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05QUITO853	UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE RECOMMENDS A TECHNICAL [...] Summary. The Director of UNESCO,s World Heritage Center, Francesco Bandarin, visited Ecuador to evaluate a new potential world heritage site (The Incan Andean Road) and assess the Galapagos World Heritage Site (WHS),in light of faltering conservation efforts under the Gutierrez administratio [...]	2005-04-19 13:33:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL EC SEVN

05RABAT1070	KING MOHAMMED VI LAUNCHES MAJOR ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nationally televised address on May 18, King Mohammed VI announced a major government initiative to combat poverty, create jobs, improve infrastructure, and open the Moroccan economy. The speech's timing -- almost to the day of the second anniversary of the May 16, 2003 [...]	2005-05-19 16:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KMCA KMPI ELAB EAID MO
05RABAT1152	NEA SENIOR ADVISOR WALSH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] Summary: On May 27, NEA Senior Advisor and MEPI Women's Pillar Manager Elizabeth Erin Walsh visited Morocco to discuss MEPI Programs with Post and MEPI implementers. Contacts gave an overview of the women's movement in Morocco and recommendations for next steps, particularly the need to inclu [...]	2005-06-03 14:02:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV KMPI PGOV MO
05RABAT122	MCC CEO APPLEGARTH MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Driss Jettou laid out for Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth his government's top development priorities in a January 12 meeting attended by Ambassador Riley and Salahuddine Tazi, the Foreign Ministry's director of American Affairs. Also present [...]	2005-01-14 17:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KMCA EAID ECON PREL PHUM MO
05RABAT124	MCC CEO APPLEGARTH MEETING WITH MOROCCAN FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth met with MFA Americas Director Salaheddine Tazi and Director for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani on January 12 to formally congratulate the Government of Morocco on its eligibility to apply for Millennium Challenge Account fun [...]	2005-01-14 17:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EAID ECON PREL EINV MO
05RABAT1250	GEEKS AND GEEZERS: MOROCCO'S GENERATIONAL DIVIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new generation of Moroccan leaders is emerging, characterized by their formative Anglo-Saxon experiences, entrepreneurial and pro-American outlook, high levels of education and technical skills, and strong, well-informed political opinions. They are eager, even impatient, to bo [...]	2005-06-15 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV KMPI MO
05RABAT1690	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised fuel prices by five percent on August 7 in a move designed to lower the government's fuel subsidy burden. Premium grade gasoline now costs $1.15 per liter, diesel fuel $0.90, and industrial fuel $0.30. The GOM said the increase - the second in just thr [...]	2005-08-11 12:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR ELAB EAID EFIN EPET SENV EWWT MO
05RABAT1768	GOM PITCHES MCC ON DRAFT MCA COMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 15 and 16, Prime Minister Jettou, Foreign Affairs Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri, and more than a dozen other Government of Morocco (GOM) officials gave a first glimpse of Morocco's draft Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal to Millennium Challenge Corporation [...]	2005-08-23 10:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KMCA MO
05RABAT1842	THE KING'S ROYAL FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN MOROCCAN POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palace's royal foundations occupy a unique position in Morocco's political landscape. Headed by a member of the royal family (often the King),they are autonomous from the government, which allows them freedom of action and funding, but have the ability to closely partner w [...]	2005-09-01 15:47:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID KMCA KMPI MO
05RABAT2199	MOROCCO: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Acting Pol/C met October 25 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Bourita noted that he was in the process of drafting a decision memo on this very t [...]	2005-10-24 15:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL PK MO
05RABAT2295	MOROCCO: COMBATTING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: Combatting extremism is not a new priority in Morocco, but it has taken on new urgency in the aftermath of the suicide bombings on May 16, 2003 in Casablanca and the March 11, 2004 subway attacks in Madrid, acts of international terrorism in which Moroccans -- whether sons of the [...]	2005-11-09 17:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI
05RABAT2532	AVIAN INFLUENZA RESPONSE: MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Post committee on Avian and Pandemic Influenza met Dec. 1 to discuss the Government of Morocco's National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan and to assess the Government's general level of preparedness. The GOM's National Plan is of high quality and is backed at th [...]	2005-12-19 16:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL MO
05RABAT2540	AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO MOROCCO'S DESERT SOUTH [...] Summary: Ambassador traveled to Morocco's southeastern province of Errachidia December 6-9 to review USG assistance programs in the area and explore ways the Government of Morocco might use Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) funding to generate income and employment in the overwhelmingly rur [...]	2005-12-20 16:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR KMCA SENV ASEC PGOV MO
05RABAT458	NEXT SIX MONTHS IN MOROCCO [...] (C) The last half of 2004 brought to fruition in several important ways the Principals, Committee decisions to intensify U.S. relations with Morocco and enhance Morocco,s ability to counter terrorism and extremism following the May 2003 terrorist bombings in Casablanca. This cable reviews pr [...]	2005-03-03 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS ASEC AMGT MO PDIP
05RABAT850	MOROCCO STATE OF PLAY ON MCA [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with GOM officials, from working-level contacts to Ministers, reveal that Morocco is moving forward on developing its Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact and has instituted a formalized coordinating structure. According to these contacts, the GOM will focus [...]	2005-04-25 12:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KMCA KMPI PGOV MO
05RANGOON1036	BURMA: HOST COUNTRY AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable contains responses to questions sent to post (ref A) on the level of preparedness of the Government of Burma (GOB) for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza. Official GOB data is difficult to obtain and is often not reliable. Our responses are based on the best inf [...]	2005-09-08 11:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SOCI PGOV PHUM EAID EAGR BM
05RANGOON1038	BURMA: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN FLU AND [...] (SBU) On September 9, post delivered ref A talking points and the Statement of Core Principles to MFA Americas Division Director U Min Lwin and International Organizations Division Director U Denzil Abel. Per ref D, we excised the talking point that specifically invited Burma to join the partn [...]	2005-09-09 05:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO BM
05RANGOON1046	NLD UNDER RENEWED HARASSMENT, URGES U.S. PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NLD leaders told the Charge during a September 12 introductory call that GOB authorities had recently increased pressure on senior party officials, leading the NLD to actively avoid giving the SPDC any pretext to crack down on upcoming party events. At the same time, the GOB has [...]	2005-09-12 11:46:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM NLD
05RANGOON1157	BURMA ILL-PREPARED FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK [...] (C) Summary: Representatives in Burma of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assess that the GOB is aware of a potential Avian Influenza threat in Burma and has some sort of a national preparedness plan. The WHO and FAO representatives note, ho [...]	2005-10-12 09:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SOCI PGOV PHUM EAID EAGR BM
05RANGOON1202	POST-GLOBAL FUND HIV/AIDS OPTIONS IN BURMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has contracted a consultant to meet with donors and key players to identify viable options to help fill the void created by the termination of the Global Fund (GF) in Burma. Many donors wish to replace the Fund for HIV/AIDS [...]	2005-10-24 10:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KHIV PGOV PHUM BM NGO
05RANGOON1235	ENGAGE BURMA: EUROPEAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with all European diplomatic missions represented in Rangoon (plus two accredited missions resident in Bangkok) revealed waning support for advancing democracy and human rights in Burma, and growing interest in expanding humanitarian assistance. The British join u [...]	2005-11-02 05:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SW FR GM UK YI IT EZ BM
05RANGOON1236	BURMA: TIP NGOS WORKING WITH TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of international NGOs and UN agencies working on Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) projects told Mark Taylor, G/TIP's Senior Coordinator, about the difficulties they face in Burma, including expired MOUs with the government, restricted travel for expatriate staff, and p [...]	2005-11-02 07:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB PGOV EAID BM NGO
05RANGOON1257	BURMA AI UPDATE: QUASHING OUTBREAK RUMORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rumors of avian influenza (AI) outbreaks are making the rounds in Burma. A reported suspicious outbreak in Tachileik, eastern Shan State appears to be unsubstantiated. FAO says it heard that the GOB sent a team to investigate a reported outbreak in northern Shan State, but kno [...]	2005-11-04 07:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PGOV PHUM SOCI TBIO BM
05RANGOON1275	BURMA: CHARGE MEETS THE MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge made a courtesy call November 8 on Dr. Kyaw Myint, Minister of Health. The minister assured the Charge of the GOB's commitment to transparency on avian influenza outbreaks in Burma and his ministry has several initiatives to mitigate the spread of AI. The minister des [...]	2005-11-09 10:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EAGR PGOV SOCI TBIO BM
05RANGOON1304	BURMA AI UPDATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2005 [...] SUMMARY: We have met in the past week with the Minister of Health and other embassies to gather information on AI and to coordinate planning. We have seen reporting from the Burmese media, closely controlled by the GOB, raising public awareness of AI issues. End Summary. 2. On November [...]	2005-11-17 03:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TBIO BM CACS
05RANGOON1323	BURMA: RESPONSES TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Burma has made some strides in preparing for a potential avian influenza (AI) pandemic, but much more needs to be done. Our responses to questions in ref A follow: PREPAREDNESS /COMMUNICATION 2. Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming [...]	2005-11-23 05:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI TBIO BM
05RANGOON1413	UNHCR ON DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS IN RAKHINE STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 meeting, the UNHCR Representative for Burma described its relationship with the GOB and UNHCR's access to northern Rakhine State and to the eastern border with Thailand (septel). UNHCR works primarily with the Ministry of Immigration and military commanders in Ra [...]	2005-12-19 11:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM
05RANGOON1422	NEW HUMANITARIAN FUND FOR BURMA? [...] (SBU) A consultant to the Rangoon UN Resident Coordinator's office presented a draft proposal for a new Humanitarian Fund at a December 12 meeting of members of the international community. The new program would partially address the funding gap caused by the Global Fund's termination by cre [...]	2005-12-20 10:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SOCI KHIV BM NGO
05RANGOON1423	UNHCR AWAITS APPROVAL TO WORK IN THE SOUTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 meeting, the UNHCR Representative for Burma described the UNHCR's relationship with the GOB and UNHCR's access to the southeastern border region with Thailand. The UNHCR has informal support to do needs assessments, but still lacks an MOU to officially work in th [...]	2005-12-21 02:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM NGO
05RANGOON1444	THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO A DRUG-FREE WA REGION [...] (U) SUMMARY: United Wa State Army (UWSA) leaders told visiting diplomats that drugs have turned the ethnic Wa into "pariahs." The Wa leaders claimed, however, that they have turned a new page and "put narcotics behind us," appealing for increased international assistance and a reversal of U.S. [...]	2005-12-27 08:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM NGO
05RANGOON1449	REGIME'S DESTRUCTIVE ATTEMPTS TO CORRUPT YOUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Dec. 22, Charge Villarosa hosted a small gathering of high-level NLD women (including four MPs) representing Rangoon, Mandalay and Mogok cities, Bago Division, Karen State, Shan State, and Mon State. The Charge arranged the meeting to gather information on the situation outs [...]	2005-12-29 03:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID ECON BM NLD
05RANGOON148	BURMA: UNODC REACTS TO WITHDRAWAL OF USG FUNDING [...] (C) Summary: UNODC's Burma representative was disappointed, but not surprised, to learn of a February 1 decision by INL to withdraw funding from UNODC's supply reduction Wa Project. Having been previously briefed on UWSA indictments, he was aware that U.S. funding for the program was in jeopa [...]	2005-02-04 05:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM EAID BM
05RANGOON167	EMINENT HIV/AIDS RESEARCHER EXPECTS AIDS TO "TAKE [...] Summary: On February 1, COM and emboffs met with Dr. Robert C. Gallo, co-discoverer of the HIV virus, and representatives of WHO, UNOCAL Myanmar Offshore Co. Ltd., and Total E&P Myanmar to discuss HIV/AIDS in Burma. Dr. Gallo, guest of TOTAL, was on a three-day visit to Rangoon, meeting with [...]	2005-02-08 06:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI PGOV EAID KHIV BM
05RANGOON316	MANDALAY NLD COFFERS EMPTY, USDA STRIVING TO [...] (C) Emboffs met March 8 in Mandalay with members of the National League for Democracy's Mandalay Division executive committee. In a wide-ranging discussion, the NLD leaders updated us on harassment party members receive from police and the Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA),the [...]	2005-03-15 07:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM BM NLD
05RANGOON368	INDONESIAN QUAKE A NO-SHOW IN BURMA [...] Summary: The March 28 earthquake off Indonesia apparently has had no impact on Burma. Embassy efforts to contact coastal resorts failed, but there is no evidence that Amcits were in any danger. GOB officials were unaware of the quake last night until alerted by embassy officers. Local diplo [...]	2005-03-29 10:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV BM
05RANGOON390	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TRAINING PROMOTES INTER-ETHNIC [...] (U) This cable includes an Action Request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary. As the "Global English" Program completes its fifth month, enthusiasm for the course remains high among the 23 enrolled participants representing nine ethnic democratic political parties. Despite some obst [...]	2005-04-01 04:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO EAID PREL BM
05RANGOON525	USING ESF TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN BURMA [...] (S) The paramount U.S. policy interest in Burma is promoting democracy, a objective predicated on the legitimacy of the 1990 elections in many U.S.-sponsored UN resolutions and policy statements. Congress has earmarked millions of dollars in Economic Support Funds to specifically foster this [...]	2005-05-04 07:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	EAID PREL PHUM KDEM BM NLD
05RANGOON555	UNICEF IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: UNICEF is effective in most of its core programs in Burma, and is planning to expand and refocus its activities in the next five years. Though some criticisms remain, particularly dealing with UNICEF's administrative laxness and close cooperation with the GOB, the country direc [...]	2005-05-10 08:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI BM NGO
05RANGOON579	NLD CHAIRMAN ON USG DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: NLD Chairman Aung Shwe is taking an increasingly assertive position within the party as Aung San Suu Kyi remains isolated under strict house arrest. Aung Shwe endorsed opening a branch American Center in Mandalay to support democracy training beyond Rangoon and said he would soo [...]	2005-05-16 02:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAO KDEM BM NLD
05RANGOON682	BURMA: REAL POLITICAL REFORM NEEDS A STRONG, [...] (C) Summary: Burma's lack of a strong independent civil society and progressive middle class are fundamental obstacles to the ultimate success of any democracy movement. The SPDC's patronage system and a lack of good education opportunities make it difficult for the business community to devel [...]	2005-06-07 04:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM BM
05RANGOON730	BURMA: TRAVEL RESTRICTED FOR NGOS AND UN [...] (SBU) Summary: Since three bombs rocked Rangoon in early May, the GOB has made it clear to INGOs and UN agencies that free travel of expats is a thing of the past. Though there is nothing in writing, and the new policy is not being consistently applied, the Minister of Health briefed NGO work [...]	2005-06-16 10:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PGOV BM NGO
05RANGOON749	BURMA: UNHCR AND WORLD VISION ASKED TO CURTAIL [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Burma to curtail its activities on the eastern border with Thailand. UNHCR is not sure why. The Minister of Home Affairs (MOHA) told UNHCR that in the future the Ministry of Progress of Border Areas a [...]	2005-06-21 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL BM NGO
05RANGOON904	BURMA: WFP EXTENDS ASSISTANCE TO EX-POPPY GROWERS [...] Summary: The World Food Programme has extended emergency food assistance for a second year in Burma's Shan State. The new $7.9 million program will benefit over 347,000 beneficiaries in ex-poppy growing communities and WFP would "welcome (donor) support." End Summary. 2. WFP, like other U [...]	2005-08-04 11:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PGOV SNAR PREF BM NGO
05RANGOON909	WFP CHIEF REVEALS GOB SKIMMING DURING BURMA VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: WFP Executive Director James Morris, the UN's most senior visitor to Burma in over a year, told Rangoon donor missions that, unbeknownst to WFP, the GOB has been levying a 10% "export tax" on all commodities that WFP purchases in country for its feeding programs. Morris was angry [...]	2005-08-08 00:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EAGR BM NGO
05RANGOON974	UNDP CHIEF IN BURMA CALLS GLOBAL FUND'S DEMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDP's Burma chief, the senior UN official in country, briefed donors on August 22 on the recent decision by the Global Fund (GF) to terminate it program in Burma. He said the GF was never truly workable in Burma and he is relieved it was canceled before substantial commitments we [...]	2005-08-22 12:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM BM NGO
05ROME1123	INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF FAO: STEADY [...] (U) Summary: In its February and March meetings, the Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) on the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO took significant steps to move the IEE process forward: (1) designation of a regionally balanced Bureau with a U.S. vice chair, (2) agreement on crite [...]	2005-04-01 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME1142	FAO'S AVIAN INFLUENZA ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been holding informal meetings with technical experts of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ascertain FAO's activities to contain Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since January 2004 when the outbreaks first occurred, FAO and its [...]	2005-04-05 08:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XC UN FAO
05ROME1264	A REPORT BY USUN ROME AMBASSADOR TONY HALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Tony Hall, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, traveled to Ethiopia and Uganda from March 16 through 23, 2005, to investigate humanitarian issues in both countries. In Ethiopia Ambassador Hall visited USAID-funded projects for HIV/AIDS orphans and mothers, observ [...]	2005-04-14 11:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR ET UG UN
05ROME1374	ITALY TO PROVIDE FIVE MILLION EURO TO UN FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-21 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID AF IT UNSC AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1451	PESTICIDE OVERSTOCKS: FAO LETTER TO LOCUST [...] Summary. The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alerted USUN Rome to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling desert locusts, via a letter (see below) to affected countries and the donor community to en [...]	2005-04-29 06:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME1452	19TH SESSION OF THE FAO COMMITTEE ON [...] Summary. The Nineteenth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Agriculture (COAG) met in Rome April 13-16, 2005. The Committee reviewed and provided recommendations on FAO's program of work in the food and agriculture sector. Members supported the main progr [...]	2005-04-29 09:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EAID SENV FAO
05ROME1521	FAO FORESTRY COMMITTEE 2005 AND MINISTERIAL [...] Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Ministerial Meeting on Forests, which immediately preceded the Committee on Forestry, resulted in a ministerial statement calling on FAO to maintain its leadership role in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and to report to the Un [...]	2005-05-04 10:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR AORC EAID FAO
05ROME1671	ITALY ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Finance Ministry officials told Embassy Officers that Italy is carefully weighing the various proposals by G8 members and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank for debt relief for the poorest countries. Finance Ministry officials hope that a consensus G8 propo [...]	2005-05-16 10:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IT
05ROME1735	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: PROGRAM OF WORK AND [...] With the biennial conference scheduled for the end of 2005, one of the Finance Committee's more important discussions was over the program of work and budget for 2006/7. The Secretariat, as usual, had prepared a "Summary Programme of Work and Budget" (SPWB) document, which was intended to pr [...]	2005-05-19 15:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP
05ROME1742	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: FAO ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ [...] Summary: At a May 11, 2005, FAO Finance Committee meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Henri Carsalade, Assistant Director General for Technical Cooperation, provided an overview of current FAO activities in Iraq. US Deputy Permrep, coordinating with Kuwait as Near East G [...]	2005-05-20 09:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1765	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE: WEAK FINANCES; SHARP [...] Summary. In addition to issues discussed Refs A- C, FAO's May 9-13 Finance Committee considered the organization's weak financial health (the organization expects to have to borrow $40 million as early as August),strongly criticized the Secretariat's tepid response to the decentralization e [...]	2005-05-23 15:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP
05ROME1821	RESOURCES AND THE FAO: ACHIEVING RESULTS AND [...] Ten years of zero nominal growth budgets at FAO have resulted in a greatly downsized organization. FAO is more efficient and modernized in many respects. But there is no evidence of an increased prioritization or significant improvement in the organization's effectiveness. Simply put, FAO [...]	2005-05-27 16:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID FAO WFP
05ROME1824	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: KIDNAPPING CHILLS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Italy's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Minister Anna Della Croce, worried that the kidnapping of the Italian CARE International worker might chill humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Della Croce and Italy's G8 Sous-Sherpa told us Italy fully supports the [...]	2005-05-27 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1883	IRAQ: ITALIAN MARSH RESTORATION TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Environment (MOE) plans to spend approximately euro 12 million through 2005 on its "New Eden" marshland restoration project in Iraq. In partnership with the Free Iraq Foundation, the GOI has funded a two-year scientific survey of the re-flooded Abu Zirig [...]	2005-06-03 12:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IT IZ SENV IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1888	FAO COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS SIXTY-FIFTH [...] Summary. The Sixty-Fifth Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) met in Rome April 11-13, 2005. The Committee reviewed FAO reports on the state of world commodity markets and its projections of supply, demand, trade and prices. Member [...]	2005-06-03 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO
05ROME1976	PLEDGE TO FAO NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAM FACILITY: [...] Mission received a May 17 response from FAO to our April 15 pledge letter regarding a CY 2005 voluntary contribution of 180,000 dollars to the FAO National Forest Program Facility. Text is as follows: Excellency: I have the honor to refer to your letter of 15 April 2005 concerning the pl [...]	2005-06-10 09:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR KTIA EAID FAO
05ROME2049	UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, ROME-BASED MEDIA REACT [...] (U) Summary: Outreach to World Food Program, UN diplomats and locally based international and Italian journalists garnered positive reaction to last week's Presidential announcement of an aid package to Africa. In response to Mission efforts to highlight the Administration's initiative, WFP Ex [...]	2005-06-15 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF SU LY XA FAO WFP
05ROME2051	U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE, ITALY UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Italian Foreign Minister Fini will attend the Brussels conference, but aid officials tell us Italy will not commit to new assistance for Iraq. End summary. 2. (SBU) Visiting A/S Fried discussed reftel points with Giovanni Castellaneta, Diplomatic Advisor to Prime Minister Be [...]	2005-06-16 05:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IT IZ EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2082	UN REFORM AND THE FAO INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) If properly executed, the new initiative for an Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO will produce a mechanism through which we can once and for all begin restructuring an organization that over time has become increasingly unwieldy and out of sync with the aspirations of major [...]	2005-06-17 07:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME2083	INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF FAO: [...] (U) Summary: The Intersessional Working Group (ISWG) on the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO has reached broad consensus on the scope and objectives of the proposed evaluation. Substantive work by two hired consultants on an approach paper outlining the IEE is underway. The IS [...]	2005-06-17 08:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME2194	"HUNGER BANQUETS" AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A [...] (U) I would like to bring to your attention a big public diplomacy success story in hopes that our experience might work as well for your mission as it did for us. It has the potential to bring broad media attention to the story of U.S. generosity -- a story that needs to be told. 2. (U) L [...]	2005-06-28 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF PREL FAO WFP
05ROME2226	POVERTY INSURANCE: ROME-BASED AGENCIES AND PERMREPS [...] Summary: On June 29, 2005, the Italian Committee of the Thomas More Institute hosted a conference at the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on poverty insurance, entitled "Reinsurance: A New Key to Development Aid." French academic Michel Vate was the featured presenter [...]	2005-07-01 13:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV UN FAO
05ROME2280	128TH SESSION OF THE FAO COUNCIL, JUNE 20-25, 2005 [...] Summary: The 128th Session of the FAO Council, held in Rome June 20-25, made progress in a collegial and positive atmosphere on a variety of substantive and institutional issues: -- Members generally endorsed the recent work of FAO's technical committees on World Food Security (CFS) Agric [...]	2005-07-07 14:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC ETRD EAID SENV FAO
05ROME2308	IDLO ASSEMBLY OF STATES MEETING: JUNE 28, 2005 [...] Summary: the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) held its triennial Assembly of States meeting on June 28. Among the resolutions and recommendations adopted, one changed the frequency of meetings to biennial vice triennial, while another called upon member states to examine the [...]	2005-07-11 12:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC KJUS KISL IDLO
05ROME2349	IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...]	2005-07-14 06:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2372	ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC [...] (C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in Bath, England regarding the July 18-19 GAERIC and responded to reftel points. Mattiolo said the Bath meeting was held in the shadow of the London bombings wit [...]	2005-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN
05ROME2543	AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ACTIVITY IN AFRICA: [...] Summary: USUN-Rome arranged for Dr. Michael Hall, Regional Biotechnology Advisor for USAID's Regional Economic Development Services Office (REDSO) based in Nairobi, Kenya, to meet with representatives at FAO and WFP. Hall also met with an official from the Holy See (to be covered in septel fr [...]	2005-07-29 13:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA VT FAO WFP
05ROME2555	DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER [...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...]	2005-08-01 13:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2560	DESERT LOCUSTS: JULY 21 FAO DONORS' MEETING [...] Summary: On July 21, an informal desert locusts donors' meeting was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Chaired by FAO Director-General (DG) Jacques Diouf, the meeting was well represented by donors and affected countries. The meeting provided informa [...]	2005-08-01 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2569	IRAQ/ITALIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS [...] (U) Summary. On July 27, the Italian Parliament extended funding for Italy's mission in Iraq to December 31, 2005, by a wide majority. With the exception of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR),the opposition voted against. Wide differences of opinion have emerged within the opposition [...]	2005-08-02 14:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2625	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLEDGES ADDITIONAL MILLION [...] (C) Italy will provide an extra 1,000,000 euros to the UN for Afghanistan's National Assembly elections, scheduled for September 18. Italian Special Envoy on Afghanistan Anna della Croce told polmiloff that DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini pledged the extra million euros to Afghan President Karzai on A [...]	2005-08-05 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF IT UNDP AFGHANISTAN
05ROME2679	ITALY UNABLE TO INCREASE AFRICA EMERGENCY AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is unable to increase its emergency humanitarian assistance for Africa due to severe budget difficulties. Italy's overall aid spending levels will likely remain at 0.17 percent of GDP (the same level as 2004) only because of debt relief, particularly for Ethiopia. "Real" [...]	2005-08-11 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR XA IT FAO
05ROME2743	RESULTS-BASED MANAGEMENT AT FAO [...] Summary: In light of a long history of continued calls for UN reform, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) over the past seven years has implemented a Results Based Management (RBM) reform initiative. The process proceeds in three planning tiers. Supporting the Program of Work and Bud [...]	2005-08-19 09:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
05ROME2787	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL RETURNS TO ZIMBABWE [...] SUMMARY: Three years after my 2002 visit (see Ref A),I returned to Zimbabwe August 11-13 and found the country again poised for a food-security crisis. As a result of the Government of Zimbabwe's (GOZ) misguided policies, drought, hyperinflation, and the associated lack of agricultural input [...]	2005-08-23 15:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV EAID AORC XA PHUM PREL ECON ASEC SOCI ZU FAO WFP UNDP ZI SF VT
05ROME2819	WFP SECURITY COST SURGE BEGS CENTRAL UN FUNDING [...] SUMMARY. The World Food Program (WFP) has briefed USUN Rome on security activities being taken in the field to ensure that food aid is not disrupted. Those activities include augmenting field security staff and equipment, providing country security assessments, and coordinating closely with [...]	2005-08-25 09:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC WFP
05ROME2920	TERMINATION OF WFP HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN [...] Summary. World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director (ED) James Morris told us on September 1 that WFP would end assistance to the DPRK. He related that in an August 31st meeting with North Korean Ambassador Choe Taek San, San informed him of his government's plan to terminate internatio [...]	2005-09-01 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KN AORC PHUM PREL SOCI UN WFP
05ROME2938	TFUS01: PRIORITY AREAS LIST DELIVERED; ITALY HOPES [...] Embassy delivered ref A points on USG priorities to Agostino Miozzo, Katrina relief coordinator for the GOI's Department of Civil Protection. Ambassador Spogli personally thanked Prime Minister Berlusconi September 2 for Italy's offer of assistance. The Embassy also issued a press release Se [...]	2005-09-04 12:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL US IT AVIATION
05ROME2979	FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND THE RISK [...] Summary. With the potential risk that the Avian Influenza (AI) deadly sub-virus H5N1 may be transported via the migratory flyways of wild water fowl from South Asia to the Middle East and Europe, the activities of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to stamp out AI [...]	2005-09-09 08:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TSPL XB XC XD XE UN FAO OIE WHO
05ROME2998	DEVELOPMENT FINANCE: ITALY SAYS ANY GLOBAL TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy does not oppose global tax schemes to fund development assistance, provided such programs are voluntary. There are no plans here to impose a surcharge on international airline tickets, and Italy would resist efforts by the EU to imposed such a tax on member states. Italy [...]	2005-09-09 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN IT UNGA
05ROME3107	USUN ROME HITS THE GROUND SPRINTING: A LOOK BACK ON OUR [...] Summary. Confronted by a world media environment that takes daily shots at U.S. foreign policy, USUN Rome pulled no punches during its first year with a Public Diplomacy office. The Ambassador's trips to Africa brought journalists face-to-face with U.S. assistance in action. Combined with creat [...]	2005-09-17 07:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OPRC EAGR AORC PHUM EAID PREF XA FAO WFP
05ROME3196	POSSIBLE ITALIAN AND SWISS MRE PROVIDERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 17:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT SZ FR IT
05ROME3204	ITALY: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to strengthen programs to combat extremism, and we believe European posts have an important role to play in reaching out to Muslim audiences. To accomplish this long-term objective, we propose an outreach program aimed at Italian citizens and immi [...]	2005-09-26 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI
05ROME327	MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS FAO INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL [...] (U) Summary: Rome-based representatives of the "Geneva Group" (top 14 UN contributors) met on 28 January to plan next steps in the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO. They agreed on a general approach to the organization and governance of the IEE Intersessional Working Group (ISW [...]	2005-02-01 11:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID PREL KUNR FAO IFAD
05ROME3465	AFGHAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ITALY SAYS AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Giuseppe Cinti, Office Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Alessandro Modiano, Office Director for Asia and Latin America, at the MFA's Directorate for Development Cooperation (Italy's USAID equivalent). On October 12, Maia [...]	2005-10-17 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME3521	FAO DG'S UPCOMING MEETINGS IN WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary: FAO Director General (DG) Jacques Diouf will be in Washington October 26-27 for senior- level meetings at State, USDA and USAID. U.S. Mission Rome believes it is important that all three agencies convey a clear signal to the DG regarding USG dissatisfaction with his leadershi [...]	2005-10-21 10:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID FAO
05ROME3547	ITALIANS SHARE USG CONCERNS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. On October 24 Poloff met with Antonino Cascio, Deputy Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio stated that Italy and the EU share the USG opinion that pressure must be stepped up on the Lukashenko regime in advance of [...]	2005-10-24 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO IT EUN
05ROME3598	BMENA FUND FOR THE FUTURE: ITALY SAYS NO EIB [...] (SBU) Econ MinCouns discussed European Investment Bank (EIB) participation in the Fund for the Future (REF A) on October 25 with Ignazio Angeloni, Finance Ministry Director General for International Finance Relations, and Stefania Bazzoni, Office Director for EIB Affairs. Both thought that t [...]	2005-10-26 18:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL
05ROME3638	AFRICA GROUP SEEKS STRONG MANDATE FOR RE- [...] (SBU) On October 31, Egyptian Ambassador Helmy Bedeir (current chair of the Africa Regional Group in Rome) and Senegalese Ambassador Papa Cheikh Saadibou Fall (representing the nominating country) called on Ambassador Hall in order to seek USG support for the re- election of Dr. Jacques Diou [...]	2005-10-31 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAGR EAID KUNR XA FAO
05ROME3671	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...]	2005-11-03 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER
05ROME3805	FINANCIAL ISSUES AT WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE [...] Summary. At the Second Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board (EB) meeting on November 7- 11, 2005, the U.S. set into motion a series of steps to address concerns about WFP's financial management and reporting. WFP has now committed to develop for consideration reports on (1 [...]	2005-11-17 16:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF EAGR WFP
05ROME3855	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] The Second Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board (EB) concluded with the approval of a host of administrative and programmatic matters, including: the WFP Biennial Management Plan for 2006-2007; special relief operations and projects totaling US$ 812 million; and a pilot weather insurance [...]	2005-11-22 14:55:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AORC PREF WFP
05ROME3949	AVIAN INFLUENZA: ENCOURAGING FAO TO DEVELOP A [...] Summary: USDA APHIS Administrator Ron DeHaven met with FAO veterinary officials Samuel Jutzi and Jan Slingenbergh on November 29 to discuss ways to improve collaboration between USDA and FAO on Avian Influenza. OIE official Alex Thiermann also participated in the meeting. FAO is currently [...]	2005-12-01 09:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO EAID AORC FAO OIE
05ROME3976	AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT DURING [...] Summary. During the 33rd session of the FAO Conference, FAO hosted a side event on Avian Influenza on November 23rd (septel on the FAO Conference will be issued shortly). The aim was to update the membership on recent developments and the action taken by FAO as well as provide an outline for [...]	2005-12-02 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV SOCI TBIO FAO OIE WHO
05ROME3980	AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL VISITS GUATEMALA: CHRONIC [...] Six weeks after Hurricane Stan swept through Guatemala, I visited the country from November 12 to 15 to assess the food security situation and efforts to restore the nation's infrastructure. Damage to foodstocks and infrastructure has made emergency assistance challenging; reconstruction will [...]	2005-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC GT CONGRINT FAO WFP

05ROME4001	AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND POVERTY HIGHLIGHED IN [...] Summary: FAO will release the 2005 State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) Report on December 7 at 11:00 am in Geneva. It will be available at www.fao.org shortly afterwards. The special focus of this year's report is Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Can Trade Work for the Poor? The report c [...]	2005-12-06 11:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID AORC FAO WTRO
05ROME4005	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON "CLUSTER LEADS" STRATEGY [...] Summary. This message responds to reftel query of UN agencies regarding a strategy for more effective division of labor among these agencies in the field in meeting the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs). USUN-Rome transmitted to the World Food Program (WFP) as the sectoral lead on [...]	2005-12-06 17:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EAGR AORC UN WFP FAO
05ROME4027	REPORT OF THE 33ND FAO CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE [...] At the meetings of the Conference and Council of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),held in Rome from 16 to 28 November 2005, member governments discussed international anti-hunger, food policy and agricultural trade issues, and the key institutional questions of the organization [...]	2005-12-09 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR FAO WFP
05ROME4092	ITALY WILL SEND ASSISTANCE TO OAS COLOMBIA MISSION [...] MFA Office Director for South America Pietro Benassi confirmed December 16 that Italy would provide support for the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia, as requested in Reftel A demarche. Italy had not yet decided whether it would provide monetary assistance to the mission or [...]	2005-12-20 09:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER CO IT UN
05ROME4113	ITALIAN PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (U) Information on avian/pandemic influenza preparedness in Italy is keyed to categories and questions in reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Does the government of Italy have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu (AI) from becomi [...]	2005-12-20 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL IT FAO
05ROME4169	IRAQ - ITALY REQUESTS HELP TO DISBURSE SOFT LOANS [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Federika Ferrari Bravo, MFA Coordinator for Economic Assistance to Iraq, asked December 6 for U.S. help to complete an Italy-Iraq loan agreement to permit Italy to disburse a five million euro soft loan to reestablish the Iraqi [...]	2005-12-29 11:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PHUM PK PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AVIATION FAA
05ROME459	FAO UPDATE ON TSUNAMI DISASTER RESPONSE [...] Summary: At a briefing on 9 February for representatives of affected states and donor countries, FAO officials provided a progress report on the agency's response to the Asian tsunami disaster. FAO has received over $30 million in donor contributions and pledges. This exceeds the organizati [...]	2005-02-11 15:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIS PREF EAGR SENV AORC XO FAO
05ROME669	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF [...] Summary. During a call on the FAO Director General (DG) the Ambassador raised several issues: -- The Ambassador outlined the US position on debt relief (ref A). Diouf said he agreed personally with the points we outlined, but his organization does not officially have a position. -- The [...]	2005-02-28 16:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID EFIN EAGR FAO UN
05ROME715	WFP EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSESSMENT UPDATE [...] Summary. At its third regular Executive Board session in October 2004, WFP presented an update on actions already taken and activities to be implemented in a 30-month timeframe that will enable it to strengthen "its competencies and capacities to ensure the quality, credibility, comparability [...]	2005-03-03 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF AORC WFP
05ROME764	FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...]	2005-03-08 06:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME799	IRAQ/ITALY: FM FINI SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini told the Chamber of Deputies March 8 that the March 4 killing by a U.S.patrol of Italian SISMI official Nicola Calipari near Camp Victory in Baghdad was "certainly an accident" but that there [...]	2005-03-10 05:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME820	IRAQ: ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO DATE TOTALS EURO 78M [...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports the GOI spent Euro 78 million ($101 million) on Iraq aid in 2003-2004. For 2005, the GOI plans to disburse about Euro 30 million ($39 million) in additional reconstruction assistance, though this figure represents an estimate, rather [...]	2005-03-10 17:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME821	IRAQ/ITALY: PM BERLUSCONI SPEAKS TO THE SENATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Italian PM Berlusconi stressed to the Senate March 9 the importance of the U.S.'s "unprecedented" decision to allow Italy to participate in the investigation of the circumstances that led to the March 4 killing of [...]	2005-03-11 05:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME877	REVIEW OF FAO's EMERGENCY PROGRAMS [...] Summary. At a March 1 briefing, FAO's assistant director general for technical cooperation, Henri Carsalade gave a general review of FAO's programs in 2004 and challenges for 2005. He also provided an update on FAO's continuing efforts to control desert locusts in north and west Africa, fund [...]	2005-03-15 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV UN FAO
05ROME987	ITALY'S FOREIGN AID: LATE PAYMENTS, TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, the Italian parliament passed a special appropriation to: 1) allow Italy to make up its missed 2004 euro 100 million payment (euro=$1.33) to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 2) fund a euro 70 million appropriation for tsunami-related aid; [...]	2005-03-22 17:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IT
05SANAA1597	HUNT OIL READY TO SUE ROYG IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. Neither side is backing down in the dispute between headline American company Hunt Oil and the ROYG over the cancellation of Hunt's five-year extension to operate lucrative block 18 in Maarib. Ambassador briefed Yemen Hunt head Wyndell Caveness following his meeting with Presiden [...]	2005-06-15 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EPET KMCA KMPI YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1729	CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT EARLY MARRIAGE IN YEMEN SEEKS [...] Summary. Pol/Off attended an Oxfam-sponsored presentation on early marriage in Yemen on June 7. Yemeni researchers presented results from a national study on the prevalence, causes, and societal consequences of early marriage. Oxfam, in conjunction with Save the Children - Sweden, plans to l [...]	2005-06-22 06:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KWMN PHUM SOCI KMCA KMPI YM
05SANAA1833	DPM SOFAN ON CORRUPTION, USDA FOOD AID, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Nabeel Khoury met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Ahmed Sofan, on July 2 to discuss USDA food aid program implementation, corruption, and Yemen's Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold plans. Sofan agreed with the DCM [...]	2005-07-06 08:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EAID YM COM
05SANAA193	DPM SOFAN PROMOTES DONOR HARMONIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 30, Ambassador joined key donors and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan in signing a declaration on their intent to enhance donor coordination in Yemen. In a follow-on meeting with Sofan, Ambassador raised Socotr [...]	2005-02-02 10:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA ECON ETRD EAID EINV YM COM
05SANAA2023	CHARGE DISCUSSES LIFTING OF SUBSIDIES, CABINET [...] (C) As riots were beginning to break out across the capital on July 19, CDA discussed pressing current issues with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman, followed by a brief unscheduled meeting with Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi. Noman was critical of ROYG handling of the lifting of oil and [...]	2005-07-25 14:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP ECON ENRG SOCI EAID KMCA KMPI YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2095	SALEH ON TERRORISM, IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, AND REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with President Saleh on August 1 to deliver ref A demarche for Arab League Capitals and discuss his November meeting with President Bush. Discussions focused on combating terrorism, the situation in Iraq, economic and democratic reforms, and Saleh's trip. News of K [...]	2005-08-01 15:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER KDEM KMCA KMPI KPAL IZ YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA2460	UNABATED POVERTY AND MALNUTRITION: YEMEN REQUESTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Sanaa seeks FY-2006 PL-480 Food for Progress commodities for rural agricultural development program assistance in counterterrorism, poverty alleviation, and critical water needs. Post requests assistance in the form of $4.4 million in concessional loans and $15.5 million [...]	2005-08-29 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID YM
05SANAA2512	YEMEN OFFERS CONDOLENCES AND DONATION TO HURRICANE [...] (U) Ambassador met September 4 with President Saleh and September 5 with Prime Minister Bajammal to thank them for their expressions of sympathy on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The official Government daily al-Thawra reported on September 1 that President Saleh sent a cable to [...]	2005-09-05 13:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN AEMR AMGT EAID KPAO YM
05SANAA263	STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR MOKHA PORT DEVELOPMENT [...] On February 2, 2005 a joint USAID-DOD JTF/HOA Civil Affairs team met the Governor of Taiz, Ahmed Abdullah Al-Hajri, to discuss public health and education services and quarantine practices in the Port of Mokha, a primary port of entry for livestock from the Horn of Africa (HOA). (Note: The go [...]	2005-02-08 12:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON YM COM
05SANAA2897	YEMEN: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (U) Summary: The Government of the Republic of Yemen (ROYG) considers extremism a serious threat to the country's security and stability. Security and intelligence agencies routinely monitor mosques and religious institutions for extremist views. The ROYG regularly closes unlicensed religi [...]	2005-10-05 09:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3136	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT SALEH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in Washington looking for increased military support and economic deliverables for Yemen, while at home he has shown little willingness to make the tough decisions necessary for the future of his country. Yemen remains an important regional [...]	2005-10-26 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM ECON EAID MASS MARR PINS YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3206	MOPIC PLAYS SHELL GAME WITH USDA $60 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Sofan on October 17, to convey USG's serious and growing concerns about the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food aid programs in Yemen. Ambassador told Sofan that USDA is sending a compliance team shortly to investigate and [...]	2005-11-02 12:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID YM ECON COM
05SANAA3290	YEMEN INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (U) Summary: This cable describes ROYG preparations and capabilities in the event of an avian influenza pandemic; responses are keyed to reftel questions. End Summary. 2. Preparedness/Communication -- Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from bec [...]	2005-11-22 06:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL YM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA335	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S FOR GLOBAL AFFAIR [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky to Yemen February 23-25. You will meet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning International Cooperation Ahm [...]	2005-02-18 14:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KMPI ECON EAID PREF PHUM GTIP COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA3470	RESTORING ESF FUNDS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE GWOT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: If current budget allocations hold, Yemen will lose all but its military assistance funding for FY06. Economic Support Funds (ESF) have been reduced to zero, and Yemen's participation in the Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold Program was suspended. In addition, Yemen w [...]	2005-12-13 13:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA460	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SALEH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on February 24 for Yemen's partnership in the GWOT. Praising Yemen's strong CT cooperation, U/S called on the ROYG to be more forthcoming on intelligence sharing. Discussions [...]	2005-03-04 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI PTER PINR EAID ECON YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
05SANAA461	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. On February 24, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky urged Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan to use the MCC threshold process to Yemen's full advantage and implement serious anti-corruption measures. Sofan repl [...]	2005-03-04 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM EAID ECON EFIN YM COM
05SANAA462	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On February 24 Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi for Yemen's partnership in the Global War on Terrorism and encouraged the ROYG to expand intelligence sharing cooperation with the USG. In response to the FM's complaint [...]	2005-03-04 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON KMPI KDEM PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
05SANAA58	YEMEN REPORT - ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND [...] Per request in reftel and in preparation for the February 2004 Seventh Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),EconCommoff interviewed the CBD point of contact for Yemen, Mahmoud M. Shidiwah, Chairman of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA),and Dr. Mo [...]	2005-01-10 06:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO YM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA873	2004 CENSUS RESULTS: FIVE MILLION MISSING YEMENIS? [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On March 16, the Yemen Central Statistics Organization (CSO) surprised the donor community in Sanaa, along with many ROYG officials, by announcing a 2004 Census result of 19.7 million Yemenis, an apparent drop from an estimated 22 million. Earlier that day, two senior [...]	2005-04-06 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ELAB SOCI KWMN KMPI KMCA KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COM
05SANJOSE2086	HURRICANE KATRINA: COSTA RICA OFFER OF ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 20:07:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL US CS
05SANJOSE2098	COSTA RICA: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 21:28:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO CS
05SANJOSE2101	DEMARCHES ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND THE UNGA [...] (U) Econoff delivered nonpapers (Refs A and B) to Edwin Arias, Deputy Director for Foreign Policy in the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and discussed the issues with Ronald Obaldia and Rolando Madrigal from the MFA on September 8, 2005. The representatives of MFA understood o [...]	2005-09-09 22:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EAID EAIR EFIN PREL UNGA
05SANJOSE2106	ARTICLE 98 WORRIES REKINDLED IN COSTA RICA [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tovar told Charge that an Article 98 agreement would not be approved in Costa Rica. He was concerned, however, about the impact of the American Servicemembers' Protection Act (ASPA) and the Nethercutt Amendment on important U.S. assistance that Costa Rica had been receivi [...]	2005-09-09 23:40:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS CS KICC
05SANJOSE2717	COSTS OF NOT HAVING AN ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT ARE [...] (C) The GOCR, though not philosophically opposed to providing the United States with the protections contained in an Article 98 agreement, faces serious political and constitutional impediments, which have for the last two and a half years prevented an agreement from being concluded. Meanwhile [...]	2005-11-23 22:18:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETRD EAID CS KICC
05SANJOSE2718	COSTA RICA AND AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] The responses below key off reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A PREPAREDNESS PLAN/STRATEGY FOR PREVENTING AVIAN FLU FROM BECOMING A PANDEMIC AND CONTAINING A PANDEMIC ONCE IT OCCURS? IF THE COUNTRY HAS A STRATEGY, HOW CAPABLE IS IT OF IMPLEMENTING IT? PLEAS [...]	2005-11-23 22:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL CS
05SANJOSE2822	MODELING THE ELEPHANT: OECD/OAS GLOBAL FORUM ON [...] Summary: The OAS/OECD Global Forum on Trade session on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for Trade and Environment was held in San Jose November 3-4. Panels addressed market access, needs and priorities, and other issues related to trade and environment capacity building. Common th [...]	2005-12-12 12:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID CS
05SANJOSE2928	LETTING OFF STEAM: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: The VI Regional Forum for the Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America, a 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) initiative, was held in Managua October 5-6. The Forum focused on opportunities for sustainable development and energy diversification linke [...]	2005-12-27 17:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV EAID
05SANSALVADOR2336	SALVADORAN BUDGET DATA FOR MCC [...] The Salvadoran Ministry of Finance, in coordination with the Technical Secretariat, provided seven-years' of budget data to the MCC in response to reftels. Emboffs who worked with Salvadoran officials on this task were impressed by the professional effort they put forth to compile the data in [...]	2005-08-22 15:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMCA EAID ES
05SANSALVADOR2392	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ CONTINGENT, COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT WITH PRESIDENT SACA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 courtesy call on President Saca, the Ambassador praised Saca's commitment to the Iraq effort by sending a fifth Salvadoran contingent, announced that Commerce Secretary Gutierrez would be coming to El Salvador October 21-22, and offered Embassy assistance to the G [...]	2005-08-26 20:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMCA EAID ES
05SANSALVADOR2416	HAITI ELECTORAL OBSERVATION REQUEST: GOES FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 11:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID HA ES
05SANSALVADOR2464	EL SALVADOR OFFERS SUPPORT IN HURRICANE KATRINA [...] During the Ambassador's and DCM's August 31 meeting with Foreign Minister Lainez, President Saca phoned to express his sympathy and solidarity, and to offer whatever assistance possible to the USG and/or affected states. Saca indicated that he would send letters the following day to President [...]	2005-09-06 21:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID ES PGOV PREL US HURRICANE KATRINA
05SANSALVADOR2488	GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR REITERATES KATRINA [...] (C) GOES Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez called CDA on September 7 at at President Saca's request. Saca had been informed that Mexican troops had entered the U.S. to participate in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans, and he wanted to remind us that Salvadoran troops are ready [...]	2005-09-08 13:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR CASC EAID ES MARR PGOV PINS PREL US HURRICANE KATRINA
05SANSALVADOR2514	NO SALVADORAN RESPONSE ON AVIAN FLU DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 21:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO
05SANSALVADOR2524	RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE [...] Poloff discussed reftel with Felix Ulloa, Office of Multilateral Affairs on September 12, 2005. Ulloa stated that the GOES would review the information prior to the conference on September 14. Butler [...]	2005-09-12 19:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN PREL ES UNGA
05SANSALVADOR2549	FINANCE VICE MINISTER SHARES U.S. VIEW ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-14 20:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN ES UNGA
05SANSALVADOR2728	EL SALVADOR: NOMINATIONS TO ATTEND SESSION 40 AT [...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy San Salvador nominates the following 14 police officers to attend session 40 of the Advanced Management Course presented at ILEA Roswell from October 31 to November 18, 2005. All nominees have been vetted locally. Post requests that INL and WHA also vet in accordance [...]	2005-10-04 18:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID KCRM SNAR KJUS INL
05SANSALVADOR2734	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR VOLCANIC ERUPTION AND [...] EL SALVADOR IS SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPERIENCING TWO NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS. THE SANTA ANA VOLCANO WHICH HAS BEEN SEISMICALLY ACTIVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS ERUPTED ON SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1, 2005 SPEWING TONS OF SULFURIC GAS EMISSIONS AND ROCK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN [...]	2005-10-04 21:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID ES
05SANSALVADOR3298	SCENESETTER FOR U/S HUGHES, VISIT TO EL SALVADOR, [...] Embassy San Salvador extends a warm welcome to you and your party on December 6, 2005. We expect your visit will underscore the U.S. commitment to the people of El Salvador in assisting their recovery from Hurricane Stan and the eruption of the Santa Ana volcano in early October. Combined, the [...]	2005-11-23 21:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAID PREL ECON ES OVIP
05SANSALVADOR3433	INFORMATION ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Post, through USAID and the Regional Medical Officer (RMO),is coordinating with Salvadoran authorities to support local efforts to control avian influenza and assess their capability to respond to an influenza pandemic. Responses to Ref. A questions are included in paragraph 2; they are based [...]	2005-12-08 15:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ES AVIAN FLU
05SANSALVADOR3507	AFTER THE DELUGE: THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE STAN AND ILAMATEPEC VOLCANO ERUPTION [...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's geography and geology make it vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes. During October, the nation suffered a volcanic eruption, hurricane-induced flooding and mudslides, and an earthquake, although the latter caused little if any [...]	2005-12-16 21:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ES
05SANTIAGO1547	NATIONAL RENEWAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PINERA [...] (U) Summary: National Renewal presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera claimed, before a largely receptive crowd in late June, that the administration that succeeds President Lagos must address deficiencies in economic growth, education, and health care in order for Chile to become a developed [...]	2005-07-19 15:32:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL CI
05SANTIAGO1592	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC ADVISORS OUTLINE [...] Summary: Economic advisors for the three leading presidential candidates outlined their respective candidates' positions on June 22 before 200-plus members of the Chilean and foreign business communities. The three agreed the Lagos Administration had made significant achievements in the macro [...]	2005-07-27 22:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PREL PINR CI
05SANTIAGO1616	SUPPORT FOR REVISED U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-29 21:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD CI APECO IAEA
05SANTIAGO1681	A/S DESUTTER'S AUGUST 18-19 VISIT TO CHILE: [...] Summary: Following a successful run on the international stage, Chile is shifting its focus to domestic issues and its December 11 presidential and congressional elections. Former Defense Minister and ruling coalition candidate Michelle Bachelet is the favorite to succeed President Lagos. Chi [...]	2005-08-10 14:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM EAID MARR HA VE CI SOFA
05SANTIAGO2168	CHILE'S PARTICIPANTS IN APEC EXPORT CONTROLS [...] Post is pleased to report that the Government of Chile will send three officials to the conference for "Effective Elements of Export Controls for APEC Economies" to be held in Hawaii the first week of November. Post understands that Washington will cover all costs associated with attending th [...]	2005-10-21 18:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC EAID ECIN ETRD CI APEC
05SANTIAGO2352	CHILE LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS MISSION IN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on support for the OAS Mission in Colombia to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number 3 in the MFA) on November 16. The Ambassador noted the OAS Mission was playing an essential role in the peace process, [...]	2005-11-16 20:18:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER OAS PREL CO CI
05SANTIAGO2368	CHILE'S ELECTIONS: FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Chile's four presidential candidates participated in an uneventful and final televised debate on November 17, one day after the release of a poll showing that support for Concertacion candidate and front-runner Michelle Bachelet has dropped below 40 percent. National Renewal (RN) [...]	2005-11-17 20:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI EAID CI PE
05SANTIAGO2393	CHILE: PART I - AGRICULTURAL SECTOR PREPARATIONS [...] Summary: This cable outlines preparations in Chile's agricultural sector. An evaluation of the Chilean public health sector preparations with be reported septel. 2. Chile has experience with avian influenza (AI) issues due to a 2002 outbreak of the disease. The GOC demonstrated transparen [...]	2005-11-23 18:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO CI
05SANTIAGO2423	AVIAN INFLUENZA - SANTIAGO, UPDATE ON SEC FOR USMC [...] SUMMARY: The DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at Embassy Santiago on 11/22/05 to discuss the Avian Influenza Trip wires for Chile. The EAC also reviewed final security preparations for the 230th USMC BAll. The meeting was chaired by the DCM with AMB, RAO, E/POL [...]	2005-11-28 15:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAGR EAID PREL SENV TBIO AVIAN FLU
05SANTIAGO2431	CHILE: PART II - PUBLIC HEALTH PREPARATIONS FOR [...] Summary: This cable outlines preparations in Chile's public health sector. An evaluation of the Chilean agricultural sector preparations was reported in reftel B. 2. Chile has experience with avian influenza (AI) issues due to a 2002 outbreak of the disease in poultry. The agricultural [...]	2005-11-30 10:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CI
05SANTIAGO442	CHILE: ILEA IN LATIN AMERICA [...] Summary. Chile has the political and economic stability, modern infrastructure and security to serve as host of an ILEA of Latin America. The idea has also been received enthusiastically by various government agencies, but the GOC has not committed to offering a physical site. The February [...]	2005-02-28 22:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID CI
05SANTODOMINGO1060	CSW AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: DOMINICAN [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche and draft resolution to the Dominican Republic's MFA February 24. MFA director for women's and children's issues Luisa "Chiqui" Vicioso offered the following written comments on the U.S. draft CSW resolution on women's economic advancement (informal translati [...]	2005-02-28 14:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN EAID DR
05SANTODOMINGO1778	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] THE AMBASSADOR HAS DETERMINED THAT DAMAGE CAUSED TO GROUND COVER AS A RESULT OF WILD FIRES THAT AFFECTED THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT USG ASSISTANCE. THE CHIEF OF MISSION IS THEREFORE EXERCISING THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY, [...]	2005-04-01 12:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID DR SENV PGOV SOCI
05SANTODOMINGO1897	DOMINICAN RESPONSE ON WIPO APRIL 11-13 SESSION ON [...] Head of the Dominican Intellectual Property Office Enrique Ramrez told EcoPol Counselor on April 6 that he had attended the WIPO General Assembly last October and voted with others, including the United States, to discuss the Brazilian and Arlgentine proposals, for which the Dominican Republi [...]	2005-04-06 20:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR EAID ETRD KIPR
05SANTODOMINGO3447	FOOD AID AND THE WTO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 1 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN/OAS division chief Michelle Cohen and counselor for OAS affairs Johanna Mendelson and left para 8 points as a non-paper, in Spanish translation. Cohen undertook to inform the ministries of industry and commerce -- which is involved in WTO [...]	2005-07-05 11:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO4174	DOMINICANS DEMARCHED ON COORDINATION OF ELECTORAL [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff delivered demarche to MFA Director of International Affairs Michele Cohen on August 31, emphasizing Canadian points of contact for electoral observation missions. Cohen appeared to believe that the Dominican government would not be providing observers. KUBISKE [...]	2005-09-01 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID HA PREL
05SANTODOMINGO4212	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS NOT FOCUSING ON TSUNAMI [...] The Dominican government does not have a tsunami warning system (TWS) and it is unlikely that it will develop one soon. The Dominican National Emergency Commission does not believe tsunamis are a current threat to the Dominican Republic in comparison to hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes. [...]	2005-09-06 20:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TPHY EAID SENV DR
05SANTODOMINGO4268	DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 22:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EAID DR EFIN EAIR
05SANTODOMINGO4689	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #2: OFFICIAL PASSPORTS, INC [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR DR EAID
05SANTODOMINGO4868	2005 WHA ECONOMIC OFFICERS' CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send EcoPol counselor Michael Meigs to the Econ Officers' conference. He is scheduled to attend the CCAA so he expects to arrive at the Doubletree on December 7 PM. KUBISKE [...]	2005-11-02 13:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ETRD EFIN EAID
05SANTODOMINGO5112	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA - [...] (SBU) Ambassador on November 16 delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, emphasized what is at stake, and urged the Dominican Republic to consider a contribution to the OAS mission in Colombia. We left the basic talking points as a non-paper. Morales seemed [...]	2005-11-18 21:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CO DR
05SANTODOMINGO5187	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy's answers to country-specific questions about avian and pandemic influenza (AI) follow and are keyed to the subheads and ticks in para 4 reftel: A. Preparedness/communication: -- The country does not yet have a plan orstrategy for preventing avian influenza from becoming a pandemi [...]	2005-11-29 19:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV DR ECON EAGR EAID PREL
05SANTODOMINGO564	CORRECTED COPY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CARTAGENA [...] (U) This is a response to a Reftel action request. 2. (U) The Government of Dominican Republic has no specific legislation or laws dealing with genetically modified organisms. The Dominican Republic is a large consumer of U.S. genetically modified agricultural products used mainly as fee [...]	2005-02-04 22:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO DR
05SOFIA1000	STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE PRESSING [...] SUMMARY: The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe's semi-annual Regional Table Meeting May 17-18 in Sofia pushed countries in South East Europe to make a greater political and resource commitment to the Pact's regional initiatives. The meeting was the first serious discussion countries have [...]	2005-06-03 14:06:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PHUM PARM BU
05SOFIA1398	BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES HIGHER ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: The situation in Bulgaria is slowly improving after weeks of heavy rains and flooding. However, conditions remain dangerous in some areas, and on August 4 the government declared a state of disaster in three municipalities. There have been 17 flood-related deaths and more than 60 [...]	2005-08-08 03:58:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ASEC BU
05SOFIA1404	ANOTHER WAVE OF HEAVY RAINS WREAKS HAVOC, LEAVES [...] SUMMARY: The Bulgarian government has declared a state of emergency in 23 municipalities as another wave of heavy rains hit the country over the weekend. The disaster left five people dead and blocked major motorways and railways with mud and debris. The number of buildings, homes and brid [...]	2005-08-08 14:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ASEC BU
05SOFIA1545	BULGARIA: AS FLOOD WATERS FALL, EXTENSIVE COSTS [...] SUMMARY: Though government officials are still completing on-site damage assessments, their preliminary estimate of flood losses stands at one billion leva (USD 625 million) and 10 deaths. A recent USDA report shows the agricultural sector has sustained substantial damage, estimated at USD [...]	2005-09-02 09:26:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ASEC BU
05SOFIA1565	BULGARIA REQUEST FOR FY06 USDA PL-480 TITLE I [...] Name and Address of Applicant Government of Bulgaria Contacts: Brian Goggin Agricultural Attache Sofia Bulgaria Telephone: (3592) 939-5704 Email: Brian.goggin@usda.gov 2. Country of Donation Bulgaria 3. and 4. Kind and Quantity of Commodities Requeste [...]	2005-09-09 12:42:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID BU
05SOFIA1566	DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT THE UNGA HIGH LEVEL EVENT: [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Emil Yalnazov, head of the MFA's UN Directorate on 7 September. Yalnazov agreed that the specific proposals contained in the Declaration are "also complicated for us" and conveyed that the GOB was not likely to support any binding application of the [...]	2005-09-09 13:34:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN KPAO BU UNGA
05SOFIA1568	BULGARIA TO RESPOND SHORTLY TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 04:01:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO BU
05SOFIA1681	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN BULGARIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria,s Muslim minority has been a target for recruitment by foreign extremist groups since the early 1990s, and local media have reported sensational accounts of purported radical Islamic activity. Despite these reports, the vast majority of Bulgaria,s roughly 13 percent Muslim min [...]	2005-09-30 12:49:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO KMPI EAID BU
05SOFIA1874	FY 2006 PROPOSALS FOR INL-MANAGED SEED FUNDED [...] SUMMARY: Post herein submits proposals to continue four INL-managed projects using FY 2006 funding: Resident Legal Advisor (RLA); Forensics Laboratories Project; the Criminal Law Liaison (CLL); and Embassy Rule of Law Assistant. Post also proposes transforming the Regional Criminal Justice [...]	2005-11-02 04:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID ASEC PGOV BU
05SOFIA766	CONTINUED CRIMINAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Bulgarian criminal activity already has a direct and increasing impact on the United States, which is likely to continue even after Bulgaria's planned EU entry in 2007. Embassy Sofia requests continued U.S. criminal justice assistance following SEED graduation in FY06. Current U.S [...]	2005-04-21 14:02:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID ASEC PREL BU
05TAIPEI2039	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) AIT Econoff met May 4, 2005 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),APEC Task Force Chief Lisa Li-hsin Chuang to deliver reftel demarche requesting that Chinese-Taipei support the U.S. radioactive sources initiative at the Sen [...]	2005-05-05 05:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSTC PARM ETTC EAID ETRD ECIN
05TAIPEI4941	TAIWAN'S DEMOCRACY CAPACITY BUILDING: A FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is increasingly active in providing humanitarian assistance through government and NGO institutions to countries around the world. In addition, Taiwan is trying to convert its own recent democratization achievements to assist other countries with democracy building, part [...]	2005-12-22 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID TW
05TAIPEI58	RECOGNIZING THREAT, TAIWAN PREPS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. Taiwan has thus far managed to avoid Avian Influenza since early 2004. Following the outbreak of H5N2 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) in Taiwan in early 2004 and the outbreaks of H5N1 High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in neighboring countries both last year and this year, [...]	2005-01-07 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAGR ECON EAID TW
05TAIPEI94	TAIWAN'S ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-11 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EAID EAGR ESTH
05TEGUCIGALPA1041	Scenesetter for CoDel Nelson May 29-30 Visit to [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Nelson to Honduras May 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, over three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There will be national el [...]	2005-05-16 23:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1181	MEDIA REACTION ON JOINT U.S.-HONDURAN MILITARY BASE [...] On 05/29 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Habencio Varela Montoya entitled "Important for Hondurans." "Brothers in pain and misery, to take decisions at the national level must be our alternative in light of the precarious economic situation in our countr [...]	2005-06-02 16:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAIR EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1291	MEDIA REACTION ON MCC, BOLIVIA AND ECUADOR, JUNE [...] On 06/14 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled "The fringe of risk." "We've been insisting that if we do not take care of the roots of these ungovernability crises in these countries. The hemisphere's democracy will experience serious backslidings suc [...]	2005-06-17 13:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1292	MEDIA REACTION ON MCC, JUNE 15, 2005 [...] The San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Compensation?" "New reports have been flooding in and reactions towards them have multiplied, bringing about an optimistic ambience that could deviate attention on fundamental problems and wrap us up in an ill [...]	2005-06-17 13:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1311	MEDIA REACTION ON MCC AND G-8, JUNE 17, 2005 [...] Op-ed by Tulio Mariano Gonzales Garcia in San Pedro Sula- based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 6/17, entitled "From Debt Relief to Development." "The verbal campaign for relieving the suffering of the poor moves forward while, at the same time, achieving the goal of the Millennium to reduce extreme [...]	2005-06-20 20:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1326	MEDIA REACTION ON G-8 DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 21, [...] On 6/21 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Politicians and Debt Forgiveness." "The debt forgiveness issue has already entered political campaigns." "The two candidates of the traditional parties have already talked about multilateral organiza [...]	2005-06-21 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1327	MEDIA REACTION ON MCC AND G-8, JUNE 20, 2005 [...] On 06/14 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Juan Mendingo entitled "The true external debt." "It's a good thing that our government got debt forgiveness from Paris Club and now from the G-8, composed of the most powerful nations of the world." "From what [...]	2005-06-22 13:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO

05TEGUCIGALPA1332	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 22, 2005 [...] On 6/21 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "External debt forgiveness." "In the last few days the country has accomplished a great triumph. The annual payments that the country had with international organizations and countries will substantiall [...]	2005-06-22 19:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1349	THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: HONDURAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: It is possible that the National Congress may remove the Attorney General (AG) Ovidio Navarro and Deputy AG Yuri Melara in the next 2-4 weeks. Last week's indictment of the outgoing Government and Justice Minister and the revelation of U.S. revocation of the Deputy AG's visa are [...]	2005-06-24 14:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1372	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 27, 2005 [...] On 6/27 an op-ed by Mario R. Alvarado in Tegucigalpa- based moderate daily "El Heraldo," titled "Debt Forgiveness." "Putting into practice the partial and generous debt forgiveness of the heavily indebted poor countries means a sure loss of our state's businesses and our natural resources tha [...]	2005-06-28 15:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1380	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 28, 2005 [...] The Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Juan Ramon Martinez entitled "Debt Forgiveness and Wealth Creation." "Debt forgiveness is a governmental and legislative success but has been received by some in a strange way." "It was during Carlos Roberto Reina's gove [...]	2005-06-29 14:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1384	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 29, 2005 [...] The Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Rene Duron Escoto entitled "Debt Forgiveness or Condemnation." "When the agricultural workers and farmers talked about the government's debt forgiveness I warned many of them that DEBT FORGIVENESS is a CONDEMNATION and it [...]	2005-06-29 18:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1423	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS AND IMF, JULY [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-06 20:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1447	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 11, 2005 [...] On 07/09 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an editorial entitled "Successful Summit." "The shadow of the terrorist attacks in London couldn't dull the historical results of the G-8 summit in which the debt forgiveness was ratified and $50 million in aid was promised to [...]	2005-07-12 15:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1470	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, ENEE AND MCC, [...] On 07/14 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an editorial entitled "Reactions on Debt Forgiveness." "Even though there is still a lot to clarify about real amounts, terms and new debts, the external debt forgiveness has brought hope again to the country and gave it the b [...]	2005-07-15 14:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1472	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 13, 2005 [...] On 07/13 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Amilcar Santamaria, educational and diplomatic journalist, entitled "The Debt Forgiveness Party." "While the citizenry is anguished by the announcement of a new increase in transport prices and the poor begin to l [...]	2005-07-15 14:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1473	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, NICARAGUA AND [...] On 07/12 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an op-ed by Gaspar Vallecillo Molina entitled "Debt Forgiveness and Poverty." "Since an important debt forgiveness has been talked about an infinity of opinions arose." "If we don't have enough to pay off the debt how are we [...]	2005-07-15 14:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1498	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 15, 2005 [...] On 07/15, the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" published an editorial entitled "Consultation." "President Maduro has begun a consultative process to find out how the 4 billion Lempiras received through the cancellation of our multilateral debt will be used next year. It's already b [...]	2005-07-19 14:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1499	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 18, 2005 [...] On 7/17 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an op-ed by Anibal Delgado entitled "Debt Forgiveness Funds." "To use debt forgiveness' freed funds correctly is a great challenge for Hondurans. Among all the accumulated problems of the last 50 years, which should be taken [...]	2005-07-19 14:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1521	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 21, 2005 [...] On 07/21 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled "Beginning When?" "Because some government people are taking all the credit for debt forgiveness and also have an attitude that denies past governments' recognition on the matter and blaming it for `brea [...]	2005-07-22 22:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1525	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 25, 2005 [...] On 07/25 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily, "La Tribuna," published an op-ed by Oscar Lanza Rosales entitled "Debt Relief needs to benefit the Poorest of the Poor" "The rich countries that make up the G-8 have forgiven the debt of Honduras, approximately 60% of the foreign debt and equivale [...]	2005-07-26 19:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1554	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 26, 2005 [...] On 07/26 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily, "La Tribuna," published an op-ed by Orlando Henriquez entitled "Funds." "According to newspapers and President Maduro `the electoral period presents a danger to the funds available under debt relief.' The newspapers are concerned that much of the [...]	2005-07-29 14:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1555	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 27, 2005 [...] On 07/27 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily, "La Tribuna," published an op-ed by Gustavo Adolfo Aguilar, former UNAH professor and member of AUNA (Unity for our America Association) entitled "Debt Forgiveness and the Fight against Poverty." "Only recently, and with the help of the World Bank [...]	2005-07-29 14:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1556	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 26, 2005 [...] On 07/26 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily, "La Tribuna," published an op-ed by Orlando Henriquez entitled "Funds." "According to newspapers and President Maduro `the electoral period presents a danger to the funds available under debt relief.' The newspapers are concerned that much of the [...]	2005-07-29 14:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1563	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 25, 2005 [...] On 07/25 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily, "La Tribuna," published an op-ed by Oscar Lanza Rosales entitled "Debt Relief Needs to Benefit the Poorest of the Poor." "The rich countries that make up the G-8 have forgiven the debt of Honduras, approximately 60% of the foreign debt, equivalent [...]	2005-07-29 17:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1564	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, JULY 28, 2005 [...] On 07/28 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an op-ed by Dr. Nicolas Odeh-Nasrala entitled "Debt Forgiveness and Poverty Reduction." "In a television forum on the use of debt relief funds, the president of BCH (Honduran Central Bank),Gustavo Alfaro, representatives of F [...]	2005-07-29 17:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1632	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, AUGUST 1JULY [...] On 08/01 The San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" published an op-ed by Eduardo David Ardon entitled "How to Utilize Debt Relief." "President Ricardo Maduro, industrialists, labor organizations, political parties, and all of Honduran society continue to express their opinions on the wa [...]	2005-08-04 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1643	REQUEST FOR USD 1.6 MILLION IN FY05 ESF FOR [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/PPC. Please see para. 9. 2. (U) Summary: On November 27, 2005, Honduras will elect a new president, national congress, and mayors in the first national general election under the new electoral reforms. The new 2004 Electoral Law substantially reduce [...]	2005-08-08 16:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1648	MCA HONDURAS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: MCC and the GOH continue to make progress towards MCA-Honduras implementation. MCC has now filled the position of Mission Director for Honduras. GOH domestic legislation to bring the Compact agreement with Millennium Challenge Corporation into force is quietly making the rounds i [...]	2005-08-08 19:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PREL KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1684	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, AUGUST 9, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-12 17:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1745	Honduran Fiscal Policy: Academicians Present Tax [...] Summary. A recent seminar on the importance of tax reforms raised a number of interesting themes, but GOH officials present limited their remarks to exhortations for discipline and calls for increased tax revenue. Featured academic speakers said there must be improved tax collection, a more [...]	2005-08-22 23:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD ELAB PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1746	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] On 08/22 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" ran an op-ed by Juan Carlos Elvir, mayor of Santa Rosa de Copan, entitled "Keys for the Future of Honduras." "There is no doubt that the subject of the moment is the external debt relief which creates a lot of expectations about our fu [...]	2005-08-22 23:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1773	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] On 07/26 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily, "La Tribuna," published an op-ed by Oscar Antonio Oyuela entitled "I Can't!" "We are an undeveloped country because we have a `negativism syndrome' and prejudices such as: `I'm embarrassed to do that' or `I can't.' If we don't change our mentalit [...]	2005-08-25 22:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1823	HONDURAS FY06 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL [...] FAS/Tegucigalpa requests an FY 2006 Food For Progress (FFP) government-to-government grant of USD 9.4 million for Honduras. We request the following donated commodities: USD 3.4 million soybean meal, USD 5 million yellow corn, USD 0.7 million red beans (for direct feeding),USD 0.3 million mi [...]	2005-09-02 22:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1841	GOH Approves MCC Compact and Creates MCA-Honduras [...] On August 26, the Honduran National Assembly approved the MCC Compact and on August 30 approved the law creating MCA- Honduras, which is the GOH legal entity that will be responsible for implementing the MCC Program. 2. MCC staff will be working with GOH to complete the remaining steps so t [...]	2005-09-07 22:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1867	HONDURAS INFORMALLY EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] On September 9, EconOff spoke to Dr. Lizardo Reyes, Director of the GOH animal and plant health administration SENASA, about the proposed International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI). Dr. Reyes said that Honduras fully appreciates the importance of preventing the avian in [...]	2005-09-09 22:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1987	USAID Assistance to Honduran Elections: Primary [...] This is an action request for WHA/PCC. Please see para. 6. 2. During the February 2005 Honduran primaries, USAID provided more than $1.4 million in funding, which supported: - $65,000 (DCHA) for technical assistance to the Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to provide election expe [...]	2005-09-27 20:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PREL KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2041	CHEESED OFF: FDA CITES POOR FOOD SAFETY IN HONDURAN [...] Summary: FDA dairy inspectors finishing a three-week inspection visit to seven Honduran dairy plants expressed concern over a lack of standardized safety procedures in the production of quesillo, a locally popular soft white cheese. Although the seven plants had been specially selected by GOH [...]	2005-10-04 13:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON EIND ETRD AMED HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2086	Scenesetter for Secretary Gutierrez Visit to [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of Secretary Gutierrez to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on October 18-20. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, with less than four months remaining in his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries [...]	2005-10-07 20:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ETRD ECON PGOV SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2172	CHILD LABOR IN HONDURAS: INFORMATION FOR THE TRADE [...] Summary. Over the past several months, EmbOffs have spoken with government officials, private sector, labor unions, non-governmental organizations, and child advocates regarding the situation of child labor in Honduras. The Embassy has been active in promoting an agenda to support the eradic [...]	2005-10-21 21:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA218	HONDURAS REQUEST FOR INCLE ANTI-TIP FUNDS - [...] Summary: We request that G/TIP allocate INCLE funds totaling $129,500 to one Honduran project that will strengthen the capacity of the National Preventive Police and the Public Ministry to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. The project will be implemented jointly [...]	2005-02-01 11:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG ELAB EAID ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA223	Honduras: Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: [...] The following is Post's submission for the "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004-5" for Honduras. 2. Begin Text Honduras' constitutional government is headed by President Ricardo Maduro, elected in November 2001 in elections that domestic and international observe [...]	2005-02-01 11:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG EAID KDEM KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2234	DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR HONDURAS [...] As a result of the excessive flooding in Northeastern Honduras from the bands of Hurricane Beta and a cold front on October 29-31, the Acting Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant us government assistance. The disaster is beyond the capacity o [...]	2005-11-01 22:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05TEGUCIGALPA2239	REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY HELICOPTER ASSISTANCE FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Based on the deteriorating conditions and lack of food in Puerto Lempira in the remote Mosquitia region of Honduras due to the effects of Hurricane Beta, Post requests immediate emergency DoD assistence to airlift food, medicine, and hygie [...]	2005-11-02 14:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS EAID PREL HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2289	POST SUPPORTS EXTENDING TPS FOR HONDURAS [...] (U) Summary: While much post-Mitch reconstruction efforts have been completed, some physical infrastructure, particularly housing stocks, remains inadequate. The stagnant Honduran economy and continued weak job creation make it unlikely the country could provide the jobs, health care, housin [...]	2005-11-07 20:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREL ECON EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA23	Scenesetter for CoDel Weller's January 16-18 Visit [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Weller to Honduras January 16-18. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, almost three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there were [...]	2005-01-04 18:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2352	DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR HONDURAS [...] As a result of excessive flooding in Northern Honduras from the remnants of Tropical Depression 27 and a new low pressure system, which has produced rainfall of 18 to 20 inches during the past 48 hours, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant [...]	2005-11-21 13:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID
05TEGUCIGALPA2390	USDA Finds No Fault with Honduran Meat Inspections [...] This is an action request: please see para 7. 2. Summary: USDA inspectors have found the GOH beef plant inspection system to be sound and noted no serious health violations in the two Honduran plants that currently export to the U.S. Inspectors were favorably impressed with the exhaustiv [...]	2005-11-25 22:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON EIND ETRD AMED HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2495	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, DECEMBER 13, [...] On 12/13 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an op-ed by Hernando Carcamo entitled "Debt Forgiveness." "Something that our leaders should be clear on is that if we got debt forgiveness it was to relieve the burden of annual payments. It is necessary to make decisions [...]	2005-12-13 20:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2575	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, DECEMBER 22, [...] On 12/22 an editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo," titled "Debt Forgiveness and our Future." "The main success of the outgoing government is the forgiveness of our external debt as a result of the great sacrifices made by the majority of the people to achieve an agreement [...]	2005-12-23 15:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2585	MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, DECEMBER 27, [...] On 12/27 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Debt Forgiveness." "Debt relief is forgiving, it isn't a synonym for repatriating money, having more loans, or for the government to use it freely." "In this debt forgiveness lottery we are not inclu [...]	2005-12-27 21:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA348	HONDURAS: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND [...] Summary: The Government of Honduras has no legislation or regulations which deal specifically with access to genetic resources or the sharing of benefits from such resources. Procedures do exist for the import and export of any biological specimens and for the approval of any activity likely [...]	2005-02-11 21:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO
05TEGUCIGALPA390	Scenesetter for CoDel Taylor's February 22-24 Visit [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Taylor to Honduras February 22-24. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there were sever [...]	2005-02-17 12:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA48	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS, [...] Op-ed by Carlos A. Medina in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 1/6, titled "The U.S. needs friends." "The world has come together to assist our fellow people in Asia, which has represented a commendable gesture of human solidarity." "Right after the tsunami, President Bush offe [...]	2005-01-07 20:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL EAID PGOV MARR KPAO HO
05TEGUCIGALPA540	CY-2004 END USER MONITORING REPORT FOR [...] The INL Section has been managing and providing support to INL funded counternarcotics (CN) projects in Honduras. On January 6, 2005, a new law enforcement advisor arrived to assist the POL/INL section in developing more focused support for INL projects. Current operational projects are: � [...]	2005-03-10 12:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KCRM EAID PHUM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA698	Scenesetter for CoDel Kolbe April 14-16 Visit to [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Kolbe to Honduras April 14-16. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there were several p [...]	2005-04-01 15:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA871	NSDD 38 - MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION [...] Ambassador Palmer approves reftel request for the Millenium Challenge Corporation to establish a presence in Tegucigalpa, Honduras consisting of 1 USDH Director, 2 USDH or USPSC program managers and up to 4 Locally Employeed Staff, contigent upon satisfactory clarification of the following sub [...]	2005-04-25 20:42:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AODE AMGT KMRS ABLD ASEC EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA974	HONDURAS RATIFIES UN ANTI-CORRUPTION CONVENTION [...] On March 13, the Honduran Congress approved the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. The congressional decree was signed by President Ricardo Maduro on March 30, and the decree was published in La Gaceta, akin to the Federal Register, on April 20. 2. Honduras signed the convention [...]	2005-05-06 21:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA996	MEDIA REACTION ON JOINT U.S.-HONDURAN MILITARY BASE [...] On 05/09, the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" carried an editorial entitled "Palmerola." "For many years Comayagua's agricultural workers have asked the government to use the military airport of Palmerola for transporting their goods to the U.S. and other markets, in order to save [...]	2005-05-11 13:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAIR EAID HO
05TELAVIV1064	GAZANS TORN OVER DUBAI INVESTOR'S PROPOSED [...] Israeli media reported that Dubai businessman Mohammed Alabbar recently visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with an offer to purchase settler homes intact, saving the GOI the need to demolish them. Previously, NSC advisor Gabi Blum told EconCouns that Alabbar's visit had been spon [...]	2005-02-22 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV1150	PA SECURITY REFORM -- WHERE DOES NORWAY FIT? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 24 meeting with Embassy and USAID officers, Norwegian police advisor Arnstein Overkil identified reconstruction of the PA's police forensic lab and training in crime scene investigation techniques as two possible areas where Norway might undertake programs to ass [...]	2005-02-25 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KWBG KPAL NO IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1270	"TECHNOCRAT" PRESIDENT RUNS INTO TROUBLE AT [...] (C) Summary: An angry mob of students, reportedly stirred up by remnants of the previous, Arafat-appointed administration, chased the new al-Azhar University president, Dr. Hani al-Nijim, from his campus office February 28 in response to al-Nijim's announced plan to uphold long-ignored univer [...]	2005-03-03 12:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG GZ IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1340	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT WATER ISSUES: STILL MUCH WORK [...] (C) Summary: Although Israeli and Palestinian water officials have generally displayed relatively close cooperation, they have not worked out specific arrangements pertaining to Israel's disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank. The Israeli Water Commissioner reported that Israel h [...]	2005-03-07 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IS KWBG PREL SENV GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV1847	SHIMON PERES ON DISENGAGEMENT, PALESTINIAN SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres told NSC director Elliott Abrams, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, and the Ambassador March 23 that the economic needs of the Gaza Strip and West Bank are immediate and pressing, while solutions are slow in coming. In his view, the PA is torn [...]	2005-03-25 13:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL EFIN EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2284	GAZAN CROSSINGS, PERMITS, AND ACCESS ISSUES: [...] (C) Summary: Since the February 8 Sharm el Sheikh summit between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, the GOI has made several improvements in the Gazan crossings regime, and the IDF has increased its willingness to coordinate with the international community and the TFPI o [...]	2005-04-13 07:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KWBG PREL ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2427	PERES ADVISOR, NSC ADVISOR DISCUSS DAHLAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Einat Wilf, foreign policy advisor to Vice PM Shimon Peres, and Gabi Blum, NSC advisor, briefed EconCouns on the recent Aspen Institute conference; the potential for U.S. involvement in Negev/Galilee development; and PA Civil Affairs Minister Muhammad Dahlan's progress on negotia [...]	2005-04-18 14:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL EAID ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2428	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE #2 [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of updates on GOI, donor community, and Post preparations for Israeli withdrawal and the post-disengagement Gazan economic and security situation. -- Developments in security coordination have focused on activities of U.S. Security Coordination Mi [...]	2005-04-18 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV EAID ECON IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2506	NEA ADVISOR DISCUSSES ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Environment Shalom Simhon and Finnish Embassy Counselor Matti Tulonen expressed their support for Israeli-Palestinian cooperation on environmental issues in meetings with NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson. The GOI Ministry of Environment is proposing that the Isr [...]	2005-04-21 08:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PREL PGOV KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2532	MEPP ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: RENEWED [...] (C) Summary: NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson discussed renewed Japanese interest in leading the Multilateral Peace Process Environment Working Group with Japanese DCM, GOI Minister of Environment, and GOI MFA Director for Multilateral Peace Talks Coordination. Lawson suggested re-engag [...]	2005-04-22 13:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL EAID KPAL IS JA ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV2533	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COOPERATION ON WATER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: At Trilateral Water Talks in Tel Aviv April 7 Israeli and Palestinian water officials agreed to coordinate on water-related aspects of Gaza disengagement. Israeli Water Commissioner, Shimon Tal, and Palestinian Water Authority Chairman, Fadel Ka'wash, agreed to begin working on a [...]	2005-04-22 13:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PREL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2722	PERES DESCRIBES POSITIVE CHANGE IN QURAYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Peres told A/S Welch and Charge April 27 that Palestinian PM Quraya', in an April 21 meeting with Peres, showed a positive change of attitude toward disengagement coordination. Peres said he cautioned Quraya' not to push for final status talks after disengagement; doi [...]	2005-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL ECON PGOV EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3000	SOME GAZANS QUESTION THE NEED FOR SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Summary and comment: Some elements within the Gazan business community have questioned the importance of intact transfer of the settlement greenhouses following Israeli withdrawal, suggesting that the GOI, the donor community, and the PA have done insufficient work convincing the private [...]	2005-05-16 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV3227	GAZA DAIRY FARMER WANTS INTACT TRANSFER, DESCRIBE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Amidst halting progress on GOI-PA negotiations regarding the disposition of settlement assets, some settlement farmers are making independent attempts to secure the continuity of enterprises in which they have invested significant resources. The CEO of Omer Cattle M [...]	2005-05-27 14:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG EAID ECON IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV3561	MOD DG AMOS YARON ON PASSAGES, THE BARRIER, AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General Amos Yaron recently to discuss the status of the seamline barrier around major settlement blocs. Yaron said that the idea of building a wall in Hebron has been turned down by the Attorney General. Yaron noted th [...]	2005-06-09 04:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS MILITARY RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3672	CODEL KOLBE MEETINGS WITH ISRAEL'S FOREIGN [...] THIS IS A JOINT MESSAGE FROM EMBASSY TEL AVIV AND CONGEN JERUSALEM. 2. (U) SUMMARY: DURING A MAY 29-31 VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK, CODEL KOLBE MET WITH ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM AND ISRAELI VICE PREMIER PERES, AMONG OTHERS. MINISTER SHALOM SPOKE ABOUT THE RECENT ELECTORAL S [...]	2005-06-14 05:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL EAID IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4059	AMOS GILAD ON PA POLITICS, DISENGAGEMENT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political-Military bureau head Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad told EconCouns that the high level of USG and international community actors involved in disengagement planning -- including Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Security Coordinator Gen. Ward, and A/S We [...]	2005-06-28 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PTER EAID IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4198	GAZAN DISENGAGEMENT-RELATED AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A series of discussions with GOI, PA, and Gazan private sector contacts June 27-29 has underscored the pressing need for agreement between the two sides on crossings and the transfer of settlement assets. On crossings, GOI representatives said that Karni terminal will [...]	2005-07-06 08:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4201	GAZA NGO LEADER DESCRIBES HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Jamal Safi, chairman of the Environmental Protection and Research Institute (EPRI) and winner of the prestigious Zayed International Prize for the Environment, key health and environmental challenges for Gaza include blood-borne infectious diseases, lead poisoning [...]	2005-07-06 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EAGR TBIO SOCI KHIV PREL KPAL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV426	ISRAELI ACTIONS ON GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] Summary: Israel has a legal and institutional framework to protect biodiversity. Although Israel does not have a specific law that prohibits the introduction of alien species, it does restrict the import of plant species included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [...]	2005-01-25 14:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV4419	RAMON DESCRIBES DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting, Minister without Portfolio Haim Ramon described disengagement coordination priorities for Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer, and Lt. General Ward. Ramon expressed his desire to coordinate $50 million in USG assistance for improving passages with [...]	2005-07-19 04:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID ETRD KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4619	STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Histadrut labor federation leader and candidate for head of the Labor Party Amir Peretz on July 11 to discuss disengagement, the peace process and Israeli politics. Peretz expressed support for disengagement, but was suspicious that the GOI is intentional [...]	2005-07-25 07:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB ECON EAID KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV4621	CHIEF DISENGAGEMENT AUTHORITY BASSEY DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Yonatan Bassey, Director of the Disengagement Authority (SELA),on July 11 to discuss Israel,s ongoing preparations for the upcoming evacuation of 17 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the northern West Bank under Prime Minister Ariel S [...]	2005-07-25 07:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4715	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, JULY 28, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. On the six priority areas outlined by Quartet Special Envoy (QSE) Wolfensohn, Ministers Mofaz and Dahlan agreed that door-to-door movement of goods shoul [...]	2005-07-28 15:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4775	GAZAN BUSINESS STRUGGLES WITH DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Gazan private sector contacts are on edge over current GOI-PA negotiations regarding the post-disengagement border crossings, arguing that without freedom of movement at Karni, Erez, and Rafah terminals, the Gazan economy will not survive Israel's withdrawal. Business leaders b [...]	2005-08-02 13:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG EAID PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4819	DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION: THE CUSTOMS UNION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV4820	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 4, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. The IDF will open Karni and Erez terminals two days a week for Gazans during "lockdown;" the GOI is considering a trilateral meeting on the passages; VP [...]	2005-08-04 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4862	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 5, 2005 [...] (C) This report summarizes current GOI views on the progress of disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA and updates from the Quartet Special Envoy's (QSE) staff. The August 4 trilateral held under QSE Wolfensohn auspices generated concurrence on how to organize upcoming GOI-PA [...]	2005-08-05 15:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV498	(C) RELIGIOUS LEADERS WEIGH MEASURES TO GENERATE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with and cleared by ConGen Jerusalem. 2. (C) Summary: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious leaders of the Permanent Follow-up Committee for the Implementation of the Alexandria Declaration ("the Alexandria Group") met in East Jerusalem January 24 to revi [...]	2005-01-28 09:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KPAO EAID IS KPAL ISRAELI SOCIETY PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5019	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: GEN. DANGOTT UPDATES [...] (C) DEFMIN Mofaz's Military Adviser, General Eitan Dangott, updated Ambassador August 12 on status of ongoing GOI-Palestinian negotiations on post-disengagement issues, including the disposition of settler housing, the degree of authority for Gaza, improvement in passages, the Gaza disputed bo [...]	2005-08-12 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KWBG KPAL PREL MARR PTER IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5051	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 15, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The first day of disengagement proceeded as planned with minimal violence well within anticipated parameters. The message below outlines the dissemination of eviction notices to settlers; the overall security situation in Gaza, including the kidnapping of a French journalist b [...]	2005-08-15 16:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5078	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 16, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the second day of disengagement, Neve Dekalim settlement remained a stronghold of resistance to evacuation. Settlers and thousands of anti-disengagement activists blocked IDF troops from entering to distribute eviction notices, although the IDF was able to negotiate and br [...]	2005-08-16 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5099	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the third day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police began to evacuate several settlements by force, meeting almost exclusively non-violent resistance. While most settlers continued to leave their homes either voluntarily or after brief non-violent refusal, Israeli Polic [...]	2005-08-17 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5132	CORRECTED COPY: DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, [...] (SBU) Summary: On the fourth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating Kfar Darom, Kfar Yam, and Neve Dekalim. The security forces encountered some resistance in these settlements, particularly from young infiltrators from outside of the Gaza Strip who barricaded t [...]	2005-08-18 16:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5154	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 19, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the fifth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the settlement of Gadid. At the beginning of the day, ten families and over 300 infiltrators remained, but the evacuation was complete by around 1500 hours. The GOI also began demolishing homes i [...]	2005-08-19 14:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5157	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 21, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the seventh day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the remaining southern Gaza Strip settlements of Katif and Atzmona and some remaining families in Shelo/Shalev/Slav -- after a day (August 20) of inaction due to the Sabbath. The Israeli cabinet [...]	2005-08-21 17:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5186	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eighth day of disengagement, the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlers concluded without incident. The evacuation proceeded smoothly with little of the protest that marked the evacuations of Kfar Darom or Atzmona. Removal and relocation of agricultural equipment from G [...]	2005-08-22 15:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5258	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 25, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli disengagement is proceeding, with demolition of remaining settlements underway. Israeli focus has now turned to the situation of evacuees in Israel, and on political maneuvering post-disengagement. A gun battle that ensued during an Israeli operation near Tulkarm overn [...]	2005-08-25 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5285	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli cabinet is expected to approve on August 28 an agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border. Meanwhile, Israeli pundits and the weekend press ponder the impact of disengagement. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot reported A [...]	2005-08-26 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV531	PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT FUND EARNINGS MAY SEED GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) will vote February 10-12 on whether to cash out on over USD 300 million of capital gains made on worldwide investments. Board members are split over the vote, reportedly fearing that PA MinFin Salaam Fayyad will appropriate earnings for his o [...]	2005-01-31 05:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5343	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 30, 2005 [...] (SBU) The IDF continues to make steady progress in implementing the GOI disengagement. Hamas and Fatah personnel clashed near Rafah. Otherwise few notable security incidents took place in the last twenty-four hours. The GOI appears to have agreed to a phased handover of settlement areas i [...]	2005-08-30 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV535	OLMERT TELLS A/S BURNS TO TIE PALESTINIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Ehud Olmert urged NEA A/S Burns and the USG to use creative means of engagement such as developing QIZs when assisting the Palestinians so as to tie Palestinian economic fortunes to continued good relations with Israel. Despite advocating such ties, Olmert rejected any [...]	2005-01-31 08:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KWBG EG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5360	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 31, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: The Knesset approved (58-23) the Israeli agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border, and the GOI plans to sign the agreement on September 1. Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman briefed General Ward on his August 31 meeting with P [...]	2005-08-31 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5515	DISENGAGEMENT: GAZA BUSINESSMEN BOTH HOPEFUL AND [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, nine businessmen from the Gaza Strip stressed that freedom of movement for people and goods was essential to achieving economic prosperity after disengagement. They claimed that the GOI's proposal for a trilateral border crossing at Ke [...]	2005-09-07 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL EINV EAID IS PTER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5716	GAZA: SECURITY DETERIORATES, PA HESITATES BUT [...] (C) Summary: A Norwegian diplomat who has covered the Gaza Strip for the past two years sees the security situation deteriorating even further in the coming months. He believes that a variety of armed groups, including factions within Fatah, will continue to seek illicit financial and politi [...]	2005-09-16 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ECON EAID KDEM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5723	GAZA STRIP: EUPHORIA OR ANARCHY? [...] (SBU) A PA Ministry of Interior contact told poloff September 16 that the situation in Rafah remains "a big mess," with movement of Egyptians and Palestinians across the border through up to seven openings. The MOI contact, who visited Rafah on September 15 and remained in touch with his cont [...]	2005-09-16 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5779	FM SHALOM MEETING WITH CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom briefed CODEL Davis August 31 on the Government of Israel's Disengagement Plan, and anticipated costs associated with moving military forces and with developing the Negev and the Galilee. Asked about post-Disengagement scenarios and PM Sharon's d [...]	2005-09-22 09:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID KWBG PREF IS IR LE EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5849	GAZA: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Gaza, the stronghold of the radical Islamist terrorist organization HAMAS, presents exceptional challenges for USG efforts to combat violent extremism. Our strategic approach is to promote Palestinian democracy, strengthen the rule of law, reform the security sector, offer economic alter [...]	2005-09-27 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM

05TELAVIV5951	MINISTRY OF FINANCE DG BACHAR CREDITS U.S. LOAN [...] (C) In a September 29 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Minister of Finance Director General Joseph Bachar, was very upbeat about the prospects for the Israeli economy. While cautious about predicting that the good times would continue, he noted the positive effect of the calm of the past year, [...]	2005-10-03 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EAID ECON IS PREL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6020	WATER OFFICIALS DISCUSS COOPERATION FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: At Trilateral Water Talks in Tel Aviv September 22 Israeli and Palestinian water officials agreed to discuss possible new water supplies for Gaza, including the purchase of water from the Israeli grid for the former settlement areas and the possibility of larger quantities from t [...]	2005-10-07 14:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID PREL KWBG IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6263	SPIEGEL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON EASING MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Defense (MOD) advisor Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that terrorists had taken advantage of the removal of some obstacles to movement in Gush Etzion to perpetrate the October 16 deadly shooting attack against Israeli se [...]	2005-11-01 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6355	ISRAEL SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH TO CSD ENERGY ROUND [...] (U) The Ministry of Environment shares U.S. views on the recent Water Round of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and looks forward to working closely with the U.S. and other like-minded parties in the Energy Round. MOE officials have made the following points to ESTH officer [...]	2005-11-04 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG EAID AORC IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6720	AVIAN INFLUENZA: NO CONFIRMED H5N1 IN ISRAEL; [...] (U) INTRO AND SUMMARY: This message is Post's response to Ref A questions regarding the GOI's efforts to prepare for avian and pandemic influenza, and its capability to respond to an AI epidemic. Questions are answered in the order provided in reftel. To date, there have been no/no confir [...]	2005-12-01 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6751	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 [...] (C) Mr. Ambassador: Your visit to Israel will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and progress is being made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anxiety in Israel is high about Iran and its nuclear weapons program, political instability in Syria and [...]	2005-12-02 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV PTER EAID ENRG ETTC MASS OTRA PARM TRGY TSPL GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV7030	NNSA ADMINISTRATOR BROOKS' DECEMBER 6-9 VISIT TO [...] (U) Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security/Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Linton Brooks visited Israel December 6-9 for a series of discussions of ongoing cooperation between NNSA and the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). IAEC Director Gene [...]	2005-12-21 13:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM PINR PGOV PTER EAID TRGY TSPL IR IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV922	PALTRADE OFFICER ON SETTLEMENT GREENHOUSES, PAPA [...] (C) Summary: PalTrade cash crops officer Hashim Al-Hussaini spoke to Econoff February 9 on Gazan agribusiness and job creation post-disengagement. On settlement assets, Hussaini emphasized the need for direct GOI-PA security coordination in order to safeguard greenhouses and other infrastru [...]	2005-02-15 15:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG EAID IS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV960	EU COPPS STRESS DONOR COORDINATION WHILE BUILDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The director of the EU's police reform program, Jonathan McIvor, told the DCM and emboffs February 15 that a lack of credibility among the population is the biggest problem facing the PA police, due in large part to the fact that it is militants rather than the police that "st [...]	2005-02-17 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05THEHAGUE161	NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]	2005-01-21 15:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE164	NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...]	2005-01-21 16:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1647	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: BOT UNDECIDED ON ATTENDING [...] (C) On June 1, Ambassador Sobel raised the June 22 US-EU International Conference on Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Per ref a, Ambassador Sobel urged Bot to attend the conference and to take advantage of the opportunity to announce additional Dutch contributions to the Iraqi Transition [...]	2005-06-13 06:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ NL EUN
05THEHAGUE1786	NETHERLANDS/MSF: DUTCH SEEK JOINT DEMARCHE IN KABUL [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-23 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PREL AF NL
05THEHAGUE1941	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to reftel, the Dutch MFA was prickly in response to the suggestion there be no "package approach" to UN reform. The Dutch thought Syria was improving its behavior in Lebanon in response to international pressure and suggested they are doing their best under the circ [...]	2005-07-11 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID LE PREL SY TU UZ NL UN
05THEHAGUE2309	AMBASSADORâ€™S PARTING THOUGHTS ON TAKING THE DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: With the EU divided and its direction uncertain, the Dutch serve as a vital transatlantic anchor in Europe. As one of the original six EU members, the Dutch ally with the British to counter Franco-German efforts to steer Europe off a transatlantic course. The Netherlands' solid Europea [...]	2005-08-22 17:01:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID NL EUN USUN
05THEHAGUE2446	THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER [...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]	2005-09-08 14:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2564	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: URGING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On September 21, POLOFF shared reftel points with Stella Kloth, Sudan Desk Officer at the MFA and member of the Dutch Government's Sudan Task Force. Kloth was very interested in the points and promised to share them with her colleagues at the Dutch Embassy in Khartoum. 2. (SBU) Kloth [...]	2005-09-21 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM EAID NL
05THEHAGUE2580	NETHERLANDS: IDENTIFICATIONN OF COMMERCIAL SOURCES [...] This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. In response to reftel, Post identified three possible Dutch sources of vegetarian MREs. The companies have confirmed that they produce MREs for private and public organizations. However, they were unable to confirm current stocks of vegetar [...]	2005-09-23 05:49:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT NL BEXP KS JA XG
05THEHAGUE2694	NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON CESSATION OF VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) On October 4, Charge raised reftel points on the need to counter the recent increase in violence in Sudan with Hugo Siblesz, Director General of Political Affairs at the MFA. Siblesz agreed that the situation was worrisome, and that it was important for parties to weigh in with both the [...]	2005-10-06 10:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF SU EAID NL
05THEHAGUE2756	SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...]	2005-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2845	NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: DUTCH SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support promoting civil society in Belarus and are prepared to pursue this objective bilaterally. At the same time, they do not want to appear out of step from an EU consensus, and in general prefer constructive engagement over isolation. The Dutch recognize that rel [...]	2005-10-20 13:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID BO NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2860	NETHERLANDS: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol said October 21 that the Dutch are considering deploying a field hospital in conjunction with the Czechs as part of the international assistance relief efforts. The deployment could happen in "about a week" once the Dutch and Czechs finalize plans, he [...]	2005-10-21 13:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2892	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: DUTCH WILL PROVIDE FIELD [...] Emboffs delivered reftel A points to Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Pakistan relief coordinator Joost Andriessen, as well as Western Hemisphere department staff. 2. Andriessen told econoff the Netherlands had pledged 17 million Euros (USD 20.5 million) "so far." He did not rule out [...]	2005-10-25 11:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK NL
05THEHAGUE2934	NETHERLANDS: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS, EXPERTISE [...] (C) DAO contacts confirm that the Netherlands does not have any MI-17s, spare parts or relevant maintenance expertise on this type of Russian helicopter, and will be unable to provide assistance with regard to Pakistan's request. SCHOFER [...]	2005-10-28 08:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS NL NATO
05THEHAGUE3032	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: GONL PLEDGES ANOTHER 5 MILLION EUROS [...] Econoff met with Joost Andriessen (Humanitarian Affairs Director, MFA) at the first available opportunity on November 7 to get an update on Dutch contributions to earthquake relief and inform him of U.S. efforts. 2. Andriessen said the GONL had pledged a second 5 million euro (USD 6 milli [...]	2005-11-08 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL NL PHUM
05THEHAGUE3109	NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS [...] (U) The Dutch plan to continue, and perhaps increase, their contribution to the OAS Mission in Colombia. On November 17, Dimitri Vogelaar (Venezuela Desk Officer, MFA) shared this information with POLOFF in response to ref A points. 2. (C) FM Bot's recent visit to Bogota has renewed Dutch [...]	2005-11-17 14:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID NL CO
05THEHAGUE831	NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS [...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche points to Stella Kloth, Sudan desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kloth responded that Minister of Development Assistance Agnes van Ardenne would be leading the Dutch delegation to the Oslo conference, but was not able to inform post of any [...]	2005-03-30 15:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON NL SU
05THEHAGUE956	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) Poloff met Marit van Zomeren (MFA Afghanistan Desk) April 6 to request augmented Dutch support for subject elections (reftel). Referring to a comprehensive list of Dutch contributions in Afghanistan for the 2001-2005 period (outlined below),van Zomeren said the GoNL had disbursed to UN [...]	2005-04-11 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF UNSC
05TUNIS1456	AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO TUNISIA'S SECOND CITY - [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and Econoff traveled June 27 to Sfax, Tunisia's second largest city and the economic hub, to deliver messages on USG economic and political reform policies, on our latest development under our trade and investment dialogue, and to survey USG assistance to Sfax's high-t [...]	2005-07-05 14:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EAID TS
05TUNIS2353	GOT SPINS FM ABDALLAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 13:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
05VATICAN253	CATHOLIC AID ORGANIZATIONS: TSUMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-25 15:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID SENV SOCI CE ID IN ML MY TH VT
05VATICAN514	VATICAN: LOOKING AHEAD ON BIOTECH [...] (C) Recent conversations between Holy See officials and USAID and EB representatives visiting the Vatican confirmed the cautious acceptance of biotech food by the Holy See. Vatican officials asserted that the safety and science of genetically modified foods would eventually be non-issues at the [...]	2005-08-26 07:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT
05VIENNA1028	GOA VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR HIPCS AND IRAQ, [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief met with Michael Linhart, Director of the Austrian Development Agency, on March 10 to discuss reftel points and background paper. Econ Unit Chief followed up on March 25 with Thomas Wieser, Director General in the MoF's Economic Policy and Financial [...]	2005-03-31 06:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AU IZ
05VIENNA1033	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On March 30, we delivered reftel talking points to Africa Director Caroline Gudenus in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Bureau. Gudenus called back after hours to say that Under-Secretary for Development Assistance (USAID Director-equivalent) Irene Freudenschussreichl would attend the [...]	2005-03-31 09:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MARR SU AU
05VIENNA1136	NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] On April 7, Econ Unit Chief met with Ingrid Sager, Head of the MFA's Eastern European Development Assistance Division, to encourage Austrian participation in the New Eurasia Foundation (FNE). Sager said that Austria, unfortunately, would not contribute to the FNE. She added that, because of [...]	2005-04-07 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL AU
05VIENNA1192	FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) Embassy discussed ref (a) points on April 5 with Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's A/S-equivalent for the Americas (ref b). We also conveyed the information to Peter Storer, Director for South and Southeast Asia, and followed up with him on April 11. Storer, whose office is coordi [...]	2005-04-12 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF AU UNSC
05VIENNA140	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: US PROPOSAL FOR GLOBAL EARLY [...] (U) On January 14, post delivered reftel talking points and paper to Franz Hoerlberger, Unit Chief for Humanitarian Aid in the MFA's Development Assistance Section. Hoerlberger, who will attend the January 18-22 World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, welcomed the USG proposal. He sa [...]	2005-01-14 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA SENV AU UNESCO
05VIENNA171	AUSTRIA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT [...] In researching reftel questions, post obtained information from publicly available sources, as well as from GoA officials in the Ministry for Agriculture, Environment, Forestry, and Water Management (MoA) and in the Austrian Patent Office. 2. There are no access restrictions for natural r [...]	2005-01-20 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO AU
05VIENNA1740	U.S.-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Political Unit Chief discussed ref (A) information on May 23 with Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Africa and the Middle East Ralph Scheide and Director for Gulf Affairs Oskar Wuestinger. Scheide observed that the U.S. and EU now appeared to have a "compl [...]	2005-05-25 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ AU EUN UN
05VIENNA175	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON JANUARY 31 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns met with Foriegn Ministry EU Affaris director Werner Almhofer on January 21 to present reftel points. Almhofer made the following substantive replies: 2. (SBU) Tsunami: Almhofer expressed some frustration with the European public's dissatisfaction with the response of t [...]	2005-01-21 14:17:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH AU EUN
05VIENNA1886	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU [...] Acting DCM delivered ref (a) points on June 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS 2. Scheide said the June 22 conference was "on the schedule" of Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. He said he ha [...]	2005-06-07 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2005	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO CHALLENGE TO DONORS TO FIGHT [...] Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 15 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent). The Ambassador pointed out the initiative of the President and Prime Minister Blair in pledging significant funds to address African humanitaria [...]	2005-06-15 12:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV EAGR PREL XA AU
05VIENNA2036	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Director (assistant secretary equivalent) for the Middle East and Africa, Ralph Scheide. 2. (U) Scheide thanked us for the suggestions, and noted that Austria is engaged in several areas which appear [...]	2005-06-17 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID ECON EIND IZ EUN
05VIENNA2324	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 7 to Wolfgang Lapuh, acting head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (SBU) Lapuh said Austria had been prepared to provide training on constitutional issues to Iraqis, and had offered this to the Iraqi [...]	2005-07-11 13:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID IZ AU EUN
05VIENNA2337	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE DEAD SEA IRAQ [...] (SBU) On July 11, we raised ref (a) points with Lydia Saadat, the head of Planning and Program Activities for Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Mediterranean in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Cooperation section. Saadat told us that the Austrian Ambassador to Jordan wou [...]	2005-07-12 09:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON EFIN IZ JO AU
05VIENNA2545	FOURTH WORLD WATER FORUM - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered reftel points to Aloisia Woergetter, Head of the MFA's Environment and Sustainable Development Bureau, on July 26. Woergetter said the GoA shares the USG's basic goals regarding the Fourth World Water Forum (WWF4). She noted, however, that Austria does not believe [...]	2005-07-28 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV AU
05VIENNA2922	HAITI ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On August 30, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Klaus Koegler, Head of the MFA's European Union Development Policy Unit. Koegler pointed out that Austria currently had no bilateral assistance programs in Haiti and would not be able to help Haiti meet the anticipated financing [...]	2005-08-31 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN AU HA EUN
05VIENNA2925	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID HA AU
05VIENNA3011	AUSTRIAN INTERIM RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL [...] On September 8, DCM delivered reftel talking points on the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff. Auer thanked the USG for promoting increased cooperation on avian and pandemic influenza. Auer said Austria [...]	2005-09-09 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AU EUN
05VIENNA3017	TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale"): Addr [...]	2005-09-11 00:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA3018	TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR [...] Ambassador and Embassy officers will convey acceptance of Austrian offer for 500 tarps and 300 camp beds immediately to senior Austrian officials per reftel. 2. For 24-hour contact on assistance and relief operations, contact the Austrian Federal Alarm Center ("Bundeswarnzentrale" [...]	2005-09-11 00:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL PGOV ASEC MARR AMGT US AU
05VIENNA3024	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (U) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A and B talking points to Thomas Nader, Director (A/S-level) of the MFA's Multilateral Development Cooperation Division on September 6 and to Thomas Wieser, Director General (U/S-level) of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets [...]	2005-09-12 10:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN AU UNGA
05VIENNA3402	AUSTRIA EAGER FOR CLOSE COORDINATION ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: Austria welcomes the U.S. approach to promote democracy in Belarus, and looks forward to close coordination during its EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. It will be necessary to identify the targets for outreach, with a focus on opinion-leading elites. An appr [...]	2005-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO AU EUN
05VIENNA3427	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...]	2005-10-21 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO
05VIENNA3441	AUSTRIA ON BMENA -- BUILDING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] On October 24, Charge delivered reftel points to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Secretary General and acting deputy Foreign Minister. 2. Kyrle recalled that Austria had made a generous pledge at the Madrid Iraq conference in October 2003, and said the Austrian cabinet wou [...]	2005-10-24 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU XG XF AU
05VIENNA3443	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref (a) points on October 24 to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who is currently acting deputy Foreign Minister. Charge expressed appreciation for Austria's deployment of a military unit of 60 troops with water purification equipment to the [...]	2005-10-24 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREL AU
05VIENNA3489	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on October 28. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments on our points: -- On Iran, there will be a conclusion calling on the need to maintain contact with civil society. The conclusion will [...]	2005-10-28 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KPAL IZ SY EAGR ETRD AU EUN
05VIENNA3493	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON AIR SERVICE TO IRAQ, BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Recent discussions with Austrian economic officials and Austrian Airlines (AUA) revealed Austrian interest in intensifying commercial contacts in northern Iraq. AUA recently received rights to provide regularly scheduled flights to Iraq and hopes to initiate service in 2006. Austrian busin [...]	2005-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID AU IQ
05VIENNA3542	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED [...] (U) Charge presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Irene freudenschuss-Reichl, the Under Secretary-level Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Section. 2. (SBU) Freudenschuss-Reichl said Austria's national contribution for earthquake relief in Paki [...]	2005-11-03 17:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PK PREL AU
05VIENNA3735	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLUMBIA: [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points November 18 to Andreas Melan, Deputy Chief (DAS-equivalent) in the MFA's America's Division. Econ Unit Chief followed up on November 23 with Melan, the GoA's Latin American expert. Melan noted that there was no direct EU support for the OAS Mission, altho [...]	2005-11-25 13:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CO AU OAS
05VIENNA3865	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] Enclosed, are Post's responses to the questions in reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION Q: Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs? If the country has a strategy, how capable is it [...]	2005-12-14 08:51:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL CASC AU WHO
05VIENNA39	DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: USG CALL FOR DONOR SUPPORT [...] (U) The Ambassador presented refs (a) and (b) demarches on January 7 to Foreign Ministry Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent) Johannes Kyrle. Kyrle broke out of a SIPDIS tsunami strategy meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, SIPDIS Interior and Defense in order to see [...]	2005-01-07 14:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR EAID PGOV XO AU
05VIENNA3956	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Lydia Saadat, the DAS-level Director for Asia, Middle East and Latin America in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Division. Saadat said she expected Austria to make a decision after January 9 regarding the level of its commitment at the [...]	2005-12-27 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV AF AU
05VIENNA550	DEMARCHE ON CSW WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT: [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel points and the draft resolution to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau on February 23. EconPolOff followed up on February 25 with Eva Koegler, MFA Director for International Women's Issues, who will re [...]	2005-02-25 15:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN EAID AU CSW UN
05VIENNA72	TFXO01: AUSTRIAN AID TO TOTAL 67 MILLION DOLLARS [...] Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel announced on January 9 that Austrian assistance to the region of the Asian tsunami would total 50 million Euros (USD 67 million at current exchange rates) for 12 assistance projects. Speaking after a meeting with representatives of federal, state and local govern [...]	2005-01-10 15:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV MOPS CASC XO AU
05VIENNA796	AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE TO ANDEAN REGION [...] The GOA focuses its public development assistance (ODA) projects on certain "priority and cooperation countries." None of the Andean states are in this category. Consequently, bilateral projects in the Andean region only accounted for a tiny fraction (0.4%) of Austria's total ODA, which amoun [...]	2005-03-11 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL CO EC PE BL VE AU EUN
05VIENNA810	STATUS OF AUSTRIAN RECONSTRUCTION DISBURSEMENTS IN [...] On March 10, Econ/Pol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief met with Michael Linhart, Managing Director of the Austrian Development Agency, to encourage expeditious disbursement of GoA assistance to Iraq. Linhart confirmed data that post had recently obtained from Lydia Saadat, the MFA's Assistance [...]	2005-03-11 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AU
05VILNIUS1029	LITHUANIA: EXTREMISM IS CONTAINED, BUT INTOLERANCE [...] SUMMARY. (U) Manifestations of extremism in Lithuania are infrequent, mostly localized, and rarely virulent. Extremists exist, but their political clout here is minute. Expressions of intolerance, including anti-Semitism, are more common than acts of violence or vandalism, although infrequent [...]	2005-09-28 13:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI LH
05VILNIUS1136	GOL CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AID TO PAKISTAN VIA NATO [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 15:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL LH
05VILNIUS1161	GOL SUPPORTS USG POLICY ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The GOL is refocusing its efforts to promote democracy in Belarus after fielding criticism from the USG and EU for overstepping the bounds of the agreed non-engagement policy. GOL foreign policy decision-makers admit that the Prime Minister's October 4 meeting with Belarusian PM [...]	2005-10-29 07:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV BO UP LH
05VILNIUS1188	GOL CONTRIBUTING TO NATO MISSION IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: The GOL is heeding NATO's call for contributions to its relief effort in Pakistan by sending water purifications specialists and equipment to the affected region under the Alliance's umbrella. This comes on top of the GOL's previous financial (104,000 USD) and material (tents an [...]	2005-11-04 14:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL PK LH
05VILNIUS1239	LITHUANIA READY ON PAPER TO COUNTER AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOL has plans in place to manage a possible outbreak of avian influenza or human pandemic influenza. An outbreak of extremely virulent human pandemic influenza would undoubtedly strain Lithuania's capabilities, but the GOL likely would report its situation truthfully and s [...]	2005-11-23 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL LT
05VILNIUS1323	LITHUANIA UNFAZED BY U.S. DRAWDOWN; PLANS TO SEND [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A and B points regarding the upcoming January Afghanistan Compact in London and the proposed troop drawdown in Afghanistan to Vytautas Leskevicius, head of the MFA's NATO division, on December 21. We also delivered ref B points December 20 to Alvydas Kunigelis, Acting D [...]	2005-12-21 15:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF LH
05VILNIUS18	LITHUANIA TO ATTEND UNOCHA TSUNAMI DONOR CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-07 08:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV LH
05VILNIUS599	LITHUANIA TO MAKE MODEST TRAINING PLEDGE AT US-EU [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 08:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ LH
05VILNIUS732	GOL EAGER TO DEAL QUIETLY WITH DETAINED BELARUSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior GOL officials are focused on managing the detention by Lithuanian authorities of a Belarusian employee of a USAID contractor on charges of money smuggling. The courier was arrested as she attempted to leave Lithuania for Belarus with US$25,000, well over the limit set by Lithuan [...]	2005-07-13 12:35:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO LH
05VILNIUS751	WHEELS GRIND IN DETAINED BELARUSIAN COURIER CASE [...] (C) The GOL is keen to resolve the case of a Belarusian courier detained while carrying undeclared cash for an NGO in a manner consistent with its laws, while not undermining its own support for democratic change in Belarus. The GOL is focused on two challenges: resolution of the case, and d [...]	2005-07-20 11:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO LH
05VILNIUS8	OUTPOURING OF LITHUANIAN SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI [...] We delivered reftel points encouraging assistance for the victims of the December 26 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami to Diana Mickeviciene of MFA's Asia and Pacific SIPDIS Division on January 4. Mickeviciene said that the GOL will likely announce on January 5 plans to contribute 150,00 [...]	2005-01-04 14:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV LH
05VILNIUS946	LITHUANIA: INTERESTED IN COMBATING AVIAN [...] Summary. The Government of Lithuania is fully engaged on the Avian Influenza issue. The Ministry of Health is in the process of drafting the Government's national action plan, and Health Minister Zilvinas Padaiga told the Ambassador that the GOL would "be very supportive" of the USG's initiat [...]	2005-09-09 10:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO KSCA LH
05VILNIUS989	COORDINATING ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN [...] The Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding coordination of assistance to promote democracy in Belarus to MFA Political Director Zygimantas Pavilionis and Renatas Juska of the MFA Political Planning Department, among others, at a gathering of high-level representative of Europe's donor co [...]	2005-09-20 11:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID PREL BO LH
05WARSAW1267	IRAQ TAKES STEPS TO BUILD ITS CIVIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) During a meeting on other issues, the Iraqi Ambassador to Poland, Hussein Shialtagh, commented that the Iraqi Embassy in Poland is trying to build closer military, commercial, and civic relations with Poland. He said that while the military relationship is already quite robust due to Po [...]	2005-03-07 13:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL IZ PL
05WARSAW1283	POLISH COMPANY FEARS IRAQ WILL CANCEL SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) In December 2004, Poland's defense holding company, Bumar, signed a number of contracts with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense to provide military supplies and equipment to Iraq (reftel). Prominent among these deals were two contracts to deliver several large Russian-built cargo/transport hel [...]	2005-03-08 13:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV IZ PL
05WARSAW1520	POLAND SUBMITS DETAILS OF IRAQ'S DEBT [...] (C) The Iraqi Embassy in Warsaw provided us with a copy of a letter Finance Minister Gronicki sent to his Iraqi counterpart, Adil Abdul Mahdi, detailing Iraq's outstanding debt to Poland. According to the Ministry of Finance (MOF),Iraq owes Poland USDOLS 786,225,209.93 (including USDOLS 30 [...]	2005-03-17 13:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PL
05WARSAW2164	PROPOSED WARSAW CONFERENCE ON DISABILITIES IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. The Polish government sent a letter to USAID Administrator Natsios on April 6 stating that while it supports the idea of an international conference on Iraqi disabled issues in principle, it sees many obstacles to moving ahead with such a conference in Poland at this time due to [...]	2005-05-04 14:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON IZ PL
05WARSAW2846	POLAND: IRAQI DEBT FORGIVENESS AND PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Polish MFA's Iraq Task Team relayed that Poland's Embassy in Amman will most likely represent Poland at the upcoming Donors' Meeting at the Dead Sea, and that Poland is not planning on committing any funds to Iraq reconstruction in the immediate future, but is co [...]	2005-07-14 14:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ JO PL
05WARSAW3469	POLAND: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (U) Summary: Muslim extremism is not perceived to be an issue of concern in Poland; the Muslim community is very small and the population is 96 percent Roman Catholic. However, the Embassy and ConGen Krakow closely monitor the media for any indications of rising extremist threats. Given the co [...]	2005-09-27 09:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PL
05WARSAW3903	POLAND: UPDATED INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] Summary. Post has reported extensively on our positive relationship with the GOP in its effort to prepare for a potential avian influenza outbreak (see refs b - e). Polish officials are actively preparing for the appearance of the disease, which they expect will occur in the Spring. Rather [...]	2005-11-23 14:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PL
05WARSAW4075	POLAND: THE IRAQI AIR FORCE MEETS WITH BUMAR, BOTH [...] (S) On 14 December 2005 Econoff and ODC Warsaw personnel met with Iraqi Air Force generals and then observed a meeting hosted by Bumar and attended by five Iraqi Air Force generals. The participants discussed, sometimes heatedly, the 36 helicopters covered in Bumar's multifacted contract to [...]	2005-12-20 12:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	EAID ECON MARR PGOV PREL IZ PL
05WELLINGTON261	RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST FOR STATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 01:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON340	NEW ZEALAND: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-28 00:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID AF NZ UNSC
05WELLINGTON385	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This message contains an action suggestion, at para 5. 2. (U) Post shared reftel demarche with the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). The Division takes the lead at MFAT on all bilateral and multilateral disarmament-related issues. 3. (U) [...]	2005-05-13 04:57:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN NZ APECO
05WELLINGTON450	NEW ZEALAND: RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] Post on March 15 delivered reftel demarche to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID on June 9 reported that the New Zealand government has allocated NZ $2 million (US $1.4 million, NZD 1.00 = USD .7145) for Iraqi reconstruction for the fiscal year [...]	2005-06-09 05:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ NZ
05WELLINGTON454	NEW ZEALAND: US-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Post on June 8 delivered ref B demarche. Post learned June 9 that the New Zealand government has decided to allocate NZ $2 million (US $1.4 million) for Iraqi reconstruction for the fiscal year 2005-6 (ref A). The government has not yet decided which programs will be funded by that alloc [...]	2005-06-10 03:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ NZ EUN
05WELLINGTON551	NEW ZEALAND WILL NOT ATTEND DEAD SEA DONORS' [...] (SBU) Post shared reftel information regarding the Dead Sea Donor's meeting with Darryl Dunn, Director and Ruth Nuttall, Deputy Director, of the Middle East and Africa Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On July 14, Nuttall informed Pol-Econ Couns that unfortunately [...]	2005-07-15 01:52:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON637	New Zealand on U.S. APEC Radioactive Sources [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 01:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN APEC IAEA
05WELLINGTON668	HURRICANE KATRINA: NZ CONDOLENCES, OFFERS OF [...] Roy Ferguson, Americas Desk Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),called post today to convey GNZ condolences at the loss of life and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. He said GNZ stands ready to help in any way as needed, noting that in the past NZ firefighters [...]	2005-09-01 00:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID NZ
05WELLINGTON679	TFUS01: NEW ZEALAND TO CONTRIBUTE CASH FOR [...] New Zealand Prime Minister Clark announced September 6 that her government would contribute NZ $2 million (US $1.4 million) through the Red Cross for hurricane relief. The contribution is in addition to the government's previously announced offers of a search and rescue team, disaster victim [...]	2005-09-06 20:02:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL US NZ
05WELLINGTON683	TFUS01: ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER [...] In response to ref B, post provided in ref A the names and contact information for the New Zealand disaster assistance teams that the New Zealand government has offered for assisting in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. 2. In further response to ref B, following are additional details on [...]	2005-09-07 20:14:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL US NZ
05WELLINGTON688	TFUS01: MORE DETAILS ON NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 19:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL US NZ
05WELLINGTON7	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI RELIEF VICTIMS [...] (U) NZAid has confirmed to post the break down of the NZD 10 million (about USD 7.2 million) that the New Zealand Government has committed so far to the relief effort: -- Up to NZD 5 million will be given in dollar-for-dollar matching funds for private charitable donations (FYI: The Red Cr [...]	2005-01-06 04:45:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV NZ

05WELLINGTON705	NEW ZEALAND TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON [...] Charge shared reftel information with Simon Murdoch, CEO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Murdoch is the most senior career official at the Ministry. Murdoch agreed to review the information and forward it to appropriate ministry officials. 2. On September 12, Rosemar [...]	2005-09-13 05:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON740	NEW ZEALAND: COMMERCIAL SOURCES OF MRES [...] Per reftel, following is information on three companies in New Zealand that supply ration packs or "retort meals." The packs are similar to MREs, but do not include a heating source. The pouched meals can be eaten cold, but normally would be heated in boiling water or opened and heated over a [...]	2005-09-23 03:44:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT EAID ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON848	NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 m [...]	2005-10-28 02:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
05WELLINGTON884	NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT [...] (C) Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref C demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's contribution to the NATO relief effort in Pakistan -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield, vice chief of the New Zealand Defense Force (ref A). In a letter dated November 2, Air Marshal Bruce Fer [...]	2005-11-14 03:24:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
05WELLINGTON908	NEW ZEALAND'S AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (C) Summary: Since launching a government-wide effort in June, the GNZ has vigorously planned for the possibility of avian and pandemic influenza entering New Zealand. Under the coordination of the Ministry of Health (MOH),the Inter-sectoral Pandemic Group (IPG) of thirteen ministries and de [...]	2005-11-25 03:34:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON962	NEW ZEALAND POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 04:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL NZ
05YEREVAN1007	ARMENIA'S STEADY GROWTH, STABLE ECONOMY CONTINUES [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's steady economic performance continues during 2005. First quarter data supports the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) forecast of 8 percent GDP growth in 2005, and th [...]	2005-06-08 10:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1039	ARMENIA'S ENERGY FUTURE: STAYING NUCLEAR? [...] (C) In preparation for a June 22, 2005 donor conference on the Armenia Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) decommissioning and replacement alternatives, Ministry of Energy officials outlined for us Armenia's long-term energy strategy. They made three main points: -- There is no economic alternative [...]	2005-06-15 13:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EAID AM IR RU
05YEREVAN1044	REMITTANCES DRIVE UP ARMENIAN CURRENCY, HAMPER [...] (SBU) A recent upward trend in remittances and capital inflows into Armenia has led to significant real appreciation of the national currency, the Armenian dram, since July 2003. These cash inflows enable Armenians to finance higher consumption and investment, but the nominal appreciation of [...]	2005-06-16 08:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1074	U.S. INVESTORS WIN IMPORTANT VICTORY AGAINST GOAM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On June 16, Armenia's court of appeals ruled in favor of a group of American investors who have been trying, for over two years, to collect USD 2 million in taxes that they had overpaid to the [...]	2005-06-20 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD AM
05YEREVAN1096	GOAM WON'T COMMIT TO SHUTDOWN DATE FOR NUCLEAR [...] (C) During a June 22 conference on Armenia Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) Decommissioning, delegates from the European Commission reiterated their call for Armenia to close its nuclear power plant "reasonably early" due to safety concerns, and renewed an offer of 100 million euro in assistance to [...]	2005-06-23 12:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID AM
05YEREVAN1169	ARMENIAN IMPORTER SPELLS OUT THE CASE AGAINST [...] (SBU) In a rare kiss-and-tell affront to Armenia's powerful Customs Service, a major Armenian coffee importer has gone to press and publicly described corruption in the service, alleging that Customs is trying to push them out of business because they refuse to continue paying bribes to govern [...]	2005-07-01 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID AM
05YEREVAN1353	TIME FOR PRAGMATISM: ARMENIA PLANS TO KEEP [...] (C) Despite U.S. and European pressure on Armenia to close the Armenia Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP),the Government of Armenia does not believe it has an alternative to continuing the plant's operation until 2016 and beyond (reftels). Armenia also believes that, thanks to the assistance of forei [...]	2005-07-29 02:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID AM
05YEREVAN139	ARMENIA'S 2005 BUDGET: MORE BUTTER, STILL PLENTY [...] (C) The GOAM has billed the 2005 budget as having a social focus. Both tax receipts and social spending are set to rise ambitiously in line with the GOAM's Poverty Reduction Strategy. After much debate, official defense spending is set to rise too, although spending on education will exceed [...]	2005-01-27 11:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN AM
05YEREVAN142	MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL NEARS COMPLETION - [...] (SBU) During a January 25 meeting with Embassy and USAID representatives, GOAM Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy Tigran Khachatryan said that the GOAM's consultants were nearing completion on the MCA compact proposal and expected to present a copy to the GOAM MCA Board by February 10. Af [...]	2005-01-27 13:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1453	ARMENIA TAX REVENUES CONTINUE TO RISE [...] (SBU) One of the GOAM's main stated goals remains to increase tax revenues in order to support social spending while making the business environment fairer and more inviting. During the first half of 2005, tax revenues grew by 21.1 percent compared to the same period of previous year and comp [...]	2005-08-12 10:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1627	CENTRAL BANK CLARIFIES NEW CURRENCY LAW, INVESTORS [...] (SBU) On July 26, the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) published clarifications of the new currency law (reftel). The clarifications state that the law is not retroactive and detail certain exceptions to the law's requirement that prices be quoted in Armenian drams. Edith Khachatourian, local at [...]	2005-09-08 11:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN EAID KTDB AM
05YEREVAN1641	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIA LIKELY TO JOIN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 11:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AM UNGA
05YEREVAN1686	AMBASSADOR PRESSES KOCHARIAN TO SUPPORT USG [...] (S) On 15 September, the Ambassador met with President Kocharian for just over an hour, at our request, primarily to discuss the USG's upcoming push for free and fair elections in Armenia in 2007 (parliamentary) and 2008 (presidential). The Ambassador opened the meeting by thanking Kocharian f [...]	2005-09-16 09:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM AM
05YEREVAN1705	MACROECONOMIC NEWS: ARMENIA'S DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Based on raw data provided by the National Statistical Service, Armenia's economy grew by 10.2 percent in the first six months of 2005 (compared to the same period in 2004). The inflation rate during the same period was 2.3 percent. Budget revenues and expenditures increased by 25.4 an [...]	2005-09-20 09:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1722	ARMENIA: NOT MUCH EXTREMISM HERE [...] (S) With 98 percent of the population ethnically Armenian and at least nominally Christian, extremism, and particularly Islamic extremism, is not perceived to be a serious problem in Armenia. The vast majority of Armenians belong to the Apostolic Church, an Eastern Christian denomination which [...]	2005-09-26 12:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI AM
05YEREVAN1797	KERKORIAN'S LINCY FOUNDATION ROLLS OUT LATEST (60 [...] (C) Representatives of Amcit philanthropist and corporate mogul Kirk Kerkorian's Lincy Foundation told us September 25 that their latest set of programs in Armenia would begin no later than mid-October. The USD 60 million, two-year package of projects will include renovation of a major highway [...]	2005-10-05 09:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN1885	ARMENIA: NONCOMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 12:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AM NATO
05YEREVAN1899	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING THE WORLD CUSTOMS [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 12:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD AM
05YEREVAN1907	GOAM REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY ABANDONED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) This is an action request. In a dipnote dated October 21 and received October 26, Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian officially requested USG assistance -- both financial and technical [...]	2005-10-26 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ENRG KNNP PGOV PHUM PREL AM
05YEREVAN1911	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR PAK [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Pakistan's MI-17 helicopter operations to Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan contacted Chief Military Inspector General-Lieutenant Alik Mirzabekyan, who said that Armenia does not/not have MI-17 helicopters in it [...]	2005-10-27 12:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS AM NATO
05YEREVAN1931	IN LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE, PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Armenian President Kocharian summoned the Ambassador to complain, as he has done before, about activities of the National Democratic Institute, in particular those of its current director, who is scheduled to depart next week. This time he put his complaint into a letter to Secr [...]	2005-11-01 13:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PHUM EAID PINR AM
05YEREVAN1960	REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES UP IN DRAFT 2006 BUDGET [...] (SBU) The GOAM draft budget for 2006, currently under debate in the National Assembly, envisages significant increases in health and social security expenditures paid for by increased tax revenue and deficit spending. The budget is based on an exchange rate of AMD 420 to the dollar, a dram ap [...]	2005-11-04 13:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN2009	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR OAS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 07:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER CO AM OAS
05YEREVAN2018	2006 BUDGET INCREASES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (U) On November 11, the National Assembly approved the 2006 budget which includes a 22 percent increase in public spending funded by continued economic growth, improved tax collection and international donor support. The 2006 budget calls for AMD 482.2 billion (USD 1.15 billion at the project [...]	2005-11-17 11:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV AM
05YEREVAN2022	ARMENIA: LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN RELIEF [...] (C) On multiple occasions since October 21, Armenian Defense and Foreign Affairs officials have not responded to our calls for military and other assistance -- which we think they are capable of rendering -- to the Pakistan relief effort. Early promises to answer requests for assistance (reft [...]	2005-11-17 13:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS AM IN PK NATO
05YEREVAN2023	FM BRAINSTORMS WITH DONORS, DIASPORA ON HIS NEW [...] (C) Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian has hosted discussions with international donors over the past two weeks to brainstorm on a new Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiative aimed at galvinizing diaspora resources to alleviate poverty in rural Armenia. Oskanian's initial plans suggest the plan [...]	2005-11-18 04:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN2053	ARMENIA: RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Armenia is ill-prepared to respond to an avian influenza (AI) outbreak in either the animal or the human population. There is no active surveillance system in place and the GOAM currently lacks basic diagnostic capacity to evaluate any potential AI outbreak. There is, however, some sci [...]	2005-11-23 07:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL AMED AM WHO
05YEREVAN2062	ARMENIA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY, 2005-2008 [...] (SBU) Armenia is at a crossroads in its democratic development. While the political landscape has remained relatively consistent since the last elections, the next two years will test the government's commitment to its reform agenda. As Assistant Secretary Fried said during his October visit [...]	2005-11-23 13:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL AM
05YEREVAN2193	FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES A "CONSTRUCTIVE" RESPONSE TO [...] (C) During a December 20 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Godfrey, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said he had discussed the recent Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announcement and accompanying letter with President Robert Kocharian and said that the GOAM was not rushing to respond, but [...]	2005-12-20 13:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN301	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO CSW WOMEN'S ECONOMIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-22 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN EAID AM UN CSW
05YEREVAN409	COMPACT PROPOSAL MOVES ALONG -- FROM LOCAL [...] (SBU) The GOAM has informed Post that AVAG Solutions, the local consulting firm hired to compile Armenia's MCA compact proposal, completed its work and presented a draft version of the proposal to the GOAM MCA Board of Trustees on March 2. The Board reportedly discussed and approved the docu [...]	2005-03-07 13:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KMCA AM
05YEREVAN554	CONGRESSIONAL REQUEST FOR "HARM REDUCTION" [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post has conducted a comprehensive search of documents related to "harm reduction," drug legalization and programs co-funded with the Soros Foundation and affiliated organizations. 2. (SBU) The Embassy's search has not uncovered a single document that fits the [...]	2005-03-29 12:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KPAO
05YEREVAN626	ARMENIA FINALLY TAXING THE RICH? [...] (SBU) Four months after President Kocharian called for reform of the state tax and customs services, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have applauded improvements in Armenia's tax collection. The government has increased overall tax collections by 19.3 percent over last [...]	2005-04-08 12:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN AM
05ZAGREB1458	TFUS01: CROATIA OFFERS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] Croatian MFA State Secretary Gordon Bakota called in Charge on September 5 to inquire about ways in which Croatia could provide assistance for the relief effort following Hurricane Katrina. Charge gave him the list of priority items in ref 1, noting that private individuals could best help b [...]	2005-09-07 06:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL HR
05ZAGREB1729	H5 SUBTYPE AVIAN FLU VIRUS FOUND IN CROATIA [...] On Friday, October 21, the GOC confirmed that the H5 subtype of the avian influenza (AI) virus had been found in samples taken from dead swans in Slavonia, in eastern Croatia. The samples were forwarded to the European Union reference laboratory in the UK to determine if the swans were carry [...]	2005-10-24 14:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO HR
05ZAGREB1741	H5N1 CONFIRMED IN CROATIA: OVERVIEW OF [...] SUMMARY: Croatian Veterinary authorities confirmed on October 26 the presence of the H5N1 virus in dead swans found in the eastern part of the country last week. The GOC has been rapid and transparent in its handling of the situation thus far. This message summarizes the situation to date, [...]	2005-10-26 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO HR
05ZAGREB1810	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: 9 NOVEMBER 2005 [...] SUMMARY: As of November 9, 2005, no additional cases of H5N1 have been confirmed in Croatia. The GOC has begun to relax some of the biosafety measures outside of the initial sites. Public awareness efforts are continuing and poultry sales are rebounding. END SUMMARY 2. The Croatian Ve [...]	2005-11-09 13:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO CASC HR
05ZAGREB1836	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: 17 NOVEMBER 2005 [...] SUMMARY: As of November 17, 2005, no additional cases of H5N1 have been confirmed in Croatia. The GOC is continuing its surveillance efforts and Post hopes to receive an English version of the Croatian national pandemic influenza preparedness plan by the end of November. Media interest in a [...]	2005-11-17 09:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO CASC HR
05ZAGREB190	CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION: 14 STEPS FORWARD, UNKNOWN [...] (SBU) The Croatian Privatization Fund -- under energetic leadership and with the help of U.S.-funded advisors -- has fought an uphill battle the past seven months, and can take some pride in the privatization of 14 majority government-owned firms over that period. Privatization of subsidy-su [...]	2005-02-07 14:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID HR
05ZAGREB215	CROATIA: BACKGROUND ON NEGOTIATIONS ON ACCESS TO [...] Croatia has yet to establish clear rules and procedures governing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of genetic resources apart from permits required to conduct research on protected land or endangered species. Authority for implementing CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) MAT (Mutually A [...]	2005-02-11 10:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO HR
05ZAGREB356	CROATIAN MINISTRY OF FINANCE SKEPTICAL OF BOTH [...] Econoff passed reftel Fact Sheet to A/M of Finance, Ana Hrastovic, on February 28, and met to discuss the U.S. initiative March 3. Hrastovic expressed concerns about aspects of the U.S. proposal, saying that she believed that poor countries would ultimately get less money. They would also g [...]	2005-03-07 09:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID HR
05ZAGREB973	IMF GIVES WAY IN CROATIA - AGAIN [...] (SBU) The IMF mission that departed Croatia June 6 hopes to assemble a package that will pass IMF Board muster in August, despite Croatia's serial failure to come close to its budget targets. The team is clinging to GOC commitments to structural reforms (not yet implemented) to justify the a [...]	2005-06-08 15:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID HR
06ABIDJAN1300	COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBASSADOR'S DECLARATION FOR [...] During the last year, both disarmament of former combatants from the 2002 rebellion and the identification and registration of voters failed to materialize. As such, Cote d'Ivoire remains divided into three parts: the government-held south, the rebel- held north, and the UN controlled Zone o [...]	2006-11-24 10:37:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF IV
06ABIDJAN136	MORE ON VIOLENCE IN GUIGLO AND VULNERABILITY OF [...] (C) The humanitarian community is still reeling from the violent attacks that took place mid-January in Guiglo against their offices and staff. Providing basic emergency assistance to the camps of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guiglo is the top priority, but security ov [...]	2006-02-08 16:30:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM WFP IV LI
06ABIDJAN227	COTE D'IVOIRE: ILO-UNHCR TO PUBLISH REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: ILO and UNHCR will publish a report on the exploitation of refugee and displaced children in Cote d'Ivoire almost two years after its completion. ILO-UNHCR identified labor and sexual exploitation as the two main forms of exploitation for refugee and displaced children in Cot [...]	2006-03-01 16:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL EAID SOCI IV
06ABIDJAN409	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador that the primary objective for his upcoming visit to Washington is to request assistance for Cote d'Ivoire's peace process from the World Bank and the IMF. The Ambassador underscored the urgency of moving forward with identification and d [...]	2006-04-21 14:19:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ASEC IV
06ABUDHABI108	DEMARCHE ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Pol Chief discussed ref A points with MFA International Organizations Director Yacub al-Hosani January 16. Al-Hosani said the UAEG had not yet determined who will represent the UAE at the conference on Afghanistan, but that the UAEG will support Afghanistan and the objectives of the Af [...]	2006-01-17 13:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF AE
06ABUDHABI1103	UAE RED CRESCENT: "AID TO NEEDY, NOT TERRORISTS" [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to the March 20, 2006 New York Times Article, "Emirates Aided Kin of Palestinian Militants," the Chairman of Board of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) told Ambassador on March 21 that the RCA's policy is to fund needy children and that it does not aid families o [...]	2006-03-21 15:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER KTFN PHUM IS PA AE TC UAE
06ABUDHABI1301	UAE CHARITY REGULATION: EMIRATE-LEVEL, NOT FEDERAL [...] (C) Summary. The UAE does not have a unified federal system of charity oversight or regulation. Charity regulation is ultimately the responsibility of each of the seven emirates. The Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) licenses and monitors charities in Abu Dhabi, and any charity that is licen [...]	2006-04-04 11:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER KTFN PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI1610	MESSAGE TO GULF DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PA; [...] (C) On April 19 DCM delivered ref A points on Gulf Donors with information on the new U.S. Palestinian Assistance Package to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi, who was curious to know how our response to Qatar following its recent $50M donation to the PA had gone over. On April 22 DCM delivere [...]	2006-04-23 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI2121	FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR AL QUDS [...] (C) DCM discussed the Al Quds University request for assistance with UAEG presidential court interpreter Zeki Nusseibeh (Al Quds President Sari Nusseibeh's brother) who said that a letter requesting U.S. Dollars five (5) million had been left by his brother for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mo [...]	2006-05-22 11:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KPAL KWBG AE
06ABUDHABI2248	UAE JOINS UN OCHA DONOR SUPPORT GROUP (ODSG); UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Already a regional leader in humanitarian assistance, the UAE announced at a May 9 conference in Abu Dhabi its decision to become the 20th member and the first non-Western country to join the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group (ODSG). US [...]	2006-05-31 15:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI2276	PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG VIEWS [...] (C) On June 3 DCM delivered demarche points on Palestinian Assistance to MFA America Desk Director Ambassador Ali Al Zarouni and took advantage of the occasion to present the full scope of U.S. humanitarian aid to the Palestinians ($245M, 57% increase, $10M in emergency medical assistance, $1. [...]	2006-06-04 12:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL EAID PREL AE
06ABUDHABI255	APPROACHING THE GULF STATES ON FINANCIAL PLEDGES [...] (C) On January 25, at the UAE cabinet level, Ambassador delivered points on Afghanistan reconstruction and significant new UAE financial pledge to Minister of State for Finance and Industry Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Khirbash. EconChief covered similar ground on January 24 with MFA Asst U/S Mo [...]	2006-01-25 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2643	TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) On June 25, Econchief and Econoff met with Ambassador Al-Zarouni to encourage the UAE to use the temporary international mechanism to provide assistance directly to the Palestinian people. Ambassador Al-Zarouni replied that Palestinians were suffering because they do not have money or foo [...]	2006-06-26 11:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL EAID IS AE
06ABUDHABI2855	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes the July 22-23 visit of Deputy Secretary of Treasury Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow to discuss the Iraq Compact. Your visit follows Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's July 3 visit to the UAE, where President Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other senior UAE [...]	2006-07-11 11:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2940	TFLE01: UAE HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY ATTACKED [...] (C) Per reftelcon, ConGen Dubai officer received a telephone call from General Director, State Security Mohamed al Qemzi at approximately 1340 local time reporting that a UAE humanitarian aid convoy traveling from Damascus to Beirut had been attacked. The exact location of the attack was not [...]	2006-07-18 10:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI2956	TFLE01: FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON LEBANON, ABU MAZEN [...] (C)SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) telephoned Ambassador from Paris the evening of July 17 to condemn the attack in Lebanon on a UAE humanitarian assistance convoy, urge that credit for any defusing of the Hamas situation go to Abu Mazen, and criticize EU p [...]	2006-07-18 15:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID KPAL IR LE AE
06ABUDHABI2971	TFLE01: UAE REPORTEDLY ADVISED ISRAEL OF DETAILS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL EAID LE IS AE
06ABUDHABI3097	MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...]	2006-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3100	KIMMITT/ZELIKOW MEETING IN ABU DHABI WITH ARAB [...] (C) Summary: An interagency delegation led by Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the Department of State Philip Zelikow briefed Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Chairman of the Board Jassim Al-Mannai on the International Compact for Iraq on July 23 in Abu Dhabi [...]	2006-07-31 12:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3140	EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...]	2006-08-02 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI3257	UAE MFA OFFICIAL'S PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: MFA's second-in-command, Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan, offered the Charge his strong SIPDIS views on the poor security situation in Iraq on August 12. He said the Secretary's call for a "new Middle East" in the context of the Lebanon conflict begged the question of w [...]	2006-08-12 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EAID IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3337	IRAQI EMBASSY IN UAE CONFUSED BY IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Iraqi DCM Mustafa Aboud August 16 to assess planning for an anticipated September 7 Iraq Compact preparatory meeting in Abu Dhabi. Aboud, conversely, sought information on the meeting. He shared the content of a message from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, which [...]	2006-08-16 13:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3374	SUMMARY OF UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) The UAEG pledged $20 million in assistance to Lebanon early in the crisis, and has now committed an unspecified amount to rebuild Lebanese hospitals and schools. MFA's Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Ambassador Mohammad Abdul Rahim Abdul Jalil told the Charge Aug [...]	2006-08-20 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KMDR LE AE
06ABUDHABI3403	SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 23 to MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan who said he appreciated the U.S. message and indicated that the UAE was "doing a lot for Lebanon and prepared to do even more," including assistance for the Lebanese army and internal security forces. Al Haidan, who a [...]	2006-08-23 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS EAID PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3414	UAE CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed ref A demarche regarding the August 31 Stockholm Conference with Deputy Director of the MFA Department of European, American and Oceanic Affairs Saeed Rashed Al-Zaabi on August 26. Al-Zaabi noted that UAE deliveries of humanitarian supplies to Lebanon continued daily [...]	2006-08-26 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI3428	UAE MINSTATE FOR FINANCE AND INDUSTRY TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 10:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI3565	DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 9, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) to discuss the Iraq Compact Preparatory Group Meeting being hosted in Abu Dhabi the next day. MbZ stressed that the UAE will do all it can to assist Iraq, [...]	2006-09-10 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ETTC IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI3619	DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN WITH [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY. Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) on September 10 to thank him for the UAE's hosting of the Iraq Compact Preparatory Group meeting. AbZ, who had just met with Iraqi Deputy PM Barham Salih, emphasized the [...]	2006-09-13 06:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ETTC MNUC PARM EINV IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI3629	IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY MEETING A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 10, the United Arab Emirates hosted the Preparatory Group for the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). The United Nations (UN) represented by Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, and the Government of Iraq (GOI),represented by a delegation led by Iraqi Dep [...]	2006-09-14 07:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IZ PREL PGOV ECON AE
06ABUDHABI3632	LEBANON A KEY TOPIC IN A/S HILLEN DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met on September 11 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD),Qatar and Lebanon. MbZ welcomed the GSD scheduled for October 19 and reiterat [...]	2006-09-14 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MASS PREL EAID LE QA IZ SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI3686	LEBANON: SECURITY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION WITH UAE [...] (C) Following up on a request by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) to A/S Hillen to coordinate security assistance for Lebanon, Post shared the following with MbZ's International Affairs Advisor Youssef Al-Otaiba on September 17: 1) list of items noted in ref C paragr [...]	2006-09-18 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI376	UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On January 30, on the margins of U.S.-UAE FTA negotiations in London, Minister of Economy and Planning Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi provided Econchief with information detailing UAE aid to Afghanistan. She stressed that the UAE would prefer that the UAE treat this information confidentially. [...]	2006-02-06 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PHUM AF AE
06ABUDHABI3942	AMF DIRECTOR GENERAL UNHAPPY AT IRAQ PREP GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) On the margins of the Qatari National Day reception, Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Jassem Al-Mannai expressed his disappointment to Econchief that the AMF had not been invited to participate in the Iraq Preparatory group [...]	2006-10-11 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4239	UAE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (C) DATT and USLO Chief discussed UAE security assistance to Lebanon November 7 with International Affairs Director Yousef Al-Otaiba from the office of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),who said the list of contributions provided earlier (ref B) constituted the core of the UAE's [...]	2006-11-08 15:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI4263	FURTHER BACKGROUND ON UAE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) DATT and USLO Chief discussed UAE security assistance to Lebanon November 9 with UAE Armed Forces Director of Logistics MG Obaid Al-Heri Salem Al-Ketbi, following up on prior conversations with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed's International Affairs Director Yousef Al-Otaiba (ref A). Al-K [...]	2006-11-09 14:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MASS PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI4360	STATUS OF ABU DHABI GENERATOR DONATION TO IRAQ [...] (U) Contains business proprietary information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On November 16, Econchief met with Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) Director of Planning and Development Ahmed Saif Al-Darmaki to discuss the status of the two power stations that Abu Dh [...]	2006-11-27 15:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4474	UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINAN TERRITORIES, [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UAE provides humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon primarily through its three quasi-governmental charities: the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS),the Sheikh Zayed Foundation (ZF),and the Dubai-based Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makto [...]	2006-12-14 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI578	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON FTA, DUBAI PORTS, ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador met with new UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) on February 15. ABZ raised strong concerns about negative U.S. press related to the Dubai Ports World's purchase of container operations [...]	2006-02-15 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID AE
06ABUDHABI71	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Minister of Information and brother of UAE,s president, met visiting Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne, Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, and Ambassador Sison in Dubai January 6. They discussed the establishment of a jo [...]	2006-01-08 08:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KTFN PREL AE
06ABUDHABI73	A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...]	2006-01-08 09:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK
06ABUJA1025	MAY 5 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Nigeria's human- and animal-surveillance systems for AI remain deficient. No human cases of H5N1 infection have been confirmed in Nigeria. Villagers in Dong Village, Plateau State ate in early April culled or AI- infected birds but don't exhibit symptoms of AI. Plateau State has e [...]	2006-05-05 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1038	ILEA GABORONE - INTERNATIONAL BANKING AND MONEY [...] The following are selected for the above referenced ILEA Course. Ayeni Toyin Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Abuja Head of Department finance DOB - 31 March 1969 Gender - Female Passport Number - Nigeria A2114519 Telephone - (234)-9-523-6691 [...]	2006-05-08 10:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1097	MAY 11 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic officer attended on May 9 the UN and foreign donors meeting on AI in Nigeria. UN and foreign officials expressed serious concern over the GON's inaction and evident desire to declare the AI outbreak "solved." The GON has moved the Avian Influenza Crisis Management Cent [...]	2006-05-11 16:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1138	GREAT APES, ECOTOURISM IN CROSS RIVER, NIGERIA [...] Summary. Economic officer and regional environmental officer visited Cross River State, on Nigeria's eastern border with Cameroon, on Feb. 13-17 to see its economic infrastructure and potential for ecotourism. Cross River contains Nigeria's last remaining rain forest, as well as the rare Cr [...]	2006-05-15 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAID NI CM
06ABUJA1252	POLIO CONTINUES NIGERIA ADVANCE; WHAT TO DO NOW? [...] Summary. Polio in Nigeria by most measures continues to worsen -- and Nigerian travelers are carrying the virus abroad. In five Nigerian states there are four times as many cases of polio as in the same period in 2004. More than 40% of the children in those states have not received one dose [...]	2006-05-26 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI NI
06ABUJA1255	NIGERIA'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL FUND CUTS [...] Summary. The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria canceled on April 28 the funding of two five- year Nigeria HIV grants totaling $81 million. The Fund did so because of "inadequate performance" by the Fund's principal recipient in Nigeria, the National Action Committee on AID [...]	2006-05-30 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV ELAB SOCI NI
06ABUJA1314	ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER INTERDICTION TRAINING [...] The following are selected for the above referenced ILEA Course. Okunade Taopheeq Lasisi Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Lagos Deputy Superintendent of Police Gender - Male DOB - 10 July 1968 Passport number - Nigeria, A3045031A Telephone - [...]	2006-06-01 14:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1353	ILEA GABORONE - CYBER CRIME AND CAPACITY BUILDING [...] The following are selected for the above referenced ILEA Workshop. Dansadau Saidu Mohammed Senator Federal Republic of Nigeria DOB - 20 June, 1953 Gender - Male Passport Number - A3038935A Expiry Date - 18 August 2010 Edet Emmanuel Osong Prosecu [...]	2006-06-05 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1359	JUNE 6 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Nigeria experienced continued outbreaks of AI in Kano and Bauchi States in May, though the GON has not reported on these in detail. Some of these occurrences possibly were reinfections on poultry farms whose owners restocked too quickly and without carrying out proper decontamin [...]	2006-06-06 10:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1387	JUNE 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. On May 25 the Ambassador handed over to the Nigerian minister of agriculture a representation of anti-AI commodities, including equipment and disinfectant, worth more than 46 million naira (about $360,000). The agriculture minister said Nigeria had paid 1.7 million naira (almost [...]	2006-06-08 06:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1412	JUNE 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- GON LOSES FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON's high-level meetings on AI have declined to negligible levels although are set to increase. The ministers of health, agriculture, and information have met once in 10 weeks, and there are considerable tensions between the Ministries of Health and Agriculture. The thric [...]	2006-06-08 13:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1429	JUNE 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The June 7 meeting of the AI Technical Committee featured considerable bitterness, as the Ministry of Agriculture accused the Ministry of Health of telling "lies" about AI's spread in Kano State. The National Veterinary Research Institute confirmed three new instances of AI in [...]	2006-06-09 14:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU

06ABUJA1591	ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER INTERDICTION COURSE, [...] The following are 5 nominees selected for the above referenced ILEA Training. Okunade Taopheeq Lasisi Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Lagos Deputy Superintendent of Police Gender - Male DOB - 10 July 1968 Passport number - Nigeria, A304503 [...]	2006-06-26 08:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1593	ECONOMIC LIFE BUDS IN NIGERIA'S CROSS RIVER STATE [...] Summary: Economic officer and REO visited Cross River State to examine its economic infrastructure and potential for ecotourism. Officers had a wide range of meetings with local figures, including Cross River Governor Donald Duke. Duke emphasized his plans to develop the state's agricultural [...]	2006-06-26 10:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EAID EIND PGOV NI CM
06ABUJA1606	JUNE 26 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE - NO HUMAN CASES? [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON AI Steering Committee met June 14 for the first time since April 20. Nigeria will issue permits to four major poultry producers to import grandparent birds for restocking and will discuss possibly permitting poultry vaccinations. Nigeria does not yet have a system for [...]	2006-06-26 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1608	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU LABORATORY ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Two veterinarians from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Cairo assessed in May five Nigerian laboratories' capabilities for detecting AI. The laboratories generally were deficient in infrastructure, equipment, and technicians' level of training. The capability of the As [...]	2006-06-27 07:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1624	ILEA GABORONE -LAW ENFORCMENT EXECUTIVE [...] The following are 8 nominees selected for the above referenced ILEA Training. Dalyop Gyang Dudu DOB-23 October, 1958 Gender - Male Superintendent of Customs Nigeria Customs Service Telephone Number-(234)-803-835-3477 Passport No - A3447395A Expiry Date-15 June 2011 Nn [...]	2006-06-27 15:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1626	ILEA GABORONE -SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING, AUGUST 14- [...] The following are 5 nominees selected for the above referenced ILEA Training. Samuel Etaifo Erale DOB-03 February, 1968 Gender - Male Superintendent of Police Nigeria Police Force Telephone Number-(234)-9-234042 Passport No - A1171002 Expiry Date-25 September, 2006 [...]	2006-06-27 15:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID ECON KJUS
06ABUJA1680	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE FOR JUNE 30 [...] Summary. Economic officer attended on June 27 the foreign donors meeting on AI in Nigeria. The FAO reported new outbreaks in Taraba State and Lagos State. Recent outbreaks of African swine fever occurred in Benue State. The concern is that pigs could act as a vector for humans for highly pa [...]	2006-06-30 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1791	AVIAN FLU: NIGERIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY OVERVIEW [...] Summary. Information is fragmentary on Nigeria's poultry sector. Chickens constitute more than 95% of Nigeria's poultry. Nigeria has an estimated 150 million birds -- 70 million on commercial farms and 80 million belonging to "informal" or backyard farmers. The decentralized nature of Niger [...]	2006-07-12 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1826	NIGERIA PLANS NORTHERN ANTIDESERTIFICATION PROJECT [...] Summary. Nigerian and Israeli companies are proposing an anti-desertification agricultural project for 11 states in northern Nigeria, to be expanded to eight additional states. After a tree belt stabilizes an area environmentally, the GON would bring back the people driven out by desertific [...]	2006-07-14 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR EIND NI
06ABUJA1892	NIGERIA CONCLUDES FIVE DAYS OF POLIO IMMUNIZATIONS [...] Summary. As of July 14, Nigeria had 542 cases of wild poliovirus in 15 states, compared to 302 cases in 18 states for the same period in 2005. Nigeria accounted for 82% of the world's wild poliovirus cases and for 95% of the cases in Africa. While polio has been concentrated in fewer Niger [...]	2006-07-24 08:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI NI
06ABUJA1956	NIGERIA: AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary: Results are awaited from several recent suspected outbreaks in the commercial poultry producing Southwest states of Ogun and Lagos. Field teams are visiting the affected areas. UNICEF has placed four consultants at in state capitals to work on state level communications plans, and PAC [...]	2006-07-28 10:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR NI
06ABUJA2238	AVIAN FLU IN NIGERIA: POULTRY SECTOR IN KANO STATE [...] Summary. Kano State is one of the leading markets for poultry in northern Nigeria. In Kano, most poultry farms are small -- about two thirds have no more than 5,000 birds, and only about 5% of poultry farms in Kano State stock more than 50,000 birds. Kano formerly could not meet locally the [...]	2006-08-28 07:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2459	AMBASSADOR, UNDP NIGERIA CHIEF VIEW ELECTIONS, AI [...] (U) Ambassador, DCM, Political and Economic Counselors, and Embassy, Centers for Disease Control, and USAID officers met on September 14 in Abuja with Alberic Kacou, the new UN Development Program resident coordinator in Nigeria. 2. (U) The Ambassador and Kacou discussed the coordination of [...]	2006-09-19 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID PGOV NI AVIAN FLU
06ABUJA2466	ADVANCING SAHARA BOOSTS NIGERIA'S DESERTIFICATION [...] Summary. Desertification and drought are the most serious environmental problems facing northern Nigeria and now affect 15 states. Nigeria loses about 865,000 acres of farmland or grazing land to desert conditions every year, with the Sahara Desert advancing south an average of 0.6 km annual [...]	2006-09-20 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR EIND NI
06ABUJA2508	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE: SOUTHWESTERN OUTBREAKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cooperation between the Ministries of Agriculture, Information, and Health on the issue of avian influenza (AI) remains an issue, and relations between Agriculture and Health officials remain tense over the extent of AI in Nigeria and whether to authorize poultry vaccinations. [...]	2006-09-25 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2509	SURVEY VIEWS AVIAN FLU'S NIGERIA ECONOMIC IMPACT [...] Summary. A team from the USG's Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) visited six Nigerian states in August to assess the avian influenza socioeconomic impact on Nigeria's poultry sector. Nigeria has about 36% of West Africa's poultry and the sub-region's most modern poultry sector. [...]	2006-09-25 08:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2535	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU: ANIMAL SURVEILLANCE LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the Ministry of Agriculture launched on Sept. 21 their European Union/USG-funded program for active animal surveillance of the avian influenza (AI) in Nigeria. Preparations will consist of six to eight weeks of training, followed by [...]	2006-09-26 10:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2539	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU: ANIMAL-SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM [...] Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture launched on Sept. 21 their EU/USG-funded program for active animal surveillance of the avian influenza (AI) in Nigeria. Training would precede fieldwork, which would cover all 36 states and the Federal Cap [...]	2006-09-26 14:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2777	NIGERIA OCTOBER 18 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) response to an avian influenza (AI) outbreak remains sluggish. A World Health Organization (WHO) official said Nigeria's AI animal-surveillance program already had fallen one month behind an optimistic schedule. He said the GON's sense of urgen [...]	2006-10-19 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2800	NIGERIA OCTOBER 25 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) response to the avian influenza (AI) remains limited but has demonstrated recent improvement. Economic and USAID officers attended the October 18 United Nations/foreign donors AI meeting in Abuja and met with representatives from the UN Develop [...]	2006-10-25 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2836	NIGERIA: CENSUS RESULTS NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian census tabulations are nearly complete and the GON has said the figures will be unveiled in December. International monitors reported that donor contributions have facilitated a census process that was fairly transparent, open and covered a high percentage of the p [...]	2006-10-30 11:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KDEM ECON PGOV EAID NI
06ABUJA3130	ECOWAS DONORS' MEETING HIGHTLIGHTS PROGRESS [...] (U) Summary: Development partners of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met November 20-21 in Abuja for a progress report on the organization's initiatives. While peace and security issues remain central to ECOWAS's work, transforming the ECOWAS Secretariat into a Commissio [...]	2006-12-06 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EINV EAID PREL NI ECOWAS
06ABUJA3200	THE WEST AFRICAN PEER EXCHANGE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING [...] Summary. At the West African Peer Exchange conference on Affordable Housing, Nigerian representatives discussed plans for increasing the number of affordable homes in Nigeria and presented an action plan. Most of the West African countries in attendance face similar problems on land tenure ti [...]	2006-12-14 17:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID SOCI NI
06ABUJA441	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON announced Feb. 21 that AI has been confirmed in an eighth state, Gombe State. The Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) said Nigeria has 170 surveillance sites nationwide where the disease is most likely to be encountered, and the GON has tested more than 1,200 samples of susp [...]	2006-02-22 17:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA448	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU - UN MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Development Program hosted in Abuja on Feb. 22 an information session on AI in Nigeria attended by international diplomatic and aid representatives. With some prompting, the Abuja UN Resident Coordinator's Office agreed to create "soon" a matrix to record international [...]	2006-02-23 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA449	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU FIELD TEAM REPORTS [...] Summary. Experts from the CDC, the Nigerian Ministry of Health, and the WHO visited Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, and Katsina States, starting on Feb. 18, to ascertain the extent of AI there. On Feb. 22, they presented their findings. The team found Kaduna's logistical support to combat AI extremel [...]	2006-02-23 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA479	FEB 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. A GON official said Nigeria did not have surveillance information on free-range chickens, which may be a greater threat to unaffected zones than commercial chicken farms. He cautioned implicitly against the GON's taking stern action against these farmers, saying, "This is the liveli [...]	2006-02-27 17:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA480	FEB 27 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 26, the GON confirmed the presence of AI in two more states, Yobe and Nasarawa. Though not confirmed, it is almost certainly in Jigawa. Currently four states and the Federal Capital Territory have had samples confirmed H5N1 positive through the FAO laboratory in R [...]	2006-02-27 17:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA501	FEB 28 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: A donors' meeting noted progress on approving plans, procedures and guidelines in the animal, health and outreach functions, but noted continued gaps in coordination and information. Surveillance is stepping up in the South, but enforcement of movement bans is still lacking. Poul [...]	2006-03-02 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA517	MARCH 2 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Bird-culling operations were carried out in Bauchi and Nasarawa States on Feb. 28. A GON official said the government hoped to begin paying compensation for birds by March 3, or by March 5 at the latest, and that Nigeria would concentrate on compensation to commercial chicken farmer [...]	2006-03-02 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA524	ECOWAS SAYS PREPARING TO MEET AVIAN-FLU CHALLENGE [...] Summary. Ambassador met March 2 with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohamed Ibn Chambas, who noted with concern AI's SIPDIS advance in Nigeria. Chambas said ECOWAS countries needed to have national strategies, after which regional ones could be created. He said Nigeria's "lessons learned" wou [...]	2006-03-03 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA532	UNICEF COMMUNICATION MEETING [...] SUMMARY: THE AVIAN INFLUENZA COMMUNICATION COMPONENT IS FINALLY COMING TOGETHER AFTER WEEKS OF DELAY AND CONFUSION. THE GON HAS APPROVED A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, AND HAS SCHEDULED WEEKLY MEETINGS FOR DONORS AT THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL REORIENTATION. FOUR PROPOSALS APPROVED [...]	2006-03-06 11:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA536	MARCH 6 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE; H5N1 SPREADS [...] (SBU) Summary. A GON official said the HN51 virus is now present in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Benue State, and Anambra State, as confirmed by the Vom laboratory. The agriculture minister traveled to Kano State to kick off on March 6 the government's compensation program for culled birds. [...]	2006-03-07 06:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA552	MARCH 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The HN51 virus is now confirmed as present in 11 Nigerian states, including Anambra and Rivers States in the south. An outbreak of AI was reported March 8 in three locations within the Federal Capital Territory. Jigawa State also is very likely to have AI, as do all of its nei [...]	2006-03-09 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA558	MARCH 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON announced March 9 that an additional state, Ogun State, was confirmed positive for the H5 virus. This result was confirmed by the Vom National Veterinary Research Institute, near Jos. Officials said the government had paid no additional compensation to poultry farmers [...]	2006-03-10 06:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA576	MARCH 13 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The GON announced March 9 that an additional state, Ogun State, was confirmed positive for the H5 virus. An Ogun official said the state is investigating the outbreak at a commercial poultry facility in Akute-Oja, near the border between Lagos State and Ogun State. Southwestern [...]	2006-03-13 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA592	MAR 15 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- LAGOS OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary. The Lagos State agriculture commissioner said on March 14 that a commercial poultry farm in Iju, Lagos State, near the border with Ogun State, reported a suspected outbreak of AI. He said the outbreak likely was H5N1. The GON's chief veterinary officer later confirmed the out [...]	2006-03-16 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA593	MARCH 15 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. The Vom laboratory confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 in Anambra State, but the state agriculture commissioner rejected this finding. The AI outbreak in Ogun State continues, but the GON has not heard from its Ogun field team. An Ogun official said containing the outbreak would be a "to [...]	2006-03-16 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA596	Avian Flu in Nigeria: The Long Haul [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a substantial effort to respond to the Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in Nigeria by the GON and international partners, the epidemic clearly has not been brought under control. Given the weak human- and animal- health infrastructures, and the complicated issues of federa [...]	2006-03-16 10:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA647	MARCH 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. As of March 15, reliable information, including from testing, was not available on the extent of AI in Nigeria. State veterinarians lacked vehicles and equipment, and some lacked personal protective equipment. There was no documentation on the location and numbers of small flo [...]	2006-03-22 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA656	MARCH 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- WHO CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. The WHO's representative in Nigeria sought constructive criticism to improve UN agencies' efforts in combating AI, especially in boosting assistance to improve operational field capacity. He warned that Nigeria's anti-AI efforts "most probably" were not diagnosing human cases. [...]	2006-03-23 15:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA658	MARCH 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. The DCM and World Bank officials on March 22 discussed the GON's sluggishness in employing already provided foreign assistance against AI. The Bank officials said their main concerns are the need to vaccinate birds and compensate poultry farmers. The GON discussed with the Ban [...]	2006-03-23 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA659	MARCH 24 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ogun State and GON officials culled by March 20 more than 85,000 birds at a farm in Akute, Ogun State. Culling workers did not use personal protective equipment. Almost 3,700 birds were culled at a farm in Iju, Lagos State. A Lagos State agricultural official denied AI's pre [...]	2006-03-24 06:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA931	APRIL 24 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON is losing its sense of urgency on AI. The GON appears to be moving toward adopting the line that Nigeria's AI crisis is more or less over. Lack of reporting on new outbreaks, previously attributable to weak surveillance, more recently appears also to be due to deliber [...]	2006-04-25 17:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA971	GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO DEVELOPING NIGER DELTA USING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second of what appears to be a series of high profile meetings aimed at creating momentum to address underdevelopment in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian government committed itself to a plan to create 20,000 government jobs and invest 20 trillion Naira of oil industry mone [...]	2006-04-28 12:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER EPET EAID NI
06ACCRA1160	LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE TO GHANA: IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK High Commission recently chaired a donors, meeting on law enforcement assistance to Ghana. The U.S. and the U.K. are the only significant donors on law enforcement issues. The U.K. is focusing on narcotics trafficking, financial fraud, document fraud, basic police tr [...]	2006-05-19 09:48:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID GH PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
06ACCRA1236	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MAY 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 13:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID ETRD EAIR EMIN GH
06ACCRA143	FIRST LADY VISITS GHANA [...] Summary: First Lady Laura Bush visited Ghana on January 15-17 in what will be remembered as a highlight in U.S.-Ghana relations. Accompanied by daughter Barbara, she launched the Africa Education Initiative Textbooks and Learning Materials Program in Africa, visited an HIV/AIDS clinic in a l [...]	2006-01-18 17:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID GH KPAO OVIP PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI
06ACCRA1899	GHANA: TRADE AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [...] During a July 19-23 visit to Ghana, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Florie Liser, Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance Holly Vineyard and SIPDIS accompanying USG officials engaged with GOG officials and members of Ghana's private sector to discuss strategi [...]	2006-08-18 12:04:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ETRD KMCA PGOV PREL GH
06ACCRA2212	GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM INITIATIVE: RESPONSE TO [...] Summary. In response to reftel, Post has identified ten USAID projects and one Public Affairs Section (PAS) projects that directly promote access to, and use of, the internet in Ghana. All of the programs mentioned have been completed, except the Last Mile Initiative and the PAS program. Most [...]	2006-09-20 09:42:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS GH PHUM
06ACCRA2905	GMO RICE: GOG WOULD WELCOME PUBLIC FORUM TO [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Bridgewater met with GoG Minister of Food and Agriculture Ernest Debrah on November 28, 2006 to address GoG concerns about American rice imports to Ghana. The Minister indicated many of the explanations he had received about the August shipment, which contained trace amount [...]	2006-12-06 09:55:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID ETRD NI GH
06ACCRA2985	SINGAPORE'S ASSISTANCE IN GHANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 16:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SI GH
06ACCRA411	Assessment of Special Self-Help (SSH) Funding Needs [...] Post requests SSH funding in the amount of $120,000 for FY2006. The request is based on a number of factors that have made post's Self-Help program a success and on Post's desire to maintain this strong grassroots program. 2. The SSH coordinator reviewed 400 formal applications in FY05. T [...]	2006-02-15 10:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID GH
06ACCRA836	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY - MARCH 2006 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for February and March 2006. The issues covered are: -- Dole subsidiary inaugurates one million tree banana farm -- Communications Minister's comments on future of Westel -- ADM plans construction of a cocoa processin [...]	2006-04-11 11:36:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAGR ECPS EAID ETRD GH
06ADDISABABA1005	DARFUR: AU CONTINUES TO SUPPORT TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Summary/action request: Addis-based Darfur Liaison Group (LG) heads of mission met April 14 with African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit to discuss the AU's draft roadmap for implementation of the March 10 Peace and Security Council (PSC) decision on Darfur [...]	2006-04-14 14:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA1359	LOOKING AHEAD ON THE U.S.- AFRICAN UNION [...] (SBU) Note from Charge Vicki Huddleston: This "think piece" on the African Union (AU) was drafted by political officer Cate McGeary whose brilliant coverage of the AU over the past two years has kept pace with the rapid changes in the institution and in our relations with it. Her voluminous, [...]	2006-05-16 07:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID PGOV AU
06ADDISABABA1400	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER AND BILATERAL DONORS [...] SUMMARY: After nearly four months of donor requests for a high-level meeting on democratic governance, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, senior ministers, and advisors met with the Charge, other donor Ambassadors, and heads of cooperation on May 8 to launch a dialogue on governance with [...]	2006-05-19 09:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1970	WORLD BANK PRESIDENT'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 08:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KHUM PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2059	SECOND REQUEST FOR SELF-HELP OBLIGATION REPORTS - [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Per reftels, Post is providing a preliminary obligation report for FY06 projects. Post expects to fully obligate its 80,000.00 USD allocation by August 15. END SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. PRELIMINARY OBLIGATIONS FOR FY06 SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROJECTS: 2.Project [...]	2006-07-26 05:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON AFIN ET
06ADDISABABA2061	ETHIOPIAN PASTORALISTS DISCUSS INTERNAL AND CROSS- [...] (U) SUMMARY: From July 16-18, the UN's Office of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Activities (UN OCHA) convened approximately 300 pastoralists from about 15 West and East African countries, as part of UN OCHA's DFID-funded Pastoralist Communications Initiative. The meeting provided a platform [...]	2006-07-26 12:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PGOV PREF ET
06ADDISABABA2073	ETHIOPIAN PASTORALISTS GATHERING DISCUSS INTERNAL AND CROSS-BORDER CONFLICTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: From July 16-18, the UN's Office of the Coordinator for Humanitarian Activities (UN OCHA) convened approximately 300 pastoralists from about 15 West and East African countries, as part of UN OCHA's DFID-funded Pastoralist Communications Initiative. The meeting provided a platform [...]	2006-07-26 14:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREF ET EAGR OPIC
06ADDISABABA2130	DARFUR: AU SAYS NEW PLEDGES ALLOW AMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At his first briefing for donors and other partners since the July 18 pledging conference for the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),the head of the African Union's Darfur Integrated Task Force (DITF) said that the conference's main outcome was the acknowledgement that partners seek t [...]	2006-08-04 09:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA2305	ETHIOPIA: HEALTH MINISTRY REQUESTS SUPPORT TO [...] Summary. Ethiopia's Federal Ministry of Health issued a letter (text below) to USAID, UNICEF, WHO and UNOCHA August 17 requesting preparedness and response support for an outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD). In a conversation August 18 with USAID's Chief Health Officer, State Minister o [...]	2006-08-18 10:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CASC WHO ET
06ADDISABABA2594	TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE IS NOT CURRENTLY AN ISSUE WITH ETHIOPIA, SINCE IT IS NEITHER A MEMBER OF THE WTO NOR A PARTY TO ANY OTHER TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES. POST IS ACTIVE,HOWEVER, IN PROMOTING ETHIOPIA'S USE OF AGOA OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE ITS EXPORTS, AS WELL AS MONITORING [...]	2006-09-25 06:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD
06ADDISABABA659	COORDINATING PARTNER SUPPORT TO THE AFRICAN UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union's (AU) profile continues to rise in the international community as the AU strives to build the capacity to proactively address challenges on the continent. To further mutual objectives, the AU and Addis-based donors/partners are working to enhance coordinatio [...]	2006-03-06 13:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KPKO AU
06ADDISABABA723	AU APPROVES AMIS REHAT - NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The March 10 African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) ministerial supported transition of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission. The PSC extended AMIS' mandate until September 30, 2006, and set a deadline of April 30 to conclude the A [...]	2006-03-14 04:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO EAID PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA756	DARFUR PSC DECISION: KONARE EMPHASIZES AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 15 briefing for Addis-based partner ambassadors, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare emphasized the importance of African leadership in creating a democratic Sudan. Konare called for partner support in pressing for a political solution to th [...]	2006-03-16 07:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA773	ETHIOPIA TOUR D'HORIZON: PM MELES SAYS CITY HALL [...] (SBU) Summary and Action request: The Prime Minister appeared to enjoy the give and take of the conversation with the EU Troika (Austrian, Finish ambassadors and Pol Counselor for EC),French ambassador as head of the Ambassadors' Donor Group and U.S. Charge. Meles was up-beat on the oppositi [...]	2006-03-20 05:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID EFIN ET
06ADDISABABA917	AU POLITICAL AFFAIRS OBJECTIVES AND INSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union's (AU) top priority through 2007 is to push forward the process of institutional transformation to ensure a proactive and effective organization as compared to the OAU, AU Commission Secretary Prof. Johnson recently told a group of AU partners. Political Affai [...]	2006-04-06 12:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID XA AU
06ALGIERS1518	USG RESPONSE TO IMMINENT FOOD SHORTAGE IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) Marius Fortman, World Food Program (WFP) Country Director for Algeria, briefed us August 23 on the current state of food stocks for the Sahrawi refugees. Fortman said Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf would run out of food by the end of September absent additional donations. Fortman m [...]	2006-08-26 07:38:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PBTS WFP AG
06ALMATY1083	KAZAKHSTAN: TAX AND CUSTOMS EXEMPTIONS FOR CTR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Almaty received a letter from Ministry of Finance outlining the ministry's interpretation of tax and customs liabilities for CTR program participants. The letter states that exemptions shall only be provided to those organizations specifically named; that only contracto [...]	2006-03-27 15:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM EAID KZ
06ALMATY1575	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Senate and Mazhilis are working to finalize amendments to the Law on International Agreements, according to the chairman of the Senate Committee on International Affairs, Defense, and Security. The two houses will establish a reconciliation committee to reach agreement on h [...]	2006-05-02 01:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PARM EPET KZ
06ALMATY1636	KAZAKHSTAN: EXTENSION OF THE PHASE OUT PLAN FOR [...] The social transition and security/law enforcement sectors of assistance to Kazakhstan are slated for phase-out in 2011, per the country's phase out assessment. As such, post understands that phase out plans must be prepared in 2006, five years before the expected phase out date, to ensure t [...]	2006-05-05 14:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC EG KZ
06ALMATY3242	KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION RESPONSE FOR INTIATIVE ON [...] The following information, provided by USAID Almaty in response to reftel request, represents existing programs that support Internet freedom. Total funding levels are listed. A. Project Name: Information and Communication Technology Statistics Improvement Recipient: Kazakhstan Agency o [...]	2006-09-15 00:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KZ
06ALMATY78	KAZAKHSTANI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN COMPACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On December 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on donor pledging for the Afghanistan Compact in London to Aitzhan Aidashev, First Secretary in the Asia Department of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aidashev co [...]	2006-01-12 05:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL AF KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY888	OSCE: PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] This cable responds to Ref A request for comments on OSCE project proposals. None of the proposals forwarded by USOSCE and the local OSCE Center duplicates activities in which Post is currently involved. Specifically, the proposal on creating a training center for defense lawyers would comp [...]	2006-03-07 13:52:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AFIN ABUD EAID ECON KCRM PHUM KZ OSCE ECONOMIC
06AMMAN1027	MEPI AND TREASURY FUNDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the week of January 22, Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) conducted a highly successful three-day public cash management workshop in Amman. The program successfully introduced finance managers from all of Jordan's 24 ministries, and the Budget D [...]	2006-02-13 09:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON JO
06AMMAN1867	Planning Minister on Economy and Reform [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 2, Planning Minister Suhair Al- Ali told visiting U.S. military officers that Jordan faces important economic and security challenges in the near term, but that ongoing reforms had built a strong basis for longer- term development. She also outlined Jordan's agenda for [...]	2006-03-14 13:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID JO
06AMMAN2047	JORDAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On March 20, Ambassador received a letter dated March 7 from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Ziad Fariz requesting USG assistance in concluding new agreements for debt swaps. Minister of Planning Suhair Al-Ali clarified to the Ambassador on March 20 that "this is just a fo [...]	2006-03-21 10:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID JO
06AMMAN2109	JOINT USG-GOJ FLOOD RELIEF PROVIDED TO ALGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL EAID AL JO
06AMMAN3729	AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES: FY06 FUNDING [...] Embassy Amman received applications from six Jordanian organizations seeking to participate in this year's Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees initiative (reftel). The Ambassador requests USD 19,457 to help an UNRWA-affiliated volunteer community rehabilitation center in Talbieh camp, an informal [...]	2006-05-29 05:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
06AMMAN3855	GOJ REQUESTS INCREASE IN "BASE-LINE" ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Jordanian Minister of Planning Suhair Al-Ali presented Ambassador May 18 with a paper, approved by Prime Minister Bakhit, conveying the GOJ's request that the USG increase economic support fund (ESF) assistance for Jordan to $450 million in each fiscal year 2007, 2008, and 2009. (Note: [...]	2006-06-01 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV JO
06AMMAN3901	JORDANIAN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche May 30 to Foreign Minister Khatib. Khatib welcomed the proposed creation of a temporary international mechanism to provide direct assistance to the Palestinian people, and stated that international aid was sorely needed to prevent a humanitarian crisi [...]	2006-06-04 10:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL PREL JO
06AMMAN3985	MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PRM'S GRANT TO NGO [...] (U) This message contains a monitoring and evaluation report on the $90,000 grant PRM awarded to the U.S. non-profit organization Seeds of Peace (SPRMCO05GR140) to help it extend its conflict resolution programming to Palestinian refugee youth residing in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza dur [...]	2006-06-06 11:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO
06AMMAN617	REPORT ON MENA OECD MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Jordan Investment Board hosted a meeting January 23 and 24 to plan for the upcoming Ministerial on the MENA OECD Investment Program scheduled for February 13 and 14 at the Dead Sea. The UK, Japan and U.S. (as primary OECD donors) joined OECD and Jordan for the meeting. The Mi [...]	2006-01-26 08:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV JO
06AMMAN6542	LEBANON: STOCKHOLM DONORS, CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Foreign Minister will probably attend the August 31 donors' conference in Stockholm. Jordan is providing important support and facilitation for Lebanon's recovery. Some of the GOJ's most useful help stems from its good relations with Israeli security and military services; the [...]	2006-08-27 13:39:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EAID EAIR MOPS LE JO IS
06AMMAN664	Jordan: Points on SAICM Chemicals Management [...] Econ Counselor and ESTH Officer made reftel talking points to Ministry of Environment Director of Chemicals and Waste Management Dr. Mohammed Khashashneh. Dr. Khashashneh and Ms. Abeer Zairah (phonetic) from the Ministry of Industry and Trade will represent Jordan at the February 4-6 Dubai U [...]	2006-01-29 08:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD PREL EAID ECON JO
06AMMAN7625	MCC SCORE CARD DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ETRC ECON KMCA MCC JO
06AMMAN7687	First-Ever Labor Forum Held During U.S.-Jordan Free Trade [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted its the first-ever Labor Forum as part of the U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Committee 2006 meetings. Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Zu'bi stressed that the GOJ would have "zero tolerance" for labor violations, while at the same time r [...]	2006-10-10 06:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EAID PHUM JO
06AMMAN7727	New Environment Law Creates Incentive Fund, Ranger Force [...] Summary: The Ministry of Environment has a new basic law, a new enforcement corps of environmental rangers, a new "Environmental Fund" to provide economic incentives for environmental protection, and has been fundamentally reorganized. QIZs are a priority area for enforcement. End summary. [...]	2006-10-10 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
06AMMAN7734	NGOs, Chamber Satisfied with Progress on Environmental [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders from two of Jordan's largest environmental NGOs and from the Jordan Chamber of Industry are satisfied with the transparency and engagement of the GOJ on environmental policy issues. One major NGO noted its pleasure at the creation of the "Environmental Rangers" enforcem [...]	2006-10-10 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
06AMMAN7750	LABOR MINISTER ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's Labor Minister Basem Salem reports that his Ministry has intervened directly to prevent Jordanian garment factory management from sending foreign workers back to their home countries without due process. The Minister issued a letter September 22 stating that no worker [...]	2006-10-11 06:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD EAID PHUM JO
06AMMAN7789	JORDAN'S GROUP OF ELEVEN INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan joined ten other countries on the margin's of last month's UN General Assembly to launch a "Group of Eleven." Nine lower middle income countries joined Croatia and Pakistan to form a group dedicated to advance mutual interests in the global economic, investment and trade [...]	2006-10-12 05:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ECON EAID JO
06AMMAN7810	Jordan Seeks Help in Defining WTO Environmental Goods and [...] (U) Summary: DAUSTR Jennifer Prescott and Jordanian trade officials discussed ways to define environmental goods and services on the margins of the U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Committee meetings. Jordan requested technical assistance. End summary. ------------------------------------------- Poten [...]	2006-10-12 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PREL JO
06AMMAN7831	FTA Sparks Strengthened Environmental Protection in Jordan [...] (U) Summary: During the environment session of the September 17 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meeting, Jordanian Minister of Environment Khaled Irani noted that Jordan has made major strides in strengthening environmental protection since the U.S.-Jordan FTA was ratified in 2001. [...]	2006-10-13 11:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PREL EAID KMPI KTIA JO
06AMMAN8401	Jordan's Water and Sanitation Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan is a country that is critically and chronically short of water. It has immense needs in its water and sanitation sector. There is much potential for enhancing the already significant USG engagement in this sector. A coordinated, multi-agency approach within the USG wil [...]	2006-11-14 07:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID PGOV EAGR JO
06AMMAN905	Jordan Adds Muscle to Avian Flu Preparedness [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan continues to develop its resources in preparation for avian influenza (AI). It now has rapid testing capability in labs around the country, an inclusive interagency committee, a public outreach plan, professional training programs for the agricultural and medical commun [...]	2006-02-08 11:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR PGOV JO
06ANKARA104	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 6 [...] Summary. As of mid-day January 6 there are three confirmed deaths resulting from bird flu. The third death has not confirmed as H5N1, however the three positive cases yesterday have now been confirmed as H5N1. European Union and WHO teams arrived in Turkey January 5 and travelled to the affe [...]	2006-01-06 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1057	TURKEY: APPROACHING POTENTIAL DONORS TO THE MARCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV BK TU
06ANKARA1101	TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR, SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) MFA's Director General for Security Affairs, Hayati Guven, told us March 1 that Turkey is ready to engage on closing the Makhmour refugee camp and that it considers such a step as an important objective in its battle against the PKK. The GOT seeks assurances that there will be sufficient [...]	2006-03-03 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF MOPS EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU

06ANKARA1114	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AI is present only along Iran's eastern and northern borders according to Iranian visa applicants in Ankara. Iranians in the medical field believe that the GOI does not have the plans, the resources, or vaccine stock to handle an AI outbreak. Iranians outside the medical profes [...]	2006-03-06 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR PREL TU TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU
06ANKARA118	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 7 [...] Summary. As of mid-day January 7 there are no new deaths or additional confirmations of human cases. Nine or ten sub- provinces are under animal quarantine. Though there are multiple reports of dead birds in other regions, none have been confirmed as AI, with the possible exception of two wi [...]	2006-01-09 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA120	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 8 [...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...]	2006-01-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA121	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 9 [...] Summary. There are 14 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases has broadened to central Anatolia. 17 provinces have had outbreaks in birds with animal qua [...]	2006-01-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA130	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 12 [...] Summary. There are 18 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases continues to broaden with the two new cases in southeastern Turkey. Official sources now pu [...]	2006-01-13 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA133	Turkey Avian Influenza Update - January 12 [...] Summary. There are 18 human cases confirmed by local testing, so far, but no new deaths. There is still no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The geographic distribution of the confirmed cases continues to broaden with the two new cases in southeastern Turkey. Official sources now pu [...]	2006-01-13 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1352	U.S. CHAMBER-TURKEY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its Turkish counterpart, the Union of Chambers and Exchanges (TOBB),tell us they are not prepared to sign a "memorandum of understanding" in Ankara on March 17. Activities under the MOU would be implemented by the private contractor Carana, which has [...]	2006-03-14 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BEXP TU
06ANKARA137	TURKISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER ON AVIAN FLU [...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador January 13, reported on the progress made in responding to the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza in Turkey and agreed to a proposed US assessment team visit the week of January 16. He appealed for U [...]	2006-01-14 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA1465	TURKEY: UN OCHA DONOR CONFERENCE ISTANBUL [...] With respect to the UN OCHA Donor Support Non- Traditional Donors Conference co-chaired by the GOT and USAID and scheduled for April 27-28 in Istanbul at the Hotel Dedeman, Embassy POC is David Young (90-312-455 5555 X2256; YoungDK@state.gov) and Consulate PA POC is Katharina Gollner-Sweet (9 [...]	2006-03-21 07:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID PREL TU
06ANKARA1524	AI Continues to Plague Turkish Poultry Sector [...] (U) Summary. The AI outbreak continues to plague the poultry sector in Turkey albeit at a reduced pace. AI has been confirmed in 151 locations in 28 provinces throughout Turkey, according to the most recent report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Poultry consumption remain [...]	2006-03-23 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON
06ANKARA1570	PM ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, DELIVER [...] (SBU) MFA Under Secretary Uzumcu told Ambassador that PM Erdogan will be visiting Khartoum March 28-29 for the Arab League summit. PM Advisor Ali Yakital, (who just returned 3 months ago as Turkish ambassador in Khartoum),confirmed Erdogan was invited as a guest of the Arab League in his ca [...]	2006-03-24 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KAWC PHUM PREF SU TU
06ANKARA1653	INCOME INEQUALITY DECREASING IN TURKEY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to updated data for 2004, the share of the population living in poverty in Turkey decreased from 28.12 percent to 25.6 percent. The data also shows a growing city/countryside divide as urban poverty declines and rural poverty increases. Contrary to widespread percept [...]	2006-03-28 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM TU
06ANKARA1957	TURKEY/SUDAN: PM ERDOGAN TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND [...] (C) In a first for Turkey, PM Erdogan was invited to address the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Khartoum on the Alliance of Civilizations. The GOT sees greater cooperation with the AL as a useful tool for helping to mediate regional disputes and increasing trade. Erdogan discussed increase [...]	2006-04-11 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF EAID BMENA SU XA XW TU
06ANKARA1977	Project Proposal for Afghan-Turkish [...] (SBU) Summary: As discussed reftel, Post, working with the Regional DEA office in Ankara and Kabul, has developed the following proposal for enhancing Turkish-Afghan counternarcotics cooperation. The training, to be led by DEA's training team, would entail bringing together Afghan and Turkish [...]	2006-04-12 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID TU AF
06ANKARA20	Avian Influenza Situation in Turkey - No Human Cases [...] Summary. On December 31, 2005, and January 1, 2006, a total of seven people, five of which were children, from the Eastern part of Turkey were hospitalized with bird flu-like symptoms. One child died late in the evening of January 1, 2006. On January 2, test results showed that the child d [...]	2006-01-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON
06ANKARA2113	TURKISH AGR MINISTER ON AI AND WTO RICE CASE [...] Summary. Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Mehmet Eker, in a meeting with Ambassador April 17, reported that bird flu had been essentially eliminated in Turkey and thanked the United States for its financial support in dealing with AI. Eker also reported that with the next fe [...]	2006-04-18 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA2155	TURKEY REVIEWING A CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL TU AF
06ANKARA2488	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE NEW IRAQI [...] (C) Turkish Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador May 4 that Turkey has invited Iraqi PM al-Maliki to visit, will invite other ministers once named, and is prepared to send FM Gul to Baghdad as well. Turkey is prepared to offer Iraq additional border gates, USD 2 million in military [...]	2006-05-05 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID IZ TU
06ANKARA263	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: AMBASSADOR'S JAN 19 [...] SUMMARY: In his first meeting with the GOT Minister of Health, Ambassador focused on the Avian Influenza (AI) situation, expressing U.S. sympathy, commitment to provide support, and admiration for Turkey's response, transparency, and collaboration. The Minister stressed that AI was a global [...]	2006-01-24 05:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA2708	AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK [...] SUMMARY: Coming on the heels of the WHO/FAO hosted Avian Influenza (AI) conference in Ankara (supported by USAID),The World Bank gained Executive Board approval on April 24 for a $34.4 million loan to Turkey (out of a $54 million package) that will support Turkey's AI readiness and capacity [...]	2006-05-14 12:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA2808	TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) We met MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca on May 17 regarding support to the Darfur Peace Agreement, including NATO support to peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance (ref A). He welcomed the UNSC resolution passed May 16 and said the GOT is keen to support a United Nation [...]	2006-05-17 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SOCI SU TU
06ANKARA2870	A DEVELOPMENT TALE OF TWO SOUTHEASTERN CITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces, located in Turkey's southeastern region, are home to some of the country's most notable tourist attractions, yet both provinces suffer from poverty and underdevelopment. Seasonal migration, gender inequality, and a lack of economic opportunity [...]	2006-05-18 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM KWMN TU
06ANKARA3189	TURKEY/IRAQ: G/IWI AMBASSADOR STEINER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary. Acting Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues Ambassador Steven E. Steiner met on May 23 with Turkish officials and a quasi-governmental training institute, where he found a willingness, and capacity, to compare notes and potentially collaborate on educational and [...]	2006-06-01 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KWMN IZ TU
06ANKARA3307	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new AI cases in poultry or on wild birds in Turkey since March 31, 2006. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the AI outbreak was completely extinguished by April 24, 2006. The Protection and Control General Directorate issued the last follow up report [...]	2006-06-07 07:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID TBIO AMED CASC KFLU SENV TU
06ANKARA341	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AS MODEL FOR REGION [...] SUMMARY: The USG AI Delegation that recently visited Turkey, as well as international organizations on the scene, applaud Turkey's robust and transparent response to recent AI animal and human outbreaks, including good cooperation with international actors. They cite Turkey's response as a r [...]	2006-01-30 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU KFLU
06ANKARA3436	TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT - UNTESTED - SLOWLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the devastating 1999 Marmara earthquake in Turkey, the World Bank made recovery loans contingent on broad changes in Turkey's building codes and disaster management mechanisms. This included creation of a "Turkish Emergency Management Directorate" (TEMAD),which was esta [...]	2006-06-10 19:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV EINV TU
06ANKARA3626	TURKEY'S DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER [...] Mission Disaster Relief Officer is: David K. Young, Economics Officer, Embassy Ankara Office - (90) (312) 455 5555 x2256; cell - 0532 620 3846; Home - (90) (312) 467 7256; fax - (90) (312) 468 6138 E-mail - YoungDK@state.gov ETD - July 2007 2. Alternate MDRO is: Thomas Goldberger, Econ [...]	2006-06-20 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV TU
06ANKARA3649	TURKEY AGREES TO TWO ENERGY SEMINARS [...] (SBU) In two diplomatic notes sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 13, the Turkish government signaled its formal acceptance of two energy/environmental workshops to be conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. Immediate next steps include setting dates, venues, [...]	2006-06-21 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV BEXP EAID TU
06ANKARA3821	GOT DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN "TRNC" DECISION TO BLOCK [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel points on June 28 with Engin Solakoglu, MFA Cyprus Department chief of section. Solakoglu told us the GOT played no role in the decision by Turkish Cypriot authorities to cancel a deal to export Turkish Cypriot potatoes to Europe through the Greek Cypriot port of Lim [...]	2006-06-29 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID PREL PGOV ECON CY TU
06ANKARA4132	TURKISH APPEAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) MFA U/S Tuygen used a meeting with Ambassador and visiting EB A/S Sullivan to urge that Turkey's exclusion from the upcoming Iraq compact preparatory meeting be reconsidered. He said it is clear that the compact will deal with issues beyond economic reform, stabilization and pledges/dono [...]	2006-07-14 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA4761	TURKEY: AFGHANISTAN PRT TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER; ISAF [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku provided an upbeat account of preparations to establish Turkey's first Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),slated to open by November. Ulku said construction had begun, staffing is underway, and initial [...]	2006-08-16 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF AORC EAID MOPS PREL TU XD NATO
06ANKARA4964	TURKEY: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the August 31 donors meeting in Stockholm, Turkey will pledge assistance in the form of reconstruction projects, likely focused initially on the power sector. The GOT is looking for projects that contribute to long-term growth, understanding that it is also important to d [...]	2006-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU LE SW
06ANKARA4998	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Koray Targay, MFA's Ambassador-level coordinator of Turkish assistance to Iraq, expressed deep concern that Turkey had not yet been invited to join the core preparatory group drafting the "Iraq Compact." He said that this was a priority of the Ministry and senio [...]	2006-08-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA5324	CRIMEAN-CONGO FEVER IN TURKEY [...] Summary: Cases of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Turkey have increased over prior years to 279, which resulted in 20 deaths over the past summer, causing public concern. Because transmission to humans is mainly via ticks from domesticated animals, the Ministry of Health is coordinating cl [...]	2006-09-14 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA55	TURKEY: AVIAN INFLUENZA CAUSES TWO HUMAN DEATHS [...] Summary. Turkey's Ministry of Health has confirmed two human deaths from H5 Avian Influenza. N Sub-type has not been determined, but H5N1 is suspected. It appears that the victims caught AI from handling sick birds. There is no indication of human to human transmission. The GOT continues [...]	2006-01-05 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU
06ANKARA5673	BIG PAY-OFF FROM SMALL BUSINESS PROJECT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-29 04:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KPAO CVIS BEXP TU
06ANKARA581	UNHCR TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR [...] (S) UNHCR's Turkey office is ready to get to work on voluntary repatriation or local integration for residents of the Makhmour Camp in northern Iraq. However, the UNHCR-Turkey Representative pointed out obstacles to be overcome, such as accessing villages in southeast Turkey to which Makhmour [...]	2006-02-09 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU UNHCR
06ANKARA5839	TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO LEBANON RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Lebanon Assistance Coordinator Koray Targay explained October 5 that Turkey planned to provide its $10 million Stockholm pledge in the form of 50 pre-fabricated schools that would be set-up in southern Lebanon. He coordinated this with Council for Development and Reconstru [...]	2006-10-06 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID LE TU
06ANKARA5854	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Assistance Coordinator Koray Targay took note of the points in reftel, but said that Turkey had not been asked to participate in the Preparatory Group or in Iraq Compact drafting. He said Turkey was supportive of the Compact, but that he understood from other contacts that the [...]	2006-10-10 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL IZ TU
06ANKARA618	TURKEY/PALESTINE -- MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS TU
06ANKARA6248	Authorization to use post held fiscal data for [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID TU AF
06ANKARA6274	TURKEY AND RECC ON AFGHANISTAN IN NEW DELHI [...] In response to reftel demarche pressing for high level participation at the November 18-19 Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) on Afghanistan in New Delhi, MFA Economic Department Head Kemal Kaygisiz emphasized that Turkey assigned great importance to Afghan reconstruction and was [...]	2006-11-03 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KPWR EAID PGOV TU
06ANKARA630	AVIAN INFLUENZA: USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank is moving ahead with a flagship Avian Influenza (AI) package for Turkey that should be ready for Executive Board approval by the end of March. A U.S. contribution as part of this package could help fill local gaps in a country that remains highly vulnerable to [...]	2006-02-13 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANKARA6417	USAID Grant Signing Ceremony and Summary of Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $1 million U.S.AID grant to Turkey (through the World Bank) to support Turkey's efforts against Avian Influenza (AI). Remarks by the Ambassador, the Minister of Agriculture Eker, and the Country Director of [...]	2006-11-14 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU TU
06ANKARA6437	TURKEY'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SENV TU PK
06ANKARA6540	AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK [...] The Turkish MFA told us that the Government of Turkey (Ministries of Health or Agriculture) will not be participating in the reftel Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza December 6-8. The Ministry of Health and the local WHO representative confirmed this information. Turkey perce [...]	2006-11-30 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PREL EAID MA TU KFLU
06ANKARA6541	DEVELOPMENT IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a leading Turkish NGO, and the UNDP released a joint study identifying a series of short-term policies to address socio-economic problems in Southeast Turkey. The study offered few new insights as to devel [...]	2006-11-30 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6542	DEVELOPMENT IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a leading Turkish NGO, and the UNDP released a joint study identifying a series of short-term policies to address socio-economic problems in Southeast Turkey. The study offered few new insights as to devel [...]	2006-11-30 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6565	TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...]	2006-12-04 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6580	TACKLING TURKEY'S PROBLEMATIC SQUATTER HOUSING [...] (U) Summary: For decades squatter settlements have marred Turkey's urban landscapes in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Adana. Prior attempts to solve the issue lacked the creativity and political will to stem the tide of illegal constructions. As Turkey looks to integrate further into the global [...]	2006-12-05 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6624	TURKEY'S DISASTER MANAGEMENT - STILL UNTESTED - STILL IN [...] This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 2. Â [...]	2006-12-09 09:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV EINV TU
06ANKARA6743	TURKEY - USAID AND AI ASSISTANCE PERIOD [...] Summary and Action Request: By diplomatic note, the GOT asked for an extension of the one-year period for using the USAID avian influenza related grant in an amount of $1 million for restructuring of the backyard poultry sector in the east. We recall that this question was discussed previousl [...]	2006-12-26 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PREL EAID TU KFLU
06ANKARA861	AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY DE-BRIEFS TURKEY MOH [...] SUMMARY. Embassy AI team de-briefed GOT MOH officials on the conclusions and observations of the interagency AI team that visited Turkey January 16-22 (Ref C). Given the apparent respite in new human AI cases, MOH said it is moving from crisis to risk management AI. World Bank negotiations [...]	2006-02-23 05:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR TU KFLU
06ANTANANARIVO1162	MADAGASCAR AND IMF DISAGREE ON INVESTMENT LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A September 20-October 4 Mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found Madagascar largely compliant with the terms of its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and praised the Government of Madagascar (GOM) for appropriate use of its debt relief windfall. The [...]	2006-10-16 13:59:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL IMF MA
06ANTANANARIVO1261	MADAGASCAR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES VENT TO DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: All but one of Madagascar's 14 presidential candidates, or their representatives, met foreign donors assisting Madagascar's electoral process on November 7. President Ravalomanana's representative, Minister of Education Haja Nirina Razafinjatoro, did not speak. All other candi [...]	2006-11-08 12:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MA
06ANTANANARIVO1269	PRE-CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP IN MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With three days to go before the official presidential campaign season kicks off November 12, Ambassador McGee has individually met 11 of the 14 candidates. The pre-election rhetoric is heating up among the presidential hopefuls but, with a few notable exceptions, most have fai [...]	2006-11-09 13:56:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1280	Operational Plan Points of Contact for Madagascar and the [...] Embassy Antananarivo submits the following contact information for the Operational Plan for both Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros: 2. For Madagascar: Administrator: Henderson M. Patrick Mission Director USAID +261-20-22-539-20 HPatrick@usaid.gov Alternate: Robert Rhod [...]	2006-11-15 12:17:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KSPR CN MA
06ANTANANARIVO1281	Madagascar Embraces President's Malaria Initiative [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Madagascar (GOM) is fully engaged and ready to participate in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Jean Louis Robinson, Minister of Health and Family Planning expressed enthusiasm, stating that the GOM is eager and willing to work in partnership with U.S [...]	2006-11-15 13:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID CN MA
06ANTANANARIVO1289	President Ravalomanana Launches Madagascar Action Plan [...] (SBU) In a cleverly-timed publicity event November 10 -- two days before other candidates could officially campaign -- President Ravalomanana unveiled his Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) to media, GOM officials, donors, and others at Antananarivo's main sports stadium (ref A). The "MAP" is the G [...]	2006-11-17 05:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ECON SENV PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1307	INTER-ISLAND TENSION THREATENS COMOROS' UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) expressed anxiety to the Ambassador, during his November 2006 visit, that the tension between the Union and Anjouan Island Governments could split the fragile union. Efforts by the forward-looking Sambi government to pr [...]	2006-11-21 12:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID KISL CN
06ANTANANARIVO1309	AMBASSADOR MCGEE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SAMBI OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 13:57:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	CN EAID KISL MA OPDC PGOV PINR PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1334	Ravalomanana Leads in the Home Stretch [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last stretch of the campaign season, only a handful of the 14 presidential candidates have any real hopes of making a showing in the December 3 polls. The five main contenders are waging all-out campaigns around the country, with incumbent President Ravalomanana in the l [...]	2006-11-29 12:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1348	MADAGASCAR CALM ON THE EVE OF ELECTION WEEKEND [...] (U) In early afternoon the last day of the campaign, except for 30,000 supporters who filled the stadium in Antananarivo to see President/candidate Marc Ravalomanana, the rest of Madagascar appears to be calm and quiet. Campaign rallies in different cities are expected to continue into tonight [...]	2006-12-01 10:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1350	Frustration in Comoros Over Unpaid Teacher Salaries [...] (U) Frustrated Comoran teachers who are owed more than four months of back salaries recently marched in Moroni, demanding to be paid before returning to the classroom. Union President Sambi and Grand Comore Island President El-Bak met with teachers' representatives to seek a compromise. At t [...]	2006-12-05 05:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KISL CN
06ANTANANARIVO1351	ELECTION DAY CALM, PRESIDENT IN THE LEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: A calm and relatively orderly presidential election December 3 was marred by just one incident of ballot tampering in the south. Turnout appears to have been strong and very preliminary results have President Marc Ravalomanana in the lead, with over 50 percent of the vote, despi [...]	2006-12-05 05:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1364	HALF OF RESULTS IN, RAVALOMANANA HAS 61 PERCENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ravalomanana has a comfortable lead of 61 percent with just over half of the polling stations reporting, but results to date are skewed toward his highland plateau base. While prospects for a first round victory appear strong, it will be several days before we can say [...]	2006-12-06 15:17:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1369	ELECTION DAY ATMOSPHERE IN TAMATAVE [...] (U) BACKGROUND: Madagascar is an island, but it is also a large and diverse country, home to 18 major tribal groups. There is considerable variation in the practice of democracy from region to region and between urban and rural voters; a fact quite apparent in the December 3 presidential elec [...]	2006-12-07 15:03:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1372	UNOFFICIAL RESULTS ALL BUT SEAL FIRST ROUND WIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With 82 percent of polling stations unofficially reporting results to the Ministry of Interior, President-candidate Ravalomanana is very likely to have the absolute majority of votes needed to prevail in the first round. It will be several days before the High Constitutional Co [...]	2006-12-08 11:18:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1380	HIGH COURT MUST CERTIFY RAVALOMANANA VICTORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The unofficial Ministry of Interior vote count concluded December 10 with candidate and President Marc Ravalomanana winning 54.8 percent. On cue his nearest challenger, Jean Lahiniriko, publicly denounced the legitimacy of the election and made numerous claims of fraud. Police [...]	2006-12-11 14:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1398	OPPOSITION COMPLAINS; PRESIDENT FETES 57 YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With election documents received from all but two out of 116 regional offices, the High Constitutional Court (HCC) is steadily certifying the results from the December 3 presidential election. The High Court office in central Antananarivo remains open to candidates, journalists [...]	2006-12-14 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1432	OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS COMING DECEMBER 23 [...] (U) Madagascar's High Constitutional Court (HCC) has invited the diplomatic community, journalists and opposition candidates to the strategically-timed announcement of the official presidential election results December 23. Opposition candidates have filed nearly 25 procedural complaints at th [...]	2006-12-22 05:08:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1440	HIGH COURT OFFICIALLY DECLARES RAVALOMANANA VICTORY [...] (U) As expected reftel, on December 23 the High Constitutional Court (HCC) declared Marc Ravalomanana the first round winner of the presidential election with 54.79 percent of the vote. In its decree the HCC also confirmed that in addition to Ravalomanana, Jean Lahiniriko (second place with 1 [...]	2006-12-26 10:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
06ASHGABAT567	TURKMENISTAN'S GOOD AND BAD COPS MEET STATE'S [...] (C) On May 19, EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Regional Coordinator Christopher Crowley, EUR/ACE Central Asian Desk Officer John McKane (who were in Ashgabat to participate in post's recent assistance review - ICAR),and Charg Brush met with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov and Deputy Pri [...]	2006-05-26 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL TX
06ASMARA1015	SAMARITAN'S PURSE,S DRIVERS ARRESTED AND VEHICLES [...] (U) Summary. On November 20, Samaritan's Purse (SP) attempted to transfer eight vehicles, including two trucks, to the Beja Relief Organization (BRO) in Telkuk in Eastern Sudan. During the transport, the police forced the drivers to return to Asmara. In Asmara, the drivers and the local sup [...]	2006-11-30 12:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAID ER SU
06ASMARA261	ERITREA'S IMPROVED READINESS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since December 2005, Eritrea has developed a response plan to Avian Flu. Established recently, the National Avian Influenza Committee is an inter-ministry collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Fisheries and the Ministry of Health. The Committee aims to r [...]	2006-03-15 15:10:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CASC AMED AEMR EAGR EAID KSCA PREL ER
06ASMARA280	DON'T WANT IT, DON'T NEED IT: GSE ASKS THREE MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In letters dated March 20, the Government of Eritrea(GSE) informed three NGOs, Concern, Accord and Mercy Corps, that they had not met the requirements for their operational permits and that their registration certificates were being revoked. According to the letter they were aske [...]	2006-03-23 14:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ER
06ASMARA339	FOOD AID FOR ERITREA: A PENDING CRISIS WITHOUT A [...] (C) With the ever growing humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, concerns over Eritrea's food needs and the Government of the State of Eritrea's (GSE's) plans escalate. Reports from the various regions present a dire picture regarding food security and livestock health. Food remains undi [...]	2006-04-13 07:00:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ECON EGAD ER
06ASMARA347	ERITREA'S ECONOMY ON THE ROPES; DOES THE GSE HAVE [...] (C) Summary: With telephone outages the norm, electricity essentially rationed, and imports cut to next to nil, Eritrea faces an economic crisis. Since the end of the war with Ethiopia in 2000, Eritrea has maintained a heightened state of national security. For the Government of Eritrea (GSE) [...]	2006-04-18 10:43:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID EFIN ET ER
06ASMARA458	GSE REMAINS UNYIELDING IN MEETINGS WITH WFP ON [...] This is an action request. See para 18. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A high-level delegation from WFP/Rome visited Asmara and met with Ministers of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) and donors. The visit was prompted by the issues previously described in Refs A and B. Meeti [...]	2006-05-31 13:08:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PHUM PREF EGAD ER ET DJ
06ASMARA468	GSE WILLING TO ACCEPT STARVATION TO BREAK [...] (C) Summary: As tensions rise around food security and the availability of basic food stocks, the GSE appears to be willing to accept malnutrition and even starvation of Eritrean citizen as an acceptable price to pay in breaking a "culture of dependency" on food aid. Meanwhile, while food is g [...]	2006-06-01 15:08:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EGAD ER
06ASMARA516	Dire Economic Conditions Compel GSE to Court [...] (C) Summary: After two weeks of consultation, the IMF mission team presented a hopeful image for the future as GSE officials offered assurance of GSE interest and commitment to a staff monitored program(SMP) as the first step toward HIPC support for Eritrea. GSE interest is, of course, temper [...]	2006-06-15 14:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PREL ER
06ASMARA618	ERITREA - HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor (RA) Georgianna Platt traveled to Eritrea June 17-29, 2006 to meet with U.N. agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),OFDA implementing partners and staff of the US Embassy Humanitarian Affairs Unit (HAU) to assess the overall humanitarian situation and impac [...]	2006-07-28 09:06:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID UN ER
06ASMARA787	CONVERSATIONS WITH THE EASTERN FRONT: SEEKING U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On September 22, Poloff met with the three Eastern Front leaders, Dr. Amna Dirar, Musa Muhammed Ahmed and Salim Al-Mabrouk, to discuss the progress of their GSE-mediated negotiations with the GNU. A final agreement is reportedly close. Concerns about implementation are now becom [...]	2006-09-29 09:07:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PINR ER SU
06ASMARA970	ERITREA EXPELS TWO MORE NGOs [...] Summary: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) ordered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Samaritan's Purse(SP) and the International Rescue Committee(IRC) to terminate operations in Eritrea by November 15, 2006. In a letter dated October 31 and signed by the Minister of Labor and Hu [...]	2006-11-21 11:47:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAID ER SU
06ASTANA146	CLEAN WATER PROGRAM GIVES KAZAKHSTANIS TASTE OF DEMOCRACY [...] Summary: On September 21, ESTH officer observed local water committee elections in the village of Bayanday (population 870),the seventh village to participate in the Clean Water Financing Program for Kazakhstan. The program, funded in part by the EPA, provides clean drinking water to small [...]	2006-09-26 14:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KZ
06ASTANA152	ASSESSING KAZAKHSTAN'S WATER NEEDS [...] Summary: Kazakhstan faces major challenges in the water sector. Recent GOK activities reflect an increasing awareness of the severity of the problem. Domestically, it created the "Water Supply Sector Program 2002-2010," a 115 billion tenge ($900 million) program intended to ensure a sustain [...]	2006-09-29 05:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KZ
06ASUNCION1028	PARAGUAY: MCC COUNTRY SELECTION AND DELIVERY OF [...] (SBU) The USAID director delivered the MCC Scorecard and talking points to Minister Carlos Walde, President Duarte,s Economic Advisor on Wednesday, October 4. Paraguay,s "performance" against the MCA median on each of the indicator areas related to ruling justly, economic freedom, and investi [...]	2006-10-11 11:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC PA
06ASUNCION1162	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOVEMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- November 19 Elections May Cause Job Loss -- Cuban Refugees Arrive -- TIP Update -- Making the Balance Sheets Work NOVEMBER 19 ELECTIONS MAY CAUSE JOB LOSS 2. (C) The Superior Elections Tribunal (TSJE) has come under a considerable amount of criticism in recent days reg [...]	2006-11-17 16:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN ECON EAID
06ASUNCION783	PARAGAUY: PREPARATION OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 18:35:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA PA
06ASUNCION90	PARAGUAY: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A [...] Action request: See para. 7. 2. SUMMARY. Corruption in Paraguay is an endemic problem that many Paraguayans characterize as cultural. Post is using INL funds effectively to develop law enforcement initiatives to address the problem of corruption, particularly as it relates to Paraguayan [...]	2006-01-26 20:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KJUS PREL PGOV EAID PA
06ATHENS1375	HELLENIC AID DIRECTOR CONFIRMS DISBURSEMENT OF [...] (SBU) Hellenic Aid (HA) Director General Panayotis Goumas informed Economic Counselor May 25 that HA had disbursed 200,000 Euro as the GoG's first annual contribution to the Transnational Action against Child Trafficking (TACT) program in Albania. Goumas said that he believed the funds were [...]	2006-05-26 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM GR AL RO MK BU SR
06ATHENS1851	IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISITS GREECE, LEAVES ASSURED OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 13:48:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR OPRC PBTS PGOV PINS XF XG GR
06ATHENS1969	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered subject demarche to Ambassador Rallis, MFA D1 Directorate of the UN, International Organizations, and Disarmament. 2. (U) Ambassador Rallis informed poloff that FM Dora Bakoyianni will likely not represent Greece at the High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Migration [...]	2006-07-28 12:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GR EAID PREF SMIG UNGA
06BAGHDAD1283	OPIC INQUIRY RE: BALTIMORE DREDGES [...] This cable responds to OPIC reftel request for Embassy comments regarding OPIC insurance support for a bid bond provided by Baltimore Dredges on a contract to sell dredging equipment to the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR). 2. In general, we do not know of any adverse issues that [...]	2006-04-20 06:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINV ETRD KPRV IZ
06BAGHDAD1387	PRT BAGHDAD: CHINESE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTNG TO [...] (C) During a recent meeting with PRT members, Baghdad Business Center (BBC) Chairwoman Tamather Al-Janabi disclosed that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (CMOC) is interested in opening a branch of the BBC in Shanghai. 2. (C) Tamather said the CMOC will identify and fund office space for th [...]	2006-04-27 17:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EAID ENIV IZ CH
06BAGHDAD1972	AMBASSADOR MEETS ALI BABAN, NEW MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ali Baban, the new Minister of Planning, paid an introductory call to Ambassador on May 27. Baban discussed donor assistance, creating jobs through micro-finance and business development, and attracting foreign investment. He also introduced new ideas for an Office of Internatio [...]	2006-06-11 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV ELAB PREL PGOV
06BAGHDAD1978	NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH: LET'S COOPERATE TO IMPROVE [...] This cable contains an action request for Embassy Doha. Please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Embassy staff met on May 27 with Dr. Ali Al-Shamari, the new Minister of Health. Minster Al-Shamari expressed a desire to work closely with Embassy officials to finish c [...]	2006-06-12 09:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2004	NEW TRADE MINISTER STRONG ON PDS REFORM AND TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 5, new Minister of Trade Abd al-Falah al-Sudani shared with Ambassador his strong support for reform of the Public Distribution System (PDS),reduction of corruption in the ministry, and economic policies favorable to international trade and to Iraq's accession into the W [...]	2006-06-14 04:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID KCOR PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2031	NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER EMPHASIZES INCREASED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Satterfield and Embassy staff met on June 5 with new Agriculture Minister Yuarib Nadhim Al-Abudi and members of his staff. Al-Abudi, a Shi'a with Sadrist affiliation, told us that he looks forward to an improved relationship with the Embassy and a joint effort to rebuild Ir [...]	2006-06-15 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KFPC PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2231	JAPANESE PROPOSES MOVING SLOWLY ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22 with, in a meeting with Charge, Japanese Ambassador Yamaguchi expressed concern about "significant gaps" in the U.S. and U.K approach to the International Compact. Yamaguchi acknowledged that the U.S. sees the fall conference as a major event in "sealing" the compact, [...]	2006-06-26 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINR IZ JA UK

06BAGHDAD2238	EU TROIKA QUESTIONS URGENCY OF IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and A/DCM Speckhard met June 24 with an EU Troika delegation (participants listed para 10) to discuss EU policy toward Iraq, particularly with regard to the Compact process. The EU delegation expressed the EU's desire that the Compact be more than "just a pledging exer [...]	2006-06-27 06:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID PREL PINR IZ EUN IR GCC
06BAGHDAD2278	FUEL PRICE PUBLIC AWARENESS: A STRUGGLE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Embassy efforts beginning in January to help the Iraqis produce public service messages on economic themes have exposed the irregularities inherent in routine commercial dealings here. Over five months, the public awareness campaign has encountered obstacles including a lack of [...]	2006-06-29 06:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PINR PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2350	DESCRIPTION OF INTERNATIONAL COMPACT AGREED UPON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-04 19:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2375	MESOPOTAMIA SEED AND IRAQ'S PRIVATIZATION CONUNDRUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Mesopotamia State Company for Seeds (MESO) exemplifies the GOI's main challenges in privatizing its state-owned enterprises (SOEs). MESO employs a large number of unskilled workers who would be displaced by any privatization effort; it heavily relies on subsidized inputs; [...]	2006-07-06 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ELAB ETRD IZ KIPR
06BAGHDAD2379	WAY FORWARD ON BASRAH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a way forward on the Basrah Children's Hospital (BCH),Mission recommends descoping the Bechtel construction job order; transferring construction program management to the Gulf Region Division (GRD) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) with JCC-I/A contracting assistanc [...]	2006-07-07 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SOCI IZ
06BAGHDAD241	DPM CHALABI ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: In a January 14 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi said he intends to continue to push substantive reform of the Public Distribution System (PDS) while simultaneously reinvigorating Iraq's struggling agricultural sector in order to better meet domestic demand and re [...]	2006-01-28 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2511	IRAQ COMPACT LOGISTICS [...] This is an action cable, see paras 2-5. 2. (C) Action Request: Per reftelcon agreement, Embassy requests Department instruct U.S. missions in capitals of countries invited to send delegations to Baghdad for the July 20 preparatory meeting of the Iraq Compact to provide assurances of U.S. [...]	2006-07-14 18:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2744	CORRECTED COPY - IRAQ: STAYING CLEAR OF THE MESS [...] (C) Summary: Econoff on July 17 accompanied a U.S. military team on visits to two Iraqi state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to assess the condition of the companies and determine how best to assist them to improve overall security conditions. The visits illustrated difficulties in dealing with sta [...]	2006-08-01 11:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EINV KPRV IZ
06BAGHDAD277	PRM-FUNDED RELOCATION OF AL TASH KURDS TO ERBIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation site for Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. All but a small percentage of the approximately 3000 A [...]	2006-01-31 14:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM
06BAGHDAD2892	GOI PROPOSES PROTECTING AGRO-PRODUCTS UNDER [...] (C) Summary. The GOI,s Tariff Steering Committee is drafting a comprehensive tariff schedule that calls for an average tariff on agricultural products of 16.9 percent; some products have been targeted for higher duties to stimulate sectoral growth. A preliminary assessment suggests that ta [...]	2006-08-10 02:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ETRD IZ
06BAGHDAD2937	IRAQ MINISTER OF FINANCE PLEDGES HELP ON BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 10:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD3005	PDS ISSUES TO WATCH CLOSELY, TARIFF AND WTO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 13:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3031	IRAQ: FIRST USG WORKING MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 13, IRMO, USDA, USAID, and Econoff met with new Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Yaarub Nadhum Al-Obodi; the Deputy Minister, Dr. Subhi Al-Jumaily; and the Director General for Planning, Mr. Sabah This meeting was only the second between post officials and the minister, [...]	2006-08-21 03:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD USTR IZ PREL FAS
06BAGHDAD3037	LAUNCHING THE COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 08:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3058	LAUNCHING THE COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Department of State Counselor Zelikow met with Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Salih, Finance Minister Jabr, Oil Minister Shahristani, Central Bank Governor Shabibi and other foreign delegation members in Baghdad during the July 19-21 inf [...]	2006-08-23 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL EAID PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3061	BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN: GOI EXPEDITES BUDGETARY [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih has instructed the Ministry of Finance and other GOI entities to begin implementing new measures, approved by the Economic Affairs Committee, to accelerate reconstruction spending to support the Baghdad Security Plan. Barham Salih believes these measures [...]	2006-08-23 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EAID PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3122	NINEWA: SCIRI REPORTS THREATS TO SHI'A AND KURD [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Ninewa leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and Provincial Council member Mohammed Ibrahim at PRT offices on FOB Marez 19 August 2006. Ibrahim emphasized that SCIRI supports multiparty democracy, and that SCIRI does [...]	2006-08-27 09:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD3172	OBSTACLES TO IMPLEMENTING GOI PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two principal obstacles have prevented GOI-funded reconstruction projects from moving forward in the province of Baghdad. First, complex project selection, bidding, and funding mechanisms have left many projects in a bureaucratic quagmire. Second, Iraqi contractors have been he [...]	2006-08-29 08:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD3283	NINEWA: SHABAK PUSH FOR RECONCILIATION COUNCIL AND [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Shabak Democratic Party (SDP) leader and Council of Representatives member Dr. Hunain Qaddo at PRT offices on FOB Marez (Mosul) 21 August 2006. Hunain proposed a major reconfiguration of de- Ba'athification efforts since he believes social peace [...]	2006-09-06 04:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD332	FALLUJAH: NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES -- SAME HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah faces ongoing security and rebuilding challenges despite hard-won progress throughout 2005. Attacks directed against Marines and Iraqi Security Forces continue, including an IED explosion in January 2006 targeting local police (native Fallujans). Intermittent sniper a [...]	2006-02-06 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS MARR EAID ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD343	EMBASSY BAGHDAD AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES AND [...] The Embassy Baghdad Avian Influenza (AI) Working Group (AIWG, which included MED, ECON, Health Attache, IRMO, USAID, USDA/FAS, MGT, PAO, and MNF-I),met on January 18, 2006 to discuss Embassy tripwires and possible responses. Based on this meeting, the Embassy Health Unit drafted AI Tripwires [...]	2006-02-06 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC ASEC EAGR EAID TBIO KFLU
06BAGHDAD3485	AGRICULTURE PROJECT AND KOREAN VOCATIONAL TRAINING [...] (U) Summary. MNF-I's Civil-Military Directorate and Econoff traveled to Erbil August 29 - 30, to visit a vocational instruction site operated by Korean coalition forces, and a honey production project supported by USAID. The Korean project conducted training in a wide range of skills. Clas [...]	2006-09-18 02:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ELAB IZ
06BAGHDAD3539	NINEQA: TURKISH CG BOTSALI VISIT TO MOSUL 19-20 [...] (SBU) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Avni Botsali visited Mosul 19-20 Sep. While this visit was scheduled primarily to initiate contractor work to harden and rehabilitate the Consulate's facilities in Mosul, he held productive discussions on future GOT-Coalition economic and governa [...]	2006-09-21 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL ECON EAID MARR PREF TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3946	PRT TIKRIT: SCENE SETTER FOR SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) INTRODUCTION. Salah ad Din province, best known as Saddam's homeland and the Sunni heartland of Iraq, is struggling to find a new political identity and economic vigor in a free Iraq. Believing themselves to suffer unfairly from assum [...]	2006-10-21 06:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PINR EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD400	DPM REQUESTS ECONOMIC ADVICE ON AVIAN FLU RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EconMinCouns on February 8 accepted Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways's invitation to discuss Avian Influenza (AI) economic issues. EconMinCouns suggested to DPM Shaways that the current all-encompassing ban on poultry imports might encourage Iraqi farmers to sell questionable [...]	2006-02-09 18:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4311	PRT TIKRIT: MOVING GOVERNANCE FORWARD IN SALAH AD [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) Institution of democratic principals and processes in the provincial government of Salah ad Din (SaD) hinges on the proper separation of powers between the Governor and the Provincial Council. At present, the relationship between these [...]	2006-11-21 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD4680	SULAIMANIYAH GOVERNOR ON REGIONAL ISSUES, PESHMERGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with RRToff, the Governor of Sulaimaniyah Province contrasted continued Arab Shia and Sunni fighting with the Kurdistan Region,s stability and unity. The Governor opposed dissolution of the Peshmerga. He noted that due to the efficiency of the Asayish (secret polic [...]	2006-12-24 03:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD4754	BAGHDAD GOVERNATE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's prevailing political and security issue remains sectarian violence between Sunni and Shi'a, including the spreading influence of the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) militia. Many families continue to leave Baghdad, including doctors, educators and business owners, leaving critica [...]	2006-12-29 17:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4755	DIYALA: THE ISSUES, LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Diyala is a mixed Province. Although the Sunni represent a majority, they are underrepresented in the Provincial Government due to their boycott of the January 2005 provincial elections. With a Shi'a minority government trying to exert control over a Sunni-supported insurgency [...]	2006-12-29 17:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4756	MAYSAN: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Maysan provincial authorities hold tenuous control over competing militias in the province, with Sadrists holding the most sway. Maysan's porous border with Iran is a crossing point for smuggled goods, including weapons and other contraband used by anti-Iraqi government groups. [...]	2006-12-29 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4759	ANBAR PROVINCE -- THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 21:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4765	DIWANYAH: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Diwaniyah is a province with a number of problems. Security is weak and the reconstruction process is virtually halted. Restarting the reconstruction process could provide an alternative to young men with a desire for employment, but that is only part of the solution. Free and [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4766	DHI QAR PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Dhi Qar is a largely rural province, where tribal loyalties are still very strong. Four Shi'a parties largely control provincial politics, with the help of affiliated militias. Reccurrent electricity shortages affect Dhi Qar particularly hard since farmers need electricity to pow [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4767	KARBALA PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Karbala, like nearby Najaf, is home to a number of Shi'a religious sites and has become an important tourist destination. Four Shi'a parties control local politics. The JAM is increasing in power. The province recently transferred from CF Control to Provincial Iraqi Control (PI [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4768	THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: THE ISSUES, THE [...] (C) Summary: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is flourishing compared to the rest of Iraq, and is actively recruiting foreign investment and even international tourism. The Kurdish region is generally much more secure than the rest of the country, although illicit trafficking in arms, fighters [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4769	TA'MIM PROVINCE AND KIRKUK: THE ISSUES, THE [...] (S) Summary: Kirkuk's most divisive issue in Kirkuk remains Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution which dictates that normalization, a census and a referendum on Kirkuk,s future status occur before December 31, 2007. The Kurds are pushing for the process to go forward in order to tie Kirkuk [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4770	BASRAH PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Basrah province is home to Iraq,s second largest city and has an estimated population of 2.4 million, the majority of which are Shi,a. Basrah is also Iraq,s economic center; over 80 % of the country,s commerce passes through its ports. Security concerns center around targeted [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4771	MUTHANNA: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Muthanna is beset by militia intimidation -- notably by the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) -- power shortages, and poor economic performance. That said, the province is currently stable, relatively secure, and has a reasonably effective provincial government. MNF-I efforts could be effec [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4772	BABIL PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE [...] (S) Summary: Babil is a Shi'a majority province, with a significant disenfranchised Sunni population. The province lacks respected leaders and, as in other parts of Iraq, has witnessed a marked increase in religious extremism and militia activity. Iraqi Army personnel staffed entirely from [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4773	WASIT: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (C) Wasit has seen a significant rise in the influence of Sadrist politicians, who are likely to sweep the next provincial elections. Highly dependent on agriculture, the province is plagued by high employment and extreme shortages of all critical goods. An Iraqi-led effort to disarm militi [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4774	SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Salah ad Din, a Ba'athist stronghold under the previous regime, has had difficulty finding itself in a democratic Iraq. Most of the Sunni majority in the Province do not support the insurgency, but at the same time are frustrated by a provincial government in which they do not [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4775	NAJAF PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE [...] (S) Summary: Najaf is dominated by the SCIRI party, which controls half the seats on the PC. As one of the holiest locations in Shi'a Islam, it is also home to the country's top religious leaders. The economy in Najaf continues to flourish as a result of tourism. Security has been relativ [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD554	Freedom of Speech in Iraq 2006, Part I: [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables that will address the media environment in Iraq in early 2006. Embassy PAS will review positive developments since liberation in 2003 (outlined below); examine popular attitudes on the limits of free speech; assess the Iraqi public broadcaster; [...]	2006-02-22 03:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PHUM KMDR ECON EAID ECPS IZ
06BAGHDAD724	PST BAGHDAD: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES [...] INTRODUCTION: This cable is the first of many cables that Provincial Support Team - Baghdad (PST-B) will produce during the remainder of 2006. Cables from PST-B will focus on economic, political, and rule of law issues concerning Baghdad Province. 2. INTRODUCTION CONT'D: Despite a largel [...]	2006-03-07 13:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV EAID IZ IR KS KU CH
06BAGHDAD730	PST BAGHDAD: IRANIAN INFLUENCE ON BAGHDAD [...] SUMMARY: Iranian influence on Baghdad provincial politics is increasing. Recent visits by the chairman of the Baghdad Provincial Council to Iran, as well as the past visits by rank and file members of the Provincial Council, point to the possibility that Iranian interests are establishing so [...]	2006-03-07 15:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID IZ IR
06BAGHDAD916	THE ROAD TO AN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and the donor community in Baghdad agree that the time is right to forge an international compact with the GOI, ensuring that both sides are committed to a clear set of principles, goals and actions. To achieve this, the UN advocates building on existing donor mechanism [...]	2006-03-20 16:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL PGOV IZ
06BAKU1034	AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ACE JERRY [...] Embassy Baku grants country clearance to Director Humanitarian Programs Jerry Oberndorfer to travel to Baku 19-20 August 2006. Control officer will be Economic Officer David McCormick. Mr. McCormick can be reached at the Embassy at: Email: McCormickDL@State.Gov Mobile: (994) (50) 2 [...]	2006-07-14 13:24:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AJ
06BAKU1076	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 11 hosted a breakfast with representatives from the IMF, EBRD, ADB and World Bank to review recent developments on international assistance to Azerbaijan and the status of the economy. The Ambassador explained U.S. economic priorities, highlighting the importa [...]	2006-07-21 07:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AJ
06BAKU1086	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) During a July 20 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby said that the European Action Plan for Azerbaijan has basically been negotiated, and will likely be adopted by the Council in mid-October. The money will come slightly later, [...]	2006-07-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EAID AM AJ
06BAKU1134	AZERBAIJAN: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the talking points as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the High Level Dialogue, but said that he would brief the MFA leadership and inform Poloff of the MFA's [...]	2006-08-02 08:58:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PREF SMIG UNGA AJ
06BAKU1140	AZERBAIJAN: UN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the text of the Iraq-UN statement and the U.S. statement as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the International Compact, but said that he would brief the MFA le [...]	2006-08-02 12:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM KISL IZ AJ
06BAKU1144	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STATE BORDER SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, State Border Services (SBS) Commander Guliyev described regional conflict as the main source of tensions along Azerbaijan,s land borders and said narcotics trafficking and illegal migration are also a problem. He highlighted the USG-SB [...]	2006-08-03 07:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EAID RU IR AJ KZ TX
06BAKU1146	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SPEAKER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov, the Ambassador discussed the importance of Parliament in democratic reform, the need for Members of Parliament (MPs) to be provided with sufficient resources, and the importance of communication between MPs and their [...]	2006-08-03 08:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
06BAKU1153	EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN FOR AZERBAIJAN MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: German and Finnish diplomats separately confirmed that Azerbaijan has completed its European Action Plan (EAP). Previous hold-ups over EAP language regarding Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and Azerbaijan's August 2005 commercial flight to Northern Cyprus have been resolved [...]	2006-08-04 11:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PBTS AJ
06BAKU1176	AZERBAIJAN: RAISING THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE AND PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) It is strongly in the U.S. interest of securing Azerbaijan as a reliable regional and global partner on critical U.S. interests, including security, energy and human rights, to support economic reform as an essential part of our broad [...]	2006-08-10 07:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID AJ IR RU
06BAKU1198	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) Chairman Lugar, on behalf of Ambassador Derse who looks forward to greeting you on arrival, I warmly welcome you to Baku next week. President Aliyev's April 28 meeting with President Bush at the White House was a resounding success in advancing the bilateral relationship, and the relations [...]	2006-08-14 05:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON EAID MARR AJ
06BAKU1473	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE OIL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her September 29 introductory call on State Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov, the Ambassador stressed the critical role the Oil Fund plays in maintaining macroeconomic stability and in providing a long-term savings vehicle for the Azerbaijani people. Movsumov br [...]	2006-10-11 05:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR EAID AJ
06BAKU1534	READOUT ON EU TROIKA VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative Peter Semneby reviewed the EU Troika's October 3 visit to Azerbaijan, in which the Troika announced the completion of negotiations on Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Plan (ENP) Action Plan. During his priva [...]	2006-10-20 12:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS EAID AJ IR AM GG
06BAKU1624	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Presidential elections only two years away, President Aliyev already is highlighting his economic progress during his presidency. In a series of public addresses during a recent trip to Azerbaijan's regions, President Aliyev highlighted the country's economic development dur [...]	2006-11-08 15:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAGR EAID AJ
06BAKU1710	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON ENERGY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a late October 2006 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reiterated that Azerbaijan seeks a step-by-step solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and wants Armenia to share in the economic integration and prosperity of the south Caucasus. Mammadyarov characterized Russia [...]	2006-11-24 13:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV UNGA EAID ENRG AM UAM IR AJ
06BAKU1721	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SEEKS BILATERAL "PERMANENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 23 (see septel for discussion of energy issues),President Aliyev, recalling his discussion with U.S. government officials in Istanbul last July about an intensified bilater [...]	2006-11-28 06:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1799	GOAJ PREPARING FOR SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Following up on her November 30 meeting with President Aliyev (REF A),Ambassador Derse met separately with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev to discuss the February 2007 inaugural U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission and to [...]	2006-12-11 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EAID EAGR ETRD EINV AJ
06BAKU208	AVIAN CASES OF H5N1 CONFIRMED IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOAJ announced February 10 that samples taken from birds in Azerbaijan had tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza. The tests were conducted at an international reference laboratory at Weybridge, UK. Ministers of Health and Agriculture did the right thing by quickly announci [...]	2006-02-10 16:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID CASC KFLU AJ
06BAKU218	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING CAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the World Bank mission, the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Azerbaijan will focus upon the goals and projects outlined in the April 2005 Poverty Reduction Support Credit agreement between the GOAJ and the World Bank. According to the Bank mission, the total [...]	2006-02-14 13:39:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV ADB IBRD AJ
06BAKU235	AMBASSADOR AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14 Ambassador Harnish along with representatives from UN agencies and the USAID country director met with Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh to urge a more active response by the GOAJ to the avian influenza outbreak in Azerbaijan. In a positive step forward, Rasizadeh gav [...]	2006-02-15 13:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU SOCI TBIO KSCA EAGR EAID CASC ASEC AJ
06BAKU257	AZERBAIJAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: GOAJ, [...] (SBU) International pressure on the GOAJ to take avian influenza seriously appears to have prompted the GOAJ to take action. Following Ambassador and UN Resident Coordinator,s February 14 approach to Prime Minister Rasizade (reftel) and European Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner,s February 16 pitc [...]	2006-02-17 14:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PGOV KFLU ASEC CASC AJ
06BAKU280	ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK; FEBRUARY 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 20 briefing for the diplomatic corps on avian influenza, Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Abbasov reviewed the steps the GOAJ has taken and reported that the GOAJ's revised action plan had been submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers. Abbasov said the GOAJ now ha [...]	2006-02-23 04:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KFLU EAID PGOV ASEC CASC AJ
06BAKU306	PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON MAY ELECTIONS, JC3, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev was in general agreement with our approach to May parliamentary re-run elections, and did not object to NDI/IRI sending observers if they were interested. He also asked to meet with IRI and NDI count [...]	2006-02-27 14:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KFLU EAID EAGR MAPP AJ
06BAKU322	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PROMISES TO DO MORE ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 24 meeting with the Ambassador and USAID and UNICEF representatives, Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture (and head of the presidential avian influenza commission) Abbas Abbasov showed a new interest in serious measures to address the issue. He indicated that [...]	2006-02-28 14:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID KFLU PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU323	SIGNS OF LIFE IN AZERBAIJAN'S NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On February 27, Ambassador called on new Deputy Speaker of Parliament Valeh Alasgarov (reftel). Alasgarov is a new MP who has been elected by the 41 independents in Parliament to serve as their focal point. Alasgarov appeared overwhelmed at the numerous balls he has been assigned to ju [...]	2006-03-01 07:53:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV EAID PREL PINR AJ
06BAKU329	AZERBAIJAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tense meeting with the donor community March 1, a very agitated Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov, head of the GOAJ avian influenza commission, confirmed for the first time avian influenza in domestic poultry and one commercial poultry farm. Abbasov indicated that GOAJ lab [...]	2006-03-01 14:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON KFLU PREL PGOV CASC AJ
06BAKU356	AMBASSADOR AND EU TROIKA RAISE CONCERNS WITH PM ON [...] (C) SUMAMRY: In a March 6 meeting requested by the Ambassador and EU Troika (EU Commission, German Ambassador, French Charge) to highlight common concerns about Azerbaijan's handling of avian influenza problems, Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade, welcomed international expertise in dealing with t [...]	2006-03-06 15:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID PGOV KFLU CASC AJ
06BAKU377	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN AZERBAIJAN: NEED FOR MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Despite significant and prolonged intervention by Post, the GOAJ continues to react poorly to the threat of avian influenza. The GOAJ's extremely poor veterinary response appears to have largely destroyed the commercial poultry industry, in addition to an unkno [...]	2006-03-09 14:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PREL EAGR KFLU CASC AJ
06BAKU407	MANAGING AZERBAIJAN,S LOOMING ECONOMIC STORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan faces a massive economic challenge over the near-term. With oil revenue projected to reach USD 42 billion by 2010, Azerbaijan has the opportunity to transform from a cash-poor developing nation into an economically confident regional leader. While the GOAJ in theory h [...]	2006-03-15 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU444	WHO CONFIRMS 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that UK reference laboratory tests showed that five deaths (reftel) in Azerbaijan were caused by H5N1 avian influenza. Testing confirmed two additional H5N1 infections; one patient recovered and has been discharged fro [...]	2006-03-22 13:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KFLU EAID PGOV EAGR TBIO CASC AJ
06BAKU447	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR'S ECONOMIC VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish traveled to Ismailly and Sheki March 9 and 10 to open a Regional Information Center and a renovated pre-school and boarding school funded by the U.S. During the trip, the Ambassador met with local government officials and discussed economic and political deve [...]	2006-03-22 13:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL PGOV KFLU AJ
06BAKU459	AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF GUAM [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM delivered reftel demarche on GOAJ contributions to the GUAM Secretariat to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamadguliyev. Mamadguliyev was not immediately familiar with the issue but promised to look into the matter. HARNISH [...]	2006-03-24 09:14:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM EAID EUN SNAR PGOV AJ
06BAKU474	AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ACE JERRY [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ACE Director of Humanitarian Programs Jerry Oberndorfer to travel to Baku 3-7 May 2006, to participate in the U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Task Force meetings and to visit DOS grantees. Control officer will be Economic Officer Davi [...]	2006-03-28 12:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AJ
06BAKU478	AZERBAIJAN MAKING SOLID PROGRESS ON TIP COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) The GOAJ has made substantial progress in the past several months to meet its trafficking in persons (TIP) commitments outlined in the USG's annual trafficking in persons report. In the two months since PolOff last visited the site of the victims' shelter, the GOAJ has transformed a bui [...]	2006-03-29 09:36:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG EAID PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU494	AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ACE [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ACE Coordinator Ambassador Thomas C. Adams to travel to Baku 3-5 May 2006, to participate in the U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Task Force meetings. Control officer will be Economic Officer David McCormick. Mr. McCormick can be reache [...]	2006-04-02 05:01:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AJ
06BAKU518	GUAM SECRETARIAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered ref demarche to Foreign Minister Mammadyarov on March 31. Mammadyarov affirmed Azerbaijan's support for GUAM, telling the Ambassador that the GOAJ wants to see GUAM become a much stronger organization. On the GUAM Information Center, Mammadyarov said that at the G [...]	2006-04-04 13:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID EUN ENRG SNAR PGOV AJ
06BAKU536	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE'S APRIL 12-14 VISIT TO [...] (U) Chairman Kolbe, I warmly welcome you and Congressman Garrett to Baku next week. This visit will be a superb opportunity to deliver a strong message of support for political and economic reform, and to enhance further our strong security cooperation with Azerbaijan. Your visit comes at a p [...]	2006-04-07 09:22:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEN ECON EAID MARR AJ
06BAKU669	CONSULTANT FORSEES SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A consultant working on a USAID contract predicted serious difficulties for Azerbaijan's power sector in the coming years. The Barmek crisis has scared away private sector investment, and the GOAJ will be forced to rely on loans from IFIs. The consultant recommends that any suc [...]	2006-05-03 10:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EAID PREL AJ AM TX KZ
06BAKU695	EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4 the Department's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with new Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to discuss improving the business climate, working more closely with the private sector and managing fiscal and budgetary constraints [...]	2006-05-11 07:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EPET EFIN EAID AJ
06BAKU704	ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT IN BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Leaders from Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan descended on Baku for the Ninth Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit on May 5. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's participation in the summit attracted much a [...]	2006-05-12 09:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG EAID IR AJ
06BAMAKO1114	MALI'S UNFUNDED ROAD TO THE FUTURE [...] SUMMARY: Mali's road system, particularly to the north and east, is inadequate to promote either security or economic development. The Malian government has addressed this concern with a comprehensive fifteen year building plan, but is able to fund little more than maintenance on the current [...]	2006-10-06 14:10:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID ML
06BAMAKO1372	MOROCCO PUSHES SDAR OUT OF BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) A diplomatic offensive by Moroccan Ambassador to Mali Moulay Idriss Fadhil paid off when Mali reportedly compelled the AU organizers to not extend an invitation to the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic (SDAR) to attend the Fourth International Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (ref [...]	2006-12-01 11:59:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID ML
06BAMAKO1423	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza reviews [...] Summary: Meeting in Bamako Dec. 6-8, international donors pledged approximately $475.9 million in new assistance for the global fight against avian and pandemic influenza (API),including $100 million from the USG (the largest single pledge, followed by Canada and the European Commission). The [...]	2006-12-19 10:08:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU EAID ECON PREL ML
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN414	BRUNEI'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEBANON RELIEF AND [...] (C) Government of Brunei (GOB) Foreign Minister II Pehin Lim Jock Seng told Ambassador on August 15 that Brunei is contributing BDOLS 1 million (approx USDOLS 633,000) for immediate humanitarian relief in Lebanon in response to an OIC appeal. Lim said the GOB may be willing to contribute mor [...]	2006-08-16 08:27:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IR LE PREL BX
06BANGKOK2856	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN BANGKOK - THAILAND'S CONTAINMENT [...] Summary: Thailand experienced 22 cases of human H5N1 avian influenza in 2004 and 2005, 14 of which were fatal. It has also reported more than 1000 separate outbreaks of avian influenza in poultry, most of them occurring in 2004. Since November 2005, however, Thailand has not detected a singl [...]	2006-05-15 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SOCI PGOV EAID EAGR KPAO XE
06BANGKOK3955	VITAL VOICES CONFERENCE ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary. The Vital Voices Conference, entitled Civil Society and Government Collaboration to Combat Trafficking in Persons in the Greater Mekong Sub- Region, was held in Bangkok from May 22-24. The conference promoted greater collaboration among NGOs and government agencies on anti-traffickin [...]	2006-07-05 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG PHUM KJUS EAID TH
06BANGKOK4530	AVIAN INFLUENZA RE-SURFACES IN THAILAND; ONE HUMAN DEATH [...] (U) Summary: Numerous die-offs of poultry have occurred in Thailand over the past month, concentrated mostly in the central and north-central provinces. Despite testing of samples taken from the dead birds over the month-long period, government veterinary laboratories failed to detect the vir [...]	2006-07-27 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU SOCI PGOV EAID EAGR KPAO XE
06BANGKOK5799	THAILAND COUP: IMPLEMENTING SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The September 19 military coup in Thailand clearly appears to mandate implementation of sanctions under Section 508 of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. Subject to legal exemptions for programs such as the Peace Corps, or those aimed at providing disaster assistance, H [...]	2006-09-20 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS EAID KDEM PHUM TH
06BANGKOK6228	DISASTER DECLARATION: THAILAND [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. SUMMARY - EXTENSIVE MONSOON RAINS OVER THE PAST MONTH AND, MORE RECENTLY, TYPHOON XANGSHANE, HAVE LED TO SEVERE FLOODING IN 19 CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PROVINCES OF THAILAND. ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS, THE FLOODS HAVE RESULTED IN 39 DEATHS, [...]	2006-10-11 07:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TH
06BANJUL132	SUSPECTED AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN THE GAMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have received credible reports of suspected Avian Influenza (AI) cases in The Gambia, although the Secretary of State for Health adamantly denies the validity of these reports. Bird samples from an undisclosed area were reportedly sent on 1 March 2006 to labs in the UK to test [...]	2006-03-01 17:23:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR GA
06BANJUL174	UPDATE: SUSPECTED AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Suspected AI cases, fi(s" e o*ted in reftel on March 1, 2006, have yet tt be sent for testing, according to FAO and Government of The Gambia (GOTG) sources. The FAO country representative referred to the outcome as a politically-motivated decision that contradicted the advice of [...]	2006-03-21 13:32:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR GA
06BANJUL176	THE GAMBIA: HEALTH MINISTER'S DENIAL OF AI CASES [...] (SBU) Ambassador met March 21 with Health and Social Welfare Minister Dr. Tamsir Bowe, registering concern over persistent, credible reports of suspected AI cases among dead birds in The Gambia and of GOTG's failure to have samples tested abroad (reftel). Noting GOTG's previous statements den [...]	2006-03-21 18:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR GA
06BANJUL245	THE GAMBIA: FURTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR ESF PROJECT [...] (C) We view our proposed ESF project with IFES as of vital importance for The Gambia's electoral process. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),charged with conducting The Gambia's 2006-7 Presidential and National Assembly elections, is an imperfect institution, but nonetheless has run [...]	2006-04-20 13:33:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON PHUM KDEM PREL GA
06BANJUL396	THE GAMBIA: SCENE-SETTER FOR VCI PDAS FORD'S AND [...] (C) VCI PDAS Ford and AF DAS Thomas-Greenfield will visit The Gambia against the backdrop of the AU Summit -- for which the GOTG is feverishly preparing -- but also against the backdrop of markedly negative human rights trend in this country, as highlighted by abuses following the coup plot t [...]	2006-06-22 09:47:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MASS KMCA PTER PINS EINV ETRD
06BANJUL407	THE GAMBIA: MUTED REACTION SO FAR TO MCA [...] (C) In the aftermath of the Millenium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) June 16 decision to suspend The Gambia's eligibility for Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) assistance due to the GOTG's deteriorating performance on various eligiblity criteria (refs a and b),the Gambian reaction has so far [...]	2006-06-27 14:16:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMCA EAID GA

06BANJUL707	THE GAMBIA: FY07 MCC SELECTION PROCESS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Bala Garba Jahumpa that the Millenium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Board of Directors did not re-select The Gambia for Compact eligibility for FY07 as it was currently suspended. Ambassador urged the GOTG to address the areas of policy [...]	2006-11-20 12:51:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN KMCA PREL PGOV GA
06BANJUL717	THE GAMBIA: GOTG DECLINES TO ENGAGE ON MCA [...] (U) Ref a reported Ambassador's notification to Foreign Minister that The Gambia's was not re-selected for MCA compact eligibility for FY07 due to its current suspension (ref b),but that the Embassy remained at the GOTG's disposal for consultation on steps that it could take in pursuit of rei [...]	2006-11-27 16:09:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMCA EAID EFIN GA
06BANJUL757	THE GAMBIA: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Dakar-based Israeli Ambassador Behar gave an upbeat readout on his initial meeting with President Jammeh, who described former Israeli Prime Minister Barak as "my friend." In the meeting, Jammeh indicated particular interest in Israeli technical aid in the agricultural sector, and proved [...]	2006-12-18 13:45:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL GA IS XF XY EAID EAGR
06BANJUL763	THE GAMBIA: THE BUDGET, BACKLOG, AND BANK LOANS [...] The Department of Finance disclosed budget figures for 2006 and estimates for 2007 before the National Assembly on December 6, with poverty reduction and consolidation of fiscal policy as the key highlights for the coming fiscal year. Secretary of State for Finance, Musa Bala Gaye, admitted [...]	2006-12-20 17:55:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV KMCA IMF GA
06BANJUL777	THE GAMBIA: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND FY2006 [...] Embassy Banjul is pleased to submit below its Annual Status Report on DHRFII for FY2006. -------------------- A. PRIOR FISCAL YEAR -------------------- 2. All prior years' project activities have been completed and closed out following the DHRF/SSH Specialist review visit to Post in [...]	2006-12-28 18:05:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV GA
06BASRAH103	UPDATE ON BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [...] (U) Summary: The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the UK and Iraq was extended for a second time to June 30, 2006. The second extension occurred because certification of the air traffic controllers (ATCs) is still pending, a shortage of fire trucks, issues with the [...]	2006-06-17 16:43:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR EAID IZ
06BASRAH22	MAYSAN PROVINCE: AVIAN INFLUENZA, FLOODING AND AGRICULTURAL [...] Summary: Information from the Danish Embassy Office and the UN indicates that there are confirmed cases of H5N1 in birds in Maysan province. There is currently no evidence that it has affected humans, but there are six suspicious cases (including one death) still awaiting test results. Recen [...]	2006-02-20 11:53:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AMED EAID ECON EAGR PGOV PREL IZ
06BASRAH24	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, SECURITY ARE CASUALTIES AS BADR AND [...] (C) Summary: On February 20, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Captain Hussain M. Abdallah, the Director General of the Iraqi Port Authority (IPA). Captain Hussain described Umm Qasr port operations as being at full capacity. He acknowledge [...]	2006-02-22 06:58:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID ETRD EINV IZ
06BASRAH34	SNAPSHOT OF MUTHANNA: POOR, PEACEFUL, AND TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Located in the far southeast of Iraq, the province of Muthanna is the second largest in Iraq in terms of size, but the poorest and least populated of all of Iraq's provinces. A fairly quiet region with few security concerns, Muthanna's residents call it the "peaceful province." [...]	2006-03-14 14:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL
06BASRAH4	WE WILL PAY MORE, BUT WE EXPECT MORE - BASRAH COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's mishandling of the fuel price increase has led to anger on the part of most Iraqis in Basrah. News of the price increase has spread to the local population by word-of-mouth. Once understood, it is being accepted by those REO Basrah has contacted as a [...]	2006-01-20 12:12:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PINS ECON KDEM IZ
06BASRAH51	DISPLACED PERSONS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: Significant population displacement has taken place throughout southern Iraq since the attack on the Samarra mosque on February 22, both of Shia families moving into the provinces of Basrah, Dhi Qar, Muthanna, and Maysan, and of Sunni families leaving southern provinces. Precise [...]	2006-04-09 15:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EAID KISL SMIG SOCI IZ
06BASRAH66	MODM BASRAH OFFICIAL ON IDP CAMP FOR DISPLACED SHIA [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and PolOffs met with Abdul Kareen Salman, Director of Human Affairs from the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) for the Southern Region to discuss the issue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in southern Iraq. Abdu [...]	2006-05-05 10:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PREF SMIG SOCI EAID KISL IZ
06BASRAH70	SNAPSHOT OF DHI QAR: PROVINCE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The province of Dhi Qar is located about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad and has an estimated population of 1.85 million. More politically moderate and secular than the other Shia-dominated southern provinces, the influence of Shia religious political parties has grown in past mo [...]	2006-05-07 14:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PINR ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL
06BASRAH99	READ-OUT FROM NEW FADILLAH PARTY LEADERSHIP IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with the new head of the Basrah Fadillah Party, Dr. Jamal Abdul Zahra Mezel, at the Fadillah Party headquarters. Dr. Jamal stated that the Fadillah Party in Basrah believed that the media was blowing the security issue out of pr [...]	2006-06-07 07:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ENRG EPET IZ
06BEIJING10104	PRC/UN: MFA BRIEFS ON UNSYG ANNAN VISIT [...] (C) UN SYG Annan asked President Hu Jintao what opinions or advice the UN can offer to help break the current Six-Party Talks impasse, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Guo Xuejun told Poloff on May 23. Hu said China continues to work with the other Partiesto resume the Six-P [...]	2006-05-24 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV UN CH
06BEIJING10599	PRC/IRAQ: BEIJING ON WELCOMING NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) MFA West Asia and North African Affairs Department Iraq Desk Officer Wu Xiaofeng requested a meeting May 26 to provide nonpaper laying out PRC actions to welcome the formation of the new Iraqi Government. Though the nonpaper largely tracks with PRC public statements, Wu stressed that Beij [...]	2006-05-30 10:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ CH
06BEIJING10734	PRC/GERMANY: MERKEL VISIT READOUT [...] (C) China supports a more important role for Germany in the United Nations, China's leaders told visiting German Chancellor Merkel, according to MFA European Affairs Division Director Wang Shunqing. Wang said that during Mrkel's May 21-23 visit to China, China and Germany agreed to initiate a [...]	2006-05-31 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV GE CH
06BEIJING10891	PRC RESPONDS TO INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV EAID CH ID
06BEIJING11074	UNDP PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW TIBET PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted a Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) meeting in Beijing on June 1 to seek input from bilateral donors on its proposed USD 5 million Tibet Development and Poverty Alleviation Program that the UNDP plans to launch later this mont [...]	2006-06-02 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING11755	PRC PREMIER TO VISIT 7 AFRICAN NATIONS [...] MFA Assistant Minister He Yafei previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of Egypt, Ghana, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda to reporters. Besides meeting the leaders of each nation, Premier Wen will meet Chinese medical workers, tour an HIV/AIDS preve [...]	2006-06-09 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING1238	(S) RESTRUCTURING CHINESE FOREIGN AID--NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Summary: A senior advisor on Chinese development assistance told Econoff on December 20 that he has submitted his recommendations to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on how China should restructure its foreign aid program. The advisor stated that China's aid program should continue to fo [...]	2006-01-20 06:25:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	CH EAID ECON PREL
06BEIJING14617	PRC/AFRICA: WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of seven African nations provided an opportunity for China to highlight the humanitarian aspects of its engagement in Africa, according to MFA Africa Department Officer Zhang Dianbin. Wen refuted criticism that China engages in neo-colonialism in Africa [...]	2006-07-12 07:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO AGOA ECON EAID TW CH
06BEIJING17108	(C) PROSPECTS FOR COORDINATION WITH CHINA ON [...] (C) Summary: Chinese government officials indicated to a visiting USAID official that while they welcome the opportunity to discuss development assistance as part of an overarching U.S.-China dialogue, the prospects for coordination with China on foreign aid appear to be limited in the near te [...]	2006-08-21 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL CH AF
06BEIJING20107	SEPTEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SINO-JAPAN [...] Key points made at the September 21 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes new LDP leader Shinzo Abe will make concrete efforts to improve Sino-Japanese relations. -- China and Japan will hold the Sixth Round of their strategic dialogue in Tokyo from September 23 to 24. -- Japan's pr [...]	2006-09-21 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID JA IR TH LE CH
06BEIJING22370	PRC/AFRICA: AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE HEADING TO [...] (C) More than forty African Heads of State or Government are expected to travel to China for the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation ("The Beijing Summit")(Reftels A and B),November 3-5. Egypt President Mubarak, Nigerian President Obasanjo, South African Preside [...]	2006-10-23 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING22713	PRC/AFRICA: MFA BRIEFS PRESS ON UPCOMING FORUM FOR [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Wei Jianguo briefed the press on October 26 on the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),November 3-5 (Refs A-C). VM Wei said China a [...]	2006-10-26 12:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING22919	PRC/AFRICA: CHINA-AFRICA FORUM GOALS: POLITICS, [...] (C) Politics remains the cornerstone of Sino-African relations even though the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) will tout extensive economic ties, including burgeoning two-way trade and as many as 2,500 bilateral agreements, Chinese scholars have told us. As China increasingly [...]	2006-10-30 13:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23169	PRC/AFRICA: BEIJING DECKS ITSELF OUT TO WELCOME [...] (C) Beijing is rolling out a dramatic welcome for participants in the November 3-5 Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Bright billboards, signs and installations with an African flavor festoon the city's main street. Authorities have beefed up security and will enforce special rules [...]	2006-11-01 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23548	PRC/AFRICA: PRC SEEKS NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Representatives from 48 African countries, including 41 Heads of State or Government, converged on Beijing for the November 3-5 Beijing Summit and Third Ministerial of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A). The PRC played up its desire to forge a "new strategic partnership" [...]	2006-11-06 12:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23631	ASEAN-CHINA SUMMIT MEMORIALIZES COOPERATION; TEES [...] (C) Heads of state from all ten ASEAN member countries attended the largely ceremonial October 30-31 ASEAN-China 15-year anniversary Summit hosted by Premier Wen Jiabao in China's Guangxi Province. The leaders signed a joint statement pledging to enhance strategic cooperation, to support a nu [...]	2006-11-07 13:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EAIR EAID KWMN CH
06BEIJING23695	PRC/AFRICA: BEYOND THE BEIJING SUMMIT TRADE AND [...] (C) China and African countries announced 16 trade deals worth USD 1.9 billion at the conclusion of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),but contacts tell us that the real number and value of bilateral contracts signed during the Beijing Summit is likely [...]	2006-11-08 06:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING24002	(C) PRC/SUDAN: PRC MFA ON BASHIR AT THE BEIJING [...] (C) President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao urged Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with the international community on Darfur during bilateral meetings on November 2 and 3 in Beijing in advance of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according M [...]	2006-11-22 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN CH SU
06BEIJING24004	PRC/AFRICA: MUBARAK IN CHINA [...] (C) President Mubarak's November 6-7 State Visit immediately following the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) included separate meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo as well as with ex [...]	2006-11-22 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID EG CH
06BEIJING24316	PRC/SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI IN CHINA [...] (C) Beijing's decision to give President Mbeki one of the limited number of state visits following the recent Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC, Ref A) reflects Beijing's view of South Africa's importance and the "very friendly" relations between the two countries, [...]	2006-12-06 01:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN CH
06BEIJING24348	(C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE [...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...]	2006-12-06 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING5362	PRC-PACIFIC ISLAND CONFERENCE: BUSINESS AND AID, [...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao will use the first visit by a PRC Premier to a Pacific Island nation to launch a China-Fiji co-hosted economic development and cooperation conference on April 5, according to a MOFCOM American and Oceanian Affairs Division Director. MOFCOM Minister Bo Xilai will joi [...]	2006-03-23 22:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW
06BEIJING6074	SPECIAL MFA PRESS CONFERENCE ON PREMIER WEN TRAVEL [...] Premier Wen Jiabao will visit Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Cambodia from April 1-8, MFA Director Generals for Asian Affairs and for American and Oceanian Affairs told the local and international press corps on March 24. This will be a trip of firsts: the first visit by a PRC Premier to A [...]	2006-03-31 10:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW
06BEIJING6629	PRC/UN: SCALE ASSESSMENTS AND UN REFORM [...] (C) The PRC is concerned at Japan's proposal to change the UN Scale of Assessments and is working to solidify its support with G-77 members to block the changes, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao. Yang told Poloffs April 5 that Beijing is unhappy with the U.S. propo [...]	2006-04-07 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN CH
06BEIJING7835	PRC/AFRICA: PREPARATIONS FOR NOVEMBER CHINA-AFRICA [...] (C) China has invited the heads of state, foreign ministers and commerce ministers of 47 African countries to Beijing for the triennial Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),to be held November 1-5, according to an MFA Deputy Division Director. The MFA is already grappling with the logi [...]	2006-04-25 10:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID TW CH
06BEIJING8117	PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...]	2006-04-29 02:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ
06BEIJING9758	PRC/IRAQ: RESPONSE TO SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ CH
06BEIRUT1013	INL BUDGET CALL: LEBANON RESPONSE [...] (SBU) While Embassy Beirut is not an NAS post, it can conduct activities in support of INL's two performance goals: -- Countering international trafficking in drugs, persons, and other illicit goods; and -- Promoting international cooperation to combat drugs and crime. With this in min [...]	2006-03-30 14:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD ASEC EAID KCRM LE SNAR
06BEIRUT1335	MGLE01: SALEM OPTIMISTIC ON ELECTORAL LAW, [...] (C) Paul Salem, a member of the national commission charged with reforming Lebanon's electoral law, told us he was optimistic about the commission's ability to reach consensus on a districting plan in the coming weeks. He said the overall atmosphere in the commission, while still affected by [...]	2006-04-28 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE
06BEIRUT1544	MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS LEBANESE POLITICIANS [...] (C) At a May 15 dinner for visiting IO A/S Silverberg, Lebanese politicians and opinion-makers of different stripes had at least one thing in common: dissatisfaction with Lebanon's current atmosphere of stagnation, impasse, and finger-pointing, especially regarding President Lahoud's tenacio [...]	2006-05-17 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER EAID KDEM KWMN LE
06BEIRUT1577	MGLE01: NATIONAL ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION [...] (SBU) According to a member of the national commission charged with reforming the electoral law, the commission has finally reached agreement on a draft law. The draft would call for a mixed electoral system, one with both small districts and large districts. According to this system, 79 Me [...]	2006-05-19 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID SOCI LE
06BEIRUT1733	MGLE01: CIVIL SOCIETY PREPARES FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) As the national commission charged with drafting a new electoral law has been conducting its work, civil society activists have been developing an eight-point platform for promoting electoral reform. All eight points, including proportional representation and an independent electoral com [...]	2006-06-01 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE
06BEIRUT1808	MGLE01: A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) Reform of the electoral law is the bellwether of the Lebanese government's overall reform plan, and U.S. support for it is in entirely keeping with the President's Freedom Agenda. While there is widespread popular support for replacing the electoral law currently in effect -- associated [...]	2006-06-07 12:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID KPAO LE
06BEIRUT2087	(S/NF) MGLE01: SINIORA PRESSES AHEAD ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) Ignoring an unseemly, ongoing food fight among Maronite politicians sparked by President Lahoud's non-invitation to the Francophone summit, Prime Minister Siniora used a 6/21 meeting with the Ambassador to portray his government as moving ahead on a number of fronts, including economic re [...]	2006-06-22 12:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAID EAIR PTER KPAL KDEM BEXP LE
06BEIRUT2092	MGLE01: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE "FULL STEAM AHEAD" ON [...] (C) In a 6/22 meeting, Minister of Justice Rizk confirmed that senior Lebanese judges Choucri Sader and Ralph Riachy will travel to The Hague on July 4 to make progress on a draft agreement with the UN on establishing a special tribunal with international character for the Hariri assassinatio [...]	2006-06-23 12:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM KCRM MARR EAID KMPI LE
06BEIRUT2323	MGLE01: JUMBLATT RECOUNTS SAUDI TRIP, MONEY [...] (S/NF) In a 7/7 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said he had recently asked Saudi King Abdullah for funding to help him and his "March 14" allies counter Iranian/Syrian influence in Lebanon. King Abdullah had been noncommittal, and Jumblatt was left waiting for his partner Sa'ad al-Harir [...]	2006-07-11 05:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM EAID LE SA SY
06BEIRUT2427	TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE URGES [...] (C/NF) In a 7/19 meeting, the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),Geir Pedersen, told the Ambassador there is an urgent need to establish humanitarian corridors to southern Lebanon in order to address an "increasing humanitarian disaster" there. Among these routes wou [...]	2006-07-20 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS EAID PREF PREL LE IS
06BEIRUT2429	TFLE01: SINIORA CONVOKES DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO [...] (U) In a terse but emotionally-tinged 7/19 address to the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Siniora demanded an immediate end to hostilities between Hizballah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),a lifting of the Israeli naval blockade, and delivery of urgently-needed humanitarian assistance. [...]	2006-07-20 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS EAID PTER PREF LE IS
06BEIRUT2470	TFLE01: UN PRSG: "DON'T RUSH" ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 conversation, Geir Pedersen, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),emphasized the importance of showing Lebanon's Shia community that a domestic political approach to Hizballah's disarmament remained possible. He recommended that an international stabilization [...]	2006-07-25 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PTER MOPS KPKO EAID LE
06BEIRUT2615	STRENGTHENING A SHAKY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES -- [...] (SBU) This message contains a non-exhaustive list of initiatives that we suggest the USG support, in the first days of the fragile cessation of hostilities forged by U.S. leadership in UNSCR 1701. We seek to strengthen the GOL and move Lebanon toward a permanent cease-fire. After the U.S. [...]	2006-08-14 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2652	LEBANON: WHEAT SHIPMENT NEEDED TO KEEP BREAD ON [...] This message contains an action message for the Department -- please see para 6. 2. Embassy meetings with GOL and agrifood industry leaders have confirmed that current stocks of wheat in Lebanon are at a critically low level. President of Dora Flour Mills and Chair of the Agrifood Trader [...]	2006-08-16 06:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON IS LE PREL SY
06BEIRUT2671	LEBANON: NAYLA MOAWAD VOWS TO STAND FIRM [...] (C/NF) During an 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Baabda apartment where she is staying, Zgharta MP and Minister for Social Affairs Nayla Moawad said that, though she is threatened by the recent speeches by Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar al-Asad accusing the March 14 movement [...]	2006-08-16 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN PTER PREL SY ISLE
06BEIRUT2702	SINIORA ON UNSCR 1701, RECONSTRUCTION, WAY FORWARD [...] (S/NF) In a one-on-one somewhat scratchy meeting with the Ambassador on 8/18, Prime Minister Siniora bristled at the suggestion that he was projecting the wrong image regarding UNSCR 1701. Citing army deployment to the Syrian-Lebanese border as well as southern Lebanon, it is simply not tru [...]	2006-08-19 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2732	SUMMARY OF GOL REQUESTS, IDEAS [...] (C) Ever since Hizballah initiated the current Israeli-Hizballah crisis, PM Siniora and other GOL officials have asked us for help in several specific areas. In most cases, we have politely explained why we could not help (or why any assistance was contingent upon the Lebanese taking action [...]	2006-08-23 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2910	UK PROPOSES CHAIRING SECURITY COORDINATION UNIT IN [...] (C/NF) In a 9/6 meeting with the Ambasador and DATT, UK Ambassador James Watt and British Brigidier General Andrew D. Mackay accurately described a problem faced by donors wishing to help the Lebanese security services: No one is in charge of coordinating requests or trying to match offers w [...]	2006-09-08 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL EAID PGOV LE
06BEIRUT2912	LEBANON: REQUEST FOR AMMUNITION FROM GCC COUNTRIES [...] (U) This cable includes an action request in Paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) Through our discussions with contacts in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and political leadership, it is clear there remains a critical need -- as expressed in reftel A -- to immediately equip the LAF to empower it to dep [...]	2006-09-08 14:49:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS EAID PREL QA SA AE KU LE PARM
06BEIRUT2920	LEBANON: PRESSING FOR GOL CLARITY ON RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador, DART Team coordinator, and poloff met with the Council for Development and Reconstruction's (CDR) new director Nabil Jisr -- a close Siniora confidante -- on September 8 to discuss coordination of the reconstruction effort and the reported GOL interest in using prefabricated [...]	2006-09-11 06:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID LE XF
06BEIRUT2935	LEBANON: SINIORA UNCONCERNED BY AOUNIST THREAT [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Grand Serail, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora reviewed his recent visit to Saudi Arabia as well as British Prime Minister Tony Blair's stop in Beirut. On the reconstruction effort, Siniora provided a clearer picture [...]	2006-09-12 10:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS LE SY
06BEIRUT2947	LEBANON: HADDAD AND AZOUR URGE DUAL [...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on September 11 with Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad and Finance Minister Jihad Azour to discuss the recent conflict's impact on the Lebanese economic and financial situation. Both expressed some frustration at the lack of clarity of th [...]	2006-09-12 15:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID LE
06BEIRUT2958	LEBANON: GHASSAN TAHER LAYS OUT PARTIAL REBUILDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 12:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL LE
06BEIRUT2971	LEBANON: GHASSAN TAHER LAYS OUT PARTIAL REBUILDING [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Grand Serail, PM Siniora's reconstruction adviser Ghassan Taher-Fadlallah described his specific role in the reconstruction effort, noting that he is the point person for project coordination. Taher explained the GOL st [...]	2006-09-13 15:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL LE
06BEIRUT3104	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION FOR LEBANON MEETS [...] (SBU) The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon met with Prime Minister Siniora on September 23 and affirmed its commitment to achieving both immediate and long-term results for Lebanon, as well as its commitment to a long-term engagement with the country. The PM appealed to the Delegation to s [...]	2006-09-26 13:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON LE PGOV PREL
06BEIRUT3219	LEBANON: PM SINIORA PLEDGES ACTION ON BEIRUT 1 [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora insists that preparations for the Beirut 1 conference, penciled in for November 30, are well underway. He is slowly grasping the need to publicize progress on reconstruction but prefers to focus on high-profile projects. He will use such publicity to counter March [...]	2006-10-05 11:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID LE PGOV PREL PTER KCRM
06BEIRUT3728	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER UPDATES U/S FORE ON [...] (C) Expressing appreciation to visiting Under Secretary Fore for U.S. assistance, Finance Minister Azour updated Fore on progress toward a donor conference and a broader economic reform program. Azour pledged prudent public finance and monetary policy measures which will see the Lebanese econo [...]	2006-11-30 08:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT608	MGLE01: QUARTERLY REPORT ON FREEDOM AGENDA IN [...] (C) This is post's progress report for the first quarter of FY-06 on the country strategy for democratic reform. Refs A and B identified three outcomes for our country strategy: -- a new electoral law, -- competent, effective, transparent government, and -- reform of the judiciary. [...]	2006-03-01 13:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI PGOV KPAO EAID PREL LE
06BEIRUT632	MGLE01: ELECTORAL LAW REFORM COMMISSION FINISHING [...] (SBU) The national commission charged with reforming the electoral law is expected to submit a draft law to the Prime Minister within a week. It will incorporate a number of reforms: an independent electoral commission, quotas for female candidates, a lowering of the voting age, and regulat [...]	2006-03-02 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE
06BELGRADE1147	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE 2006 [...] Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, the current members of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),announced that they expect that Montenegro, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Macedonia, and Serbia, will join CEFTA by the end of the year. Draft Law on Optical Dis [...]	2006-07-18 15:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
06BELGRADE321	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY 2006 [...] (U) The Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) in Vienna projects the GDP growth in Montenegro will reach 5.0 percent. GDP growth was 4.0 percent in 2004 and 3.7 percent in 2005. WIIW expects unemployment to plateau at the current level, and inflation to rise slightly to 3.0 perc [...]	2006-03-02 07:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE343	SERBIA ANNOUNCES FIRST CASE OF H5 AVIAN FLU [...] The Serbian Ministry of Agriculture announced on March, 2 that a case of Avian Influenza was found in a dead swan in a canal in the Backi Monostor area in Sombor (near the Hungarian border). Following lab tests conducted by the Veterinary Scientific Institute in Novi Sad and the Veterinary In [...]	2006-03-03 16:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT TBIO ASEC CASC ETRD EAGR EAID KFLU RO WHO
06BELGRADE568	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MARCH 2006 [...] (U) Public debt rose 4.5 percent in 2005, to Euros 704.4 million. As a share of GDP, public declined from 45.7 percent in 2004 to 42.7 percent. Seventy-seven percent of the debt was inherited from the former Yugoslavia. For 2006, the Finance Ministry plans to repay Euros 151.6 million of the [...]	2006-04-12 09:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE590	TRANSFORMING MONTENEGRO THROUGH ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Supporting Montenegro's aspirations to become an open-market, Western democracy underlies all USG assistance to the Republic and its people. We are convinced that a strong economy is the best support for a strong democracy, and we therefore have increased our activities for developmen [...]	2006-04-17 11:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE711	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL 2006 [...] Montenegro's public debt at the end of 2005 amounted to Euros 700 million or 43 percent of gross domestic product (GDP),which according to the Ministry of Finance is below the maximum allowed level in the EU. In 2002, public debt was 88 percent of GDP. According to Maastricht criteria, the to [...]	2006-05-08 07:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE904	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MAY 2006 [...] On June 3, the Parliament of Montenegro adopted a Declaration of Independence, following the May 21 referendum on independence from Serbia. The two economies were already distinct, stemming from Montenegro's adoption of the deutsche mark in 1999, and later the Euro. The distinction is reflecte [...]	2006-06-07 08:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
06BELGRADE907	MISSION BELGRADE'S ROLLING POLICY AGENDA [...] (U) Summary: Mission Belgrade's interagency process - the "Rolling Policy Agenda" (RPA) - is the way we develop policy recommendations and implementation, the mechanism by which we oversee foreign assistance, and the vehicle by which we implement the Mission Performance Plan (MPP). Centered on [...]	2006-06-07 11:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID KSPR SR
06BELMOPAN66	BELIZE: PARLIAMENT APPROVES BROV LOAN AND "SUPER BOND" AS [...] Summary: The House of Representatives and the Senate met in emergency sessions on December 8 and 11, respectively, and approved a second USD 25 million loan from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BROV) (ref A) and the issuance of new bonds equivalent to USD 565 million. These two financi [...]	2006-12-14 21:15:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SOCI BH
06BERLIN1833	GERMAN NEXT STEPS O SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) German officials said German steps to mark the inauguration of the Maliki Government included inviting Foreign Minister Zebari to Berlin and considering expansion of training programs outside Iraq. Global Affairs and Political Officers discussed German plans June 29 with incoming MFA Iraq [...]	2006-06-30 14:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	REL PGOV EAID IZ
06BERLIN1937	GERMAN VIEWS ON S/P INITIATIVE, "PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) Summary: S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner consulted with German officials June 29 on the "Partnership for Better Governance" initiative (PBG). The PBG would be a multilateral partnership to support the emergence of democratic institutions in the developing world by contracting to provid [...]	2006-07-11 08:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KCRS KMCA KMPI GM
06BERLIN2623	GERMAN RESPONSE: UPCOMING IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS [...] (C) Noting his previous discussions with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, MFA's State Secretary Georg Boomgaarden told DCM that Germany planned to SIPDIS send a high-level representative from the MFA for the September 10 Iraq Compact meeting in Abu Dhabi. Boom [...]	2006-09-07 08:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ EAID EFIN PREL
06BERLIN2676	S/CT AMB. CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH EU CT [...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton, meeting EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries September 6 in Berlin, stated the need for the U.S. and EU to incorporate all the tools at their disposal -- social, commercial, economic, and diplomatic tools -- in the fight a [...]	2006-09-13 07:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU
06BERLIN3045	IRAQ/US/UK JOINT DEMARCHE ON IRAQ COMPACT; [...] (C) Iraqi Embassy Counselor Qais Naif Abboud and Attache Bashar F. Al-Bander, UK Embassy Poloff Neil Holland, and Global Affairs Officer jointly delivered ref demarche October 16 to MFA Iraq Working Group Chief Ruediger Lotz and two of his staff including desk officer Christofer Burger. Abboud [...]	2006-10-19 18:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN IZ GM
06BERLIN3135	GERMAN RESPONSE: IRAQ COMPACT PG MEETING IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer discussed ref demarche with Ruediger Lotz, Chief of the MFA Iraq Working Group. He said he would lead the German delegation to the October 31 Iraq Compact Preparatory Group (PG) Meeting in Kuwait; an officer from the German Embassy in Kuwait would also be there. W [...]	2006-10-27 13:54:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ EAID EFIN PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN3503	S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST ENGAGES GERMANY AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings December 6, S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst pushed German officials to incorporate stability and reconstruction (S/R) programming into their 2007 G-8 and EU presidencies. His interlocutors from the Federal Chancellery and Foreign Ministry sug [...]	2006-12-14 14:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KPKO CM GM XA
06BERN1223	SWISS REPLY ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 15:07:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV EAID VE SZ
06BERN1571	STOCKHOLM DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS AID TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 15:12:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SZ SW
06BERN1971	EUR A/S FRIED AND SWISS STATE SECRETARY AMBUHL \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 08:56:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP EAID SZ
06BERN2064	SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION: SWISS UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 17:35:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PK SZ
06BERN2122	SWISS ELECTORATE REAFFIRMS TIES WITH EU; APPROVES $800 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 16:16:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EUN SZ
06BISHKEK1300	INVITATION TO KAZAKH PRESENTATION FORWARDED [...] (U) On September 1, PolOff met with Kuban Kabaev, Head of the MFA's Division of International Economic Organizations, to inquire about the makeup of the planned Kyrgyz delegation to the IMU and World Bank meetings in Singapore in mid-September and to pass along reftel invitation. Kabaev was [...]	2006-09-08 10:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECIN KG
06BISHKEK1307	INFORMATION RESPONSE FOR INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL [...] (U) The following information, provided by USAID Bishkek, represents existing programs that contribute to the goals of Internet freedom. Funding levels listed are for the Information Technology (IT) components only. ECONOMIC GROWTH --------------- A. Project Name: Commercial Law Proje [...]	2006-09-12 10:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KG
06BISHKEK435	BUSINESS AS USUAL - KYRGYZ PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although corruption seemed to subside immediately after the March, 2005 overthrow of the Akayev government, local and foreign businesspeople now complain that government corruption is the same as under Akayev, or in some cases worse. Many blame below subsistence-level governmen [...]	2006-03-30 11:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV PREL KCRM EAID ECON KG
06BISHKEK502	VISIT OF SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TO BISHKEK [...] (C) During a series of meetings on April 11, SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher urged the Kyrgyz Government to move forward on constitutional reform and said that the U.S. is eager to begin the next round of negotiations on Manas Coalition Airbase. He also expressed concern over the Apr [...]	2006-04-17 08:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR EAID ECON KG
06BOGOTA10462	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Uribe arrives in Washington for November 13-14 meetings with executive and legislative branch officials in the wake of a highly successful visit to Colombia by U/S for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns. Uribe will emphasize the importance to Colombia of ratification of the U.S [...]	2006-11-09 20:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM SNAR EAID ETRD ECON CO
06BOGOTA10526	GOC EFFORTS TO WIN POPULAR SUPPORT IN CONFLICT [...] The GOC is implementing social action programs to complement military action and to win the support of two million people in conflict zones. Colombian Armed Forces Commander General Padilla strongly supports the program and recently traveled to a remote village to open a rural health clinic. [...]	2006-11-14 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL MARR EAID CO
06BOGOTA10581	INVITATIONS SENT FOR WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 12:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PHSA CO XL XK
06BOGOTA1086	COLOMBIA: AVIAN FLU CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND [...] (U) As requested in Ref A, post's avian influenza (AI) committee has begun to develop preparedness measures against AI, including AI-specific tripwires. For a comprehensive assessment of Colombia's AI preparedness, see Ref B. ------------------------------ Post Avian Influenza Committee - [...]	2006-02-06 11:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGER EAID PREL KFLU PGOV CO
06BOGOTA4503	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AT-RISK COMMUNITIES [...] Summary: The GOC is rolling out social services to fifty-one municipalities recently liberated from FARC or paramilitary influence. The Plan Colombia initiative consists of a five-tiered approach to retaking the territory and stabilizing the regional economy around sustainable agriculture and [...]	2006-05-22 17:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID CO

06BOGOTA6011	AMBASSADOR AND GOVERNOR OF VALLE DEL CAUCA DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Wood and Valle del Cauca Governor Angelino Garzon met June 28 to discuss development of Colombia's Pacific coast. Ambassador and Garzon agreed that the time had come to focus attention and resources on the Pacific. Garzon, a member of the leftist Polo Democratico Alternativo p [...]	2006-07-06 15:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SNAR CO
06BOGOTA8650	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR COLOMBIA [...] Summary: At the invitation of the DCM, Post's Avian Influenza (AI) Committee met on September 7 with GOC agencies responsible for monitoring and first response to a potential AI outbreak. While the GOC's AI policy planning and monitoring regime appears on track, operational contingencies are l [...]	2006-09-20 14:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID ETRD SENV PREL CO
06BOGOTA910	GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON COLOMBIAN PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) There is high interest among the Colombian private sector in assisting the demobilization effort. In the last two weeks, the embassy has attended two meetings on the subject. One meeting on Janu [...]	2006-01-31 21:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PTER PARM PGOV EAID ECON CO
06BOGOTA9727	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDERSECRETARY FOR [...] (C) Post welcomes the October 24-26 visit to Colombia of U/S for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and his delegation. Uribe remains the country's dominant political figure, with approval ratings close to 70 percent. His congressional coalition controls both houses of Congress but is incr [...]	2006-10-19 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SNAR MARR KCRM PTER EAID ETRD ECON
06BRAILIA1079	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1079	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75 [...] The following is the seventy-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-06-02 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1122	PROPOSED U.S. - SOUTH AMERICA BIOINFORMATION CONFERENCE [...] (U) Post delivered points as requested to Paulo Rogerio Goncalves, Director of International Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology in Brazil regarding the U.S. proposal for a Brazil - South American Regional conference on Bioinformatics to be held in Brazil in November. Although Brazil's [...]	2006-06-07 10:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EAID SENV TBIO TSPL BR
06BRASILIA1163	PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERAMERICAN [...] In 2003, OES sponsored and the Regional Environmental Hub organized an event on using remote sensing to help control the spread of infectious diseases. A publication on the proceedings of the Interamerican Workshop on the Use of Remote Sensing to Control Infectious Diseases in the Americas ha [...]	2006-06-09 17:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1261	BRAZIL SHOOTDOWN PROGRAM - REVIEW PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] Pursuant to reftel instructions, AirAtt and Polmiloff will meet with GoB interlocutors next week to determine GoB compliance with shootdown and operational procedures, to consult on the program's status and to verify that all reporting requirements will be met in a timely manner. We will repor [...]	2006-06-23 18:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID OPDC BO BR
06BRASILIA1455	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 77 [...] The following is the seventy-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views exp [...]	2006-07-19 09:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1509	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 78 [...] The following is the seventy-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1618	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 79 [...] The following is the seventy-ninth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-08-09 17:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1770	PANTANAL REGIONAL MEETING DISCUSSES JOINT MANAGEMENT [...] The European Union (EU) hosted the Campo Grande Regional Symposium (CGRS) on the research agenda for the Upper Paraguay River Basin (UPRB) and the Pantanal, July 27-28 in Campo Grande, Brazil. The Pantanal is the vast floodplain of the Upper Paraguay River Basin and is one of the world's most [...]	2006-08-22 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI TBIO BR
06BRASILIA1787	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 80 [...] The following is the eightieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed [...]	2006-08-24 19:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1922	BRAZIL: SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM [...] This cable responds to reftel request for information on USAID programs in Brazil that would be supportive of the Global Internet Freedom "GIFT" objectives. The three USAID programs described below have a significant internet access component: A. Project Name: Youth Employability Program R [...]	2006-09-12 19:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EAID PHUM BR
06BRASILIA2069	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 81 [...] The following is the eighty-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2006-09-28 16:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2150	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 82 [...] The following is the eighty-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-10-11 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2399	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 84 [...] The following is the eighty-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-11-14 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2419	SOUTH AMERICA HUB FY07 WORK PLAN [...] In FY 07, the South America Hub will continue to work both regionally and with individual missions to support USG ESTH priorities within the region. Due to the large number of free trade and environmental cooperation agreements in the region, the Hub will devote considerably more energy and r [...]	2006-11-17 15:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENVQGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2448	Strengthening of Regional Management for the Sustainable [...] The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) carried out the "First Meeting of National Coordinators for the Project 'Strengthening of Regional Management for the Sustainable Use of Amazonian Biodiversity'" in Brasilia (Brazil) October 25-27, 2006. The following spot report details the ID [...]	2006-11-21 15:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2449	BRAZILIAN NGOS CALL GOB FOR TFCA TALK [...] A group of Brazilian NGOs invited the Ministry of the Environment and the Brazilian Treasury for a discussion about including Brazil in the debt conversion/reduction process under the TFCA (Tropical Forest Conservation Act). To date, no formal agreement has been made with the USG under the TFC [...]	2006-11-21 15:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIN EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2523	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 85 [...] The following is the eighty-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2006-11-30 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2678	Visit of Professor Jeffrey Sachs to Brazil [...] Summary. During a December 12-13 visit to Brasilia and Sao Paulo, noted economist Jeffrey Sachs met with high-level government policymakers, NGO representatives, and business representatives. In his meetings with Brazilian interlocutors, Sachs stressed that the U.S. and Brazil need to find a [...]	2006-12-26 15:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL ECON EAID BR
06BRASILIA329	BRAZIL AND DEBT-FOR-NATURE ... TWO STEPS BACK [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Treasury Secretary Joaquim Levy told Econoff in a February 9 meeting he was surprised that the USG had begun formally to evaluate Brazil's eligibility to participate in debt reduction/swaps under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA). Before entering int [...]	2006-02-15 12:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SENV EAID PREL BR
06BRASILIA339	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 70 [...] The following is number 70 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and healh news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do n [...]	2006-02-15 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA596	LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES DISCUSS URBAN AIR QUALITY IN [...] The 1st Bolivian Congress on Urban Air Quality Management, held in Cochabamba March 16-18, brought together students, environmentalists, scientists, academics, and international consultants from several Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, Mexico [...]	2006-03-23 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BO BR
06BRASILIA639	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 72 [...] The following is the seventy-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-03-31 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA870	GEF FUNDING CONCERNS AND THE CERRADO [...] SUMMARY: During the Meeting of the Parties of the Commission on Sustainable Development in Curitiba in March, Marina Silva, Brazil's Minister for the Environment, announced the intention of the Government of Brazil to increase legal protection of the Cerrado ecosystem. Part of this new focus [...]	2006-05-04 18:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI BR
06BRASILIA931	BRAZIL'S MINISTER OF HEALTH RESPONDS POSITIVELY ON FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge Phillip T. Chicola delivered the demarche on cooperation on HIV/AIDS and other areas (ref A) to Brazil's Minister of Health Jose Agenor Alvares da Silva on May 9. The Charge referenced former Health Minister Saraiva's proposals for increased bilateral collaboration offered [...]	2006-05-11 18:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV KIPR TBIO KSCA EAID BR
06BRASILIA954	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 74 [...] The following is the seventy-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-05-16 17:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRATISLAVA495	SLOVAKIA WILL NOT ACT ON VENEZUELAN NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 08:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV EAID VE LO
06BRATISLAVA532	SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]	2006-06-29 18:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
06BRATISLAVA817	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUND UP OCTOBER 6, 2006 [...] (SBU) The new National Coordinator to Combat Trafficking in Persons will be Jozef Bucek, the new State Secretary at the Ministry of Interior. This effectively raises the political clout of the National Coordinator position by several notches. Bucek, a Smer party member from Kosice, does not [...]	2006-10-06 14:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL ELAB KDEM PINR AF RO BU
06BRATISLAVA895	SLOVAK AID: MORE BUREAUCRACY, LESS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak MFA is preparing to consolidate management and program authority over Slovakia's foreign aid budget before the end of 2006. Full MFA control over development assistance may help the GOS consolidate its aid programs and establish longer-term programs that better meet [...]	2006-11-06 15:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL ECON LO
06BRATISLAVA913	NOVEMBER 16 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] The following are recent noteworthy events in the Slovak economy: SLOVAK ECONOMY EXPANDS AT HISTORIC PACE --------------------------------------- 2. The Slovak economy grew by a real annual rate of 9.8 percent in the third quarter, its fastest-ever expansion, up from 6.7 percent in the [...]	2006-11-20 07:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LO
06BRIDGETOWN1129	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DIXON TO TRAVEL TO DOMINICA [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sadie Dixon to travel to Dominica on or about July 15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to assist with the Legal Drafting activity in Dominica. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact M [...]	2006-07-03 11:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAID DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1130	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PICK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Billy Pick, HIV Technical Advisor, USAID to travel to Barbados on or about July 12, 2006 and to depart on/about July 22, 2006. The purpose of travel is to provide requested HIV prevention technical assistance to the Caribb [...]	2006-07-03 11:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1133	CARIBBEAN CHUTZPAH OVER WHALING [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Caribbean countries displayed considerable chutzpah during the June meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in St. Kitts. Eastern Caribbean delegates to the IWC accused Western nations of practicing colonialism and racism by attempting to keep in place the i [...]	2006-07-03 14:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1139	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS WELCOMES U.S.-PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations with Ambassador and DCM, Chinese Ambassador to Barbados Liu Huanxing discussed WHA A/S Shannon,s trip to Beijing, possible U.S.-PRC consultations on hemispheric cooperation, the recent visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the Easter [...]	2006-07-05 14:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR EAID EINV ETRD BB CH XL
06BRIDGETOWN114	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DENISE LAWRENCE [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Denise Lawrence, Program Development specialist USAID/Jamaica to travel to Antigua on January 25-26, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to lead Public Information discussions on the all-hands Trade meeting and to provide feedback/input in [...]	2006-01-19 13:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1140	DOMINICA MAY CEDE BIRD ISLAND TO VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominica has moved closer to abandoning its claim on Bird Island, a small piece of rock and sand located in the center of the Caribbean Sea that is also claimed by Venezuela. Following a June meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Sker [...]	2006-07-05 14:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA PGOV PINR PREL EAID DO VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1161	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN D. TURNER TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Cars Mission Director to travel to Barbados on/about July 12, 2006 to August 13, 2006. The purpose of this TDY is to provide coverage to the Caribbean Regional Program satellite office in the absence of a USG represent [...]	2006-07-06 21:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1165	ST. VINCENT AIRPORT PLANS RELY ON FOREIGN AID AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The ambitious plan put forward by the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) to expand two of the nation's existing airports and construct a major new international airport will rely on substantial foreign aid and runs the risk of miring the country in debt. These [...]	2006-07-07 13:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAIR ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CU MY TW
06BRIDGETOWN1174	INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION: KITTITIANS [...] (C) Summary: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) wrapped up its annual meeting in St. Kitts on June 21, amid expressions of dissatisfaction and disgruntlement from delegates representing anti-whaling nations and environmental groups. At the heart of the distress was a referendum that [...]	2006-07-07 20:08:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN120	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOHN WILSON TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for John Wilson, Development Program Specialist - Environment, to travel to Freeport, Bahamas March 5-8, 2006 to participate in the Hurricane Ivan close out events and conduct final inspection. 2. Mr. Wilson holds no-access level of security [...]	2006-01-19 17:55:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAID BB
06BRIDGETOWN1201	CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK STAFFING DATA [...] This cable is an update to Ref A in reponse to the requests in Refs B and C. 2. Because the U.S. is not a member of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),Post had difficulty obtaining detailed staffing data for the organization. The CDB finally sent the Embassy the requested information [...]	2006-07-12 17:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON EAID XL
06BRIDGETOWN1206	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WELCH TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Karen Welch to travel to Barbados on or about July 17- 23, 2006. The purpose of travel is to attend the USAID-funded workshop on Avian and Pandemic Flu Preparedness for the Caribbean. 2. Embassy point of contact is US [...]	2006-07-12 19:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1236	OECS 25TH ANNIVERSARY: PITY PARTY OF NINE [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in St. Kitts June 21-23 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization's founding. The event could have provided an opportunity for participants to extol the advances made since the signing of the [...]	2006-07-14 21:45:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PINR SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1286	CARICOM HEADS SPEAK OUT ON DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: At their recent annual meeting, CARICOM Heads of Government (HOGs) said they felt marginalized in World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha round negotiations. In the HOGs' opinion, "small and vulnerable economies" are being ignored in the trade talks, which have been dominated by t [...]	2006-07-21 20:46:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID PREL PINR WTO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1287	OECS SIX SIGN ON TO CSME [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of quibbling and backtracking (Ref B),the six nations of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) signed on to the single market phase of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) at the start of the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting July 3-6 in St. [...]	2006-07-21 21:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EAID PREL PINR XL
06BRIDGETOWN1359	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN WELCH TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mason, Executive Associate to travel Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Evaluation Planning and Performance Management workshops. 2. No Embassy support assistance is r [...]	2006-08-04 15:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN1362	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Cynthia Warner, Lab Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period September 2-10, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228-8589 [...]	2006-08-04 16:08:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA XL BB
06BRIDGETOWN1376	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MASON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mason, Executive Associate to travel Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Evaluation Planning and Performance Management workshops. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID [...]	2006-08-09 12:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1377	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WARNER TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Cynthia Warner, Lab Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period September 2-10, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228-8589 [...]	2006-08-09 13:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1403	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MANHERTZ AND DEMERCADO TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Huntley Manhertz, Consultant Economist and Ms. Marlene Demercado, Program Officer, Development Associates Inc. to travel to Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a workshop with [...]	2006-08-11 18:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1404	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BESHAWRED TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Lily Beshawred, Deputy Program Director, Office of Program Development and Management USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados for the period August 21-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to assist in conducting the Performanc [...]	2006-08-11 18:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1422	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WISECARVER TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Steven Wisecarver to travel to Barbados on or about August 18 through November 18, 2006. The purpose of travel is to serve as interim Office Director for CRP satellite office. 2. Hotel reservations have been confirmed at [...]	2006-08-15 12:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1423	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KING TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hope King, Public Health Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period August 20-21, 2006 and September 20-21, 2006. 2. Post notes that traveler will be staying at the Hilton Barbados Hotel, Bridgetown, Ba [...]	2006-08-15 14:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1452	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EARLE TO TRANSIT BARBADOS TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peter Earle, to travel to Antigua August 25, 2006 and to Dominica August 26, 2006. The purpose of this travel is to conduct training sessions for numerators for the baseline survey. 2. Please note that traveler will be stay [...]	2006-08-18 16:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA AC DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1495	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ADOLFO A. FRANCO TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean, to travel to Barbados on or about September 25-27, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Office [...]	2006-08-25 17:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN151	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ARMBRISTER AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown - Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) requests clearance for, IRG/OFDA-LAC Consultants Mrs. Beryl Armbrister and Mr. Clive Lorde, employed by/contractor for OFDA, to travel to Kingston, Jamaica on/about February 6-10, 2006 to be Instructors at the Initial Damage Ass [...]	2006-01-23 20:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAID BB JM XL
06BRIDGETOWN1546	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN TURNER TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Karen D. Turner, Mission Director USAID/Jamaica-Caribbean to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-30, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Officer Steven Wisecarve [...]	2006-09-05 12:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1547	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S. KEN YAMASHITA TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. S. Ken Yamashita, Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-28, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Control officer is Martina Strong at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1 [...]	2006-09-05 13:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN155	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOHN WILSON TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for John Wilson, Development Program Specialist to travel to Tobago for the period February 13-15, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in Hurricane Ivan close out events in Tobago. 2. Mr. Wilson is an FSN officer with no security [...]	2006-01-23 21:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN1780	BRIDGETOWN HOSTS SUCCESSFUL 2006 REGIONAL CHIEFS OF [...] On September 26-27, Embassy Bridgetown hosted the Fifth Regional Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. The conference brought together U.S. ambassadors and officials from ten embassies, as well as representatives from Washington and the Caribbean region. The conference reviewed the progr [...]	2006-10-06 21:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID TBIO KHIV BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1801	LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUEL INITIATIVE: [...] (U) Discussions with eastern Caribbean Energy Ministries in the region revealed a strong interest in alternatives to fossil fuels. Like the countries themselves, the proposed alternatives are very diverse, ranging from ethanol and geothermal, to solar and wind, and even to waste conversion. [...]	2006-10-10 21:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	BB EAGR ETRO PGOV PREL EAID EPET ENRG EINV
06BRIDGETOWN1807	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO QUAIN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Estelle Quain to travel to Bridgetown to participate as a presenter at the Caribbean Training Integration Workshop on or about November 12 - 18, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative/Barbados, James Goggin, Phone: 1(246) [...]	2006-10-12 10:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1810	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LLOYD TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Ethleen Lloyd, Chief of Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados on or about November 11 - 18, 2006 to attend workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Post understands traveler has reservations at the Acc [...]	2006-10-12 17:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KSCA OTRA ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1816	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LLOYD TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Ethleen Lloyd, Chief of Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados on or about November 11 - 18, 2006 to attend workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Post understands traveler has reservations at the Acc [...]	2006-10-13 17:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KSCA OTRA ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1830	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO DOMINICA FOR DR. CHARLES [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Dr. Charles Barber, Environmental Advisor, to travel to Dominica for the period October 29 to November 5, 2006. 2. The purpose of the travel is for Dr. Barber to assist in the implementation of the USAID-funded project "Commercialization of Nut [...]	2006-10-17 12:47:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN1852	BIOFUELS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN: UNCLASS/SBU [...] (U) Discussions with eastern Caribbean Energy Ministries in the region revealed a strong interest in alternatives to fossil fuels. Like the countries themselves, the proposed alternatives are very diverse, ranging from ethanol and geothermal, to solar and wind, and even to waste conversion. M [...]	2006-10-20 00:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV PGOV PREL BB
06BRIDGETOWN1971	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO J. BROOKS TO TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Janna Brooks, Public Health Advisor, COGH, HHS/CDC, to travel to Barbados from November 12-18, 2006, to attend a workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Ms. Brooks has no access to classified material clearance. 3. [...]	2006-11-09 20:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KSCA OTRA US BB
06BRIDGETOWN2025	U.S. FY2007 SUGAR TAFIFF RATE QUOTA ALLOCATIONS [...] Per reftel request, post informed host government officials in Barbados and St. Kitts and Nevis of the FY2007 raw cane sugar WTO TRQ country/economy allocations, established by USTR on August 3, 2006. 2. For Barbados, post notified Carl Simpson, head of the Barbados Agricultural Managemen [...]	2006-11-17 20:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ELAB ETRD BB SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN206	EASTERN CARIBBEAN WARY OF CARICOM SINGLE MARKET [...] (U) Summary. The January 1 "start" of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and January 30 signing are purely ceremonial events because the CSME is a patchwork process that countries must implement through national legislation. Owing to fears of a mass influx of foreign labor, concerns [...]	2006-01-31 14:17:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD ELAB EAID EIND EFIN PREL XL
06BRIDGETOWN2084	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST. [...] (U) Summary: On November 14-15, 2006, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Kitts and Nevis to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Kittitian and Nevisian officials, including the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, who identified trade and U.S. assistance as ke [...]	2006-11-28 11:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2095	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON API BAMAKO CONFERENCE [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1624, Barbados #1625, Dominica #1626, St. Kitts #1627, St. Lucia #1628, St. Vincent #1629) on November 28, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...]	2006-11-28 21:23:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU MA XL
06BRIDGETOWN212	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SUTHERLAND MILLER [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Sutherland Miller, Legal and Regulatory Reform Specialist to travel to Barbados on February 8-11, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to conduct work under Chemonics contract. 3. Mr. Miller has no access security clearance 4. [...]	2006-01-31 20:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2163	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL DONALD TO TRAVEL TO [...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO MICHAEL DONALD, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISOR FOR THE CARIBBEAN, TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 10-16, 2006. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS USAID REPRESENTATIVE JAMES GOGGIN, TEL: 1(246) 228-8070, FAX: 1(246) 228-8589. MR. DONALD W [...]	2006-12-08 17:24:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT EAID ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2164	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BLACKWOOD AND DONALD TO [...] USAID BRIDGETOWN REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD, SENIOR TECHNICAL SPECIALIST, USAID, AND MR. MICHAEL DONALD, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISER, TO TRAVEL TO TOBAGO FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 13-14, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO REVIEW FOR INTERNAL CLOSING OUT PURPOSES S [...]	2006-12-08 17:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC EAID TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN2195	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JEFFREY P. COHEN TO TRAVEL TO [...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO JEFFREY P. COHEN, PROGRAM OFFICER, TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 2-6, 2007, TO PROVIDE MISSION ASSISTANCE WITH THE FY07 OPERATIONAL PLAN. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS USAID REPRESENTATIVE JAMES GOGGIN, PHONE: 1(246) 228-8070, FAX [...]	2006-12-14 17:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAID BB
06BRIDGETOWN2198	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TODD HAMNER TO TRAVEL TO [...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TODD HAMNER, USAID AGRICULTURE AND TRADE ADVISOR, TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 17-22, 2006, TO PROVIDE MISSION ASSISTANCE WITH THE FY07 OPERATIONAL PLAN. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS USAID REPRESENTATIVE JAMES GOGGIN, TEL: 1(246 [...]	2006-12-15 17:07:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAID AMGT BB
06BRIDGETOWN2204	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: UPDATE OF THE WORST FORMS OF [...] Summary: While Antigua and Barbuda lacks a comprehensive policy or action program on child labor, it does have a policy and legal framework for addressing issues connected with child labor, including education, child care, welfare, social security, and labor administration. Antiguan officia [...]	2006-12-18 12:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2211	BARBADOS: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: While Barbados does not have a comprehensive policy or action program on child labor, it does have a solid framework of policies in areas connected with child labor, including education, child care, welfare, social security, and labor administration. Barbados has only recently begun [...]	2006-12-18 14:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2250	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GREEN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Robert Green, IRM/TSI/Employee, to provide computer logistics during office move, travel to Barbados on or about January 9-16, 2007. 2. Reservations are confirmed at the South Beach Resort and Vacation Club, Rockley at Accra, Christ Church - Tel [...]	2006-12-27 17:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AMGT EAID OVIP BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2265	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRITTON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Avril Britton, Financial Support Advisor USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados on or about January 2-4, 2007 for to perform Section 1311 and Accruals Review. 2. Reservations are confirmed at the Coral Sands Beach Resort, Worthing, Christ Chu [...]	2006-12-29 22:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2266	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MULLINGS FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG consultant to travel to Dominica on or about January 9-12, 2007 to Co-facilitate Technical Assistance in Shelters and Shelter Management and Damage Assessment and Needs Workshops. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is no [...]	2006-12-29 22:02:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC OTRA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN288	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VIRGINIA GIDI FOR [...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Virginia Gidi for travel to Barbados 22-23 February. She will meet with core team members. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands that no assistance is required. 3. Embassy Bridgetown requests an outbrief be provided to the Political-Eco [...]	2006-02-13 19:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA SOCI KHIV BB
06BRIDGETOWN290	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WAHLBERG, MOTES [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Debra Wahlberg, Preston Motes and Laura Vinoly to travel to Barbados on February 22-23, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with USAID personnel and to train USAID staff to operate the DEVIS Management, Monitoring and Eval [...]	2006-02-14 17:03:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN296	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SUSANNA AULBACH [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Susanna Aulbach to travel to Antigua for the period February 19-22 and 23-26, 2006 and Barbados for the period February 22-23, 2006 2. The purpose of this visit is to conduct training for the project office staff and USAID personnel in the us [...]	2006-02-16 15:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN319	THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) The Barbados-based Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) announced that it is expanding its private sector outreach program, beginning in January with a dialogue that will bring together the private and public sectors in St. Kitts. The CRNM will also teach the private sector how [...]	2006-02-21 13:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CPAS SNAR EAID EAIR EFIN ELAB ENRG
06BRIDGETOWN338	CORRECTED COPY: AI REPORT #7: POST'S AI-SPECIFIC [...] This is a corrected cable in response to reftel. See additional information in para 2 about Embassy's activities and constituent Post in Grenada, changes in para 3 on Post's geographic areas of responsibility and concern, and tripwire-related changes in para 5. 2. Summary: Post's Avian I [...]	2006-02-22 18:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMED AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR EAID ETRD KFLO
06BRIDGETOWN341	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WAHLBERG AND DE [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Debra Wahlberg and Pieter De Jong to travel to Barbados February 28-March 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the CHAMP Thematic Cooperating Group on Hazard Mitigation Policy and Planning meeting and make a brief presentation at this m [...]	2006-02-22 20:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN356	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARCUS SINGLETON [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Marcus Singleton to travel to Barbados on February 26, 2006 to conduct a physical security assessment for USAID. 2. Point of contact is Sean Hall at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8589. 3. Entry requirements: A valid U.S. passport is [...]	2006-02-24 17:02:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID OTRA BB
06BRIDGETOWN368	VENEZUELA AND CUBA INCREASE AID AND COOPERATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba recently stepped up their assistance to Dominica by providing funding for various development projects and sending their citizens, including military personnel, to the small island-state. A project to expand Dominica's main airport has been partly funded by Ve [...]	2006-02-27 20:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID CU DO VE VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN395	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAREN D. TURNER TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Cars Mission Director to travel to Barbados on March 5-11, 2006. The purpose of this visit is the Mission's Director's monthly visit to Barbados to meet with CRP staff, US Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission and o [...]	2006-03-02 22:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN426	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SANDRA ROSEMBAUM [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Sandra Rosenbaum to travel to Barbados for the period March 20-21 2006, Antigua March 21- 15 and Dominica March 25-28, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to review security/safety of all Chemonics personnel contracted under the Caribbean O [...]	2006-03-08 12:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN431	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIM HOLTZ TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Tim Holtz, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to transit Barbados en route to Guyana for the period March 25-26, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, f [...]	2006-03-08 21:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA XL BB
06BRIDGETOWN432	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEVEN YOON TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Steven Yoon, Epidemiologist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to transit Barbados en route to Guyana on March 16, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228 [...]	2006-03-08 21:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA ASEC XL BB
06BRIDGETOWN481	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Keith Ford to travel to Barbados March 19 - 22, 2006 to attend the Comprehensive Disaster Management Forum. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Sean Hall at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. [...]	2006-03-17 11:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB EAID
06BRIDGETOWN529	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FITZPATRICK AND [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lisa Fitzpatrick, Director and Deputy Director Ken Hunt, of CDC Global AIDS program to travel to Barbados for the period March 27-29, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: [...]	2006-03-24 13:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA XL BB

06BRIDGETOWN530	HOW MANY CUBANS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cuban Government recently promised to provide hundreds of thousands of Cuban-made energy-efficient lightbulbs to the island-nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Cuban aid in the region, previously confined largely to medical assistan [...]	2006-03-24 19:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG PINR PREL XL CU VE CH

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