOR SHIA DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's King pardoned 178 people charged with security-related crimes, including key radical oppositionists following a meeting with leading Shia clerics and politicians. The moderate Wifaq party played an important role in the settlement, delivering a major success for its S [...]
2009-04-14 14:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA241SUNNI EXTREMIST PARDONED
[...] (C) Summary: The King's April 11 mass pardon of security detainees (ref A) included a Sunni extremist who was five weeks from the end of his sentence. It was apparently a gesture toward restive Sunnis backers of the government. End Summary. 2. (C) Shura Council member Faisal Fulad confirm [...]
2009-04-20 09:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
09MANAMA283INDEPENDENT NGO PAYS FIRST VISIT TO WOMEN'S PRISON
[...] (U) Summary: The Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) made a first-of-its-kind visit to Bahrain's women's prison on May 11. BHRS representatives met privately with female prisoners and examined the facility over the course of several hours. BHRS will issue a report on conditions at the prison [...]
2009-05-13 14:28:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN BA
09MANAMA31INPUT FOR CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] Summary: Child labor in Bahrain is infrequent, and tends to be in family-owned and -operated shops. The GOB did not amend statutes pertaining to child labor. There were no reports of children involved in trafficking, slavery, or slavery-like conditions. End Summary. 2. The following resp [...]
2009-01-15 13:35:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID BA
09MANAMA33BAHRAIN: U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU
[...] (C) Per reftel, CDA informed Bahrain's MFA Friday morning, January 16, that the U.S. intended to sign an MOU with Israel to address the problem of weapons transfers to terrorists in Gaza. Shaikh Abdulaziz undertook to brief the foreign minister immediately, and asked that we share any detai [...]
2009-01-16 08:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM ASEC IS BA
09MANAMA338EXTENDING MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 14:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL SU BA
09MANAMA339GOVERNMENT REFORMERS TRY TO WEAKEN THE SPONSORSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's labor minister announced last month that new regulations will go some way toward loosening the legal hold that employers have over foreign workers, and enable some expatriates to switch from employer to employer more freely. International media reporting has oversimpl [...]
2009-06-08 05:16:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA342SHIA WIFAQ PARTY BEGINS TO FOCUS ON 2010
[...] (C) Summary: The Shia Wifaq party is beginning to organize itself for the Fall 2010 parliamentary elections. One leading Wifaqi says the party will aim to win just one additional seat in the lower, elected, house. This would leave Wifaq in the minority, suggesting a quiet understanding with [...]
2009-06-08 13:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BA
09MANAMA352BAHRAIN RENEWS TIES WITH ICRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain has renewed ties with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of its work to address recommendations from the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review. Both the ICRC and Bahrain's Red Crescent have expressed hope that this step will lead t [...]
2009-06-10 14:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA362BAHRAIN DISAPPOINTED WITH TIER TWO WATCH LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 14:06:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BA
09MANAMA49WEBSITES BLOCKED AS NEW MINISTER ASSERTS AUTHORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government blocked a number of political and commercial websites under an order from the new Minister of Culture and Information. Political societies and human rights activists criticized the move. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On January 14, newly-appointed Minister of Culture [...]
2009-01-26 11:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SCUL BA
09MANAMA50THREE SHIA LEADERS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: The government arrested three leaders of the radical Shia Al Haq Movement when they failed to appear for questioning in connection with an alleged bomb plot. End Summary. 2. (C) Police arrested Haq Movement leaders Hassan Musheima, Abduljalil Singace, and Mohammed Habib Maqdad in the [...]
2009-01-26 15:09:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL ASEC BA
09MANAMA57ANEMIC TURNOUT SO FAR FOR ARRESTED SHIA ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) Summary: No more than two hundred supporters of two radical Shia activists turned out for skirmishes with riot police over the past week, far fewer than expected. Amnesty International issued a carefully-worded statement on the arrests. Meanwhile, the moderate Shia Wifaq party staged an [...]
2009-02-02 14:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
09MANAMA596A/USTR-LABOR VISIT TO BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-12 14:08:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PHUM BA
09MANAMA62SUNNI EXTREMISTS CONVICTED
[...] (U) Summary: A Bahraini Sunni extremist was sentenced to one year in prison under Bahrain's anti-terrorism law. End Summary. 2. (U) Bahrain's High Criminal Court on February 4 sentenced Bahraini Sunni extremist Adel Saleh to a year in prison on charges of financing terrorism and maintainin [...]
2009-02-05 15:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
09MANAMA652BAHRAIN: INTERIM REPORT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Manama's submission for the required interim report on human trafficking, and addresses the specific areas of focus outlined in reftel paragraph 6B. ----------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Bahrain's las [...]
2009-11-16 09:52:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM BA
09MANAMA653BAHRAIN: NEW GOVERNMENT HUMAN RIGHTS BODY
[...] (SBU) King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a decree on November 11 establishing a National Human Rights Authority (NHRA). According to local press reporting, the new body will review human rights complaints, work with international and domestic human rights organizations, and advise the gover [...]
2009-11-16 10:09:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV BA
09MANAMA655BAHRAIN: UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 12:07:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA BA
09MANAMA705NEW HUMAN RIGHTS NGO ALIGNED WITH GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-13 14:38:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV BA
09MANAMA719AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP WITH MFA LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-20 10:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM BA
09MANAMA737BAHRAIN'S YOUTH: WORRIED ABOUT JOBS, SKEPTICAL OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 10:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM BA
09MANAMA741GULF SHIA CONVERGE ON BAHRAIN FOR ASHURA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 09:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM BA
09MANAMA84BAHRAIN'S FIRST TIP CONVICTION
[...] (SBU) Bahrain's Public Prosecution reported to us on January 20 that Arfa Ching, a Thai national, was convicted on one count of trafficking in persons on December 23. The three-judge panel sentenced her to three and a half years' imprisonment and fined her BD 5,000 (USD 13,250). MFA Undersec [...]
2009-02-12 14:27:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP PHUM KCRM BA
09MANILA1002DAVAO OFFICIALS DENY VIGILANTE KILLINGS, BUT HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Concerned about the continued incidence of vigilante killings in the southern Philippines city of Davao, the Ambassador dispatched poloff to look into the facts behind a recent NGO report on the killings (ref A),speak to public officials and civil society groups about the issue, [...]
2009-05-08 09:11:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RP
09MANILA102CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, (Ref A). It updates information provided by Post in 2007, (Ref B),regarding child labor laws and regulations [...]
2009-01-15 08:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID RP
09MANILA1049ON A MISSION, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER SEEKS NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private conversation with Ambassador May 11, Philippines National Security Agency Adviser Norberto Gonzales revealed that he was traveling to Kuala Lumpur to persuade Prime Minister Najib Razak to find a new chief negotiator for peace talks between the Philippine government a [...]
2009-05-15 07:26:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA1065PHILIPPINES URGES IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of his May 16 phone conversation with Secretary Clinton, Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alberto Romulo issued a blunt statement on Sunday, May 17, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi and urging Burma [...]
2009-05-18 08:53:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALBM PGOV PHUM PREL RP
09MANILA1081PHILIPPINES PRESSING ASEAN FOR STRONGER BURMA
[...] (C) In a frank private discussion May 19 over lunch, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed his government's disappointment at what he characterized as the "weak" May 18 ASEAN chairman's statement released by ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan, calling for the release of im [...]
2009-05-19 09:42:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RP
09MANILA110DEMARCHE: PHILIPPINES SUPPORTS EXTENDING THE
[...] (SBU) The Political Cooperation Office of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Southeast Asia Division confirmed January 16 that the Philippine government strongly supports extending for an additional year the mandate of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) in Burma. The Political Cooperation [...]
2009-01-16 07:17:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PHUM PREL RP BM
09MANILA1121MICROFINANCE TO EMPOWER MUSLIM FILIPINAS
[...] (U) Summary: The first Islamic microfinance program in the Philippines aims to empower Muslim women living in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, a region in the southern Philippines plagued by poverty and conflict. The intent is to expand the program nationwide to help Muslim Filipinas [...]
2009-05-27 08:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PHUM KWMN KISL RP
09MANILA1204NPA ADMITS TO KILLING ITS OWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In what may signal an internal power struggle within its ranks, or a message intended for those they believe are cooperating with Philippine authorities, the New People's Army (NPA) recently admitted responsibility for killing one of their veteran officials and the sister of an [...]
2009-06-05 06:58:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RP
09MANILA1209PRESSING PHILIPPINES ON SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
[...] (C) The Ambassador coordinated closely with French Ambassador Thierry Borja de Mozota June 5 on a joint effort to underscore to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) the depth of international concern regarding the human rights situation in Sudan and to urge the Philippine government to sup [...]
2009-06-05 08:09:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALAORC PGOV PHUM PREL RP SU
09MANILA1220PHILIPPINE MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS REACT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Muslim leaders from the National Ulama Conference of the Philippines addressed a letter to President Obama June 5 expressing their sincere appreciation for the President's remarks last week in Cairo on U.S. relations with the Muslim world. The letter (full text para. 5),deliver [...]
2009-06-08 08:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PGOV RP
09MANILA1254AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FOREIGN SECRETARY, DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) In a June 11 private discussion over breakfast with Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, the Ambassador underscored the extreme seriousness with which the United States views the Burmese junta's trumped-up charges against pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, and the show trial [...]
2009-06-11 07:41:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RP BM
09MANILA1262RALLY AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS DRAWS ONLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opponents of President Arroyo who believe her supporters seek to amend the Constitution to keep her in office staged a modest demonstration in Manila's business district June 10. While the rally paled in significance and size to the People Power demonstrations that ous [...]
2009-06-11 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA1308PHILIPPINE REACTIONS TO 2009 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Philippine reaction to the country's Tier Two Watch List ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report has been one of muted disappointment, largely due to effective Mission pre-briefing with a wide range of anti-trafficking stakeholders in the government, from the Fo [...]
2009-06-19 07:50:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM PHUM ELAB RP
09MANILA1350PHILIPPINES REACTS TO IRANIAN ELECTION VIOLENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Allegations of electoral fraud and violent supression of public protest in Iran have sparked widespread condemnation among Philippine government officials, media, and the general public. Beyond concern for the fate of pro-democracy activists as well as approximately 8,000 Overs [...]
2009-06-26 06:24:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL IR RP
09MANILA1363AMCIT IN ALLEGED ABDUCTION TO SUE PHILIPPINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a story widely covered by the Philippine press, an American citizen who claimed to have been abducted by Philippine security forces (reftel) said at a June 27 Los Angeles press conference that she would file a lawsuit against Philippine officials through a U.S. federal court and [...]
2009-06-29 11:07:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PHUM PTER RP
09MANILA1397AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSS NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging July 1 breakfast meeting, the Ambassador asked that Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo press ASEAN to enlist Burmese cooperation on North Korean ship inspections, and Secretary Romulo requested a meeting with Secretary Clinton to discuss greater U.S.-A [...]
2009-07-01 10:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1419DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORTING NGO INVOLVEMENT AT
[...] Post discussed reftel points with DFA's Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Director Leah Ruiz, emphasizing U.S. opposition to the recommendation of the UN Committee on Nongovernmental Organizations to deny accreditation to the Democracy Coalition Project (DCP [...]
2009-07-06 08:27:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL RP
09MANILA1521PHILIPPINES PUSHES ASEAN ON NORTH KOREA, BURMA
[...] (C) In a frank private July 20 discussion over breakfast with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed dismay at ASEAN's timid stance on issues pertaining to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Burma. Secretary Romulo related his impression of an [...]
2009-07-20 07:57:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PHUM PREL RP KN BM
09MANILA1567UPDATE ON DEMARCHE REQUEST SUPPORTING NGO
[...] (C) In a follow-up to reftel A, post inquired July 24 of DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Leah Ruiz if the Philippine government had decided whether to support ECOSOC consultative status for the Democracy Coalition Project, and deferral back to th [...]
2009-07-24 08:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RP
09MANILA1569AMCIT RETURNS TO PHILIPPINES TO TESTIFY ON ALLEGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AmCit social activist Melissa Roxas returned to the Philippines this week to participate in hearings at the Commission on Human Rights and Court of Appeals on her alleged May abduction and torture in Tarlac Province by persons she believed to be government security forces. The [...]
2009-07-24 09:04:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PHUM PTER RP
09MANILA1711PHILIPPINE OUTRAGE OVER AUNG SAN SUU KYI VERDICT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 12 private breakfast with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed outrage over the guilty verdict rendered in the case of detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while frankly admitting his frustration in searching for a [...]
2009-08-12 10:31:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RP BM
09MANILA1712FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO ON OVAL OFFICE, BURMA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private August 12 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed heartfelt appreciation for the warm reception President Arroyo's party received at the Oval Office on July 30, and for the highly successful cabinet-level meetings [...]
2009-08-12 10:31:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RP BM KN
09MANILA1716MELISSA ROXAS CASE UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Melissa Roxas, the 31-year-old Filipino-American community activist who alleges she was abducted and tortured in May by individuals she believed to be Philippine security forces, returned to the Philippines July 21. She has since offered testimony to the Philippine Commission o [...]
2009-08-13 09:10:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1827Prostitution, Human Trafficking, and U.S. Immigration
[...] Summary: As a country facing major development and governance challenges, the Philippines remains a place where prostitution and human trafficking continue to afflict the lives of Filipino women, some of whom may seek better lives abroad through legal or illegal immigration. An analysis of c [...]
2009-08-28 00:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP CVIS RP
09MANILA186SECOND ULAMA CONFERENCE REACHES OUT TO PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Philippines' second-ever Ulama Conference, conference organizers provided an open letter to President Obama in which they expressed their heartfelt appreciation for his effort to reach out to them -- even as early as in his inaugural address, and their desire to strength [...]
2009-01-29 06:47:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PGOV RP
09MANILA2002PHILIPPINES PREPARES FOR ILO HIGH-LEVEL MISSION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Philippine government is prepared to welcome and provide its full support to next week's High-Level Mission from the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Geneva headquarters to investigate allegations of labor rights abuses as well as eight ongoing complaints filed wit [...]
2009-09-18 10:25:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PGOV RP
09MANILA2031DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Director Leah Ruiz. Post emphasized U.S. support for defending the universality of human rights and the responsibility of governments to respect the r [...]
2009-09-24 08:32:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN UNHRC RP
09MANILA2111DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BRIEFING ON P5+1 TALKS WITH
[...] (U) Post discussed reftel points with DFA Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Director Leah Ruiz regarding the October 1 P5 1 talks with Iran. Post emphasized that the discussions were a constructive beginning; that they must now be followed by positive action [...]
2009-10-05 08:53:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PHUM PREL UN IR RP
09MANILA2163GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On October 14, POLCOUNS delivered Reftel talking points on the Goldstone Report to two senior Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials. Assistant Secretaries Evan Garcia (International Organizations Affairs) and Lori Yparraguirre (American Affairs) said that they fully underst [...]
2009-10-14 09:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL RP
09MANILA2165DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT RESOLUTION ON
[...] Post discussed reftel points with DFA's Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO),and thanked the Philippines for speaking up at the negotiating sessions to offer their qualified support of the Independent Expert mandate. Post also requested that the Philippine g [...]
2009-10-14 23:52:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI HRC UN RP
09MANILA218PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY BELIEVES TIME IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with senior Philippine defense officials January 29, the Ambassador emphasized that the United States and the Philippines have scored a number of successes on the security cooperation and counterterrorism fronts over the last several years, and that [...]
2009-02-03 00:32:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA2272PHILIPPINES' FIRST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] SUMMARY: On September 29, a regional trial court in Manila convicted and sentenced two human traffickers -- including a police officer -- to life in prison and fined them two million pesos (USD 42,500) for the trafficking of minors in 2005. The convicted police officer owned and operated a [...]
2009-10-28 08:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN EAID RP
09MANILA2288DEMARCHE DELIVERED - POSSIBLE UN CONVENTION
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to Director Joy Tirol of the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),underscoring the U.S. opposition to the adoption by the Ad Hoc Committee on Complementary Standards of any new con [...]
2009-11-03 05:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL RP
09MANILA2289DEMARCHE DELIVERED - 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
[...] Post delivered reftel points to Director Joy Tirol of the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),soliciting the Philippines' cooperation and support for the key U.S. human rights priorities for the UNGA's 2009 Third [...]
2009-11-03 07:49:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN RP
09MANILA2311THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: PHILIPPINE VIEWS
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on the Goldstone Report to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for UN and IO affairs Leah Ruiz on November 4. Ruiz explained that the DFA in Manila had not yet received from its UN mission a report on the upcoming UNGA debate and resolution. N [...]
2009-11-04 09:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS RP
09MANILA236COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA
[...] Embassy Manila appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) report (reftel A),which lists goods that DOL/ILAB believes are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international stand [...]
2009-02-04 04:36:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP RP
09MANILA2417UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS: PHILIPPINE VIEWS
[...] (C) Per Reftel request regarding upcoming UN General Assembly human rights votes, the Ambassador reinforced with Foreign Secretary Romulo the urgency and importance of the Philippines' vote on the upcoming no-action motion regarding the Iran resolution. 2. (C) The Foreign Secretary fully un [...]
2009-11-19 08:54:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR RP
09MANILA2425PHILIPPINES TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] SUMMARY: In response to the Ref A request, this message provides information on the Philippines for the Interim Assessment of the Special Watch List countries. There were three new TIP convictions, and Philippine government agencies are taking actions to stem the numbers of people being traffi [...]
2009-11-20 06:13:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PHUM ELAB KWMN KCRM RP
09MANILA2448PHILIPPINE CLAN VIOLENCE LEAVES OVER 20 DEAD
[...] (C) Assailants in the southern Philippines November 23 killed a group of women from a prominent Muslim clan, their staff members, and accompanying journalists en route to register one of the clan's leading members for a provincial gubernatorial election. Family members of the dead have allege [...]
2009-11-24 09:01:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP
09MANILA2464AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOVERNMENT ON MASSACRE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 09:17:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP
09MANILA2465AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOVERNMENT ON MASSACRE
[...] (C) As the death toll in the brutal Maguindanao clan massacre rose to at least 46 -- including 13 journalists -- the Ambassador underscored to Philippine Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno grave USG concern over the barbaric attack and urged a rapid, thorough and credible investigation, as well a [...]
2009-11-25 09:19:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP
09MANILA2469MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: INFLUENTIAL MAYOR AND
[...] (C) Moving with unwonted speed after the brutal November 23 massacre in Maguindanao Province that left at least 57 persons dead -- including 28 from media organizations -- the Philippine government took into custody a key member of a powerful Muslim clan and said it would charge him with multi [...]
2009-11-27 07:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KUS ASEC RP
09MANILA2491MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: MORE CHARGES LIKELY; PRIVATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Palace official Jess Dureza told the Ambassador that -- eight days after the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province -- the situation there remains tense, the government is broadening its investigation, and many Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the [...]
2009-12-02 09:31:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN RP
09MANILA2502PRESIDENT IMPOSES MARTIAL LAW IN MAGUINDANAO TO
[...] (C) For only the third time since Philippine independence, President Arroyo imposed martial law December 5 in parts of Maguindanao province, site of a bloody election-related massacre that left 57 dead (ref D). The move followed discoveries of major arms caches held by the Ampatuan clan, wide [...]
2009-12-07 09:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM KDEM KJUS MOPS ASEC CVIS CASC
09MANILA2503AMBASSADOR CAUTIONS TOP OFFICIALS ON MARTIAL LAW
[...] (C) Presidential Executive Secretary Ermita and Foreign Secretary Romulo separately assured the Ambassador December 6-7 that the government had only imposed martial law in portions of Maguindanao province in order to be able to prosecute members of the highly influential Ampatuan clan who were [...]
2009-12-07 10:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KJUS RP
09MANILA2508DEMARCHE DELIVERED - DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Acting Director Joy Ignacio. Post emphasized the potential dangers of the "defamation" concept and solicited support to vote against the resolution. [...]
2009-12-08 05:21:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UN UNGA RP
09MANILA2527AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MARTIAL LAW, MILF, MCC WITH
[...] (C) Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told the Ambassador December 10 that he expected the congress would not override President Arroyo on the imposition of martial law in parts of Maguindanao province. He reassured the Ambassador the government was respecting human rights while [...]
2009-12-10 09:12:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS KJUS KDEM RP
09MANILA2548PRESIDENT ENDS MARTIAL LAW IN MAGUINDANAO, CLAIMS
[...] (C) President Arroyo on December 12 lifted martial law in Maguindanao province. The government announced the eight-day period of martial law had achieved its objectives after the government arrested suspects in the November 23 massacre and disarmed the Ampatuan clan's well-armed private army. [...]
2009-12-14 07:18:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS MOPS KDEM KJUS KCRM ASEC RP
09MANILA2613AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, MASSACRE, AND
[...] (C) In a December 21 farewell call on Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, the Ambassador stressed U.S. neutrality in upcoming Philippine elections, interest in accountability for the recent massacre in Maguindanao province, and appreciation for Philippine cooperation in law e [...]
2009-12-23 02:54:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM EAID ASEC RP
09MANILA437DEMARCHE - USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN
[...] Post discussed reftel points with Assistant Director Leila Lorasantos of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),underscoring that the U.S. has decided to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights C [...]
2009-02-27 08:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV RP
09MANILA444PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from March 2008 to February 2009, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Michael Pignatello, PignatelloMX@stat [...]
2009-03-02 08:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG RP
09MANILA459PHILIPPINES MOVING FORWARD WITH ARF EXERCISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippines has made significant progress in preparations for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Voluntary Demonstration of Response on Disaster Relief and are poised to host a successful event in early May. Fifteen ARF member countries attended the January initial planning co [...]
2009-03-04 04:07:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA494AMBASSADOR ENGAGES GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY ON
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Mindful of broad concern among domestic and foreign observers about the human rights situation in the Philippines, the Ambassador in the first two months of 2009 embarked on a concentrated effort to engage government and civil society audiences on human rights issues, and listen [...]
2009-03-06 07:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KFRD RP
09MANILA544PROMISE OF BENEFITS DRAWS HUGE RESPONSE FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With the February 17 passage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Filipino veterans who served under the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II became eligible for the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation benefit. In three weeks since the bill was signed into law, more t [...]
2009-03-11 10:00:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA563BRUTAL MURDER INVESTIGATED AS EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The brutal murder of a young school teacher has spurred the Philippine government and human rights groups to investigate whether military or law enforcement members were involved in the crime. Rebelyn Pitao, the 20-year-old daughter of New People's Army (NPA) insurgent leader Le [...]
2009-03-13 09:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA646FOREIGN SECRETARY ON HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a broadranging discussion March 24, the Ambassador urged Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo to ensure the safety of two high-profile murder suspects if they are extradited from the U.S., and reiterated the need for continued improvement in Philippine human [...]
2009-03-24 09:15:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL BEXP VA RP
09MANILA678DEMARCHE - DEFENDING THE AUTHORITIES OF THE
[...] (C) Post discussed reftel points with Director Voltaire Pingul of the Office of ASEAN Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),regarding the intention of Government of Burma to curtail significantly the authorities of the UN, ASEAN, and the Government of Burma Tripartite Core Group [...]
2009-03-27 04:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PHUM BM RP
09MANILA679DEMARCHE - DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel points with the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),underscoring U.S. concerns that the resolution could be used to limit freedom of religion and expression and curtail legitimate dissent. Post [...]
2009-03-27 04:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF RP
09MANILA757AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DAVAO KILLINGS REPORT WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met April 7 with Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth to discuss that group's new report on the long-running vigilante killings of street children, gang members, and petty criminals in Mindanao's southern city of Davao. Roth said his group's extensive [...]
2009-04-13 10:12:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA857UNHRC ELECTION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Post delivered Diplomatic Note number 0572, formally announcing the United States' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),and a copy of the United States' "Human Rights Commitments and Pledges" to Assistant Director Leila Lorasantos of the Office of United Nations and Internationa [...]
2009-04-22 09:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL RP
09MANILA999PHILIPPINES HITS HOME RUN WITH FIRST-EVER REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippines hosted the first-ever ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) field exercise May 4-8, a voluntary disaster relief demonstration, which involved 25 of 26 ARF nations and the European Union. The week-long event was an unqualified success. The primary goal of the civilian-led [...]
2009-05-08 08:26:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MAPUTO1372COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (U) Summary: This cable is in response to the request for post input on promoting cooperation with the United Kingdom (UK) on Africa regional issues (reftel). Mission Maputo is actively engaged with HMG in Mozambique and has longstanding cooperation efforts already underway. These efforts in [...]
2009-12-17 14:01:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ECON SNAR EAID UK MZ
09MAPUTO289MOZAMBIQUE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family [...]
2009-02-26 11:07:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF
09MAPUTO391CHOLERA RIOTS, PRISON DEATHS, AND CIVIL UNREST IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17, thirteen Mozambicans died in a police cell in the district police command of Mogincual, Nampula Province, of asphyxia and suffocation, according to Mozambican Police (PRM) reports of autopsy results. The detained persons were kept in a 4 by 2 meter cell with little [...]
2009-03-19 17:13:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI TBIO SENV KCRM KTIP PHUM ASEC
09MAPUTO41MOZAMBIQUE -- CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] SUMMARY: The Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) is party to the ILO convention against the worst forms of child labor. The GRM has a regulatory framework in place to monitor and prosecute infractions of the labor code, but does not have a regulatory body specifically devoted to chil [...]
2009-01-16 10:32:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MZ
09MAPUTO513GOVERNMENT INCREASINGLY SENSITIVE ABOUT DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge d'Affaires met with Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana recently to discuss democracy and governance issues. Responding strongly, Sumbana denied that FRELIMO intentionally dominates the political landscape limiting opposition politics, press freedom, and economi [...]
2009-04-23 08:24:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EINV EAID KPAO PHUM KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO528GENDER EQUALITY, AN ELUSIVE GOAL
[...] SUMMARY: Women are specifically recognized as equal to men under the Mozambican constitution, but equality has proved an elusive goal. Legal structures are in place to assure equal treatment but lack of knowledge of rights and financial resources, lack of access to the courts, limited educat [...]
2009-04-28 08:42:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM SCUL MZ
09MAPUTO611FRELIMO MAVERICKS CONCERNED ABOUT CORRUPTION
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the end of Guebuza's first five years in office, little has been done about corruption. Insiders from the ruling Frelimo party have voiced concern about the corrupt practices of the party's leadership, and say that narco-traffickers and money launderers have infiltrated the [...]
2009-05-28 13:11:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCOR KDEM KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR MZ
09MAPUTO615MOZAMBIQUE'S PROPOSAL FOR FY 2009 JULIA TAFT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel 08 State 014280, U.S. Embassy- Maputo submits the following proposal for consideration under the FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund. The Zimbabwe-Mozambique Solidarity Alliance (ZIMOSA),working in partnership with the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM) [...]
2009-05-29 08:20:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL
09MAPUTO624DEATH, DISEASE AND ABUSE: PRISON CONDITIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff recently joined representatives from the EU Human Rights group, including Sweden, Portugal, and Norway, on a mission to Tete Province to visit the Provincial Prison and meet with representatives from local authorities, civil society, and the prisoners. Tete Provincial Pri [...]
2009-06-03 12:11:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO MZ
09MAPUTO657MOZAMBIQUE MEDIA REACTION TO POTUS CAIRO SPEECH
[...] One week after the President's "A New Beginning" speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, Mozambican press is still digesting his words and the implications for Muslims and U.S. policy. While all coverage has been positive, praising the President for his boldness, his eloquence and his depth of [...]
2009-06-12 05:33:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO797GROWING CORRUPTION AND WEAK GOVERNANCE IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five years ago, President Guebuza was elected into office on a platform of promoting human rights and democracy while fighting poverty, corruption, and crime. In the run-up to the October 28 national elections, a series of reports on Governance and Corruption in Mozambique from [...]
2009-07-17 06:16:00Embassy MaputoSECRETKCOR KDEM SNAR KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV AMGT PTER
09MAPUTO806ZIMBABWEANS IN MANICA CANNOT AFFORD TO GO HOME
[...] (C) Summary: Extending along much of Zimbabwe's eastern border, Manica Province has been the recipient of a wave of Zimbabwean refugees, as well as a higher-than-average incidence of cholera over the past year. Currently, refugees are fewer and the effects of the cholera outbreak earlier this [...]
2009-07-21 09:26:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM SMIG ZI MZ
09MAPUTO968ILLICIT DIAMOND TRADE: FROM ZIMBABWE TO MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs traveled to Manica to investigate rumors of rampant diamond smuggling from Zimbabwe. Open borders and corrupt government officials make trafficking in goods and people easy, and poloffs found evidence of both. In response to Ref A, Charge met with Minister of Natural Re [...]
2009-08-31 12:12:00Embassy MaputoSECRETPREL PGOV ECON EMIN PREF PHUM SMIG MZ ZI
09MASERU11HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LDF SENIOR OFFICER
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to attend the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies' 2009 Senior Executive Seminar, SES 09-1, from 21-28 Jan 2009. The nominee is the Deputy Commander a [...]
2009-01-12 14:55:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU121LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS SENIOR LEADERS
[...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the three (3) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The nominees are from Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and the Ministry of Defense and National Security. a) Name: Pa [...]
2009-04-28 15:39:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU153LESOTHO: RELATIONS DETERIORATE BETWEEN THE LAW SOCIETY AND
[...] The Law Society of Lesotho (equivalent to the American Bar Association),convened a press conference on April 17, 2009, to announce the establishment of a "commission of inquiry on the root causes of the current unsatisfactory state of the administration of justice in Lesotho". The decision b [...]
2009-05-18 10:30:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM LT
09MASERU230HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS HEALTH AND SECURITY IN AFRICA
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. One candidate is a senior Lesotho Defense Force officer (LDF) and the other a civilian official from the Ministry of Defense and [...]
2009-07-10 10:52:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU270HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the five (5) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in Financial Investigation Techniques course. The candidates are officials from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the [...]
2009-08-06 11:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU273HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GEORGE C. MARSHALL CENTRE : PROGRAM
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidate is a senior officer in the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF). a) Name: Tente Peete Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Date of [...]
2009-08-07 09:37:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU274HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the five (5) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). The course will be held by the US Treasury Office of T [...]
2009-08-10 06:26:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU276HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DIILS COURSE 'LEGAL ASPECTS OF
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. The candidate is a senior officer in the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF). a) Name: Thabang MATHAJANE Rank: Major Date of birth [...]
2009-08-10 15:15:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU28LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to attend the Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS) at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany. The candidate is a member of [...]
2009-02-10 19:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU289HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS COURSE SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the five (5) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS),Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and National Security Service (NS [...]
2009-08-21 11:27:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU29LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to attend an MS-Platoon Leader Officer Basic course at the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The candidate is a member of the Leso [...]
2009-02-10 19:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU315LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the six (6) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses [...]
2009-09-04 09:49:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU341OBLIGATION OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUNDS
[...] Total amount of USD 43,000 Democracy and Human Rights funds allocated to Maseru has been obligated in its entirety. The agreement date for the following projects is September 16, 2009. 2. Project Details: A. DHRF II-632-09-001: Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organizations for v [...]
2009-09-21 10:38:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM KWMN SOCI LT
09MASERU361LESOTHO: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] Per reftel's request, post submits the following information for the annual AGOA eligibility review. 2. Country: Lesotho Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: The Kingdom of Lesotho is a landlocked Southern African nation with a population of approximately [...]
2009-10-09 09:16:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM LT
09MASERU364LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DVOT DELEGATION BY LESOTHO
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the four (4) senior members of the Lesotho Defense Force officer (LDF) who will undertake a Distinguished Visitor Orientation Tour (DVOT),using IMET funds, from October 18 through 25, 2009. a) Name: Th [...]
2009-10-13 10:17:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU37LESOTHO NON-COMMITTAL ON DURBAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 12:38:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC LT
09MASERU385U.S. CAN EXPECT LESOTHO'S NORMAL SUPPORT
[...] Public Diplomacy, Economic, and Political Officer (PDEP) met with the Director of Europe and Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, October 26, to discuss reftels. Concerning ref A, we are advised that Lesotho "should be able to support our candidate." This is consistent with [...]
2009-10-27 15:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA
09MASERU392LESOTHO: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNABLE TO RESPOND AT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 11:58:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS LT
09MASERU403LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DEFENSE INSTITUTE OF
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in the afore-mentioned conference hosted by the Defense Institute of Medical Operations (DIMO). The candidates are from the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) [...]
2009-11-13 13:15:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU427LESOTHO IS EXPECTED TO ABSTAIN ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 11:00:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA LT
09MASERU433LESOTHO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GEORGE C. MARSHALL CENTRE :
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the Senior Executive Seminar (SES) at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany . The candidate is a senior offic [...]
2009-12-17 07:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU445LESOTHO: HOMOSEXUALITY NOT LEGISLATED, BUT CULTURAL TABOOS
[...] Lesotho has no anti-gay specific laws on the books, nor is there any movement at the moment to introduce a bill in parliament that would make homosexuality illegal. There is a law against sodomy, but all cases so far have involved adults abusing children. There is no evidence that this law is [...]
2009-12-28 14:34:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV LT
09MASERU93UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: LESOTHO "WANTS TO SEE THE COUNCIL
[...] Poloff met with the Director of Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 7. The Director stated that he would have to consult with the "authorities," presumably the Foreign Minister and Principle Secretary for Foreign Affairs. However, he was confident that Lesotho will suppor [...]
2009-04-08 15:32:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LT
09MATAMOROS188DARK SECURITY CLOUD HOVERS OVER MATAMOROS BUSINESS
[...] (U) Participants: Consul General Michael Barkin EconOff Angela Palazzolo National Vice President Roberto Capistran, CANACINTRA Mexico (La Camara Nacional de la Industria de Transformacisn) President Alejandro Fernandez Sandoval, COPARMEX Matamoros (Confederacisn Patronal de la Republica Me [...]
2009-12-22 20:41:00Consulate MatamorosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON KCRM MX
09MBABANE18 SWAZILAND: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 10:32:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID WZ
09MBABANE197SWAZILAND TIER 3 TIP REASSESSMENT
[...] SUMMARY: The government of the Kingdom of Swaziland (GKOS) has made significant and substantial progress in addressing human trafficking since the 2009 TIP report was published 90 days ago. It has moved forward on all of the items recommended in Swaziland's Tier 3 Action Plan. Swazi official [...]
2009-08-20 05:39:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG WZ
09MBABANE250SEDITION/TERRORISM CHARGES DISMISSED AGAINST LEADER OF
[...] SUMMARY: On September 21, High Court Justice Mbutfo Mamba dismissed terrorism and sedition charges against Swaziland's best known dissident, banned political party leader Mario Masuku, citing poor evidence presented by the prosecution. The hearing, which came ten months after Masuku's arrest [...]
2009-09-21 16:29:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM WZ
09MBABANE273SWAZILAND 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] Country Background Summary: Swaziland is a small, land-locked country with one of the most limited economies in southern Africa. Its predominately young and rural population is beset by many challenges; foremost among them are widespread poverty and unemployment, along with one of the highest [...]
2009-10-13 04:30:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM WZ
09MBABANE274King Appoints Political Party Leader to Senior Advisory
[...] SUMMARY: On September 21, Obed Dlamini, most senior member of the executive committee of the legally unrecognized Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC) "opposition" political party, took his seat on the Swaziland National Council (Liqoqo),the king's advisory council and one of the most p [...]
2009-10-13 14:28:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM WZ
09MBABANE288DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
[...] PolOff delivered points per reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Socio-Political Analyst Sandile Hlatshwayo on October 28. Hlatshwayo had no immediate substantive response; however he stated he would share the information with his principals. PolOff also shared U.S. positions with American a [...]
2009-10-28 14:06:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN WZ
09MBABANE292LEAHY VETTING: BASIC INFANTRY COURSE-MASEKO, MNDZEBELE
[...] Please request vetting for the following candidate to attend the Infantry Basic Officer Leader course at Fort Benning, Georgia from November 23, 2009 to March 16, 2010. CANDIDATE: Name: Zizwe Bongani MASEKO(Black/Male) Place of Birth: Manzini, Swaziland Date of Birth: February [...]
2009-10-29 08:26:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PHUM SNAR PTER WZ
09MBABANE296LEAHY VETTING: HIV POLICY DEVELOPMENT COURSE-KUNENE,
[...] Please request vetting for the following candidates to attend the HIV Planning and Policy Development course in San Antonio, Texas, from December 6 to December 11, 2009. CANDIDATE: Name: Shayilanga Cornelius KUNENE(Black/Male) Place of Birth: Piggs Peak, Swaziland Date of Birth: [...]
2009-11-02 12:49:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PHUM SNAR PTER WZ
09MBABANE300DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] On November 3, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Socio-Political Analyst Vulindlela Kunene. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had no immediate response to the U.S. position. Post will inform State and the USUN Mission of any future substantive feedback. MORRISO [...]
2009-11-05 04:45:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL WZ
09MBABANE308ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION GAINING STEAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 10, Ambassador Irving and PolOff met with Anti-Corruption Commissioner Justice H.M Mtegha and Deputy Commissioner Tebogo Fruhwith to discuss the Commission's work and good governance in Swaziland. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been in operation with a comm [...]
2009-11-12 07:23:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM WZ
09MBABANE312DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS
[...] On November 13, Ambassador and PolOff delivered points per reftel to Acting Foreign Minister Lindiwe Gwebu, who is the current Minister of Housing and Urban Development. Minister Gwebu had no immediate substantive response; however she stated she would discuss this information with Foreign Mi [...]
2009-11-13 10:01:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA WZ
09MBABANE313SWAZILAND 2009 INTERIM TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Since the June 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, the Government of Swaziland has made substantial progress in addressing human trafficking. GKOS has acknowledged it did not take TIP seriously until this year, and therefore many initiatives to prosecute and punish traffickers [...]
2009-11-16 12:58:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG WZ
09MBABANE314SWAZILAND PASSES COMPREHENSIVE ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAW
[...] SUMMARY: Capping months of meetings and focus on trafficking in persons, King Mswati III has assented to the 2009 People Trafficking and People Smuggling Prohibition Act, passed by the Senate and House in October. The law is expected to be published in the government gazette within the next f [...]
2009-11-16 13:04:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PGOV PHUM WZ
09MBABANE324DEMARCHE DELIVERED: K-P ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 14:26:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN UNGA WZ
09MBABANE337HOUSE SPEAKER EMPHASIZES NEED FOR STRONG PARLIAMENT, ASKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaker of the House of Assembly Prince Guduza Dlamini stressed the need for a strong parliament in Swaziland and asked for assistance in strengthening capacity for members of parliament and staff in a December 10 meeting with the Ambassador and PolOff. Prince Guduza, who also [...]
2009-12-11 10:20:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR WZ
09MBABANE351LABOR LEADER JAN SITHOLE: SWAZILAND NOT UPHOLDING LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: Labor union and civil society leader Jan Sithole, who recently stepped down after 25 years as secretary general of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU),told PolOff that Swaziland is not doing well implementing treaties and laws upholding labor rights. Recalling influenti [...]
2009-12-21 14:45:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL ECON PHUM WZ
09MBABANE352FINANCE MINISTER'S "TORNADO OF TAXATION" IRRESPONSIBLE, MAY
[...] SUMMARY: According to former Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) General Secretary Jan Sithole, the recent Swazi Finance Minister's taxation proposals to close a revenue gap were "irresponsible." In response to a drop in Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) revenues, which currently [...]
2009-12-21 15:04:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL PHUM WZ
09MBABANE354SWAZI SOCIETAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GAYS AND LESBIANS
[...] Legal Status: British colonial era legislation against sodomy remains on the books, but post contacts knew of no cases where it had been used to arrest homosexuals. Early versions of the proposed Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence bill, which has been before Parliament since at least 2006, [...]
2009-12-29 14:29:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV WZ
09MBABANE4SUBJECT: PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES U.S./SWAZI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 31, Ambassador Maurice Parker met with Swazi Prime Minister Barnabus Dlamini. The PM requested the meeting to gauge GKOS' standing with diplomatic missions accredited to Swaziland, and to request U.S. financial assistance in building a new state-of-the-art hospital [...]
2009-01-07 11:14:00Embassy MbabaneCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM PHUM PREL PTER PINR IR WZ
09MBABANE52 HIV PREVALENCE RATE IN SWAZILAND SAMPLE RISES, BUT
[...] SUMMARY: On February 24th at a national public forum, Swaziland's Minister of Health Benedict Xaba released findings of the latest HIV Sentinel Surveillance Survey of a sample of pregnant women presenting at health clinics around the country. The late 2008 survey data show that HIV prevalenc [...]
2009-03-03 13:28:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KTIP WZ
09MBABANE67 FRUITFUL DIALOGUE BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND PM
[...] SUMMARY: On March 6, Ambassador Parker met with Swazi Prime Minister (PM) Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini. Discussion included: Ambassador Parker's impending departure from Swaziland; the 2008 Human Rights Report; current international perspective towards the government of the Kingdom of Swaziland [...]
2009-03-13 02:51:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID WZ
09MEXICO1004MX 2009-136, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on PA Qualification Course, Fort Meade, MD, April 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-04-07 16:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1005MX 2009-139, Naval Criminal Investigation Service LEAHY
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Naval Criminal Investigation Service, on Security Detail Driving Seminar, San Diego, CA, April 21, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations o [...]
2009-04-07 16:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1017MX 2009-138, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Drug and Criminal Investigation, Mexico City, April 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2009-04-07 20:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1023MX 2009-148, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Legat, on Annual Anti-Gang Conference, El Salvador, April 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2009-04-08 20:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1024MX 2009-141, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Meth and Clandestine Labs., Cuernavaca, Mexico, April 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-04-08 20:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1025MX 2009-140, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud, Oaxaca, Mexico, April 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2009-04-08 20:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1055SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO MEXICO
[...] (Confidential) Key Points --Despite the challenges presented by criminal violence in Mexico and the global financial crisis, President Calderon remains an effective and authoritative leader of an economically and politically viable nation. He is genuinely committed to leave a legacy at the e [...]
2009-04-14 16:11:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO1075MX 2009-142, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Basic Drug ID, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]
2009-04-15 18:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1083MX 2009-143, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, Merida, Mexico, April 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-04-15 21:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1087MX #2009-157, FBI EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Annual Anti-Gang Conference, in El Salvador, April 28, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before April 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-04-15 23:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1095MX 2009-145, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Basic Drug ID, Chiapas, Mexico, May 5, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2009-04-16 19:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1096MX 2009-146, USMS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USMS, on Fugitive Investigation Course, New Mexico, May 1, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-04-16 19:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1099MX 2009-150, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Digital Media Forensics, Mexico City, May 5, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2009-04-17 17:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1100MX 2009-151, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Antiterrorism I & II and Special Reaction Teams, IAAFA, Texas, May 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by t [...]
2009-04-17 17:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1130MX 2009-154, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Homicide Investigation Course, Veracruz, Mexico, May 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2009-04-21 19:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1131MX 2009-153, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Legat, on FBI National Academy Association Retrainer, Brazil, May 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-04-21 19:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1132MX 2009-152, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Firearms and Explosives Identification, Guadalajara, Mexico, May 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2009-04-21 19:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1133MX 2009-147, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Seminar on Trauma Awareness and Resilience I, Mexico City, May 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2009-04-21 19:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1134MX 2009-156, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Legat, on Basic Police Tactics Course, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, May 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indiv [...]
2009-04-21 19:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1136MEXICO ON USG PARTICIPATION IN THE DURBAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 20:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM MX
09MEXICO1146MX 2009-163, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Human Rights in Support of 1206 CT, Mexico City, May 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-04-23 19:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1147MX 2009-164, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Combating terrorism, Mexico City, May 12, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2009-04-23 19:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1148MX 2009-161, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Hemispheric Defense Studies, Washington, May 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2009-04-23 19:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1149MX 2009-159, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Man Hunting, Mexico City, May 21, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...]
2009-04-23 19:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1151MX 2009-158, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Training on the new criminal justice system, Mexico City, May 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2009-04-23 19:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1180MX 2009-166, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SP AVN Safety Magt, Ft. Lucker, May 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2009-04-27 22:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1187MX 2009-164, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Combating terrorism, Mexico City, May 12, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2009-04-28 20:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1188MX 2009-162, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Human Rights in Support of Merida Initiative, Mexico City, May 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-04-28 20:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1189MX 2009-160, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Counter-Narcotics information Analysis, Mexico City, May 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-04-28 20:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1190MX 2009-168, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Combating Narco Terrorism, Mexico City, May 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]
2009-04-28 20:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1192EPR MEDIATION TALKS DISSOLVE
[...] (U) Summary. On 21 April, the Mediation Commission (COMED) that had the role of mediator for dialogue between the EPR and the Mexican Government formally removed itself from any future exchanges. The COMED was composed of civil society representatives that had been identified by the EPR la [...]
2009-04-28 22:11:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER MX
09MEXICO1196CHURCH DEBATE ON ROLE IN CONFRONTING SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Comments by Durango Archbishop Hector Gonzalez Martinez April 17 about the whereabouts of fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman prompted a lively debate last week at the Mexican Bishops' Council about the role of the Catholic Church in Mexico,s ongoing drug war. Whil [...]
2009-04-29 16:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KIRF MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI SNAR MX
09MEXICO12MX #2009-001, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Initial Helicopter Pilot Course, in Ft. Rucker AL/Bristow Academy Titusville FL, January 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-01-05 19:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1201MX #2009-167, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Corrections Custodian Course, in Xalapa, Mexico, May 11, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violat [...]
2009-04-29 19:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1216MX 2009-165, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Training on the new criminal justice system, Mexico City, May 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2009-04-30 19:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1217MX 2009-169, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, Colima, Mexico, May 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals li [...]
2009-04-30 19:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1239MX #2009-172, LEGAT EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from Legat, on Cyber and Computer Forensic Training, in Dallas, TX, May 18, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 15, 2009 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viola [...]
2009-05-06 16:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1258MX 2009-170, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Meth and Clandestine Labs., Aguascalientes, Mexico, May 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]
2009-05-07 19:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1259MX 2009-174, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Maritime Officer Course Yorktown, May 25, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2009-05-07 19:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1265MX 2009-171, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Ilea Crime Scene Management Course, San Salvador, May 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-05-07 21:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1266MX #2009-181, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Corrections Officer Course, in Xalapa, Mexico, May 18, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violat [...]
2009-05-07 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1271MX 2009-175, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Bi-National Alliance Partnership Investigations", Denver, CO, May 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by [...]
2009-05-08 17:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1311MX 2009 182, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, Narcotics Investigation Course, Coahuila, Coah., 05/28/09. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-05-13 14:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1313MX 2009 182, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, Narcotics Investigation Course, Coahuila, Coah., 05/28/09. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-05-13 14:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1315 MX 2009-176, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, Interviewing Techniques on Sexual Assault, Ensenada B.C.S,05/28/09. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individu [...]
2009-05-13 15:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1317MX #2009-177, DEA EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Drug and Criminal Investigation, in Mexico City, May 18, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before (non later date = 1 day before training starts). 2. Post possesses no c [...]
2009-05-13 19:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1318MX 2009-178, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, Meth and Clandestine Labs, Toluca-Estado de Mexico, May 28, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-05-13 19:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1319MX #2009-179, LEGAT EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from Legat, on Basic Police Tactics Course, in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico, May 18, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before (non later date = 1 day before training starts). 2 [...]
2009-05-13 19:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1320MX 2009-180, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, Corrections Instructor Course, Santa Fe, NM, June 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-05-13 20:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1321MX 2009-180, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, Explosive Detector Dog Course, Front Royal, Virginia, May 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individu [...]
2009-05-13 20:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1350MX #2009-184, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the trainer, in Mexico City, June 1, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...]
2009-05-18 16:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1351MX 2009-183, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Conflict mediation, Pachuga, Mexico, June 2, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2009-05-18 17:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1355MX 2009-183, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Conflict mediation, Pachuga, Mexico, June 2, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2009-05-18 21:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1369MX 2009-186, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Highway Interdiction, Veracruz, Mexico, June 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]
2009-05-19 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1370MX 2009-188, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Anti-gangs Forensics Training, El Salvador, June 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]
2009-05-19 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1371MX 2009-192, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on International Anti-Gang Conference, El Salvador, June 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-05-19 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1372MX 2009-191, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Mexican American Liaison Law Enforcement Training-MALLET, San Diego, CA, June 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human r [...]
2009-05-19 21:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1385MX 2009-189, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Human Rights Instructor Course, Fort Benning, GA, June 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-05-19 23:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1391MX 2009-196, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Port Security MTT, Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, June 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2009-05-21 14:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1392MX 2009-196, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Port Security MTT, Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, June 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2009-05-21 14:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1393MX 2009-187, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Anti-Kidnapping, Mexico, June 5, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2009-05-21 14:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1394MX 2009-193, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Port Security MTT, Veracruz, June 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2009-05-21 14:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1395MX 2009-187, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Anti-Kidnapping, Mexico, June 5, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2009-05-21 14:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1396MX 2009-194, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Training, Mexico, June 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2009-05-21 14:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1397MX 2009-193, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Port Security MTT, Veracruz, June 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2009-05-21 14:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1399MX #2009-195, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SET & T-6 ALP Scholarship, in Lackland AFB, June 4, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...]
2009-05-21 14:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1400MX 2009-194, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Training, Mexico, June 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2009-05-21 14:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1402MX #2009-195, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SET & T-6 ALP Scholarship, in Lackland AFB, June 4, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...]
2009-05-21 14:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1419MX 2009-205, OPRSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from OPRSO, on law enforcement liaison, Washington, D.C., June 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2009-05-23 18:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1420MX 2009-199, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on INEMS Course, Maryland, June 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2009-05-23 18:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1421MX 2009-190 ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MX Army (SEDENA) Special Training, Mexico, June 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]
2009-05-23 18:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO143MX #2009-007, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Spanish Aviator, in Ft. Rucker, AL, February 6, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]
2009-01-20 18:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO144MX #2009-018, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Spanish Aviator UH-60 Refresher, in Ft. Rucker, AL, February 6, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the ind [...]
2009-01-20 18:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO145MX #2009-016, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Spanish Maintenance Mgr/Spanish UH60 Aircraft Maint, in Ft. Lucker, AL, February 6, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2009-01-20 18:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1451MX #2009-201, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Digital Media Forensic, in Mexico, June 8, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 5, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...]
2009-05-27 22:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1462MX 2009-203 ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on DIILS Human Rights 1206 CT, Mexico City, Mexico, June 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-05-29 16:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1463MX 2009-197, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on DIILS Legal Aspects of Combating Narco Terrorism, Mexico City, Mexico, June 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2009-05-29 16:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1464MX 2009-200, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Spanish Aviator (UH-60FS),Mexico City, Mexico, June 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-05-29 16:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1465MX 2009-204, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation Course, Queretaro, Mexico, June 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indiv [...]
2009-05-29 16:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1466MX 2009-206, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud, Chihuahua, Mexico, June 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2009-05-29 16:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1499MX 2009-215, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Hemispheric Defense and security Studies, Washington, D.C., June 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2009-06-02 16:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO150MX #2009-006, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Basic Drug Identification, in Chihuahua, Mexico, February 4, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-01-20 21:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1500MX 2009-212, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA Advanced Consultation, Mexico City, Mexico, June 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-06-02 16:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1501MX 2009-210, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Human Rights in Support of Merida Initiative, Mexico City, Mexico, June 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2009-06-02 16:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1502MX 2009-210, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Human Rights in Support of Merida Initiative, Mexico City, Mexico, June 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2009-06-02 16:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1503MX 2009-209, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud, Puebla, Mexico, June 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2009-06-02 16:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1504MX 2009-208, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Homicide Investigation Course, Toluca, Mexico, June 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2009-06-02 16:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1506MX 2009-211, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Counter-Narcotics Information Analysis, Mexico City, Mexico, June 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by th [...]
2009-06-02 16:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO151MX #2009-018, FBI EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Anti-Maras Prevention/Rehabilitation/Prison management Workshop, in El Salvador, January 30, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before January 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses [...]
2009-01-20 21:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1519MX 2009-213, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA Advanced Consultation, Mexico City, Mexico, June 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-06-02 21:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1520MX 2009-214, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Hemispheric Defense and Security Studies, Washington, D.C., June 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2009-06-02 21:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1521MX #2009-225, ICE EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on Armas Cruzadas Web Portal Training, in CENAPI, Mexico, June 18, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]
2009-06-02 21:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1522MX 2009-198, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Training, Fort Benning, Georgia, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-06-02 22:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1523MX 2009-207, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on DILLS Legal Aspects of Combating NarcoTerrorism, Mexico City, Mexico, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...]
2009-06-02 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1532MX 2009-222, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent, Lackland AFB Texas, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-06-03 18:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1533MX 2009-220, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on USMC Command and Staff College, Newport RI, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2009-06-03 18:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1534MX 2009-219, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Naval Command and Staff College, Newport RI, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...]
2009-06-03 18:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1535MX 2009-218, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Naval Command College, Newport RI, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2009-06-03 18:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1544MILITARY JURISDICTION OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CASES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Concerned over the rise in human rights complaints against Mexico's military, a group of non-governmental organizations have appealed to Mexico's legal system as well as to international courts to secure the transfer of human rights cases involving military personnel from m [...]
2009-06-03 21:04:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO1545MX #2009-202, DEA EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Drug and Criminal Investigation, in Tlaxcala, Mexico, June 15, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...]
2009-06-03 21:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1553MX 2009-226, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on DIILS 1206 CT, Mexico DF, June 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2009-06-04 15:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1566MX 2009-221, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA Advanced Consultation, Mexico DF, June 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...]
2009-06-04 22:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1567MX 2009-223, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA Instructor Development, Mexico D.F., June 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-06-04 22:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1578MX 2009-217, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Highway Interdiction, Villahermosa, Mexico, June 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2009-06-05 19:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1579MX 2009-233, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Basic Drug ID, Guanajuato, Mexico, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2009-06-05 20:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1580MX 2009-230, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Advanced Course on Criminal Investigation to Zacatecas Investigative Police, Zacatecas, Mexico, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gr [...]
2009-06-05 20:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1581MX 2009-234, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Airport Interdiction, Tijuana, Mexico, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]
2009-06-05 20:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1583MX 2009-232, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on ICAF, Washington D.C., June 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2009-06-05 21:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1586MX 2009-231, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on IP Instruments Procedures Course, Lackland AFB Texas, June 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2009-06-05 21:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1595MX 2009-229, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Training for SEDENA, Mexico City, Mexico, June 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individu [...]
2009-06-08 15:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1596MX 2009-237, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Port Security, Michoacan, Mexico, June 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...]
2009-06-08 15:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1598MX 2009-216, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Drug and Criminal Investigation, Oaxaca, Mexico, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-06-08 15:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1599MX #2009-245, DEA EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on INEMS Course, in Maryland, June 15. 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 12, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights b [...]
2009-06-08 16:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1617MX 2009-236, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Antiterrorism for Protection Level I, Veracruz, Mexico, June 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...]
2009-06-09 17:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1624MX 2009-241, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CHDS - National Defense Management, Washington D.C., June 25, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indiv [...]
2009-06-10 14:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1625MX 2009-235, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Antiterrorism for Protection Level I, Lackland AFB Texas, June 26, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-06-10 14:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1632MEXICO ON RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 00:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM UN PREL MX
09MEXICO1634CONSENSUS ELUDES MEXICANS ON ABORTION
[...] Unclassified - Entire text. 2. Summary: A little more than two years after Mexico City moved to liberalize abortion within the Federal District, the decision remains controversial. The public is split on the issue of whether a woman should be able to seek an abortion during the first [...]
2009-06-11 14:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO1635MX 2009-228, USAID EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Bi-National Alliance Partnership Investigators and Attorney Training, in Denver, Colorado, June 22, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 19, 2009. 2. Post poss [...]
2009-06-11 15:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1638MX 2009-243, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Annual Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)Training Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 25, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-06-11 18:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1648MX 2009-249, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MI-17 Night Vision Google, Biggs Army Field, Texas, June 30, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-06-12 14:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1663MX 2009-246, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Advanced Digital Photography, Tamaulipas, Mexico, June 26, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individu [...]
2009-06-12 19:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1664INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP MEETING: CONSENSUS ON
[...] (U)U.S. and Mexican Congressional representatives gathered in Seattle, Washington June 5-7 for the annual Interparliamentary Group Meeting to discuss interests relating to the U.S.-Mexico Strategic Relationship, Migration and Wellbeing, Regional Economic Integration/Trade, and Alternative Ene [...]
2009-06-12 20:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM MASS MX
09MEXICO1674MX 2009-224, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, July 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the ind [...]
2009-06-13 00:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO168MX #2009-013, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Tecnicas de Investigacion Financieras, in Mexico City, February 6, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-01-22 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO169MX #2009-009, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Helicopter Pilot Course, in Ft. Rucker, AL/Bristow Academy Titusville, FL, February 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...]
2009-01-22 22:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO170MX #2009-008, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Programa de Estudios Avanzados de Seguridad, in Centro Marshall, Garmisch, Germany, February 09, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violat [...]
2009-01-22 22:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1754MX 2009-252, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Meth and Clandestine Labs Course, Aguascalientes, Mexico, July 2, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-06-18 21:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1762MX 2009-247, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Basic Drug ID Course, Nayarit, Mexico, July 1, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...]
2009-06-18 23:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1763MX 2009-254, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Jungle Commando Course, Pijaos, Columbia, July 2, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-06-18 23:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1764MX 2009-256, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Sexual Assault Course, Toluca, Mexico, July 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...]
2009-06-19 00:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1768MX 2009-248, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA VIP Protection - Advanced Consultation, Summit Point, West Virginia, July 2, 2009 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2009-06-19 16:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1783MX #2009-257, DOJ OPDAT EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DOJ OPDAT, on Investigative Techniques in Trafficking in Persons Cases Course, in Mexico, June 29, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 26, 2009. 2. Post possesses no cr [...]
2009-06-22 17:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1790MX 2009-258, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CHDS - Sub Regional Conference (SRC),in Columbia, July 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...]
2009-06-22 21:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1791MX 2009-260, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Criminal Investigation Training, in California, July 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individua [...]
2009-06-22 21:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1792MX 2009-262, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Investigative Techniques under the Adversarial System, in Morelos, Mexico, July 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible eviden [...]
2009-06-22 21:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1796MX 2009-261, ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ECON, on IPR Coordination Tour, in Washington, D.C., July 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2009-06-22 23:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO180MX #2009-010, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Protection Training Course, in Beltsville, Maryland, February 6, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...]
2009-01-23 19:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1802MX 2009-253, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Investigations Course, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, July 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...]
2009-06-23 15:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1806MX 2009-251, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Anti-Kidnapping Course, Morelos, Mexico, July 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-06-24 14:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1809MX 2009-267, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on DS/ATA Explosive Detector Dog Training, in Front Royal, Virginia, July 10, 2009 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights b [...]
2009-06-24 15:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1830UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM BILL
[...] (U) Summary. In late April, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies adopted a bill modifying five articles of the Mexican Constitution as part of an effort to bring Mexican law into compliance with Mexico's international treaty obligations relating to human rights principles. If ultimately adopted [...]
2009-06-25 00:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MX
09MEXICO1832MX 2009-269, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Tact Drives Ing, in Cartagena, Columbia, July 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-06-25 15:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1845 NARCO-VIOLENCE SPIKES AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Mexico's Attorney General's office has provided us figures on MexicoQ,s organized crime related death toll, which reached 3591 as of June 22. This is well on its way to matching or topping last year's record violence. Killings spiked considerably this month with nearly 200 narco-homic [...]
2009-06-26 18:20:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO1853MX 2009-263, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Vehicle Theft Identification, in Mexico, July 10, 2009 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2009-06-26 20:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1856MX 2009-266, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Meth and Clandestine Labs, in Zacatecas, Mexico, July 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-06-26 20:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1858MX 2009-270, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Man Hunting, in Mexico City, July 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2009-06-26 21:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1869MX 2009-272, USSS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USSS on Counterfeit Detection Seminar, in Washington, D.C., July 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-06-29 19:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1871MX 2009-273, USSS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USSS on Counterfeit Detection Seminar, in Washington, D.C., July 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-06-29 19:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1872MX 2009-274, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Comprehensive Crisis Management, in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2009-06-29 19:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1873MX 2009-275, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Human Rights in Support Merida, in Mexico City, July 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-06-29 19:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1874MX 2009-276, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Man Hunting, in Mexico City, July 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2009-06-29 19:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1875MX 2009-277, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Counter-Narcotic Information Analysis, in Mexico City, July 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2009-06-29 19:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1877MX 2009-265, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques, in Chiapas, Mexico, July 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...]
2009-06-29 20:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1885MX 2009-282, DOJ OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ OPDAT on Attention and Assistance for trafficking Victims and Interview Techniques Workshop, in Veracruz, Mexico, July 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2009-06-30 15:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1886MX 2009-283, DOJ OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ OPDAT on Attention and Assistance for Trafficking Victims and Interview Techniques Workshop, in Oaxaca, Mexico, July 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evid [...]
2009-06-30 15:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1887MX 2009-279, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Drug and Criminal Investigation, in Chiapas, Mexico, July 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-06-30 16:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1888MX 2009-264, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Vehicle Theft Identification, in Mexico, July 15, 2009 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2009-06-30 16:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1897MX 2009-286, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Comprehensive Crisis Management, in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indiv [...]
2009-07-01 21:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1898MX 2009-284, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Respect to the Human Rights on Action, in Guatemala, July 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-07-01 21:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1899MX 2009-280, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on Central America Intelligence Program - MS-13/18th Street Gangs, in Quantico, Virginia, July 16, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violatio [...]
2009-07-01 21:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1913MX 2009-281, DOJ OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ OPDAT on Attention and Assistance for Trafficking Victims and Interview Techniques Workshop, in Veracruz, Mexico, July 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2009-07-01 22:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1915MX 2009-278, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Maritime Training, in Colima, July 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2009-07-01 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1916MX 2009-285, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Investigators Course, in Mexico City, July 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]
2009-07-01 23:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1921MEXICO - NOMINATION OF 2009 LABOR DIPLOMACY AWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 16:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB AMGT APER PHUM
09MEXICO193THE BATTLE JOINED: NARCO VIOLENCE TRENDS IN 2008
[...] (C) 2008 set a new record for organized crime-related homicides with more than 6000 killings. Violence in Mexico suddenly provided fodder for U.S. and international media with commentators suggesting worse to come. While the death toll is already at disturbing levels, and there are no signs vi [...]
2009-01-23 23:12:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO1931MX 2009-288, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Damage Control Repair Pary Leader, in San Diego, CA, July 21, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-07-02 18:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1935MX 2009-289, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on Basic Terrorism, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, July 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2009-07-02 18:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1958MX 2009-293, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on OFFICER SAFETY AND SURVIVAL, in Hermosillo, Mexico, July 20, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]
2009-07-06 22:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1959MX #2009-296, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on MTT Port Security, in Michoacan, Mexico, July 13, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before July 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...]
2009-07-06 22:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1965MX 2009-291, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Special Training for SEMAR, in Hawaii, July 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed bel [...]
2009-07-06 23:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1966MX 2009-297, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Night Vision Goggle, in Ft. Bliss, Texas, July 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-07-06 23:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1967MX 2009-299, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C-26 Initial Pilot Training, in San Antonio, Texas, July 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]
2009-07-06 23:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1968MX 2009-300, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C-26 Recurrent Pilot Training, in San Antonio, Texas, July 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indiv [...]
2009-07-06 23:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1969MX 2009-301, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on EMB-145 Initial Pilot Training, in San Antonio, Texas, July 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2009-07-06 23:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1970MX 2009-302, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on EMB-145 Recurrent Pilot Training, in San Antonio, Texas, July 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...]
2009-07-06 23:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO1971NODEL KIRK TAKES UP SECURITY ISSUES AND VISA
[...] (C) Summary: Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL) and two staff members discussed the Merida Initiative (MI),law enforcement efforts, and human rights with President Felipe Calderon and Public Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna during their visit to Guadalajara and Mexico City June 29-July 2, 2009. [...]
2009-07-07 13:15:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM SMIG CVIS MX
09MEXICO1988U.S. ARMY THINK TANK REPORT MAKES THE FRONT PAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) Report titled "Mexico's Narco-Insurgency and U.S. Counter Drug Policy" made the front page of El Universal's July 5 Sunday edition. Although, the SSI report was published in May 2009, El Universal led with a headline suggesting that the U.S. [...]
2009-07-08 13:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2016MX 2009-309, DOJ OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ OPDAT, on International Issues in Asset Forfeiture, in Columbia, South Carolina, July 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2009-07-09 23:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2017MX #2009-303, ODC EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MTT Port Security, in Michoacan, Mexico July 13, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before July 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of huma [...]
2009-07-09 23:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2023MX 2009-292, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Night Vision Goggle, in Ft. Bliss, Texas, July 28, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-07-10 16:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2024MX 2009-290, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Criminal Investigation Course, in Zacatecas, Mexico, July 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-07-10 17:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2025GUERRERO: INCREASINGLY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. At the invitation of the Peace Brigade International (PBI) and joined by representatives of the Canadian embassy, poloffs recently visited the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero. Poloffs spoke with indigenous rights groups and the State Human Rights Commission about what t [...]
2009-07-10 17:45:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO2028MX 2009-304, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on IERQ 1004 Initial (Merida Initiative),in Melgar, Colombia, August 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2009-07-10 21:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2029MX 2009-298, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Alliance Partnership Annual Meeting, in Boise, Idaho, July 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2009-07-10 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2039LA FAMILIA CARTEL RETALIATES FOR ARREST OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July, 11, Mexican Federal Police (SSP) arrested Arnold Rueda Media -- the fourth highest ranking member of the organized crime syndicate known as "La Familia" -- at a residence in Morelia, Michoacan in southern Mexico, approximately 120 miles west of Mexico City. When a [...]
2009-07-13 21:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO205MX #2009-015, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on NDU Alumni Event for International CT Fellow Alumni, in Miami, FL, February 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2009-01-26 17:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO206MX #2009-014, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Highway Interdiction, in Oaxaca, Mexico, February 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2009-01-26 17:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2063MX 2009-307, DOJ OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 29, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ OPDAT on Southwest Border Firearms Trafficking Training, in Columbia, South Carolina, beginning August 4, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evi [...]
2009-07-15 14:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2064MX 2009-313, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 29, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C26 Initial Pilot Training, in San Antonio, Texas, beginning July 30, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of huma [...]
2009-07-15 14:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2065MX 2009-312, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (July 31, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Man Hunting, in Mexico City, beginning August 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the ind [...]
2009-07-15 14:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2066MX 2009-315, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 29, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Bilateral Taskforce, in Arizona, beginning July 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2009-07-15 15:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2084MX 2009-314, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 30, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Digital Photography Course, in Mexico City, beginning August 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2009-07-16 23:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2085MX 2009-316, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 30, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Criminal Investigation Course, in Ensenada, B.C., beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2009-07-16 23:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2086MX 2009-318, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 3, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Offensive/Defensive Drivers Course, in Socorro, New Mexico, beginning August 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...]
2009-07-16 23:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2093LA FAMILIA CONTINUES RAMPAGE IN MICHOACAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Michoacan-based crime syndicate, "La Familia", has launched a sustained and deadly reprisal campaign against Mexican Law enforcement, unprecedented in its brutality. Per reftel, the attacks commenced in retaliation for the arrest of high ranking La Familia member Arnoldo Rued [...]
2009-07-17 19:46:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2100MX 2009-310, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 3, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF on Small Arms and Explosives ID Course, in Sinaloa, Mexico, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violation [...]
2009-07-19 19:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2101MX 2009-294, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 31, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on SSP Basic Investigators Course Phase II Group 3A, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, beginning August 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence [...]
2009-07-19 21:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2102MX 2009-308, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 31, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Meth and Clandestine Labs, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, beginning August 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2009-07-19 22:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2103MX 2009-305, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 31, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Crime Scene Investigation Course, in Guadalajara, Mexico, beginning August 3, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-07-19 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2104MX 2009-321, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 31, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Digital Photography Course, in Mexico City, beginning August 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2009-07-19 22:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2105MX 2009-322, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (July 31, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Homicide Investigation Course, in Toluca, Mexico, beginning August 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2009-07-19 22:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2118MX 2009-323, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 3, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF on Anti-Gangs Justice Sector Security Training Program, in San Salvador, El Salvador, beginning August 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible e [...]
2009-07-20 22:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2122MX 2009-311, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 3, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on SSP Basic Investigators Course Phase II Block 2, in San Louis Potosi, Mexico, beginning August 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible eviden [...]
2009-07-20 23:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2123MX 2009-324, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 5, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Offensive/Defensive Drivers Course, in Socorro, New Mexico, beginning August 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violat [...]
2009-07-20 23:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2124MX 2009-325, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 5, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Human Rights in Support Merida Plan, in Mexico City, beginning August 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2009-07-20 23:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2125MX 2009-326, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 3, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Basic and Advanced Course on Criminal Investigation under the Adversarial System, in Mexicali, Mexico, beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post [...]
2009-07-20 23:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2133DHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MORTON MEETS GOM CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: Department of Homeland Security Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton and Chief of Staff Suzie Barr met on July 13 with several Government of Mexico (GOM) cabinet members. He discussed issues ranging from crafting a high-level working group foc [...]
2009-07-21 21:42:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2134DHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MORTON MEETS GOM CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: Department of Homeland Security Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton and Chief of Staff Suzie Barr met on July 13 with several Government of Mexico (GOM) cabinet members. He discussed issues ranging from crafting a high-level working group focused [...]
2009-07-21 22:30:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2136MX 2009-329, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 6, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Int. Air Weapons Dir. Training & Theater Air Operations, in Tyndall, Florida, beginning August 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible eviden [...]
2009-07-22 01:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2138MX 2009-336, LEGATT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 4, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from LEGATT on Anti-Gang Justice Security Program in San Salvador, El Salvador, beginning August 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gros [...]
2009-07-22 14:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2142MX 2009-327, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 5, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Specialized course in preparing operators of the system to implement the new criminal procedure code, in Mexicali, Mexico, beginning August 10, [...]
2009-07-22 18:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2144HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS REACHING FOR GREATER INFLUENCE
[...] (SBU) As Mexico's human rights record comes under increased scrutiny, Mexican civil society groups devoted to promoting human rights are receiving greater international exposure. These groups have documented a rise in the incidence of abuses, suggesting a deteriorating human rights environmen [...]
2009-07-22 21:07:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO215MX #2009-025, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Mediacion de Conflitos, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 10, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2009-01-27 16:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2154CALDERON SEEKS LEGAL AUTHORITIES FOR MILITARY
[...] (SBU) Summary. In late April, President Calderon proposed legislation to reform the National Security Act to strengthen the government's stance against organized crime and provide a firmer legal framework for the military's role in the fight against drug cartels. One of the most important cha [...]
2009-07-23 18:02:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2160MX 2009-337, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 7, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MI-17 Night Vision Google, in Biggs Army Field, Texas, beginning August 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-07-23 22:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2161MX 2009-334, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 5, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Methamphetamine Clandestine Labs, in Campeche, Mexico, beginning August 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-07-23 22:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2175MX 2009-333, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 5, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Drug and Criminal Investigation, in Mexico City, beginning August 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2009-07-24 20:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO218MX #2009-042, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on NDU Alumni Event, in Miami, FL, February 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2009-01-27 19:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2195INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH MEXICO'S NATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: On July 8, an international delegation of legislators and union officials arrived in Mexico for a five-day visit to review the circumstances surrounding the long running dispute between Mexico's National Miners Union (SNTMMSRM),the Mexican mining industry and the GOM. The delegatio [...]
2009-07-24 23:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV ENGR PINR PHUM MX
09MEXICO2211MX 2009-331, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 11, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO on VIP Protection - Advanced Consultation, in Mexico City, beginning August 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violation [...]
2009-07-28 17:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2212MX 2009-339, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 11, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Asset Forfeiture Training, in Providence, Rhode Island, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violation [...]
2009-07-28 17:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2213MX 2009-338, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 13, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on DIMO First Responders MTT, in Mexico, beginning August 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2009-07-28 17:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2214MX 2009-340, LEGATT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 11, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from LEGATT on MALLET Training, in Tucson, Arizona, beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human righ [...]
2009-07-28 17:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2215MX 2009-341, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 13, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Cadet Training, in Quantico, Virginia, beginning August 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...]
2009-07-28 17:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2217MX 2009-317, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 11, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Interviewing Techniques, in Toluca, Mexico, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2009-07-28 17:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2224MX 2009-354, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 10, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) Conference, in San Antonio, Texas, beginning August 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2009-07-28 19:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2233MX 2009-330, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 12, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Training Program in Oral Litigation, in Zacatecas, Mexico, beginning August 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...]
2009-07-29 20:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2238U.S. AND MEXICAN MILITARY COORDINATION ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Mexican military shies away from addressing human rights issues publicly, SEDENA has taken a number of steps to improve its record and promote human rights. The U.S. has contributed to these efforts through a number of programs to which the Mexican military has p [...]
2009-07-29 23:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2241MX 2009-360, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 11, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) Conference, in San Antonio, Texas, beginning August 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2009-07-30 00:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2242MX 2009-346, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 12, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Antikidnapped and Instruction Course, in Cuernavaca, Mexico, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]
2009-07-30 00:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2243MX 2009-348, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 12, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Basic Drug ID, in Leon, Mexico, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by th [...]
2009-07-30 00:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2271MX 2009-350, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 19, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on DIMO FIRST RESPONDERS MTT, in Mexico City, Mexico, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2009-08-03 16:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2273MX 2009-351, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 17, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Meth and Clandestine Labs, in Mexico, beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2009-08-03 16:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2282MX 2009-355, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 20, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Rescue Swimmer Assessment, in Acapulco, Mexico, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2009-08-03 21:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2310MX 2009-347, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 19, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Document Fraud, in Zacatecas, Mexico, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2009-08-05 16:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO232MX #2009-020, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Intelligence in Combating Terrorism, in Ft. Huachuca, AZ, February 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by t [...]
2009-01-28 18:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2324MX 2009-352, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 19, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Officer Safety and Survivor, in Mexico City, Mexico, beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations o [...]
2009-08-05 23:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2326MX 2009-352, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 19, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Officer Safety and Survivor, in Mexico City, Mexico, beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations o [...]
2009-08-05 23:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO233MX #2009-023, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Joint Operation, in Whinsec. Ft Benning, G.A., February 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]
2009-01-28 18:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2335MX 2009-359, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 20, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on FBI Specialized Training, Resolution Six, in Houston, Texas, beginning August 24, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...]
2009-08-06 22:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2336MX 2009-356, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 20, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on CWAG Alliance Partnership Investigator Training, in Boise, Idaho, beginning August 23, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gro [...]
2009-08-06 23:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO234MX #2009-021, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Command and General Staff, in Maxwell AFB, AL, February 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights b [...]
2009-01-28 18:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2341MEXICAN MILITARY AGREES TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In July, the Mexico office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) signed an agreement with the Mexican Government giving it a mandate to provide SEDENA with human rights assistance. Alberto Brunori, the OHCHR's Mexico Director, recently described to Embassy offi [...]
2009-08-07 00:08:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO235MX #2009-019, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air War College, in Maxwell AFB, AL, February 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2009-01-28 18:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO237MX #2009 - 027, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Special Forces, in Fort Bragg, NC, February 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indiv [...]
2009-01-28 23:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2375MX 2009-358, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 28, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Information Analyst Counter Narcotics MTT, in Mexico, beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-08-11 23:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2376MX 2009-361, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 26, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO on VIP Protection - Advanced Consultation, in Mexico City, beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violation [...]
2009-08-11 23:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO238MX #2009-026, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on ARNG Pre Ranger & Ranger Courses, in Fort Benning, GA, February 17, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2009-01-28 23:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO239MX #2009 - 029, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on NDU Alumni Event for International CT Fellow Alumni, in Miami, FL, February 13, 2099. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2009-01-28 23:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2394MX 2009-365, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 26, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on PMF visit to FBI HQ, in Washington, D.C., beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2009-08-13 00:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2395MX 2009-365, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 28, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Helicopter Crew Chief, in Lackland AFB, Texas, beginning September 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...]
2009-08-13 00:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2399MX 2009-353, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 27, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Training on Investigative Techniques, in Morelos, Mexico, beginning September 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]
2009-08-13 17:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2400MX 2009-362, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (August 31, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on FY 10 SEDENA Special Forces Alto Mando: Special Unit, in Mexico, beginning October 1, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...]
2009-08-13 17:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2409THE GOM'S SIDE OF THE STORY, HUMAN RIGHTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Following the Embassy's visit to the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero last month to meet with human rights defenders (Reftel),Poloffs arranged meetings with the Secretary of Government (SEGOB) and the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP)'s Human Rights Directors to discuss [...]
2009-08-13 22:54:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO2410MX 2009-364, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 28, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Investigators Course, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violation [...]
2009-08-14 14:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2411MX 2009-367, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (August 28, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on PMF visit to FBI HQ, in Washington, D.C., beginning August 31, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2009-08-14 15:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2444MX 2009-363, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (September 1, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on FY10 SEMAR Special Forces (FES): Special Unit Training, in Mexico City Mexico, beginning October 1, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2009-08-17 23:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2448MX 2009-370, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 1, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Highway Interdiction, in Aguascalientes, Mexico, beginning September 1, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations o [...]
2009-08-18 17:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2449MX 2009-369, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 1, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Document Fraud, in Oaxaca, Mexico, beginning September 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...]
2009-08-18 18:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2454MX 2009-366, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 1, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Investigator Course, in Mexico, beginning September 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2009-08-18 22:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2455MX 2009-368, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 1, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Investigations Course, in Mexico, beginning September 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2009-08-18 23:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2466MX 2009-375, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 2, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Crime Scene Investigation Course, in Mexico, beginning September 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of huma [...]
2009-08-19 22:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2467MX 2009-377, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (September 4, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Initial Entry Rotary Wing, in Melgar, Columbia, beginning (September 24, 2009). 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-08-19 22:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2468MX 2009-371, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 2, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Airport Interdiction, in Sinaloa, Mexico, beginning September 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2009-08-19 23:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2473SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ZETAS AND U.S.
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: Since 1996, U.S. Embassy Mexico City has maintained an electronic database of all Mexican military trained with U.S. funds. These records show that the USG has trained nearly of 5,000 Mexican military personnel, including members of Mexico's Special Forces (GAFEs). Several promi [...]
2009-08-21 03:19:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM PINR SNAR MX
09MEXICO2475MX 2009-374, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 3, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Criminal Intelligence Collection Techniques, in Toluca, Mexico, beginning September 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...]
2009-08-21 03:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2476MX 2009-376, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 3, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Correctional Officer Basic Course, in Veracruz, Mexico, beginning September 7, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...]
2009-08-21 03:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2477MX 2009-372, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 3, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Basic Drug Identification, in Tijuana, Mexico, beginning September 7, 2009 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...]
2009-08-21 03:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2508MX 2009-378, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 4, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO on Advanced VIP Consultation AVDT/IDC, in Summit Point, West Virginia, beginning September 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence o [...]
2009-08-25 17:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2510MX 2009-380, IRS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 8, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from IRS on IRS Trial Illustration Section and Cincinnati Field office visits, in Florence, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning September 8, 2009. [...]
2009-08-25 21:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2512MX 2009-384, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 9, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on ILEA Tactical Safety and Survival, in El Salvador, beginning September 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violation [...]
2009-08-25 22:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2513MX 2009-386, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 9, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on Cyber Forensic Course Training, in Dallas, Texas, beginning September 13, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2009-08-25 22:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2514MX 2009-381, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 9, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Prisoner Classification System Course, in Denver, Colorado, beginning September 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...]
2009-08-25 22:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2515MX 2009-388, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 9, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on ILEA Tactical Safety and Survival, in El Salvador, beginning September 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violation [...]
2009-08-25 22:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2529MX 2009-382, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (September 15, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Initial Entry Rotary wing (IERW),in Melgar, Colombia, beginning October 1, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...]
2009-08-26 22:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2531MX 2009-412, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 11, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Advanced SIU Course, in Aruba, beginning September 14, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2009-08-26 22:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2536CONTROVERSY OVER THE RELEASE OF ACCUSED 1997
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 12, the Mexican Supreme Court ordered the release of 20 individuals imprisoned for their involvement in the 1997 massacre in Chiapas that occurred at the height of the government's efforts to quell the violent Zapatista movement. The Court also ordered retrials for six [...]
2009-08-26 23:17:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO2537MEXICO FACES BUDGET CHALLENGE; TAX HIKES,
[...] (U) The Calderon administration faces a formidable challenge in preparing its 2010 budget. GDP contracted 10.3% in the second quarter of this year, the fourth consecutive quarter of decline. Weak tax collection, the recession, and low oil production, prices, and exports has created a 2.7% of [...]
2009-08-26 23:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2538MX 2009-383, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 11, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Oral Litigation Skills, in Mexicali, Baja California, beginning October 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...]
2009-08-26 23:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2539MX 2009-385, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 11, 2009)per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on ILEA Anti-Gangs Prevention/Rehabilitation/Prison Management, in El Salvador, beginning October 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2009-08-26 23:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO254MX #2009 - 024, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Antiterrorism for PRTC Level I & II, in IAAFA Lackland AFB, TX, February 25, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...]
2009-01-29 16:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2540MX 2009-389, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 11, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on IACA 4TH International Conference, in Estambul, Turkey, beginning November 2, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vio [...]
2009-08-26 23:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2541MX 2009-393, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (September 15, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Aircraft Maintenance Officer, in Mexico City, beginning September 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2009-08-27 00:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2542MX 2009-394, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (September 15, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on International Principles of Supplies, in Mexico City, beginning September 28, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viola [...]
2009-08-27 00:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2547MX 2009-391, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 14, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Interviewing Techniques, in Toluca, Mexico, beginning September 27, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...]
2009-08-28 16:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO255MX #2009 - 022, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Comb. Strat. Intelligence Training Program, in Ft. Boiling AFB, February 25, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...]
2009-01-29 16:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2552MX 2009-397, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 14, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Commercial Fraud Task Force Agents, in U.S./Mexico border, beginning September 18, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]
2009-08-28 16:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2564MX 2009-399, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 14, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Train the Trainer, in Mexico City, beginning September 21, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...]
2009-08-28 17:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2565MX 2009-400, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 14, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Criminal Investigation, in Oaxaca, Oax., beginning September 21, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2009-08-28 17:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2566MX 2009-401, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days September 16, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MTT Intelligence Seminar, in Mexico City (SEDENA Installations),beginning September 22, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gr [...]
2009-08-28 17:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2567MX 2009-390, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (September 14, 2009) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on U.S. - Mexico State Alliance Partnership Investigator Training, in Seattle, Washington, beginning September 20, 2009. 2. Post possesse [...]
2009-08-28 18:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2582MX 2009-402, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 15, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO on ATA 7150 Basic VIP Protection, in Mexico City, beginning October 12, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...]
2009-08-31 22:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2584MX 2009-398, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days September 15, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA on Meth and Clandestine Labs, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, beginning September 21, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...]
2009-08-31 22:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
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