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08USUNNEWYORK574	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN

08USUNNEWYORK575	UNIFEM ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 14:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNIFEM
08USUNNEWYORK577	USUN/UKUN/UN TRILATERAL MEETING ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) On June 26, UN Team Leader for Iraq Darko Mocibob met with USUN and UKUN for a regularly scheduled trilateral meeting on Iraq. Mocibob provided updates on UNAMI security, logistics and mandate issues. On the UN's long-term compound, Mocibob confirmed that Iraq had formally approved the [...]	2008-06-30 20:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREM UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK578	U.S.-UN HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON IRAQ - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The UN has proposed holding the next session of the UN-U.S. high level strategic dialogue on Iraq July 11 at UN headquarters in New York. The UN presented a draft agenda to USUN June 26, proposing for the first time to treat both political and security subjec [...]	2008-06-30 20:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK58	COUNCIL ADOPTS STATEMENT REGRETTING LITTLE [...] (SBU) After a heated Security Council debate January 17 on the question of whether Burma had responded to the demands of the international community, Council members adopted a press statement reiterating support for UN Special Advisor Gambari, including a call for his early return to Burma, [...]	2008-01-18 23:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK580	ALGERIA COMPLAINS TO UN COMMITTEE OVER AIRPORT [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph 2. 2. Youcef Yousfi, Algeria's Ambassador to the UN, has written the Chairman of the UN's Committee on Relations with the Host Country to complain that Algerian diplomats accredited to the UN are singled out for additiona [...]	2008-06-30 21:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL AG UN
08USUNNEWYORK581	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) continued to discuss the draft staffing proposal for the STL at its fourteenth meeting on June 26. While agreeing that the Committee should approve the staffing proposal as soon as possible, many members s [...]	2008-07-01 00:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK583	UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION [...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...]	2008-07-01 19:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI UNSC KWMN
08USUNNEWYORK584	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEPHEN TOWNLEY TO [...] Mission clearance is granted for Mr. Stephen Townley, Attorney Adviser L/EMP to attend the third session of the consultations on the Administration of Justice for the Sixth (Legal) Committee on July 2, 2008. 2. POC at USUN is Elizabeth Wilcox 212-415-4220. Khalilzad [...]	2008-07-01 19:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK585	UN HEADQUARTERS SUPPORTIVE OF SRSG EIDE'S REQUESTS [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Ambassador Khalilzad spoke with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Marie Guehenno regarding UN Headquarters support for the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) and SRSG Kai Eide. Guehenno said DPKO supported Eide,s reque [...]	2008-07-01 21:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK586	SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES SURVEY OF [...] (U) Summary: Mike Smith, the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) Director presented the report of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on the implementation of UNSCR 1373 (2001) during informal consulations of Security Council Members June 30. The report includes a survey that [...]	2008-07-01 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PARM PREF
08USUNNEWYORK588	63RD UNGA - ICJ ELECTION - REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon requesting support for Professor Maurice Kamto, candidate for election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Election will take place in the Security Council and General Assembly in October [...]	2008-07-02 15:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICJ PREL PGOV UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK589	UN/SOMALIA SANCTIONS: NEW SANCTIONS MONITORING [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: The newly reestablished Monitoring Group on Somalia briefed the Somalia Committee on how they plan to implement their mandate. Matt Bryden, coordinator of the group, spoke about recent trends, the ongoing peace process, and t [...]	2008-07-02 22:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM ETTC DTFN UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK59	UNSC CONSIDERS UNMIK: DRAMA BUT NO DIRECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a January 16 Security Council session on UNMIK, Serbian President Tadic said before the media that Serbia would never recognize Kosovo sovereignty but would not resort to violence under any circumstances. In a much longer non-public session: SRSG Rucker lauded the recent [...]	2008-01-21 19:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV YI
08USUNNEWYORK590	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS TO CONSIDER BROADENING [...] (SBU) Libya convened a second UNSC experts meeting on July 2 to discuss its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. (Note: During the first experts meeting on June 30, several delegations expressed support for the draft text, but others including USUN and UKUN said they had [...]	2008-07-02 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK591	USUN CLEARANCE FOR U.S. EXPERTS FOR THIRD SESSION [...] U.S. Mission clearance is granted for the following individuals to participate in the Third Session of UN Group of Governmental Experts on Ammunition in Surplus at the United Nations for July 7-11, 2008: Steven Costner; Deputy Director of the State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and [...]	2008-07-03 16:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CDG ETTC MAS MCAP PARM UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK592	1540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIANS SEEK TO REPLACE RUSSIAN [...] (C) Russian Deputy Permanent Representative Shcherbak approached USUN on June 25 to request U.S. support for a Russian candidate to replace the Russian national currently serving on the 1540 Committee's Group of Experts, Viktor Slipchenko. Shcherbak said the Russian Federation wants to handl [...]	2008-07-03 18:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK593	USUN INTRODUCES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN presented the draft resolution on Zimbabwe sanctions during Security Council consultations on July 3. The UK, France, Belgium, Italy, and Croatia voiced strong support for the draft resolution. Burkina Faso voiced support for the idea of a sanctions resolution but said they [...]	2008-07-03 21:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK594	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PR [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on July 1, Pakistani PR Akram made several requests. Akram asked for U.S. assistance to ensure that SYG Ban tells FM Quereshi when he visits New York on July 9 that the UN will proceed with a commission of inquiry into Bhutto's death. Secondly, Akram [...]	2008-07-03 21:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK595	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS PUT TEXT IN BLUE FOR VOTE [...] (SBU) Following the July 2 UNSC experts meeting on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements (reftel),the Arab Group decided on July 3 to put their draft text in blue on July 7 and call for a vote latest on July 11. The Arabs also decided to keep the focus of the resolution on [...]	2008-07-03 23:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK596	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PR [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on July 1, Pakistani PR Akram made several requests. Akram asked for U.S. assistance to ensure that SYG Ban tells FM Quereshi when he visits New York on July 9 that the UN will proceed with a commission of inquiry into Bhutto's death. Secondly, Akram [...]	2008-07-03 23:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK598	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN PLANS TO INTRODUCE [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad met with the Arab Group on July 7 about the draft resolution on Israeli settlements. He urged the group to delay putting the text in blue for 48 hours so that the Arabs could consider U.S. elements for a comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and UNSC e [...]	2008-07-08 15:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK599	NY PROPERTY TAX: LIBERIA NEAR FINAL SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	LI OFDP PREL
08USUNNEWYORK601	1540 COMMITTEE ADOPTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 22:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK602	UNSC: D/SYG MIGIRO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 23:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK603	SOUTH AFRICA OPPOSED TO TIMING AND CONTENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo met with AMB Khalilzad July 7 to request that the U.S. consider an "intermediate option" before moving forward with sanctions on Zimbabwe. Kumalo said the content and timing of the U.S. draft resolution will not meet its intended objective o [...]	2008-07-08 23:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK605	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: USUN REQUESTS DEMARCHE TO PARIS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) The Arab Group decided on July 8 to put their revised draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements in blue, "so that it can be voted on soon," according to the press release they put out after their meeting. (Note: The text of the [...]	2008-07-09 01:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK610	RUSSIA THREATENS ZIMBABWE VETO, P-3 DISCUSS [...] (C) Amb Khalilzad discussed the Arab settlements UNSCR with British and French PermReps on July 9. After previously saying they would offer only weak amendments to the preambular Arab text, the French said they now had clearance from Paris to present additional operative paragraphs as well th [...]	2008-07-09 17:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC ZI RS IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK611	SOMALIA UN AMB RESIDENCE - REQUEST TO REMOVE [...] The City of New Rochelle, NY, has contacted USUN/HC and sent a letter to both OFM/NY and USUN/HC requesting assistance to remove the diplomatic immunity from the Somalia UN Mission official residence at 250 Elk Avenue (see text of letter in para 2 and action request in para 5, below). [...]	2008-07-09 21:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL SO
08USUNNEWYORK612	UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL: COMMITTEE ON NGOS [...] Summary: At its resumed session May 29 - June 6 and June 25, ECOSOC,s Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO) recommended ECOSOC consultative status for a number of U.S. NGOs, including the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and the Hudson Institute. Action on the Democracy Coali [...]	2008-07-09 23:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM USUN
08USUNNEWYORK613	SRSG KAI EIDE'S REQUESTS TO UN HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) Summary: In advance of SRSG Kai Eide,s meetings in Washington, below is a summary of what he needs from UN Headquarters, what USUN has done to support him, and what we plan to do in the future. End summary. WHAT EIDE NEEDS 2. (C) Eide has requested UN Headquarters action on two broad [...]	2008-07-10 00:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
08USUNNEWYORK614	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE [...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...]	2008-07-10 02:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK616	UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON 1701 REPORT: MEMBER STATES [...] (SBU) Summary. During closed consultations on July 9, UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, DPKO Asia and Middle East division director, briefed the Council on the June 27 SYG report on the implementation of UNSCR 1701. U/SYG Pasco [...]	2008-07-11 00:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC SY IS LE
08USUNNEWYORK617	DPKO BRACES FOR ICC INDICTMENTS; CHINA THREATENS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a series of P5 and P3 meetings on July 10, UN Secretariat officials expressed concern for the implications of pending ICC indictments, which reportedly included Sudanese President Bashir, for peacekeeping operations ( [...]	2008-07-11 00:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC SU
08USUNNEWYORK618	UN/SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB 1267 LISTING; MONITORING [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (S) Per ref A, USUN raised with Somali UN Deputy PermRep Idd Mohamed the possiblity of Somali co-sponsorship of a request to the Security Council's 1267 Committee to add the al-Shabaab organization to the Committee's list of individua [...]	2008-07-11 01:21:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK619	UNSC-ZIMBABWE: RUSSIA PROMISES VETO, CHINA CLAIMS [...] (C) In a meeting convened by the UK on July 11, Russian PermRep Churkin announced to the P5 that Russia had finally received instructions on the U.S.-backed Zimbabwe sanctions resolution. Russia was prepared to engage in negotiations on the basis of the "former South African text" reported in [...]	2008-07-11 18:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK62	REQUEST FOR MISSION CLEARANCE: UNSC EXPERT [...] Mission clearance is granted for Erin Crowe (IO/PSC),Steve Bondy (EEB/ESC/TFS),Roopa Rangaswamy (S/CT),Maegan Conklin (L/UNA),Paul Lurie (Treasury/OFAC),and Brian Wilson (Treasury/OFAC) to travel to New York on 1/23 to meet with USUN sanctions officers and working-level experts from the d [...]	2008-01-22 23:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PREL KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK620	UNSC TERMINATES REMAINING RWANDA SANCTIONS [...] On July 10, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously resolution 1823 (2008),which terminates all remaining sanctions on Rwanda and dissolves the Rwanda Sanctions Committee (text at para 2). No delegation delivered a statement at the session. 2. BEGIN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1823 [...]	2008-07-11 22:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK621	UN: RUSSIA, CHINA VETO ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (U) On July 11 Russia and China vetoed the adoption of the U.S.-authored draft Security Council resolution that would have imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Zimbabwe and subjected fourteen senior members of the Zimbabwean government most responsible for the campaign of violence against t [...]	2008-07-12 02:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK623	SRSG EIDE AND U/SYG HOLMES BRIEF SC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, the Security Council met to discuss Afghanistan, following the Secretary-General's special report on the outcome of the June 2008 Paris Conference. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Kai Eide and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitari [...]	2008-07-14 21:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK625	SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 22:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK626	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH MAY GO WOBBLY [...] (C) French PR Ripert called Amb Khalilzad on July 14 to discuss the way ahead on the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. Having successfully delayed action on the resolution until after the Euro-Med summit, which concluded on July 14, Ripert said he now had to give [...]	2008-07-14 23:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK629	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: As part of its work to finalize the first-year budget for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),the STL Management Committee continued to discuss staffing levels for the STL on July 3 and 8. STL Registrar Robin Vincent has requested 315 staff, at an estimated cost of USD [...]	2008-07-15 21:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK630	CHINA, RUSSIA OUTLINE THINKING ON ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chinese PermRep Wang told P-5 counterparts this morning that Beijing had instructed him to veto last weekend's Security Council resolution on Zimbabwe after South African President Mbeki called Chinese President Hu to complain that the U.S. and UK were actively discouraging the Zi [...]	2008-07-16 01:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO SU ZM
08USUNNEWYORK631	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRANCE AND UK TO PROPOSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) P-3 Ambassadors met in the evening of July 15 to discuss a response to the Arab draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. French Amb Ripert reported that earlier in the day Qatari Amb Nasser had agreed, on behalf of the Arab [...]	2008-07-16 01:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK633	U.S.- U.N. HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 11 the U.S. and the U.N. conducted a High-Level Strategic Dialogue on Iraq, comprised of a political component chaired by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and a security component chaired by Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Sir [...]	2008-07-16 16:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREM IZ UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK634	UN SECRETARIAT ON DARFUR: VERY BAD, GETTING WORSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council on July 16 that the security situation in Darfur is dire. He described widespread and generalized violence, disregard of the Darfur Peace Agreement, 200,000 additional civilians displaced this year, fragmentation and proliferation of rebe [...]	2008-07-17 00:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU
08USUNNEWYORK635	DPM/FM KHIEM OFFERS "FAVORABLE CONDITIONS" ON [...] (C) During a meeting on July 16, Vietnamese DPM/FM Pham Gia Khiem requested that Khalilzad "work with the State Department" to grant Vietnam permission to buy property in New York for their permanent mission to the United Nations. According to Khiem, the USG was delaying the purchase until the [...]	2008-07-17 16:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	OFDP PREL KREC VM UN
08USUNNEWYORK64	GAZA: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council held a public debate January 22 on the situation in Gaza. Public statements were delivered by UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe, all Security Council members, Israel, the Palestinians, neighboring states, the Arab League, OIC, and NAM. Amb Khalilad's intervention exp [...]	2008-01-23 00:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK640	UN/1267 SANCTIONS: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1822 [...] (U) The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1822 on June 30 (see full text in paragraph 5),setting out the Council's strategic vision for the sanctions regime concerning al-Qaida and the Taliban, established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999),and extending the mandate of the 1267 [...]	2008-07-18 14:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK641	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH JAPANESE PERMREP [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Japanese PermRep Takasu on July 16 as part of regularly scheduled consultations. Takasu began with a review of the G8 Summit and said Japan wanted to continue to discuss the issues raised there in New York. He touted a September 24 high-level event [...]	2008-07-18 17:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK646	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS LIKELY TO CONCEDE DEFEAT [...] (C) Arab Group Ambassadors met on July 18 to discuss the revised comprehensive resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that USUN shared with them on July 16 (ref B). (Note: This revised draft contained more language on settlements than USUN's original elements but retained strong langua [...]	2008-07-19 00:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK647	LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER BELLEMARE EXPRESSES [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UNIIIC Commissioner and Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare asked Amb. Khalilzad in a July 16 private meeting for the United States to provide the UNIIIC with experienced analysts to assist in the investigation. Bellemare also called f [...]	2008-07-21 16:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE
08USUNNEWYORK648	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: PENSION FUND APPLICATION [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: USUN LegalOff represented the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in a videoteleconference with the Board of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund on July 17. The Board was considering the Management Committee's application for the STL to join the F [...]	2008-07-21 17:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK649	UNIFIL: DPKO EMPHASIZES DIMINISHING LAF [...] (SBU) POL officers met with Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, DPKO Asia and Middle East division director, on July 21 to discuss issues related to the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Weisbrod-Weber said he wanted to reiterate the "very strong statements" he made during the July 9 Security Council consu [...]	2008-07-21 23:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC LE
08USUNNEWYORK65	UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR SIX [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 18, 2008 concerning the financing of six peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fol [...]	2008-01-23 14:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
08USUNNEWYORK650	UN/SOMALIA: FRANCE OPPOSES AL-SHABAAB LISTING [...] (C) On July 16, the French UN mission conveyed to USUN that France is not in favor of listing the Somali organization "al-Shabaab" under UNSCR 1267 (Terrorism/Al-Qaeda sanctions) (ref A and B). Acting on instructions from Paris, the mission explained that France's opposition is based on its [...]	2008-07-22 16:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK653	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Ambassador Khalilzad July 22 he had spoken to Judge Pillay, his candidate for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, after Secretary Rice's phone call. Regarding Pillay's reported problematic statement claiming "an international right to abortion," B [...]	2008-07-22 22:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK654	UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM PLANS TO LAUNCH [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) President of the General Assembly (PGA) Srgan Kerim told the Ambassador in a July 21 meeting that he planned to submit a report to the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) recommending that the General Assembly adopt a resolution that th [...]	2008-07-22 23:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK655	UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 21, 2008 concerning the financing of 14 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: [...]	2008-07-23 17:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
08USUNNEWYORK656	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: SECURE HOUSING ARRANGED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 18:17:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK657	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DEPUTY PROSECUTOR SELECTED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 18:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK66	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 14:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
08USUNNEWYORK660	ISRAEL AND ARABS EXCHANGE BARBS IN MONTHLY DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary. U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on July 22. Pascoe outlined encouraging developments in the region, highlighting the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon, indirect talks between Israel and Syria, and the [...]	2008-07-24 01:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC SY LE IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK662	FRIENDS GROUP EXPRESSES BROAD SUPPORT FOR UN'S [...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted a meeting of the Friends of Burma on July 23, in advance of a July 24 briefing on Burma in the Security Council, and in advance of Special Envoy Gambari's planned mid-August visit to Burma. The SYG urged broad support for Gambari's mission as [...]	2008-07-24 18:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK664	SOMALIA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR NEW TARGETED SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 24 meeting of the UN Sanctions Committee for Somalia, members voiced broad support for imposing new targeted sanctions against individuals and entities who undermine the peace process in Somalia. Visiting SRSG Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah told the committee such targeted measur [...]	2008-07-25 14:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK666	GAMBARI BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON BURMA; [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari briefed the Security Council in advance of his mid-August trip to Burma. Gambari reviewed the same message and themes as during his July 23 meeting with the Friends of Burma (reftel). Among P5 members, the U.S., UK and France said Gambar [...]	2008-07-25 20:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK667	LAUNCH OF UN EARLY RECOVERY APPEAL FOR SICHUAN [...] (U) On July 25, 2008, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched the UN China Appeal for Early Recovery Support to Assist Wenchuan Earthquake Victims. The appeal was announced July 16 in Beijing (see reftel.) In an historic move, the Chinese government requested the support of [...]	2008-07-25 22:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON EFIN EIND PHUM UNDP
08USUNNEWYORK668	SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKS TO GET ACTIVE ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on July 23, several Security Council members echoed the U.S.'s call for a more detailed briefing from DPKO on peacekeeping scenarios by August 15. Council members voiced concern over the size, mandate and composition of a potential force, and the options presen [...]	2008-07-25 22:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK669	SWISS COUNTER-TERRORISM "PROCESS" CHALLENGES U.S. [...] (U) Summary. In November 2007, Costa Rica, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland and Turkey launched a series of meetings described as the "International Process on Global Counter-terrorism Co-operation (Process)" (reftel). On July 24, they circulated a final document which states that the purpose of [...]	2008-07-25 22:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UN SZ
08USUNNEWYORK67	UNRWA ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 14:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNRWA
08USUNNEWYORK670	FOCUSING THE UN ON THE SAFE HAVEN TERRORISM PROBLEM [...] (C) Begin Summary. Ambassador Dell Dailey (S/CT) met with UN Counter-Terrorism and Sanctions representatives July 15 and 16. The exchanges included a discussion of using the UN to focus on the "safe haven" terrorism problem in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwest Paki [...]	2008-07-25 23:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREF PREL
08USUNNEWYORK671	BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIA PR ON DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Indian PermRep Sen on July 24. They discussed possible initial members in the UN democracy caucus and shared concern regarding UN budget practices. India offered to do more on Afghanistan if needed, and pointedly asked when the U.S. would be as open [...]	2008-07-28 16:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF AA
08USUNNEWYORK676	SUDAN: AU COMMISSIONER PROPOSES AD HOC LEGAL [...] This is an action request -- sees paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. African Union Commissioner Lamamra suggested to Ambassador Khalilzad on July 25 that the Security Council should suspend International Criminal Court (ICC) proceedings against Sudanese President Bashir before the ICC rules on a [...]	2008-07-29 22:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU
08USUNNEWYORK681	GUIDANCE REQUEST:PACIFIC ISLANDS-DRAFTED GA [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 4. 2. (U) In a July 29 briefing for UN delegations, the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) announced their intention to conclude bilateral consultations by Thursday, July 31, on their draft General Assembly resolution calling on th [...]	2008-07-30 16:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA UNSC KGHG SENV
08USUNNEWYORK682	A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...]	2008-07-30 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK
08USUNNEWYORK683	SERBIA FM JEREMIC ON ICJ: "I HAVE NO DISCRETION" [...] (C) In a July 25 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuc Jeremic insisted that Serbia has no choice but to activate a request through the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Koso [...]	2008-07-30 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KOC SE
08USUNNEWYORK684	1540 COMMITTEE - REPORT, LETTER TO G8 [...] (U) Per reftel A, USUN has advised the Costa Rican delegation that the U.S. would like to see the UN issue a press release and hold a press event in connection with the release of the 1540 Committee's report to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1810 (2008). The Costa Ricans respond [...]	2008-07-30 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK685	A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...]	2008-07-31 15:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK
08USUNNEWYORK686	UNITED NATIONS - LEGAL EXPERTS COMPLETE FINAL [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: General Assembly Sixth (Legal) Committee experts considered the draft statutes for the new UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) and the UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) from June 30-July 3. While delegations made progress, they did not reach agreement on all provisions of the statutes. T [...]	2008-07-31 18:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK689	SOMALIS PUSH STABILIZATION FORCE, UN RESISTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: In meetings during the week of July 21-25, Somali representatives and UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) officials offered sharply different perspectives on prospects for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) [...]	2008-07-31 21:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK69	UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT TO THE TRUST FUND FOR THE [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $966,231 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (VC),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of November 22, 2007 payments owed ar [...]	2008-01-23 14:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
08USUNNEWYORK70	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: PROSECUTOR RAPP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp (American),in New York for press briefings, meetings with UN officials, and non-Court business, met January 22 with members of the Special Court Management Committee, including USUN. Rapp reported that the prosecution w [...]	2008-01-23 15:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
08USUNNEWYORK71	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: DIFFERENCES AMONG PRINCIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) Under Secretary-General Michel convened major donors to the Special SIPDIS Tribunal for Lebanon (U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Lebanon) to discuss the steps that need to be taken in order to establish a Management Committee to ov [...]	2008-01-23 15:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK711	ARE THE "FRIENDS OF UNAMID" TRUE FRIENDS? [...] (C) This is an action request see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The July 24th meeting of the "Friends of UNAMID" (FoU) was a follow up to the July 2nd meeting of the FoU at which UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) of the Department of Field Support (DFS),Malcorra asked the FoU for sp [...]	2008-08-07 23:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AF SU
08USUNNEWYORK713	SOMALI PERMREP'S RESIDENCE: OBTAINING TFG APPROVAL [...] Action request - See Paragraph 3. 2. During U.S. Deputy Permrep Wolff's meeting August 7 to discuss political developments (septel) with Somali UN Mission Deputy Permrep Idd Beddel Mohamed, Ambassador Wolff raised the long-standing problem of serious health and safety hazards at the unoccup [...]	2008-08-07 23:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL SO
08USUNNEWYORK716	UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM ASKS FOR USG HELP REIGNING [...] (C) Summary: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim described to Ambassador Khalilzad August 7 a growing divide on UN Security Council reform between the G4 and the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) blocs, with the Brazilians threatening to join the Indians in tabling a resolution if inter-governme [...]	2008-08-08 20:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK717	UN OPPOSES RENEWAL OF VAN WALSUM CONTRACT [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff on August 7 met with Undersecretary for UN Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to deliver points in ref A. He urged Pascoe to recommend extension of Peter Van Walsum's term as the SYG's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara or at a minimum to allow Van Walsum to remain in his post [...]	2008-08-09 00:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UNSC MO WI
08USUNNEWYORK718	DARFUR: NEW JOINT MEDIATOR BASSOLE BRIEFS USUN [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) On August 8, UN-AU Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur Djibril Bassole briefed Amb. Wolff on his strategy to revitalize the political process in Darfur. Bassole said that ICC prosecutor Ocampo's move against President Bashir had " [...]	2008-08-09 00:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC SU
08USUNNEWYORK720	GEORGIA CHALLENGES RUSSIA, SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UN Security Council failed on August 8 to reach a consensus on a press statement in reaction to the developing conflict in South-Ossetia, Georgia. In a dramatic public session, the Georgian PermRep asked the Russian PermRep whether Russia was prepared to call off the bomber [...]	2008-08-09 03:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG PGOV PREL RS
08USUNNEWYORK721	TOUGH DAY FOR RUSSIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 00:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU GG UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK722	UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: BANK SEPAH DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) USUN delivered ref A demarche on August 11 to Cui Wei, attach at the Chinese Mission to the UN, about China's recent authorization of payments from Bank Sepah of Iran (ref B). USUN requested that China provide more information about these transactions, including the types of contract or [...]	2008-08-11 20:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK723	U/SYG PASCOE BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNAMI REPORT, SC [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6 the Security Council met to discuss the Secretary-General's quarterly report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe noted UNAMI's expanded role [...]	2008-08-12 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREM IZ UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK724	1540 COMMITTEE: RUSSIANS INSIST ON ADDING NINTH [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Security Council's 1540 Committee remains divided over Russia's proposal to add a ninth member to its Group of Experts. Many members support Russia's initiative, the unstated goal of which is to guarantee that a new Russian expert (Antonin Litavrin) [...]	2008-08-12 23:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK726	SOMALI MISSION WAIVES INVIOLABILITY OF RESIDENCE [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Somali Mission to the UN waiving the inviolability of the PermRep's residence in New Rochelle so that the City can enter to make necessary repairs to mitigate the existing health and safety hazards. Text of the Somali note appears in paragraph 2 b [...]	2008-08-13 16:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL SO UN
08USUNNEWYORK728	SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON UPCOMING VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met with United Nations Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari one-on-one August 12 to discuss Gambari's upcoming visit to Burma and Singapore. Gambari hopes to jump-start the political process in Burma and assist in the development of the country's election commission. Th [...]	2008-08-13 21:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK729	1540 COMMITTEE REMAINS BLOCKED OVER EXPERTS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: At its August 12 meeting, the Security Council's Committee established by resolution 1540 (2004) remained deadlocked over Russia's proposal to add a ninth member to its Group of Experts (ref A),with the P-3 opposing the proposal. A representative of the UN Office of Di [...]	2008-08-13 21:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK731	GENERAL ASSEMBLY COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY [...] Action request para 4. 2. Summary. Consultations on a resolution on the Counter-terrorism strategy review concluded August 11 with tentative agreement on the text. Member states met during early August under the Chairmanship of Guatemalan Permanent Representative Gert Rosenthal to prepa [...]	2008-08-13 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK732	UNIFIL: USUN RAISES EMBASSY BEIRUT SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 20:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE

08USUNNEWYORK733	UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT IN NICARAGUA [...] (C) Ambassador McMahan delivered ref A demarche to UNDEF director Roland Rich on August 8, and UN Office of Partnerships (UNOP) head Amir Dossal and Indian DPR Ajai Malhotra on August 12. All agreed with US position that host countries should not have the power to veto proposed UNDEF project [...]	2008-08-14 22:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM
08USUNNEWYORK734	HOW GAMBARI SEES HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) During a meeting on August 13, UN Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari (protect) provided Ambassador Wolff with a copy of the confidential letter from Secretary-General Ban to Indian Prime Minister Singh. In the letter, SYG Ban expressed his intention to return to Burma later in the year "prov [...]	2008-08-14 23:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK735	2008 MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from February 27-March 7, 2008. Th [...]	2008-08-15 00:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PTER PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK736	MAXIMIZING U.S. LEVERAGE IN THE 63RD UNGA [...] (C) Summary. The 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) offers an opportunity to maximize U.S. influence within the UN by promoting targeted initiatives and reducing, without compromising U.S. policies or principles, the number of resolutions where we vote in or nearly in isolation. This [...]	2008-08-15 18:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON UN
08USUNNEWYORK737	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BRIEFS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UK Chair of the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon briefed Member States August 13 on progress relating to the STL. The Chair discussed the Management Committee, its functions, and composition, as well as developments concerning the building t [...]	2008-08-15 21:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK738	UNIFIL: GENERAL GRAZIANO CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT [...] (C) Summary: UNIFIL Force Commander Major General Graziano told Ambassador Khalilzad August 14 that he prefers a simple, technical roll-over of UNIFIL's mandate since it will take a few months to assess how Lebanon's new political realities may impact UNIFIL's mandate. He expressed concern o [...]	2008-08-15 22:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MCAP KPKO LE IS
08USUNNEWYORK74	P5 DISCUSSION SHOWS CONTINUED DIVISIONS ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: P5 Permanent Representatives met on January 22 to discuss next steps on UNAMID deployment. The P5 PermReps agreed to request a briefing from SYG Ban upon his return from the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa and to begin discussion in the Sanctions Committee on responses to th [...]	2008-01-23 22:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC IR
08USUNNEWYORK741	SERBIA REQUESTS AN ICJ RULING ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Quint Missions in New York have made informal soundings among Member States to gauge interest in fighting Serbia's request for an advisory opinion (AO) from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. We have found little interest among [...]	2008-08-19 00:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SR
08USUNNEWYORK745	SUDAN: UNMIS SRSG DEFLECTS CRITICISM ON ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18 Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi briefed the Security Council on the situation in Sudan. He maintained that CPA implementation remained on track and that cooperation between the parties "shows signs of improvement" despite recent f [...]	2008-08-19 23:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC SU
08USUNNEWYORK75	GAZA: UNSC DEFERS PRST DISCUSSION UNTIL THURSDAY [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met on January 23 to continue discussions on the draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza prepared by the Arab group in New York and tabled by Libya. Following a meeting of UNSC political coordinators the morning of January 23, in which USUN a [...]	2008-01-23 22:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK753	UN DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS SAYS SAUDIS [...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs Asia and Pacific Division Director Lisa Buttenheim told Poloff August 18 that Saudi Arabia has not formally requested an UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue. Poloff delivered the points contained in r [...]	2008-08-20 18:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA
08USUNNEWYORK754	TFGGO1: RUSSIA INTRODUCES COMPETING RESOLUTION ON [...] Endorses the following plan agreed in Moscow on August 12, 2008: President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and President of the Republic of France Nicolas Sarkozy support the following principles of resolving the conflicts and call on the parties concerned to adhere to these princi [...]	2008-08-21 00:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK755	DESPITE SOME SUPPORT, UNSC MEMBERS MOSTLY IN [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, France showed an enthusiastic commitment for the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum and a fifth round of negotiations--as did non-UNSC member Spain, which proactively told Poloff of Spain's support. Most UNSC memb [...]	2008-08-21 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL UNSC WI MO
08USUNNEWYORK757	ABKHAZ/OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION IN UNSC MEETING ON [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Churkin has proposed holding a Security Council session in Europe, as was done years ago by the General Assembly for Yassar Arafat, if the United States refuses to provide visas to representatives of Abkhaz and South Ossetian separatists to appear at a future meeting of [...]	2008-08-21 20:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RU GG
08USUNNEWYORK76	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 24 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This week saw limited progress in UNAMID deployment planning by a number of TCCs including China, Egypt and Bangladesh, and one potentially significant development with the provision of helos coming out of A [...]	2008-01-24 20:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK760	TFGG01: RUSSIA TESTS UNSC WATERS ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin hastily called for Security Council consultations on Georgia this afternoon during which he announced that he was formally putting Russia's draft resolution before the Council "into blue," a procedural move that would allow but not require a vote on the res [...]	2008-08-22 03:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK764	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS TAME THIS MONTH, [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council during an open meeting on the Middle East on August 20. He stressed that the benefits of the cease-fire have not translated into an improvement of everyday living conditions in Gaza. He welcomed the planned release of 200 Palesti [...]	2008-08-22 22:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE
08USUNNEWYORK768	UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM: PGA STILL TRYING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 22, General Assembly President Kerim gathered together Perm Reps from Japan, the UK, Pakistan, Egypt, Djibouti, and the U.S. for a discussion of compromise language for the report of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council expansion to the General Asse [...]	2008-08-26 14:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK77	SECURITY COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSIONS ON GAZA [...] (SBU) Following a U.S. decision to engage, the Security Council continued consulations January 24 on a draft Presidential Statement (PRST) on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The meetings concluded without agreement on a text. All delegations requested the United States to convey its bo [...]	2008-01-25 01:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWBG KPAL UNSC IS
08USUNNEWYORK791	SOMALIA: DPKO BRIEFING NARROWS OPTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Security Council consultations on Somalia on August 26, the U.S. push for accelerated planning for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) by rehatting AMISOM units was supported by Italy and African members but explici [...]	2008-09-02 22:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK792	UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: NORWAY BRIEFING TO THE 1737 [...] (SBU) On September 2, USUN discussed with the Norwegian UN mission a possible briefing to the 1737 (Iran) Sanctions Committee about Norway's planned nuclear safety project at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (ref A). USUN explained to Jonas Jolle, Counselor for Political Affairs, that a Norwe [...]	2008-09-03 14:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK793	REQUEST FOR ICJ ADVISORY OPINION RE INDEPENDENCE [...] The Serbian Mission, August 15, submitted a request for a new item on the agenda of the 63rd General Assembly in order to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice concerning the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo. The letter, and an explanatory memo, have [...]	2008-09-03 17:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY UNGA ICJ
08USUNNEWYORK794	RE-ENERGIZING THE FRIENDS OF UNAMID [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recent meetings of the &Friends of UNAMID8 (FoU),co-chaired by the United States and Canada have focused on: 1) following up on UN Under Secretary General (U/SYG) Susanna Malcorra's July 2 list of requests, especially for air [...]	2008-09-03 21:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL KPKO SU
08USUNNEWYORK795	GAMBARI REPORTS "SOME PROGRESS" IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 3 that despite negative press reports, his recent visit to Burma delivered some progress on process. Though he was unable to explain Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) unwillingness to meet with him, Gambari pointe [...]	2008-09-04 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK796	UNSC REFORM: OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP DEEPLY [...] (U) The Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council reform met September 2 to discuss the draft report and decision that must be sent to the General Assembly for adoption before the end of the 62nd session (Sept. 12). The debate illustrated the continuing divide between the Group of [...]	2008-09-04 22:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK801	RUSSIA REGROUPING ON ABKHAZ/OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: In closed consultations on August 28, the Security Council decided to hold a public meeting as requested by Georgia and decided not to invite South Ossetian and Abkhaz representatives to participate in it as requested by Russia. Several Council members said inviting the separatis [...]	2008-09-05 16:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK802	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 19:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK804	GUIDANCE REQUEST: COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCES, THE UN [...] This is an guidance request. See paragraph 13. 2. Summary: The Committee on Conferences (CoC),the intergovernmental body mandated to make recommendations to the General Assembly on all matters related to conference servicing, will hold its substantive session September 8-12, 2008. USD [...]	2008-09-05 20:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK805	UN LOWERING SIGHTS ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Field Support Malcorra acknowledged to Ambassador DiCarlo that the UN will not be able to meet its goal of 80 percent deployment of UNAMID by December. Malcorra agreed that the UN should consider going public with this information. She [...]	2008-09-08 19:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AF PGOV PREL KPKO SU
08USUNNEWYORK807	GEORGIA:UN PLANNING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 23:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK808	UN/DRC SANCTIONS: SLOWLY MOVING ON FDLR NAMES [...] (C) As instructed reftel, USUN shared with the UK, France and Belgium UN missions on September 2 information from Washington on individuals affiliated with the FDLR rebel group operating in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UK, France and Belgium reiterated their desire to [...]	2008-09-08 23:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK809	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: U.S. ISOLATED ON NEW NAMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN convened a P3 meeting on September 4 to discuss the U.S. proposal to submit to the Sudan Sanctions Committee four new names for targeted sanctions. France remains opposed to the entire U.S. approach, believing that new sanctions would undermine ongoing dialogue processes an [...]	2008-09-08 23:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK810	QUINT CONFERS ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 23:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ZL
08USUNNEWYORK811	JOINING CONSENSUS ON THE GA "CAUSES OF CONFLICT IN [...] Post notes that General Assembly plenary resolution A/62/L.47 "Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa" will come before the General Assembly for d [...]	2008-09-10 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA UN
08USUNNEWYORK813	LIBERIA: UNMIL DRAWDOWN - GETTING THE PACE RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultations on September 9, a majority of Security Council members favored the Secretary-General's recommendation for a modestly accelerated drawdown of the military component of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the additional deployment of two formed police units (FPUs [...]	2008-09-10 22:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC LI
08USUNNEWYORK814	9/24 ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (U) Ambassador Khalilzad has been invited to attend the ministerial level meeting on September 24 of the Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends. Details about the September 24 meeting, its agenda and objections, can be fo [...]	2008-09-10 22:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
08USUNNEWYORK819	GEORGIA: SRSG DESIGNATE VERBEKE ALARMED AT NEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 16:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK820	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEWS ITS GLOBAL [...] Summary. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) reviewed its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (UNGA Resolution 60/288) on September 4 and 5. The debate went smoothly and was without controversy. The Secretariat and many delegations mentioned that they support the reorganization and insti [...]	2008-09-12 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNGA PREL
08USUNNEWYORK821	GEORGIA, KOSOVO: UN P3 PERMREPS CONSIDER NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 13:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA GG RS SR KV
08USUNNEWYORK822	UN TO RATIONALIZE ITS WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MECHANISMS [...] (SBU) Summary. The high-level panel on UN System-Wide Coherence underlined, in its 2004 report, the need for reform in the gender sector, and the Member States have agreed that the UN's approach to gender/women needs to be rationalized and strengthened. Deputy Secretary-General Migiro present [...]	2008-09-15 20:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN
08USUNNEWYORK826	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH NEW PAKISTAN [...] (C) Incoming Pakistan Permanent Representative to the UN Abdullah Hussain Haroon met September 10 with Ambassador Khalilzad for a brief courtesy call. During the meeting Haroon largely focused on Pakistan,s internal issues, and spoke about trips he made to the tribal regions, especially Swat. [...]	2008-09-16 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK
08USUNNEWYORK827	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: UNSC WANTS GOOD OFFICES MISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSC members backed the Secretary-General's proposal to renew his offer of a good offices mission in order to encourage a negotiated solution to the Djibouti-Eritrea border impasse. Many members joined the U.S. in criticizing Eritrean actions but all agreed on the need for dial [...]	2008-09-17 23:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS UNSC DJ ER
08USUNNEWYORK828	UN/IRAN SANCTIONS: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 23:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
08USUNNEWYORK830	UN 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES AFTER ADDRESSING [...] On September 15, outgoing UN General Assembly (GA) President Srgjan Kerim brought the sixty-second session to a close in a meeting pushed back four hours by an extended final meeting of the Open Ended Working Group on Security Council Expansion (deciding to begin informal plenary negotiations [...]	2008-09-18 00:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK831	AT THE UN, RAISING EYEBROWS: A NONTRADITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN General Assembly (GA) President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann opened the 63rd Session of the GA on September 16. Despite the tradition of a short, pro forma opening speech and calls for cooperation and solidarity, d'Escoto used his fifty-minute speech to level a series of direct a [...]	2008-09-18 00:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK832	IRAN MISSION COMPLAINS OF ANTI-GOI "TERRORIST" [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Iranian Mission to the UN complaining that demonstrators linked to a terrorist group have been allowed to demonstrate in New York, The note requests the USG prevent further demonstrat [...]	2008-09-18 13:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL IR UN
08USUNNEWYORK833	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND P-3 MEET WITH THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 14:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK834	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH CHINESE PERMREP [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Chinese PermRep Guangya Wang on September 16. On Kosovo, Wang said the Serbian request to seek an ICJ advisory opinion was a clever idea, and one that the U.S. should support. On Burma, Wang agreed that nothing concrete had been achieved by the UN,s [...]	2008-09-18 17:18:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH BM
08USUNNEWYORK835	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: RUSSIA OFFERS UNOMIG EXTENSION FOR [...] Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIG for a new period terminating on 15 April 2009; 2. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. End Text. Khalilzad [...]	2008-09-18 17:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK837	SYG BAN WILL SIGN NATO AGREEMENT; CONCERNED WITH [...] (C) During a September 18 call with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General Ban said he had spoken with NATO SYG Hoop Scheffer (ref B),and had decided to sign the Draft Declaration on UN-NATO Cooperation in New York on Monday, September 22. Ban said he wants minimal pQicity and will not post [...]	2008-09-18 20:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK84	SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON UNAMI, MNF-I [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council held its quarterly meeting January 21 on the situation in Iraq. Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura briefed for the first time in his new capacity as the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),and [...]	2008-01-29 21:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ
08USUNNEWYORK840	UNSC REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The final, acrimonious negotiations September 15 over the end-of-session report and draft decision by the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council expansion were only resolved with a last minute negotiation on the floor of the General Assembly, prior to closing the [...]	2008-09-18 21:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK841	SOMALIA: URGENT UN REQUEST FOR FORCE GENERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a hastily called September 18 meeting with UNSC Milads and Political officers, DPKO Military Chief of Staff Col. Ian Sinclair (UK) requested recommendations from capitals concerning which miltarily capable nations the Sec [...]	2008-09-18 23:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PHUM PREL SO UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK842	UNGA: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VOICES CONCERN TO PGA [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met September 18 with UN General Assembly President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann to express concern with the PGA's opening session speech that included direct and mildly-veiled jabs at the United States (reftel). Ambassador Khalilzad said the PGA's speech looked bac [...]	2008-09-19 15:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK845	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN PERMREP LINKS ARRIA VISAS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 18:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK851	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS FOCUS MORE ON UN [...] (SBU) In another low key set of consultations on the Middle East on September 18, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry's briefing was the main focus. He lauded the "gradual but systematic process of Palestinian self-empowerment" in the West Bank and later said t [...]	2008-09-20 00:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE
08USUNNEWYORK853	SUMMARY OF SECRETARY GENERAL'S LUNCH WITH SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 18 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, during his monthly luncheon with Security Council Ambassadors, discussed the Georgia/UNOMIG mandate renewal (ref),Bolivia, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Although not part of the agenda, France raised the issue of Somalia and [...]	2008-09-22 15:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC RS GG SO
08USUNNEWYORK856	UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE RESPONDS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 19, the 1572 (Cote d'Ivoire) Sanctions Committee reviewed recent reports submitted to the committee by the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). The Committee agreed to write to UNOCI to follow-up on specific concerns related to compliance with the arm [...]	2008-09-22 20:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IV PGOV UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK857	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. MISSION TO THE [...] Country Clearance is requested for James B. Donovan of the United States Mission New York to travel to The Hague the Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium and to Arusha, Tanzania. The UN Security Council Informal Working Group on International Tribunals, which deals with issues related to the Inter [...]	2008-09-22 22:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ICTY ICTR PREL PGOV BE NL TZ
08USUNNEWYORK858	ZIMBABWE AGREEMENT: DIVIDED UNSC REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 19 briefing to the Security Council, A/SYG Menkerios called the Zimbabwe power-sharing agreement a "delicate compromise." He hoped that an ongoing dispute about division of portfolios between the Mugabe and Tsvangirai camps would prove a short-lived "snag." He r [...]	2008-09-22 23:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK859	SHARP DEBATE ON UKRAINE MARKS UN GENERAL COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Committee (GC) met September 17 to inscribe items on the agenda of the 63rd UNGA, which opened September 16, and to allocate them to the Main Committees or Plenary. There were no votes in the General Committee, but several controversial items were deferred for fut [...]	2008-09-22 23:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PHUM CH TW
08USUNNEWYORK860	SECRETARY GENERAL ON SAUDI SESSION ON INTER-FAITH [...] (C) The Secretary General told Ambassador Khalilzad September 15 that the Saudi government continues to seek a UN session on interfaith dialogue. He said that he had sent Terje Larsen with the Saudi Foreign Minister to a meeting at the Vatican to discuss next steps, given Vatican concerns ab [...]	2008-09-24 15:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SA
08USUNNEWYORK863	UNGA PRESIDENT D'ESCOTO OPENS GENERAL DEBATE WITH [...] (U) UN General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto spoke upon the September 23 opening of the United Nations General Debate. Consistent with his September 16 speech opening the 63rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session (Ref A),he called for cooperation and solidarity, criticized the [...]	2008-09-25 22:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK864	AT UN, HEADS OF STATE BEGIN 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Debate opened on September 22 with several heads of state taking the floor. Most speakers mentioned the global food crisis, and many spoke on peace-building, energy issues, global warming, the financial crisis, and human rights. UN reform was another commo [...]	2008-09-25 22:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON BR US FR RP QA LI TU AR MA
08USUNNEWYORK865	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (U) On September 25, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Turkmenistan Permanent Representative to the UN Aksoltan Ataeva on the margins of the UN General Assembly general debate. Ataeva solicited USG input on a Turkmenistan draft General Ass [...]	2008-09-26 21:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK866	UN GENERAL DEBATE: CUBA, AFGHANISTAN,ISRAEL, [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the United Nations General Debate entered its second day, national leaders called for resolution of the food, energy, and financial crises, as well as implementation of UN reform (expanding the Security Council). Israel called for Israelis and Palestinians to live "side-by-side [...]	2008-09-26 23:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK868	KYRGYZ UN MISSION RENTAL ARREARS [...] Action Request. See Para 3. 2. Landlord Vornado Realty Trust informed USUN that the Permanent Mission of t he Kyrgyz Republic to the UN is currently in arrears of $45,130.85 for rent and related monthly charges for its offices at 866 UN Plaza, Suite 477, NY, NY. The Kyrgyz Mission has a his [...]	2008-09-26 23:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP KG
08USUNNEWYORK869	AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT NEEDS KEY THEME OF SEPTEMBER [...] SUMMARY: Plenary meetings of the UN General Assembly book-ended September 22's high-level meeting on Africa's development needs. General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto called upon Member States to fully live up to their commitments to African nations. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon insis [...]	2008-09-29 14:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK87	NEW YORK CONSULTATIONS ON UN EFFORT IN IRAQ [...] (C) Following recent consultations on UNAMI with senior UN officials, including U/SYG Pascoe, Special Representative de Mistura, and UNHCR New York Director Bertrand USUN has confirmed the following. On staffing, UNHCR has placed a senior professional staff member full-time in Baghdad, assig [...]	2008-01-30 00:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK870	AT THE UN, IRAN, GEORGIA, BOLIVIA AND OTHERS [...] Summary: The annual UN General Debate continued in the afternoon of September 23 on the themes of global food crisis and UN reform among others. Iran and Lebanon strongly criticized Israel. Iran also defended its nuclear program. Georgia spoke about the need for a stronger UN role given Rus [...]	2008-09-29 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UNGA AORC FI BK RW LH IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK871	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: FOOD CRISIS, [...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon meeting of the 63rd UN General Assembly on September 24, the General Debate focused on the food crisis, climate change and the increasing price of energy, with many noting a need for a more modern, efficient United Nations. The leaders of developing countries ca [...]	2008-09-29 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON UNGA HO EN MI CY CO LG NR
08USUNNEWYORK872	CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS DOMINATE KHMER ROUGE TRIALS [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, USUN attended a meeting of the steering committee of the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT). While all participants praised the progress made by the UN special expert David Tolbert and the recently appointed Deputy Director (UNAKRT Administration [...]	2008-09-29 14:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB
08USUNNEWYORK873	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: UK, PALESTINE AND [...] SUMMARY: On the morning of September 26, the UNGA General Debate continued to address the global financial crisis, climate change, natural disasters, and restarting the Doha round of trade talks. The following heads of state spoke: Montenegro, Haiti, Vanuatu. Heads of Government and high-lev [...]	2008-09-29 16:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON UNGA AORL MW HA NH BY BG NP
08USUNNEWYORK874	UN GENERAL DEBATE: PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE, SUDAN AND [...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon of September 25, the UN General Assembly General Debate continued with its tenth plenary meeting. In an afternoon featuring Pakistan and Zimbabwe's Heads of State and Sudan's Vice-President, security issues were a primary focus. Participants called for peace in [...]	2008-09-29 16:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM UNGA PK ZI SU AS JA KS
08USUNNEWYORK875	UNSC MEETS AT SAUDI/ARAB LEAGUE REQUEST [...] (SBU) The UN Security Council met September 26 in response to the request by Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Arab League to discuss Israeli settlement activity. The Saudi FM spoke first and accused Israel of intransigence and a lack of good faith in dealing with the settlements issue. Arab Le [...]	2008-09-29 17:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS PA LE SY IR
08USUNNEWYORK876	EXTENSION OF TERM OF OFFICE OF YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL [...] Security Council on September 29 adopted resolution 1837 which extended the terms of office of judges and ad litem of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The extensions will facilitate the effective implementation of the completion strategy for the Tribunal. 2. As instr [...]	2008-09-29 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PHUM PREL
08USUNNEWYORK877	FIFTH COMMITTEE TO RESUME CONSIDERATION OF BAN'S [...] Summary: The Fifth Committee (C5) is scheduled, on October 17th, to resume its consideration of SYG Ban's proposal to strengthen the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the related report of the ACABQ. DPA is led by Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. C [...]	2008-09-29 22:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK878	COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCES COMPLETES ANNUAL SESSION [...] Summary. On September 12, 2008, the Committee on Conferences (CoC),the intergovernmental body mandated to make recommendations to the General Assembly (GA) on all matters related to UN conference servicing, reached consensus on a resolution containing recommendations for the consideration o [...]	2008-09-29 22:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK880	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 15:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
08USUNNEWYORK881	UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated September 26, 2008 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fol [...]	2008-09-30 15:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
08USUNNEWYORK882	UN GENERAL DEBATE: INDIA, GERMANY, ITALY AND [...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 26 continued discussion of the energy, food, and financial crises; climate change; and UN reform. India focused on nuclear issues, support for Afghanistan, and its intent to resolve issues with Pakistan. Germany and Italy [...]	2008-09-30 16:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA BP MT IN HR TV MO BB
08USUNNEWYORK883	UN GENERAL DEBATE: RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 27 continued discussing the food, energy and financial crises; United Nations democratization; terrorism; and regional conflict resolution. Russia defended its actions in Georgia with a criticism of the anti-terrorism coal [...]	2008-09-30 16:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA RS SW TS HU ZA LT ID
08USUNNEWYORK887	UN GENERAL DEBATE: FOCUS ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE, [...] SUMMARY: During the September 27 morning plenary meeting of the UNGA General Debate, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Egypt, Mali, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Syria, Oman, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),Gambia, Niger and Romania spoke. Saudi Arabia distributed its Fore [...]	2008-09-30 20:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS AORC UNGA VM PP PE EG SA ML
08USUNNEWYORK890	UN GENERAL DEBATE: VENEZUELA, ERITREA AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: In the final plenary session of the 63rd UNGA General Debate on September 29, speakers included: Ireland, Ethiopia, Belize, Nigeria, South Africa, Eritrea, Thailand, Canada, Cambodia, Venezuela, New Zealand, Belarus, Switzerland, Mauritius, Maldives, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of [...]	2008-09-30 22:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON AORC UNGA EI ET BH NI SF ER
08USUNNEWYORK891	HUMAM HAMUDI DISCUSSES SOFA PROSPECTS [...] (S) Humam Hamudi, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in Iraq,s Council of Representatives, told Ambassador Khalilzad on the margins of the UN General Assembly that even if an agreement was reached between the Iraqi Government and the U.S. on a status of forces agreement (SOFA),it wou [...]	2008-09-30 22:08:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08USUNNEWYORK892	BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Secretary-General Ban convened a high-level meeting of the Burma Group of Friends on September 27 attended by Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda, Japanese Foreign Minister Nakasone, EU High Representative Solana, Vietnamese DPM and Foreign Minister Khiem, UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, [...]	2008-09-30 22:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
08USUNNEWYORK894	KOSOVO: DPKO RECONFIGURATION PLAN FOR UNMIK [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 17:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK SR KV
08USUNNEWYORK895	UN GENERAL DEBATE: BURMA, LIBYA, AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: During the morning UN General Assembly General Debate on September 29, Lao, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Yemen, Jordan, Burma, Botswana, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville),Cote D'Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Ecuador, and Denmark spoke. Speakers continued discussing the en [...]	2008-10-01 19:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS UNGA LA TX MD LS SN YM JO
08USUNNEWYORK897	SYG BAN'S SEPTEMBER 25 HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON THE FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the global food price crisis dominated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's September 25 high-level event on food security and climate change. Ban committed to providing leadership on the food crisis through the High-Level Task Force process, and stated that policy [...]	2008-10-01 20:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV UN
08USUNNEWYORK898	HIGH-LEVEL MEETING PLANNED WITH PGA ON INTER-FAITH [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir told Ambassador Khalilzad in a September 30 phone conversation that the Saudis have agreed with General Assembly President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann to hold a high level session on inter-faith dialogue November 12 or 13, which the Secretary [...]	2008-10-02 17:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SA
08USUNNEWYORK899	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND SYG DISCUSS GEORGIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 18:58:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK90	MEETING WITH CUBANS ON MISSION SECURITY [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. Following a meeting of the UN's Committee on Relations with the Host Country called by Cuba (septel) to complain that the host country was not taking the Cuban Mission's security concerns seriously enough, NYC Com [...]	2008-01-31 15:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP ASEC CU UN
08USUNNEWYORK900	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH NEW UN SPECIAL [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad, in an October 2 meeting with new Special Coordinator of the Secretary-General for Lebanon Michael Williams, noted the USG's significant concerns with Lebanese border security and continuing arms smuggling and suggested that if the Lebanese security forces are over-st [...]	2008-10-02 21:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK902	KOREAN VIEWS ON 63RD UNGA PRIORITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad and Korean Permanent Representative Ambassador Park In-kook led first-time bilateral consultations between the U.S. and Korean missions on October 1. The consultations, which focused on priority issues in the 63rd UNGA, are a part of a Mission initiative to [...]	2008-10-03 16:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNGA ECON BM KN
08USUNNEWYORK91	UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE: AIRPORT PARKING FEES; [...] Summary: Security incidents and removal of NYPD presence from a fixed security post at the Cuban Mission, exemptions from New York State gasoline taxes and the unwelcomed and sudden decision by the Port Authority of NY and NJ (PANYNJ) to charge parking fees to diplomatic vehicles at area ai [...]	2008-01-31 21:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP UN CU
08USUNNEWYORK92	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 31 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3, 6, and 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Integrated Operational Team (IOT) updated USUN MSC on UNAMID deployments, SOFA negotiations, UK Chief of Staff (COS) Persona Non Grata situation, Canadian APCs, and Government of Sudan (GOS) attempt to den [...]	2008-01-31 22:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK920	INCOMING AUSTRIAN UN PERMREP ON PLANS FOR A [...] (C) Summary: Incoming Austrian PermRep Mayr-Harting made his case to Ambassador Wolff for Austria to win one of the Security Council seats up for vote October 17. Mayr-Harting's arguments ranged from Austria's recent successful EU Presidency to being perceived as "harmless" by the internatio [...]	2008-10-09 22:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA USUN UNSC UNMIK SR KV AU
08USUNNEWYORK921	DRUGS AND ELECTION CONCERNS IN GUINEA-BISSAU FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 23:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR SG XY UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK923	UN/SOMALIA SANCTIONS: COUNCIL BRIEFED ON [...] SUMMARY: On October 9, the Chair of the Somalia Sanctions Committee updated the Council on the latest activities of the UN Monitoring Group charged with assessing implementation of the Somalia arms embargo. The Chair explained the Group's challenges identifying sources of financing for embargo [...]	2008-10-10 19:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SO UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK926	SHEBA'A POINTS PASSED TO UN DEPARTMENT OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered October 10 points contained in ref e-mail on Sheba'a to UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Senior Political Affairs Officer Lee O'Brien. O'Brien agreed that delineation could be done on paper through a tabletop exercise, while demarcation could only be done on the g [...]	2008-10-10 23:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UNSC USUN LE IS SY

08USUNNEWYORK927	UNSC REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SCHEDULES [...] (SBU) In an October 10 letter addressed to all missions, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann announced: (1) a meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on November 11, 2008; and (2) an informal plenary of the General Assembly on November 21, 2008, to com [...]	2008-10-10 23:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK929	UN PLANS NOV. 4 CONFERENCE ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) UN Secretary-General Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad Oct. 10 the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council will meet jointly Nov. 4 to discuss the current financial crisis. Ban said the heads of the international financial institutions and high-level representatives of the UN M [...]	2008-10-11 00:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN
08USUNNEWYORK93	UNSCR 1540: DEMARCHES ON MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Per reftel, Mission delivered the demarche providing U.S. objectives for the renewal of the 1540 Committee's mandate to the UK and French representatives to the Committee. While emphasizing that they did not have reactions from Paris or London, both welcomed the U.S. in [...]	2008-01-31 23:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO UNSC OAS KNNP UK FR
08USUNNEWYORK930	UNDP AND UNFPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, SEPTEMBER [...] This cable reports on the Executive Board session of the UN Development Program (UNDP) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA),September 8-12, 2008 in New York. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Board accepted a management "roadmap" to discuss the resumption of UNDP operations in North Korea. [...]	2008-10-11 00:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNDP UNFPA EAID SOCI
08USUNNEWYORK931	UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: GROUP OF EXPERTS BRIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cote d'Ivoire Group of Experts (GOE),a UN-mandated group charged with monitoring implementation of UN sanctions in Cote d'Ivoire, on 8 October delivered to members of the UN Security Council Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee a report documenting continued deficiencies and v [...]	2008-10-14 14:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PGOV IV
08USUNNEWYORK937	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S OCT 13 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: SRSG for Afghanistan Kai Eide outlined to Ambassador Khalilzad a complex tapestry of opportunities and solutions for Afghanistan's tenuous situation, emphasizing the need to act now to shift the balance in our favor. He said that the October 11 cabinet re-shuffling by Afghanista [...]	2008-10-14 23:01:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
08USUNNEWYORK947	BRIEFING ON UNAMA'S PROPOSED BUDGET - SPECIAL [...] (S) In a briefing on October 9th to Fifth Committee experts of the Friends of Afghanistan on the soon-to-be-issued proposed 2009 budget of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA),Scott Smith of DPKO confirmed many of the facts and figures he conveyed in a briefing on July 30th (Ref [...]	2008-10-17 17:42:00	USUN New York	SECRET	AF PGOV PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK95	JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: RANCOROUS SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. During the UN Security Council's monthly public debate on the Middle East on January 30, past optimism about the Annapolis process was overshadowed by rancor resulting from the UNSC's inability to adopt a Presidential Statement (PRST) on the situation in Gaza as well as acrimon [...]	2008-02-01 22:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK955	IRAN LOSES RESOUNDINGLY IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: Iran polled a mere 32 votes from the 192-member UN General Assembly in its failed bid for a Security Council seat over Japan. Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda were elected in first round balloting. End Summary. 2. (U) In one round of balloting October 17, the UN Ge [...]	2008-10-20 16:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA UNSC PREL AORC
08USUNNEWYORK956	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH KRG [...] (C) In a meeting October 10 with Ambassador Khalilzad, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Head of Foreign Relations Falah Bakir pressed the oft-heard Kurdish line that the Iraqi constitution must be respected as Iraq faces upcoming elections, decisions on disputed boundaries, and pressure to [...]	2008-10-20 22:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV IZ
08USUNNEWYORK957	SYG BAN ON DRC, BURMA, SUDAN, SOMALIA, FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 23:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KPKO SU SO BM
08USUNNEWYORK960	UNGA: PRESIDENT AGREES NOT TO ACCELERATE TIMELINE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad told the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) October 20 that the PGA's decision to accelerate intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council expansion had alienated a number of significant countries including the U.S., which had helped facilitat [...]	2008-10-22 17:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KUNR UNSC UNGA IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK961	UNGA DELEGATES DISCUSS NEPAD AND MALARIA [...] In plenary session on October 20, The UN General Assembly (UNGA) received the Secretary General's reports on progress toward fulfillment of UNGA Resolution 62/180: 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (A/63/206, A/63/212 and A/63/219). UNGA su [...]	2008-10-22 19:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON XA
08USUNNEWYORK962	UN TO COMMEMORATE BICENTENNIAL OF END OF SLAVE [...] In plenary session on October 20, The UN General Assembly (UNGA) received the Secretary-General's report on the Follow-up to the Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (A/63/213),and passed a resolution on a Permanent Memorial to and Remembra [...]	2008-10-22 19:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIP AORC
08USUNNEWYORK965	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE AND TWO [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on International Security and Nuclear Disarmament conducted its general debate from October 6 to October 14. This summary comprises statements from Days 1 and 2 (October 6 and 7) of the debate. The following spoke on Day 1: Sergio Duarte, High Representativ [...]	2008-10-22 22:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA CD
08USUNNEWYORK966	SAUDI KING ABDULLAH TO ATTEND UN INTERFAITH [...] (C) Summary: Saudi ambassador Al-Jubeir told Ambassador Khalilzad that King Abdullah will attend the Saudi-backed UNGA high-level meeting scheduled for November 12 and 13 in New York, and requested US support for the interfaith meeting. Al-Jubeir noted that misunderstandings in the "draft" [...]	2008-10-22 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA KISL KIRF SA VT
08USUNNEWYORK967	UNSC: MULTIPLE DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING UK, CALL FOR [...] (SBU) In his monthly briefing to the Security Council on the Middle East, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe reviewed October 22 the series of meetings held in late September on the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. In terms of the West Bank, he noted the start of the [...]	2008-10-23 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
08USUNNEWYORK968	UN PROTESTS DISCRIMINATION IN VISA PROCESSING AND [...] (C/NF) Summary and Action Request: USUN Host Country Minister Counselor and deputy accompanied Department Visa Office Diplomatic Liaison Chief (CA/VO/P/D) Carrie Muntean to meetings on October 22, 2008, with UN officials to discuss visa issues. In meetings with the UN's Travel and Transportati [...]	2008-10-24 00:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	OFDP CVIS ASEC
08USUNNEWYORK97	NICARAGUA AND FRIENDS MOVING EXPEDITIOUSLY TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Peruvian PermRep Voto-Bernales told Ambassador Wolff on February 1 that GRULAC inertia and passivity, complemented by a proactive Cuban/Venezuelan strategy, could result in the NAM endorsing Nicaraguan Miguel D'Escoto for pre [...]	2008-02-04 19:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK971	SYG BAN ON DRC, KOSOVO, PAKISTAN, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (S) Ambassador Khalilzad met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon one-on-one early evening October 22 to discuss DRC, Kosovo, Pakistan, the November 15 Financial Crisis Summit and the upcoming International Conference on Financing for Development in Doha. 2. (S) DRC: The S [...]	2008-10-24 15:30:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK972	DJIBOUTI ASKS UNSC TO GIVE ERITREA AN ULTIMATUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told the Security Council on October 23 that continued inaction by the international community in the face of Eritrea's occupation of Djiboutian territory would leave his country with no option but to use force to protect its "natural integ [...]	2008-10-24 18:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ER DJ SO
08USUNNEWYORK973	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. TABLES REVISIONS [...] Underscores the contribution that compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and with other agreed obligations makes to enhancing confidence and to strengthening international security and stability; 2. Urges all States to implement and to comply fully w [...]	2008-10-27 19:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK976	UKRAINE: GENERAL COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. (See paras 1 and 10). Per Reftel instructions, Ambassador Wolff encouraged the Ukrainian Mission to defer a request to inscribe an agenda item for the 63rd General Assembly commemorating the Great Famine of 1932-1933 ("Holodomor"),when it became clear that Ukra [...]	2008-10-27 21:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA RS UP
08USUNNEWYORK978	UNGA: SOUTH KOREAN PERM REP ON POSSIBLE NEW SC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Park told Ambassador Khalilzad October 24 that the Indian Perm Rep may send a letter to the UN General Assembly President (PGA) pressing for a compromise start date of mid-December for UN Security Council reform intergovernmental negotiations. Park and Khalilzad agreed [...]	2008-10-27 22:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SENV UNSC UNGA IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK98	NYC WANTS TO COLLECT PROPERTY TAX ON BULGARIAN [...] Unclassified - entire text. 2. Bulgarian Minister Plenipotentiary Branimir Zaimov called on USUN Host Country and Legal Officers to describe two meetings between his Mission and the City of New York, which wants to negotiate a settlement with the Mission on USD 35 million it says Bulgaria [...]	2008-02-04 20:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP BU UN
08USUNNEWYORK981	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES CRIME PREVENTION, [...] SUMMARY: During the UN General Assembly Third Committee's formal discussion on crime prevention, criminal justice, and international drug control, speakers agreed that trafficking in drugs, weapons, and persons, and money laundering were cyclical and linked to terrorism, requiring coordinated [...]	2008-10-28 19:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCOR KCRIM AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK982	UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA's Sixth Committee held its general debate on agenda item 78, "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization," from October 22-23. A prominent topic in the Report is UN sanctions. Most speak [...]	2008-10-29 14:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK983	SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: MEMBER STATES PROPOSE MODELS [...] SUMMARY: On October 6, 2008, agenda item 122: "scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations" was formally introduced in the Fifth Committee. Member States had before them reports regarding the unpaid assessments from the Former Yugoslavia, the Secretary-G [...]	2008-10-29 21:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA KUNR
08USUNNEWYORK984	UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SCALES OF [...] On October 6 and 7, the Fifth Committee held formal discussions on agenda item 122: "Scale of Assessments for the Apportionment of the Expenses of the United Nations." Member States considered the annual Report of the Committee on Contributions (A/63/11),which reflects the Committee,s broad [...]	2008-10-29 22:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ORCA
08USUNNEWYORK985	UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ICT GOVERNANCE, [...] Summary: In a formal session on October 22 of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary),Secretariat officials and delegations discussed a number of reports on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) reform, ICT governance and disaster preparedness. [...]	2008-10-29 22:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OARC
08USUNNEWYORK986	MAURITANIAN PERMREP WANTS DIALOGUE WITH U.S., SAYS [...] (C) Mauritanian PermRep Ambassador Ould Hadrami met with PermRep Ambassador Khalilzad on October 28. Ould Hadrami requested the U.S. ambassador in Nouakchott engage in dialogue with the Mauritanian government during this "transitional segment of the democratic process," noting the EU and the [...]	2008-10-29 22:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MR
08USUNNEWYORK988	UNGA/C-6: UNGA,S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held its debate on agenda item 76, "Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts," from October 23-24. The majority of delegations used this debate to list the efforts their own [...]	2008-10-30 14:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK989	CAMEROON UN MISSION RENTAL ARREARS [...] Action Request. See Para 3. 2. Landlord Mr. Leonardo Lopane informed USUN that the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon to the UN (CMUN) is currently in arrears of $22,740.00 (May through October 2008) in overdue monthly rental and late fees for Ambassador and Deputy Perm Rep Tidja [...]	2008-10-30 20:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP CM
08USUNNEWYORK992	UN SAYS SITUATION IN DRC IS DIRE, ASKS FOR HELP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping U/SYG Le Roy said in two recent meetings an immediate political solution was needed to end hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and that MONUC required additional resources to protect civilians. Le Roy believed if Goma fell MONUC would be at ri [...]	2008-10-31 14:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK993	UN REPORTS MIXED FINANCIAL SITUATION [...] On October 28, Under Secretary-General Angela Kane outlined the UN's financial situation the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary). UN financial indicators show a mixed picture for 2008. The United States owes USD 711 million towards the regular budget, U [...]	2008-10-31 19:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC
08USUNNEWYORK994	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC):DAY FIVE, SIX AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its general debate from October 6 to October 14. This summary comprises statements from Days 5, 6 and 7 (October 10, 13 and 14) of the debate. The following states spoke on Day 5: Belarus, Philippines, Israel [...]	2008-10-31 21:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK995	UPDATE ON DOHA FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT (FFD) [...] (U) Summary. Delegations in New York have completed the first reading of the "zero draft" of the outcome document for the November 29 - December 3 Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha. The Egyptian and Norwegian co-facilitators for the FfD process hope to finalize the outcome [...]	2008-10-31 21:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ECON ETRD UN
08USUNNEWYORK996	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE, TWO AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 14 to 16. This summary comprises statements from all three days (October 14, 15 and 16) of the debate. On Day 1, representatives from the following states [...]	2008-10-31 21:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK997	UNGA: UN PASSES 17TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] Summary: In plenary session on October 29, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 17th annual resolution condemning the United States embargo on Cuba with near unanimity, slightly more one-sided than last year. The usual diatribes were accompanied by more measured language from the EU an [...]	2008-10-31 22:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ECON CU
08USUNNEWYORK998	UNGA: WHAT NEXT FOR WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS? [...] Summary: At the annual reports of the International Criminal Tribunals (ICTs),Western delegations praised the courts' principles and practices, while the Russians called for ending the ICTs turning their jurisdiction back over to national governments. All parties were concerned with the im [...]	2008-10-31 23:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KWCI RW YI XG RS NO
08VALLETTA211	MALTESE FIRM REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON BUSINESS [...] (C) As reported reftels, Malta's Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has been quick to recognize the risks that financial transactions with Iranian banks pose to Malta's reputation. In that context, MFSA Director General Andre Camilleri contacted post regarding a Maltese businessman, Mark Ca [...]	2008-05-21 05:27:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN PARM PGOV ETRD MT
08VIENNA1216	RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: AUSTRIA SHARPLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Austrian FonMin Plassnik has delivered a sharply worded statement on Russia's invasion of Georgia, concluding that "business as usual" was not an option. The MFA official responsible for the Caucasus, however, was unsure of what that meant in practice and indicated that the MFA [...]	2008-08-22 08:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU GG EUN AU
08VIENNA175	AUSTRIA ON IRAN SANCTIONS; OMV; INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) Summary. At a Feb. 4 lunch with USUNVIE Amb. Schulte and Embassy Vienna Charge Kilner, MFA PolDir Thomas Mayr-Harting and Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Bernhard Wrabetz detailed GoA objections to sanctions against Iran outside the UNSC framework. Austria's concerns rest on a commitm [...]	2008-02-05 14:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ENRG IR EPET AU ETTC
09ABUDHABI221	(S) UAE CONSIDERS CENTRAL BANK RESTRUCTURE AND [...] (S//NF) Summary. On March 2-3, U.S. Treasury Department central banking advisors from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) met with UAE Central Bank officials to discuss possible UAEG efforts to restructure and enhance its Central Bank. While the Central Bank officials expressed a clear de [...]	2009-03-05 10:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI348	UAE OFFERS S/SRAP HOLBROOKE MORE AFGHANISTAN DELIVERABLES [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) offered additional UAEG support for Afghanistan. MbZ said the UAE was working to c [...]	2009-04-05 12:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PARM MOPS AF PK AE
09ABUDHABI402	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SYSCOM, DUBAI, [...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification at Syscom, Dubai, UAE for the shipment of computer hardware exported by Prosoft Technology Inc., Bakersfield, CA. 2. On April 8, 2009 Export Control Officer (ECO) met with Mr. Musthaque Ahmed K, Sales Engineer, Syscom. Ahmed [...]	2009-04-22 11:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI575	UAE SEEKS CLEAR MESSAGE ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 10:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	AE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER
09ABUDHABI713	IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH - WE NEED TO [...] (C) The President's speech in Cairo laid out a vision of intensive engagement with the Islamic world, and the Secretary's subsequent memorandum to the president delineated an extensive array of scholarships and exchange programs to implement the vision. Many if not all of these programs depen [...]	2009-07-13 08:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC CVIS KPAO AE
09ABUDHABI737	UAE AFFIRMS SUPPORT DURING ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 18. 2. (C) Summary. On July 15, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with UAE Government and finance officials to discuss developments in the global economy, review U.S. measures to address the financial crisis, and stress the importance o [...]	2009-07-20 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EFIN ECON CVIS SOCI AE
09ABUJA1877	CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA SEEKS UPDATE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Action request: Post requests updated information for Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the consolidated list of individuals and organizations linked to Al-Qaida. The CBN earlier released a circular advising Nigerian financial i [...]	2009-10-15 06:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KCOR EFIN NI
09ADDISABABA267	AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met February 1 with Sudanese Presidential Advisers Nafie Ali Nafie and Mustafa Ismael and Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor [...]	2009-02-02 17:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU XA SU CD
09ADDISABABA317	AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Vittorio Scelzo, head of the International Department of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE),and Kpakile Felemou, head of the CSE in Guinea, on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit on 1 February. Discussions focused on S [...]	2009-02-05 15:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU GN AU
09ADDISABABA319	AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Sudan Programs Group Director Tim Shortley, met February 2 with Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Mahamat Faki on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter asked Foreign Minister Faki and the Government of Chad (GoC) to [...]	2009-02-05 15:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU XA SU CD
09AMMAN18	JORDAN: JANUARY 4 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA SITUATION [...] SUMMARY: Over the New Year's holiday weekend, developments in Gaza continued to dominate front and inside pages as well as op-ed pages of Jordanian media outlets. Coverage gave equal treatment to Jordanian public demonstrations and to efforts by King Abdullah and government officials to stop I [...]	2009-01-04 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN2097	PARLIAMENT: "THE SCUM OF JORDAN" [...] (S) Summary: Following an early end to parliament's extraordinary session, many in Jordan are again questioning the professionalism and drive of MPs. Jordan's media, political leadership, and public opinion are united in their condemnation of legislators, whose gaffes only add to the widesp [...]	2009-09-15 06:51:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN2233	JORDANIAN THINK TANK ADVOCATES REGIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Nuclear physicist and Director of Jordan's Arab Institute for Security Studies, Ayman Khalil, recently advocated to EconCouns the benefits of a regional Arab nuclear fuel bank. Khalil's think-tank, located at the University of Jordan, sponsored in June 2009 an international "Nuclear Pro [...]	2009-10-05 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EMIN TRGY KNNP PARM JO
09AMMAN2452	JORDAN: POSITIVE REACTION TO INTL. RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's religious minorities are pleased with the content of the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report and believe that it accurately depicts the level of religious freedom in Jordan. Minority groups were happy that a relative lack of gross religious freedom violation [...]	2009-11-10 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL JO
09AMMAN69	JORDANIAN CONTACT EXPOUNDS ON REASONS BEHIND GID [...] (S/NF) Summary: PolOff met on January 5 with Dr. Muhammad Al-Momani (protect),host of a current affairs program on Jordan's state-run television. Momani offered his understanding of former General Intelligence Department Director Muhammad Al-Dahabi's dismissal and how the decision to fire h [...]	2009-01-08 11:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR JO
09ANKARA349	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR GREATER TURKISH [...] (C) The Afghan Ambassador in Ankara believes that Turkey, as a Muslim country, can provide more effective and acceptable support to Afghanistan than other NATO allies. Military and police training, education, construction, and religious messaging are Turkey's comparative strengths. He argue [...]	2009-03-05 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS AF TU
09ANTANANARIVO356	MADAGASCAR RECEIVES QUESTIONABLE SAUDI INVESTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of questionable Saudi investors has signed an agreement with Madagascar's High Transitional Authority (HAT) allegedly to invest 2 billion dollars (over 20% of GDP) in Madagascar. To further sweeten the deal, the Saudi investors plan to export large quantities of staple c [...]	2009-05-18 13:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL MA SA
09ASMARA31	JEM'S INTER-ETHNIC HOSTILITIES [...] (C) Summary: On January 1, gunmen led by ethnic Zaghawa JEM commanders fired on 32 unarmed JEM members of the Meidob ethnic group of North Darfur, according to JEM's Secretary for Legal Affairs. The attack was aimed at eliminating potential opposition to Khalil Ibrahim's retention by force o [...]	2009-01-27 08:20:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL SU ER
09ASTANA251	KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKET MUST OVERCOME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 5, Energy Officer accompanied USAID Senior Energy Policy Specialist Michael Trainor to meetings with major players in Kazakhstan's power sector to solicit feedback on USAID's new Regional Energy Market [...]	2009-02-12 02:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA715	KAZAKHSTAN'S EIGHTH EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Dr. (sic) Dariga Nazarbayeva organized (or at least it was organized in her name),the Eighth Eurasian Media Forum, April 23-24, in Almaty, co-sponsored by CNN and "The International Herald Tribune," with support from EuroN [...]	2009-04-27 06:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PROP SOCI KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA83	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER ENCOURAGES ASTANA TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev underlined Kazakhstan's commitment to promoting inter-confessional u [...]	2009-01-15 10:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM KZ
09BAGHDAD1103	IRAN IN IRAQ: STRATEGY FOR PRESSURING IRGC-QF [...] (S/NF) Summary: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Quds Force (IRGC-QF) officers are active in Iraq, conducting traditional espionage and supporting violent extremists as well as supporting both legitimate and malign Iranian economic and cultural outreach. Iraqis and their government have dem [...]	2009-04-24 16:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR MOPS ECON ETRD IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1187	IRAQI MFA CONDEMNS REPORTED IRANIAN ATTACKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In response to reports of Iranian cross-border attacks in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Iraqi MFA summoned Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi-Qomi on May 4 to demand a halt to the attacks and threaten "severe negative consequences" if they continue. According to unconfirmed p [...]	2009-05-05 16:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1493	IRAQI POLITICIANS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's political classes almost uniformly praised President Obama's June 4 speech from Cairo as "a good start." However, most contacts told us that the U.S. must follow up with specific actions to consolidate Iraq's fragile democracy and to establish an independent [...]	2009-06-07 15:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1925	SHIA AGAIN PONDER UIA AS AN ELECTORAL VEHICLE [...] (C) Summary. Local media and Embassy contacts are speculating about the imminent revival of the Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) as a coalition for the planned January parliamentary election. The potential revival of the UIA encompasses three main issues: whether the Islamic Supreme Council of Ira [...]	2009-07-16 08:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2021	RRT ERBIL: NEW REFINERY AND CRUDE PRODUCTION COMES [...] (U) Summary: At a July 18 ceremony, attended by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and former Ambassador to Iraq and the UN Zalmay Khalilzad, oil from the Khurmala Dome began flowing into the Erbil refinery, the only privately-owned refinery in Iraq. The refinery's initial capacity is 20,000 [...]	2009-07-28 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2282	RRT ERBIL: KRG CONVENES NEW PARLIAMENT BUT [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a ceremony in Erbil August 20, the newly-elected Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) parliament was sworn in and President Barzani inaugurated. Barzani and President Talabani strongly condemned the Baghdad bombings and called for Iraqi un [...]	2009-08-23 16:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD2367	PRT DIYALA: ONGOING CHALLENGES TO PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KDEM PGOV PINR PTER
09BAGHDAD2370	RRT ERBIL: KRG MINISTER,S HARSH CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister Responsible for Foreign Relations Falah Mustafa announced publicly that Embassy Baghdad fails to inform Washington about Kurdistan Regional issues. He repeated it again in a meeting with RRT Lead [...]	2009-09-03 06:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD2419	PRT DIYALA: POLITICAL INFIGHTING UNDERMINES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2420	PRT DIYALA: POLITICAL INFIGHTING UNDERMINES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2774	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2879	SADRIST TREND AND ISCI OFFER PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Declaring its commitment to an open-list electoral system, the Sadrist Trend this month held Iraq's first primary election, claiming a likely exaggerated turnout of 1.5 million. Days later, their electoral ally, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),announced it too is acce [...]	2009-10-27 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2937	SUNNIS CONVINCED OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ARREST [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala message. 2. (C) Summary: On October 24th, Iraqi press reported the issuance of arrest warrants for Diyala Provincial Council (PC) member Hisham al-Hiyali and his wife, Council of Representatives (COR) member, Tayseer al-Mashandani. These arrest warrants are the lat [...]	2009-11-04 07:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2995	WILL SHI,A COALITIONS JOIN FORCES? BALANCING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Local media is rife with speculation that the two leading Shi'a electoral coalitions, the Prime Minister's State of Law Alliance (SLA) and the ISCI/Sadrist-led Iraqi National Alliance (INA),will merge before coalition registration ends on November 13. Sources from bo [...]	2009-11-13 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD30	NEXT SPEAKER OF THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT - A HERD OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is currently no clear Sunni Arab candidate emerging to succeed the erratic Mahmoud Mashhadani, who flamed out late last month (reftel) as speaker the Council of Representatives (CoR),Iraq's parliament. There is much jockeying for position, however, among the (Sunni Arab) Na [...]	2009-01-07 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3056	IN BAGHDAD, TURKEY AND U.S. DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Major General (MG) Erdal Ozturk and delegation flew to Baghdad for a meeting with MG Steven Hummer and other U.S. officials to discuss the progress of the Turkey-Iraq-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue. During a one-on-one meeting between MG Ozturk and MG Hummer, [...]	2009-11-20 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER TU IZ
09BAGHDAD3065	PRT DIYALA: PROSECUTOR CLAIMS CONFESSION LED TO [...] This is a PRT Diyala cable. 2. (C) Summary: Multiple sources claim that the recent Anti-Terrorism Law-based warrants for Diyala Provincial Council member Hisham al-Hiyali and his wife, Council of Representatives (COR) member Tayseer Mashandani, originate with the un-coerced confession of [...]	2009-11-22 08:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3133	TRILATERAL COUNTER-PKK COOPERATION REMAINS ON TRACK [...] (SECRET/NOFORN) Summary: MNF-I MGEN Stephen Hummer led a MNF-I/EMB Baghdad group, accompanied by MSNSA Staff MGEN Fukaiki, to the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) on November 25. Bilateral U.S.-GoI (with KRG host) discussions on the margins with hosting KRG Zerevani (paramilita [...]	2009-12-02 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MARR PINR SNAR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD3321	FOURTH TURKEY-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This cable has an action request, please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The fourth ministerial meeting of the Turkey-Iraq-U.S. trilateral security dialogue was held in Baghdad on December 20. The Turkish delegation also had a meeting with MNF-I CG immediately following the meetin [...]	2009-12-23 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR PGOV PINR PREF PTER
09BAGHDAD382	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPM ESSAWI [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Essawi told the Ambassador that he was working with Osama al-Najafi to defuse lingering election-related tensions in Ninewa Province and help the winning parties in Anbar province form a power-sharing agreement. The DPM plans to travel to the KRG to dis [...]	2009-02-13 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD401	ISCI ACCEPTS ELECTION RESULTS BUT COMPLAINS MALIKI [...] (C) Summary. Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) leaders tell us they were shocked by their poor showing in the January 31 provincial elections and complain Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa party, their main rival, unfairly swayed the results. However, ISCI does not plan to protest publicly [...]	2009-02-16 11:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD470	PRT KIRKUK: ARAB NATIONAL PARTIES SEEK FOR [...] (C) Summary. While outside political parties continue to wield the most power and influence in Kirkuk, three Arab national parties are now attempting to get a foot in the door to compete in Kirkuk's elections. Since 2005, Kirkuk's Arab leaders have remained independent with minimal direction [...]	2009-02-23 15:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD471	PRT KIRKUK:MOI DIRECTS KIRKUK POLICE TO HIRE 241 [...] (C) Summary. On February 17, Kirkuk Provincial Council Acting Chair Ali Salihi convened a press conference to denounce the official Ministry of Interior (MoI) directive ordering the PC to hire 241 Dawa party affiliates into Kirkuk's Iraqi Police (IP) force. He described the directive as ill [...]	2009-02-23 15:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD706	KIRKUK: SIXTH ANNUAL ARAB CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the sixth annual Arab Conference in Kirkuk, held March 14, speakers addressed the need for Arab unity, and progress on Article 23, Article 140 and detainees. The conference was notable for the unity of its speakers in calling for support of the Article 23 process and the [...]	2009-03-16 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD83	SHIA PARTIES FACE ISSUE-BASED FISSURES BEFORE [...] (C) Shia political parties, especially ISCI and Da'wa, are engaged in ideological and policy-based battles among themselves that might foreshadow a permanent split of the Shia electoral alliance at the national level, according to numerous meetings with our Shia contacts in Baghdad. These ba [...]	2009-01-13 12:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD873	RRT ERBIL: KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ELECTIONS LAW A [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 25, the Kurdistan Regional Parliament ratified the Kurdistan election law for the second time. The bill is expected to be signed into law shortly with no challenges. IHEC will continue to be the election supervision authority, and irregularities will be decided by a co [...]	2009-03-30 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD979	ISCI SEEKS TO REFINE IMAGE, TOYS WITH MORE DRASTIC [...] (C) Summary. The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) is seeking to refine its public message away from religious themes and regionalism to regain lost political ground. Our recent meetings with ISCI officials indicate the party will continue to support good ties with the U.S. and remain in [...]	2009-04-09 07:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD981	POLICE DISRUPT DIYALA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL INAUGURAL [...] SUMMARY (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)/Tawafuq leaders in Diyala report that the GOI attempted to arrest three of its newly elected Provincial Council (PC) members on April 6, at a meeting to elect the new Diyala governor. There are unconfirmed reports of a fourth warrant. The operation was c [...]	2009-04-09 12:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
09BAKU144	AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS -- MORE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to BP Azerbaijan executives, gas production from the second phase of the giant offshore Shah Deniz gas field will be approximately sixteen billion cubic meters annually, higher than expected. However due to inability to reach agreement with Turkey on a gas transit regi [...]	2009-02-24 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
09BAKU30	AZERBAIJAN: BP DOWNBEAT ON 2009 SHAH DENIZ PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acording to BP Azerbaijan, inability to reach agrement between Azerbaijan and Turkey on the price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas currently being sold toTurkey and on transit of Shah Deniz Phase Two ga has delayed and will continue to delay the deveopment of the Shah Deniz Phase Two projec [...]	2009-01-15 11:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU958	GAS TRANSIT NEGOTIATIONS DRAG IN WAKE OF ERDOGAN [...] (C) All eyes in the Azerbaijani energy sector have been on Washington, where President Obama and Prime Minister Erdogan met this week. Azerbaijan and Turkey appear to have engaged in a last minute flurry of negotiations in the hopes of striking a deal before the visit. Success eluded them. [...]	2009-12-11 11:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU AJ
09BAMAKO163	PROMINENT TUAREG'S VIEW OF ARAB MILITIAS, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 15:33:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR PREL ASEC ML
09BAMAKO182	MALI NABS TWO KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS BUT MISSES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 10:56:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO186	TUAREGS CAPTURE THIRD KIDNAPPING SUSPECT IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 09:03:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PINR PREL ML
09BAMAKO211	TUAREG LEADER: FORGET THE ACCORDS, JUST GIVE US [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 13:39:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO221	TUAREG BOUNTY HUNTERS LOOKING FOR SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-10 10:56:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS PINR PREL ML

09BAMAKO268	MORE TUAREG PESSIMISM OVER ACCORDS AND AQIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 14:53:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR ASEC PGOV PREL ML
09BEIJING1389	PRC/SUDAN: MFA DG CALLS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for West Asia and North Africa Song Aiguo told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25 that China sought "comprehensive" ties with Sudan by developing links with authorities in the south but maintaining strong relations with Khartoum. Song urged the internati [...]	2009-05-25 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU
09BEIRUT1000	HARIRI PUTS FORTH CABINET PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on September 6 presented a 30-member cabinet proposal to President Sleiman without further consultation with the opposition. The plan, which did not meet the opposition Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) demands for the ministry of the interior, the minist [...]	2009-09-08 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1104	NAHR AL-BARID REMAINS CALM AWAITING DECISION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Relief and Works Agency Director (UNRWA) Salvatore Lombardo and Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, Director of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC),remain cautiously optimistic that the State Shura Council will decide on October 13 to permit resumption of reconstruction [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV KPAL PHUM JO IS LE UN
09BEIRUT1197	RUMORS OF CABINET FORMATION PREMATURE [...] (C) Reports in the Lebanese press that a cabinet would be announced on November 3 appear to have been premature. On November 3, Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, told us that the PM-designate undertook expedited negotiations with Michel Aoun, head of the Change an [...]	2009-11-03 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
09BEIRUT1229	ECONOMIC REFORM PROSPECTS IN LEBANON'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some worried that the long and contentious government formation process would result in an ineffectual cabinet, the new ministers include a surprising number of relatively apolitical technocrats. With regard to the USG's key economic reform priorities in Lebanon (ref A),Em [...]	2009-11-17 07:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE
09BEIRUT1238	THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...]	2009-11-18 15:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE
09BEIRUT1249	EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1277	LEBANESE REACTION TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi welcomed details about Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and the U.S. reaction to it. Abi Assi also told Charge on December 1 that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen was scheduled to visit Beirut on December 7. He opined [...]	2009-12-04 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC ENRG LE IS
09BEIRUT1319	ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS TARGET COPENHAGEN (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) A group of Lebanese parliamentarians, Lebanese NGOs, and the local UNDP office issued the "Beirut call to Copenhagen" calling on world leaders to approve an "ambitious, binding and fair agreement in Copenhagen" to face the dangers of climate change (reftel). The head of local environment [...]	2009-12-15 05:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SENV SCOM PGOV LE
09BEIRUT137	LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS [...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...]	2009-02-03 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO PREL LE
09BEIRUT199	LEBANON: MARCH 2 SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE, GOL [...] (SBU) DCM delivered Ref A demarche to PM Fouad Siniora's assistant, Rola Noureddine, on February 18. Noureddine had no substantive response. 2. (SBU) Per Ref B, Lebanon continues to provide assistance to Gaza. Ambassador Khalil Mekkawi, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Commi [...]	2009-02-20 10:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT20	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Supervisory Training course, scheduled to begin January 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 32 proposed trainees incl [...]	2009-01-07 08:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT209	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) On February 20, Lama Oueijan, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Trade, told EconOff that Lebanon has no new offers to bring to Geneva on goods (as budget considerations prevent lifting tariffs) or services (where lawyers groups resist opening up legal services) during the upco [...]	2009-02-23 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT21	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training courses 6 and 7, scheduled to begin January 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 314 proposed tra [...]	2009-01-07 09:14:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT214	Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT222	LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS [...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...]	2009-02-24 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE
09BEIRUT25	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL [...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...]	2009-01-07 17:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT262	LEBANON: WA'AD -- EXAMPLE OF HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) The U.S. Government,s January 6 decision to designate Hizballah's Wa'ad construction company was met with muted reaction in Lebanon, likely because of the similar designation in 2007 of Hizballah's construction company Jihad el-Bina as well as the local media's preoccupation in early Janua [...]	2009-03-05 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT28	LEBANON: CALM AFTER ROCKETS; PALESTINIANS BLAMED [...] (C) The situation in southern Lebanon and throughout the country appears calm after today's exchange of fire between an unknown group in Lebanon and Israel. Press reports and Embassy contacts doubt that Hizballah had a direct role in launching three Katushya rockets into northern Israel the m [...]	2009-01-08 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT29	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S TRIP TO LEBANON [...] (C) According to a diplomat from the French Embassy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's January 6 visit to Lebanon was bogged down by the events in Gaza. Little attention was given to Lebanese-specific issues, including Ghajar and Sheba'a Farms. Sarkozy met with government officials, but did [...]	2009-01-08 16:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC FR LE SY
09BEIRUT305	LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO [...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...]	2009-03-16 18:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS
09BEIRUT318	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Shi'a journalist, Tha'ir Abbas, who does not support Hizballah, reported he was harassed by Hizballah following his return from the United States, after covering the November 2008 presidential elections. His visit was funded by his newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. End Sum [...]	2009-03-18 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KMDR KPAL KPAO OPRC PREF PREL LE
09BEIRUT323	Lebanon: Leahy Vetting For Participants in INL's Lebanon [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Training Program, 3rd Supervisory course, scheduled to begin in March 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 28 propose [...]	2009-03-20 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT333	Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT349	LEBANON: UN CONCERNED THAT LACK OF CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) In a March 23 meeting with foreign Ambassadors, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams stressed the need for a working Constitutional Council, the body that is to adjudicate election disputes. Williams said he feared that the lack of a functioning Council could lead to seri [...]	2009-03-25 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KPAL LE
09BEIRUT351	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SHORT-SIGHTED ON SHIA OUTREACH, [...] (C) Ambassador Khalil al-Khalil, retired Lebanese Ambassador and figurehead of a prominent Shia family based in Tyre, told the Ambassador March 24 that the historical exclusion of the Shia community by the ruling majorities of other confessions was the primary reason behind Hizballah's strengt [...]	2009-03-26 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT39	LEBANON: PUBLIC STATEMENTS URGE RESTRAINT, 1701, [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 rocket-launching from southern Lebanon into northern Israel and subsequent Israeli response, Lebanese leaders have urged restraint by actors on both sides. In official statements and press interviews, key political figures have been moderate in tone, emphasizing t [...]	2009-01-09 15:17:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT403	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin in April. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 100 proposed trainees includes [...]	2009-04-07 07:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT404	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin April 6, 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 184 proposed trainees incl [...]	2009-04-07 07:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT441	Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 10:09:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL
09BEIRUT46	LEBANON: NEW ADVOCATES FOR LEBANESE DETAINEES IN [...] (C) On January 5, 2009 a group of Lebanese (many of whom are former detainees in Syria) launched a new organization. "The Association of the Lebanese Political Detainees in Syria" was formed to resolve the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons and garner support for those already rele [...]	2009-01-12 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT472	LEBANON: FEW SHIA ALTERNATIVES TO HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The Arabic Islamic Council (AIC) emerged in 2006 as a self-declared Arab alternative to Hizballah. AIC attracted the attention of Lebanese and Arab media because of its claims of "promoting a culture of peace and Arab unity" as opposed to Hizballah's culture of "armed resistance" and ties [...]	2009-04-24 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IR LE
09BEIRUT490	LEBANON: JUMBLATT REMAINS WITH MARCH 14 DESPITE [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador April 29, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt gave no indication he is planning to abandon the March 14 ship, despite recent overtures to opposition Speaker Nabih Berri. March 14 had much work to do to win the June 7 parliamentary elections, he admitted, listing several pro [...]	2009-04-29 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SA LE
09BEIRUT525	FY10 IVLP CANDIDATES FOR LEBANON [...] The following is the mission's FY10 slate of 21 candidates for multi-regional (MRP) and regional projects (RP),including one nomination for the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. Nominees have Country Team approval and Front Office clearance. 2. Nominees by program: -Combating Tr [...]	2009-05-12 08:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO LE
09BEIRUT527	LEBANON: NDI DELEGATION HEADED BY MADELEINE [...] (SBU) Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Beirut May 5-8 as the co-chair of a high-profile team (with former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark) to assess preparations for the June 7 parliamentary elections on behalf of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The delegat [...]	2009-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM LE
09BEIRUT53	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO [...] (C ) Defense Minister Elias Murr on January 13 asked that the USG convey to Israel what the GOL is doing to prevent another rocket attack against Israel from Lebanese territory. Murr said he had directed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to cooperate with UNIFIL to control southern Lebanon and p [...]	2009-01-13 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS SY IR IS LE
09BEIRUT56	LEBANON STARTS DISBURSING ASSISTANCE TO GAZA; LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) Lebanon has begun disbursing its $1 million assistance pledge to Gaza, sending a first shipment of medical supplies and blankets via Jordan on January 3. Subsequent deliveries will depend on needs submitted by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza. The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue C [...]	2009-01-14 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL LE GZ
09BEIRUT60	LEBANON: GOL RESPONDS CALMLY BUT FIRMLY TO SECOND [...] (C) On the morning of January 14, unknown persons in the Arqub region in south Lebanon launched rockets towards Israel, after which the there was artillery fire from Israel to the suspected launch area. This is the second rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel in one week. The second attack [...]	2009-01-14 18:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT617	LEBANON: PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S "HISTORIC [...] (C) Emboffs heard from a number of Lebanese contacts, including Sunni and Shia Muslims and Christians, much praise for President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world. Though many Lebanese were preoccupied with the parliamentary elections three days away, those who watched the speech told [...]	2009-06-04 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT631	LEBANON: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SUGGEST MARCH 14 WINS [...] (SBU) Preliminary, unofficial results from IFES, political party representatives, and media outlets indicate that Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition and pro-March 14 independents won the majority in the June 7 parliamentary elections with as many as 71 out of 128 seats. From his Qoreitem residen [...]	2009-06-08 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT639	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH CONCILIATORY, EXCEPT TO U.S., [...] (C) Lebanese interlocutors and international observers expressed general praise for the conduct of the elections and hope for more electoral reform. Hizballah's SYG Hassan Nasrallah, in a post election speech on June 8, congratulated "the winners," but cautioned that while they hold the major [...]	2009-06-10 06:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT66	LEBANON: URGING GOL ACTION TO STEM UNSCR 1701 [...] (U) Action request: see para 7 2. (C) Per instructions in reftel, Charge and other emboffs on January 15 conveyed to senior GOL and political officials points about the risks of continued rocket attacks directed at Israel from Lebanese territory. Charge spoke to senior aides to the Preside [...]	2009-01-15 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR LE
09BEIRUT664	LEBANON: CABINET FINALLY APPROVES 2009 BUDGET; SENDS TO [...] (SBU) After almost six months of heated discussions, the cabinet approved the 2009 budget during its June 12 session. The budget projects a deficit of approximately 30% of spending and around 10% of GDP. The budget includes appropriations for the Council of the South of around $40 million -- [...]	2009-06-15 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT68	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE DRUG [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the DEA Training course, scheduled to begin December 15, 2008. Also included is a participant in the March 2009 Police Visitor's Program. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory res [...]	2009-01-16 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT7	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES UNSC ACTION USING 1701 MODEL [...] (C) On January 2, PM Siniora convoked Ambassadors and Charges from UNSC members represented in Beirut and urged UNSC action to produce an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. He suggested the Council use UNSCR 1701, which marked the end of 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict, as a model. He argued that Isr [...]	2009-01-02 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT767	LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE HARIRI TELLS INL A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson and the Ambassador July 1 that the Internal Security Forces (the police) have been "very successful" in recent years, but more recruits, training, and equi [...]	2009-07-10 10:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI LE
09BEIRUT77	LEBANON: SLEIMAN UNDER PRESSURE ON GAZA; [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting with Charge, Minister of Education and Sidon native Bahia Hariri described the situation in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh as tense, but "contained" as the Gaza crisis continues. She said the strong stance in support of Gaza by President Michel Slei [...]	2009-01-16 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT78	LEBANON: SINIORA ASSURES GOL OPPOSED TO ROCKET [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora assured Charge that the GOL was united in its condemnation of rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon. He said he had ordered the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to coordinate with UNIFIL on patrolling the border area and preventing further [...]	2009-01-16 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE
09BEIRUT813	LEBANON: FINANCIAL SECTOR JOINS TOGETHER TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) and the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) jointly established a new committee to enhance corporate governance in the Lebanese banking sector. Amin Awad, a member of the Banking Control Commission (BCC),told us this committee was created in response [...]	2009-07-20 06:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT814	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed trainees includes [...]	2009-07-20 07:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT815	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 109 proposed trainees includes [...]	2009-07-20 07:57:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT82	LEBANON: LEBANON BEGINS DISBURSING ASSISTANCE TO GAZA [...] (SBU) After the Lebanese Cabinet's $1 million assistance pledge to Gaza on December 30 (reftel),Lebanon sent its first shipment of in-kind assistance to Gaza by plane via Jordan on January 3. The shipment consisted of 17 tons of medical supplies and equipment and 2,060 blankets. Ambassador Kh [...]	2009-01-20 11:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT822	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH ON THE DEFENSE WHILE STRIVING [...] (C) In a series of public addresses over the last week, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah has raised the rhetoric of a possible war with Israel while simultaneously offering conciliatory words to PM-designate Saad Hariri as he attempts to form a government. March 14 figures welcome Nasrallah's [...]	2009-07-21 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT88	LEBANON: RIVALRY WITHIN THE PLO, PM'S LIAISON SAYS [...] (C) Highlighting that the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are "calm for now," the GOL's chief liaison for Palestinian issues, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC) Khalil Makkawi, stressed that PM Sinoria had done a good job communicating with Palestinians during the Isr [...]	2009-01-21 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT904	JUMBLATT ASSURES HARIRI HE WILL SUPPORT THE [...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt on August 12 confirmed that his bloc remains within the "15" (majority) in the 15-10-5 Cabinet formula, reiterating what he told Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri the night before. Both Siniora and caretaker Minister of State Nassib Lah [...]	2009-08-12 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IS SA
09BEIRUT967	LEGAL CHALLENGE ADDS DELAYS TO NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) Two years after the near-complete destruction of the Nahr al-Barid Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, reconstruction efforts by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) are being thwarted by a legal challenge from Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun. On August 26, a Lebanes [...]	2009-08-27 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV KPAL UN LE
09BEIRUT994	CAN THE MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COOPERATE ON [...] (C) While Lebanon's political leaders share broad consensus about what economic reforms the country needs to undertake once a new government is formed, they differ on how to achieve them. Within the new parliamentary majority, Saad Hariri's Future Movement has a solid economic reform plan, th [...]	2009-09-04 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE
09BERLIN1315	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghan Runoff Elections 3. VP Biden in Europe, Missile Defense Policy Shift 4. Iranian Nuclear Program 5. Climate Protection Â [...]	2009-10-21 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IR EZ PL
09CAIRO1013	FORMER SUDANESE PM AL-SADIQ AL-MAHDI PRESENTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 12:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU CD EG
09CAIRO1176	Contract Signed for Egypt's First Nuclear Plant [...] (SBU) Key Points -- On June 18, 2009, the GoE signed an agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to provide consultancy to help develop Egypt's first nuclear power plant. -- Bechtel had been engaged in months of negotiations with the GOE, but ultimately Bechtel's tender offer to pr [...]	2009-06-23 12:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV PREL EG AS
09CAIRO1194	MFA ON HIZBALLAH CELL, SMUGGLING, CT COOPERATION [...] (C) On June 23, MFA Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Deputy Assistant Minister Ashraf Mohsin told visiting S/CT officer Patrick Worman that the MFA believes Hizballah should be part of the political process in Lebanon. Mohsin said the GOE views Hizballah's terrorist operation in Egypt as [...]	2009-06-25 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CT UN IR LE EG
09CAIRO1307	SECURITY FORCES PREVENT COPTIC CEREMONY, [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR),a credible NGO, briefed us July 7 on its fact-finding mission to the village of Ezbet Boushra where sectarian clashes broke out June 21. -- (C) EIPR said the clashes began when security forces prevented village Copts fr [...]	2009-07-09 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG
09CAIRO1393	POWER POLITICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE DELTA CITY [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On July 15 we visited the Delta city of Mansoura, with a population of 1 million, high unemployment and a formerly agricultural economy transitioning to light manufacturing and other trade. -- (C) One local businessman and NGO leader told us that in the past six months t [...]	2009-07-19 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG
09CAIRO1467	RAMPING UP PRESSURE ON THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN [...] Key Points: -- (C) High profile arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have continued to pick up speed since May. Most recently, three MB-affiliated bloggers critical of government tactics against the MB, including the wave of arrests, have been detained themselves. -- (C) MB attempts [...]	2009-07-30 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KTER KJUS EG
09CAIRO1615	NEXT STEPS ON THENILE BASIN INITIATIVE REF: CAIRO 1506 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TSPL BY CG ET KE RW SU TZ UG EG
09CAIRO1759	EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN AND U.S. AFRICA COMMAND DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
09CAIRO1787	EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN AND U.S. AFRICA COMMAND DISCUSS SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
09CAIRO1790	EGYPTIAN MFA AND AFRICOM DELEGATION DISCUSS [...] MFA officials said there is a lack of evidence against the suspected pirates, and it is unclear whether the events occurred in Somali waters or on the high seas bringing into question the issue of Egyptian jurisdiction. End Key Points. 2.(C) A U.S. Africa Command (Africom) delegation including Dep [...]	2009-09-15 10:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
09CAIRO1819	"APRIL 6 MOVEMENT" RAISES ITS PROFILE TO ATTRACT [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On September 15, "April 6 Movement" leader Ahmed Saleh told us that the group is working to attract new members through a campaign of helping citizens "stand up for their rights" and receive government services. -- (C) As part of this effort, he said "April 6" has succes [...]	2009-09-17 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1897	EGYPTIAN WATER MINISTER ON THE NILE BASIN INITIATIVE REF: CAIRO 1506 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-04 07:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU TZ ET CG EG
09CAIRO200	INVITATION TO NNSA HUMAN RESOURCES SEMINAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC OTRA EG
09CAIRO2064	POLICE BRUTALITY UPDATE: LAWYERS ALLEGE SEVERE [...] KEY POINTS -- (S) Credible human rights lawyers representing members of the Hizballah cell detained since late 2008 believe the GOE tortured the suspects with electric shocks and sleep deprivation to reduce them to a "zombie state." -- (S) The lawyers believe the GOE used the same torture on a se [...]	2009-10-29 17:09:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL LE EG
09CAIRO2158	SUDAN: SPLM SPOKESMAN ADVOCATES PRESSURE ON NCP [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 14:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO2180	AL MAHDI DISCUSSES SUDAN POLITICAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO2298	EGYPT: MB INTERNAL CLASHES CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG
09CAIRO2315	EGYPT: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally on counter-terrorism issues. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2009 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course of [...]	2009-12-17 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR EG
09CAIRO2355	EGYPT UNSUCCESSFUL IN SWAYING UPSTREAM NILE BASIN COUNTRIES REF: A. CAIRO 1897 B. CAIRO 1506 C. CAIRO 1615 Classified By: Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Stephen P. O'Dowd for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 10:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TZ KE ET SU EG
09CAIRO2404	EGYPT-U.S. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Main Points: -- During upcoming JSCNEC meetings in Cairo GOE wants a tight focus, both in agenda and in delegation composition, on technical issues related to Egypt's expanding civil nuclear power development. -- GOE flagged several civil nuclear issues as already the subject of GOE consultatio [...]	2009-12-30 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EG EU IAEA KNNP PREL RS TRGY UN
09CAIRO334	FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG
09CAIRO335	FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG
09CAIRO336	FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22, at approximately 7:00 p.m. local time, an explosion went off near the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo,s old city, close to the El Hussain Mosque. Although the market is normally a heavily trafficked tourist area, many shops are closed on Sundays and there were re [...]	2009-02-24 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER
09CAIRO451	INTERIOR MINISTER ON KHAN BOMBING, GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (S) KEY POINTS -- (S) On March 12, Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly told the Ambassador that evidence indicates "one or two" individuals were responsible for the February 22 Khan Al-Khalili market bombing. He said the MOI believes the individuals were not linked to any organized group, but r [...]	2009-03-16 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KPAL ASEC SU EG
09CAIRO470	DARFURI LEADERS IN CAIRO SUPPORT ICC ARREST [...] Key Points -- (C) We met with Cairo office representatives from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)-Minni Minawi, SLA-Unity, The Sons of the Fur (who have strong ties to SLA-Abdel Wahid al-Nur),and the Darfuri Arab Democratic Popular Front (DPF) on March [...]	2009-03-18 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PREF KPKO PHUM KICR KISL EAID QA LY ER
09CAIRO624	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) The Egyptians and I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Our partnership in law enforcement and security cooperation remains solid. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the aus [...]	2009-04-13 08:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG
09CAIRO810	BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE CAIRO CHURCH [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) At approximately 9:45 pm on May 10, a bomb exploded in a car parked near the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary (al-Azraa Miriam) in Cairo's Zeitoun neighborhood (ref A). Police found and destroyed in a controlled explosion a second bomb, also located in a parked car, at app [...]	2009-05-12 13:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KIRF EG
09CAIRO822	S/E GRATION MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS ON SUDAN [...] (C) Key Points -- U.S. Special Envoy (S/E) for Sudan General Gration met in separate meetings on April 30 with Egyptian General Intelligence Services (EGIS) Chief Soliman and Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit to explain his vision for Sudan and enlist Egypt's support and cooperation in r [...]	2009-05-14 05:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF SU CD EG
09CAIRO826	EGYPTIAN MFA REACTS TO VISIT OF S/E GRATION [...] (C) Key Points: -- Egyptian MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs told us on May 4 that the visit of S/E for Sudan, General J. Scott Gration, was a very good opportunity for Government of Egypt (GOE) and the USG to exchange views on Sudan (reftel). -- Abu Zeid agreed with S/E Gration's c [...]	2009-05-14 08:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU QA EG
09CAIRO827	MEETING WITH SLA UNITY DEPUTY HARIR [...] Key Points: -- SLA Unity Deputy Chairman and Foreign Affairs Representative Sharif Abdalla Harir (protect) said that SLA Unity members that signed the Tripoli, Libya Agreement, in April, were not authorized to do so by the 51-man council, or Chairman Abdallah Yahya. -- Harir met with Just [...]	2009-05-14 08:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU CD QA EG
09CAIRO862	EGYPT EXCLUDES BECHTEL'S TENDER OFFER TO HELP [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Bechtel's tender offer to provide consultancy in developing Egypt's first nuclear power plant has been excluded by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE). --The Ambassador met with Bechtel and Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younes to voice our concerns [...]	2009-05-18 08:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EG
09CAIRO872	FULL EAC MEETING, MAY 18, 2009 [...] (C/NF) The acting DCM convened a full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting in response to ref A, to review potential security implications for USG interests in Egypt resulting from the possible release of photographs of detainees, and to discuss the impending release of Egyptian wage revi [...]	2009-05-19 12:05:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KWBG PTER EG
09CAIRO892	AMBASSADOR RAISES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BLOGGERS AND [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In a May 20 meeting with Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly, the Ambassador raised identity documents for Baha'is, and urged the release of a Coptic priest jailed for performing the wedding of a Christian convert who allegedly held forged identity documents. -- (C) The Ambassador u [...]	2009-05-21 12:20:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF CASC EG
09CAIRO958	ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POLICIES ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 08:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU CD EG
09CAIRO999	ARAB DARFUR LEADERS IN CAIRO ADVOCATE FOR DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 12:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU CD QA SA EG
09CANBERRA934	POLITICAL STORM OVER ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The continued surge in asylum seekers entering Australia by boat is a growing political challenge for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The immigration detention center on Christmas Island is approaching capacity, and PM Rudd has discussed the issue with his Indonesian counterpart. [...]	2009-10-16 06:56:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF ELAB ECON AS
09CHENNAI306	India Biannual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. While the majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants, the volume of frau [...]	2009-10-13 01:10:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN
09DAMASCUS165	CORRECTED ARREST DATE: CYBER-DISSIDENT TRIAL WILL [...] (C) Web journalist Habib Saleh, arrested on October 16, faced the Second Criminal Court in Damascus on December 1 to answer for articles posted on the internet deemed threateningly critical of the state. The judge in the case prevented the public from attending what was supposed to be an open [...]	2009-03-02 13:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
09DAMASCUS224	QAMISHLI KURDS CELEBRATE NOWRUZ WITHOUT SARG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qamishli's Kurds celebrated evening and daytime Nowruz events with only minor SARG harassment, as observed by PolEconoffs. Police and military presence was significant, but unlike last year, when three Kurds were killed and many others detained, there have been no reports of arr [...]	2009-03-25 13:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS228	QAMISHLI KURDS CELEBRATE NOWRUZ WITHOUT SARG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hundreds of thousands of Kurds gathered throughout Syria on March 21, especially in the al-Jazira region, to participate in Nowruz, the ancient Kurdish and Persian celebration of the new solar year. At 18 different sites in al-Jazira alone, Kurds erected temporary tent cities, [...]	2009-03-26 13:52:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SY
09DAMASCUS25	Special Media Reaction Report: Events in Gaza January 7, [...] Sarkozy's Visit: All Syrian papers dedicated banner headlines to French President Sarkozy's meeting with President Asad and drew extensively from the SANA press release for the substance of their reporting. While the Syrian press focused on President Assad's call for an immediate end to Israe [...]	2009-01-07 12:02:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY

09DAMASCUS307	CENTRAL BANK ISSUES LICENSE FOR SYRIAN-IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) The Syrian-Iranian Commercial Bank (SICB) recently moved one step closer to opening its doors in Damascus. According to media reports corroborated by Post sources, the Central Bank of Syria issued a license authorizing three Iranian and two Syrian entities to establish the bank. The pr [...]	2009-04-29 03:44:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY
09DAMASCUS327	PART 1: SYRIA'S CHANGING FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE - [...] (C) Nearly 40 years after Syria's banking industry was nationalized, Law No. 28 of 2001 authorized the re-introduction of private banking. Eight years on, Law No. 28 has had the most visible impact of President Bashar al-Asad's many economic "reforms," and has generated significant spinoff le [...]	2009-05-11 03:44:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL LE SY
09DAMASCUS534	SARG IMPRISONS PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER [...] (C) This cable contains an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In what may be its highest profile arrest since the 2007 round-up of Damascus Declaration members, the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) invited human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani to its offices on July [...]	2009-07-31 11:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS728	CBS AND BANK SADERAT OF IRAN INVEST IN NEW SYRIAN [...] (SBU) On September 30, the Syrian Government granted a formal license to the new commercial bank "Aman," a joint venture between the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) and Bank Saderat of Iran. Aman will provide CBS with a new outlet to invest excess capital, in particular the Syrian Government's [...]	2009-10-13 10:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS780	THE CURIOUS CASE OF HAITHAM MALEH: HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: The first formal stage of human rights activist Haitham Maleh's trial before the Military Court in Damascus began on October 25. The court charged Maleh with publishing false information that might weaken the national sentiment, and defaming the judiciary. Though diplomatic obs [...]	2009-11-05 12:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECIN KDEM SOCI SY
09DHAKA290	LEAHY VETTING FOR US FRAUDULENT TRAVEL DOCUMENTS TO [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the US Fraudulent Travel Documents to Commercial Airline Personnel from April 22-23, 2009. Post vetting was completed on 03/24/09. Post requests that vetting be completed by 04/1 [...]	2009-03-24 09:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DOHA109	QATAR'S MESSAGE TO USG ON DAY TWO OF DARFUR [...] (C) Ambassador and Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud discussed today, Wednesday, the state of play in the Darfur mediation effort currently underway in Doha. Ambassador said there would be an important policy meeting in Washington later today on Sudan and asked Al [...]	2009-02-11 10:24:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU QA
09DOHA133	DOHA DARFUR CONSULTATIONS: AGREEMENT OF GOODWILL SIGNED [...] (U) Sudanese Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Amin Hassan Omer, and JEM representative Jibril Ibrahim signed an "Agreement of Goodwill and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur" in Doha on February 17 at the Amiri Diwan. The signing was witnessed by represen [...]	2009-02-19 10:45:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU QA
09DOHA262	MINSTATE WELCOMES OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF SE GRATION [...] (C) Per Ref A, Ambassador informed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud April 19 that U.S. Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Scott Gration seeks a close, working relationship with him and would like to speak with Al-Mahmoud by phone later this week. Ambassador said that SE Gratio [...]	2009-04-20 13:21:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM QA SU
09DOHA281	SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION'S POSITIVE MEETINGS ON [...] (C) Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration (joined by Ambassador, Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley and P/E Chief Rice) expressed his appreciation to PM Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani April 28 for Qatar's work to bring peace to Darfur and Sudan. He also stressed that President Obama is a [...]	2009-04-30 05:14:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU QA
09DOHA282	SLA/UNITY PLEDGES COOPERATION TO ACHIEVE [...] (SBU) In an April 28 meeting with members of SLA/Unity in Doha (Uthman Bushra, Mahjoub Hussein, Sayyed Charif Jar an-Nabi and Fathi Uthman),Special Envoy for Sudan Gration (joined by Ambassador, S/USSES Deputy Tim Shortley and P/E Chief Rice) introduced himself as the U.S. envoy "for all of S [...]	2009-04-30 05:52:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM QA SU
09DOHA284	SE GRATION MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) In an April 28 meeting with Dr. Ghazi Salah-Eddin, Sudanese Presidential Adviser, (joined by the Sudanese Ambassador to Qatar, his DCM and another Sudanese official) told Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan Gration (joined by Ambassador, S/USSES Deputy Tim Shortley and P/E Chief Rice),that Qata [...]	2009-04-30 05:57:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM QA SU
09DOHA289	FM OF CHAD'S DOHA MEETING WITH SE GRATION [...] (SBU) Chadian FM Moussa Fekki outlined for Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration April 29 the deterioration in relations between Chad and Sudan, starting about 2002. He noted early efforts by Chad and President Deby in 2002-04 to stop the conflict in Darfur and keep it from spreading into a re [...]	2009-04-30 13:01:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SU QA
09DOHA292	LIBYAN FM'S MEETING IN DOHA WITH SE GRATION [...] (SBU) Libyan FM Musa Kusa told Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration April 29 that "Chadians are ready for peace" with Sudan. Of course, the problem along their shared border remains, with each side accusing the other "of doing bad things." Kusa said a neutral observer is needed to monitor bo [...]	2009-04-30 18:00:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SU QA
09DOHA354	DOHA DARFUR TALKS SITREP ONE (AL-MAHMOUD, BASSOLE) [...] (SBU) The President's Special Envoy for Sudan, Gen. Scott Gration, met on May 26 in Doha with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, and discussed the need for the GOS and JEM to get beyond differences over the sequencing of a cessation of hostilities agreement and a pri [...]	2009-05-31 09:21:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU CD QA
09DOHA428	QATARI ENERGY MINISTER SETS STAGE FOR GAS [...] (C) Al-Attiyah told Ambassador, as he has previously, that the GECF is not intended or structured "as the press talks," and the organization will never concern itself with contracts or supply matters. He projected that natural gas will not see a real spot market develop for years, and noted t [...]	2009-07-01 12:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL TRGY QA RU IR
09DOHA668	ARAB DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION HEAD PREVIEWS [...] (SBU) Ambassador met November 12 with Marzen Marzouk, Director of the Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF). The meeting was held at Dr. Marzouk's request to discuss his organization's involvement in the Darfur talks to take place in Doha later in November. Also present in the meeting were ADF Dep [...]	2009-11-16 10:29:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU QA
09DOHA699	QATAR SEES OPPORTUNITY IN DUBAI DEBT FALLOUT [...] (U) Arabic-language print media reporting was largely drawn from wire services. Local content focused on QatarQs lack of exposure in Dubai and the opportunity that Dubai's woes provide to showcase Qatar as an investment destination. The following are representative quotes: -- Al Sharq daily [...]	2009-12-02 13:33:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN KPAO QA
09DUSHANBE44	TAJIKISTAN - NEWSPAPER EDITOR ATTACKED IN KULYAB [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Abdumumin Sherhonov, editor-in-chief of an independent weekly newspaper and a part time reporter for RFE/RL, was beaten by a group of young men in Kulyab January 6 when he tried to help two female journalism st [...]	2009-01-09 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KDEM TI
09GUATEMALA453	MURDER OF PROMINENT LAWYER TARS COLOM [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Rosenberg, a respected local attorney, was assassinated on May 10 while riding his bicycle in Guatemala City. Following his death news media aired a pre-recorded videotape of Rosenberg accusing President Colom, First Lady Sandra Torres, Private Secretary to the President [...]	2009-05-13 00:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GT
09GUATEMALA518	DAS ROBINSON HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: During his May 18 visit to Guatemala, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Robinson underscored U.S. support for CICIG's investigation into the assassinations of businessman Khalil Musa and his Amcit daughter Marjorie, and lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg. He urged his interlocutors to de-poli [...]	2009-06-02 15:32:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PINR ELAB KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA913	Ten Arrested in Rosenberg Murder Case [...] (S) Summary. Ten men, including three police officers, were arrested as a result of a CICIG investigation into the May murder of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg. The FBI is assisting with the investigation. The men are currently being held together at Guatemala City's Zone 18 prison, but CICIG [...]	2009-09-28 22:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA925	CICIG Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary with Compounding [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 4, the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) celebrated its two-year anniversary and the approval of another two-year mandate. CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana summarized CICIG's successes, including numerous CICIG-led investigati [...]	2009-10-05 23:23:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS KDEM GT
09ISLAMABAD1177	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-29 13:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1748	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 12:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD178	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 10:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2375	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 10:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2739	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 11:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2885	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 01, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 14:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2889	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 11:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3027	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3131	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 10:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD829	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 10:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD867	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09JEDDAH195	INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION SAUDI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The April 23 Arab News quotes International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) Secretary General Adnan Khalil Basha denying any link to terrorist activities and appealing to the US Administration to consider the lack of evidence against the organization. Citing h [...]	2009-06-01 10:34:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	KISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL PINR SA
09JEDDAH84	INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION -- [...] (S/NF) Summary. Consulate General Jeddah received a letter through the post dated February 15 directed to President Obama from the Secretary General of the International Islamic Relief Organization(IIRO) in Saudi Arabia. IIRO Philippine and Indonesian branches, along with IIRO Saudi Arabia E [...]	2009-03-02 11:17:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	KISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL PINR SA
09JERUSALEM1080	FATAH EXPECTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN RECONCILIATION TALKS, DEFENDS PA SECURITY DOCTRINE REF: JERUSALEM 1036 Classified By: Deputy Principal Officer Greg Marchese for reasons 1.4 ( b) and (d) [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and Hamas delegations will hold reconciliation meetings in Cairo in late June in advance of a planned "signing ceremony" on July 7, according to senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad. Al-Ahmad said Egyptian officials want a "poltical" announcement that puts off the most difficu [...]	2009-06-25 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOVE KWBG KPAL PTER PHUM PREL IS EG
09JERUSALEM130	GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 14, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 13-14, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 976 Palestinians dead and 4,418 wounded since hosti [...]	2009-01-14 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM133	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 14 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 14 for approximately 100 truckloads. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station and Karni conveyer belt were closed. An estimated 10 trucks of medical supplies entered through Rafah. ICRC and Gaza water and sanitation authorities reported signif [...]	2009-01-14 17:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PREF
09JERUSALEM1354	FATAH CONGRESS: ON DAY TWO, QUESTIONS REMAIN ON [...] (C) Summary. A debate over Fatah's past dominated discussions on the second day of the Sixth Congress, leaving little time to focus on preparations for leadership elections. It is possible that elections may slip a day (until 8/7) as a result. Discussions have not yet begun on the politica [...]	2009-08-05 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1799	HAMAS SEIZES CONTROL OF AL AQSA UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Hamas authorities seized control of Al Aqsa University in Gaza on October 7 by ousting the university's president after he departed Gaza for the West Bank. This move follows continuing pressure by the Hamas "government" to extend its control over Al Aqsa and other civil socie [...]	2009-10-09 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM2044	VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Visas Viper 2. The following information is provided for watch-listing purposes as the Department and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. 3. The source for all Visas Viper submissions includes Jerusalem RSO sources, to include both Israeli and Palestinian securi [...]	2009-11-13 18:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL KVPR KWBG
09JERUSALEM2063	PLAN FOR NEW ISRAELI NEIGHBORHOOD IN EAST [...] (SBU) NGO and Jerusalem municipality contacts separately confirmed to Post on November 17 that the Jerusalem District Planning Board approved the "Mordot Gilo" plan for construction of 844 residential units inside the Jerusalem municipal borders, and adjacent to the existing East Jerusalem s [...]	2009-11-17 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2086	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): Popular Campaign Against [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 09:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2131	JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/26): PA Rejects [...] Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement of a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank and the Palestinian rejection of it as a deceitful and manipulative move dominate the local media. (No immediate response to the proposal in Hamas media.) The failure of Hamas [...]	2009-11-26 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2224	SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM: WEST BANK SETTLERS ANGRY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent GOI outreach to the settler community, Post contacts continue to express distrust of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and blame the USG for the current moratorium on West Bank construction. Meanwhile, most Palestinian contacts remain unimpressed with what they [...]	2009-12-08 15:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM249	DEMOLITIONS IN EAST JERUSALEM AND THE WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. Israeli authorities conducted at least 20 demolitions of Palestinian property in the West Bank and East Jerusalem during February 1-4, the highest frequency of demolitions in the past thirteen months. Most of the demolitions were reportedly due to a lack of permits. A Jerusale [...]	2009-02-05 15:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM465	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: SIGNIFICANT GAPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Palestinian reconciliation talks began in Cairo. The talks are structured around five committees: 1) PA government formation; 2) PLO reform; 3) PA security services; 4) elections; and 5) internal reconciliation. As of March 13, significant gaps became evident on ke [...]	2009-03-13 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL EG
09JERUSALEM697	PALESTINIANS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT RISING TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian contacts explained a recent increase in violent incidents in Jerusalem and the West Bank as resulting from increased tension brought on by Palestinians' growing sense of insecurity. In conversations with PolOff, Palestinian contacts pointed to the new Israeli govern [...]	2009-04-24 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS ASEC KWBG
09KABUL1068	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ARMY AIR CORPS TRAINING OF AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully r [...]	2009-04-29 06:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1131	KARZAI REGISTERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] President Karzai officially registered as a candidate for the Aug. 20 presidential election this morning (May 4),moments before departing for the trilateral meetings in Washington. Karzai registered with Marshall Mohammed Qasim Fahim Khan and Karim Khalili as his first and second vice presid [...]	2009-05-04 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1178	SPANTA AND CHARGE DISCUSS ELECTION POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary. During a 4/30 meeting with Foreign Minister Spanta, the Charge reiterated U.S. impartiality in the current election cycle. Spanta was not happy with Karzai,s choice of Marshall Mohammed Fahim but could not offer a better candidate of his own. The Charge expressed U.S. disappointment wi [...]	2009-05-07 05:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL AF
09KABUL1188	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ARMY AIR CORPS TRAINING OF AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully r [...]	2009-05-08 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1194	A CROWDED FIELD, BUT LITTLE TRUE COMPETITION FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Candidate registration for the Aug. 20 presidential election closed May 8, with at least 44 candidates turning in completed registration forms. We will report septel on provincial council registration, particularly on female candidate registration. President Karzai appears t [...]	2009-05-10 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1195	INSIDE KARZAI CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai officially launched his re-election campaign last week, relying on an unusual mix of powerful commanders from Afghanistan's 30 years of conflict and a small group of younger volunteers from newer pro-democracy organizations. To date, former mujahideen command [...]	2009-05-10 13:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1218	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU BASIC TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-eight (38) individuals selected for DEA MEZ basic training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfu [...]	2009-05-12 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1221	REVISED CABLE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU BASIC [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-eight (38) individuals selected for DEA MEZ basic training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfu [...]	2009-05-12 13:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1238	THIS YEAR ELECTIONS ARE VERY GOOD: AFGHAN YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a webchat engaging over 100 university students and other youth through Lincoln Centers in Kabul, Jalalabad, Bamyan, and Mazar-e-Sharif, Embassy officers discussed the role of civil society in elections, with the theme of "more than just a voting day." The students welcomed an [...]	2009-05-17 04:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1290	IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BAMYAN, A HIDDEN STRUGGLE FOR [...] (S) Summary. Bamyan Province is a significant center of gravity for Iranian influence in Afghanistan. Iran has political reach through its sponsorship of the Hezb-e Wahdat (Unity Party),headed by Second VP Khalili based in Bamyan. A Council of Mujahedeen Commanders remains intact there, an [...]	2009-05-20 16:42:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1311	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (2 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-25 07:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1312	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (3 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-25 07:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1315	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (4 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's [...]	2009-05-25 12:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1335	JUSTICE MINISTER DANESH: SLOW MOVEMENT ON SHIA LAW [...] (SBU) Justice Minister Danesh told us May 25 that the Ministry has completed its formal consultation process with civil society on amending the Shia Family Law. It will, however, continue to take substantive input from stakeholders. The Embassy will soon submit comments, based on analysis fr [...]	2009-05-27 11:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL1342	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (7 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-05-28 09:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1378	CODEL CARPER STRESSES NEED FOR GREATER AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Thomas Carper, Mark Udall, Jeanne Shaheen, Kay Hagan, and Mark Begich had a productive visit to Afghanistan that included meetings with President Karzai, the Ministers of Defense and Interior, and a visit to Regional Command-East. The Codel delivered effective USG mess [...]	2009-06-01 08:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OREP AF
09KABUL1379	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (9 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-06-01 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1398	OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN START TWO WEEKS AWAY; KARZAI IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The presidential election season officially starts June 16, but the major candidates are already in full swing. President Karzai will begin the campaign with a significant head start, having consolidated support from a number of powerful factional leaders. The other major ca [...]	2009-06-02 13:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1400	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (11 of [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-06-03 04:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1468	INFLUENTIAL PASHTUNS IN AFGHAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the country's largest ethnic group, Pashtuns will play a determining role in this year's presidential election. If the 2009 election breaks down along ethnic lines, as it largely did in 2004, President Karzai will have a significant advantage over other candidates, especia [...]	2009-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1488	LOCAL KUCHI-HAZARA DEAL DEPENDENT ON NATIONAL AND [...] (C) Summary. The annual conflict posed by the movement of the Kuchi population into the grazing lands of Wardak, Bamyan, and Ghazni Provinces is rearing its head, but the intersection of better grazing as a result of spring rains, a Kuchi readiness to vote in the upcoming elections, and Wardak [...]	2009-06-10 13:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1498	EXBS ADVISOR MAY 10 TO JUNE 09, 2009 MONTH END REPORT, [...] (U) EXBS Advisor Fetty attended the EXBS Advisor's conference in Tbilisi from May 31 - June 6. EXBS delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that they assist Customs with obtaining frequencies and licenses for Motorola Radios EXBS plans to provide to the Kabul I [...]	2009-06-11 08:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF
09KABUL1528	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JALAL: ISSUES FOCUSED PLATFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11 at his Kabul campaign headquarters, Afghan presidential candidate Sayed Jalal detailed his political platform to Ambassador Carney and identified problems he sees emerging with the elections process. He requested the U.S. to clearly indicate its impartiality - somet [...]	2009-06-15 08:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1591	THE SIKHS OF AFGHANISTAN - A VANISHING COMMUNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Upper House MP Awtar Singh Khalsa, the only Sikh or Hindu member of the Afghan parliament, said the Sikh and Hindu community had dwindled from approximately 50,000 families before the jihad against the Soviets, to approximately 6,000 people at present. He attributed the populati [...]	2009-06-21 17:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1593	HAZARA LEADERS SUPPORT KARZAI IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISES OF [...] Hazara political leaders backing President Karzai's re-election have asked Karzai to support the creation of more majority-Hazara provinces in exchange for their influential endorsements among the ethnic Hazara minority, which could constitute as much as 15 percent of the electorate in this su [...]	2009-06-22 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL172	SHERZAI BASKS IN BUZZ OVER POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nangarhar Governor Gul Aqa Sherzai's trip to the United States this month ignited gossip among Kabul's chattering classes and media about his presidential ambitions and relationship with President Karzai. Rumors that Sherzai attended President Obama's inauguration at the invitat [...]	2009-01-26 07:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1731	Security Key in Ghazni Election Planning [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Overt candidate campaigning is occurring in Ghazni, but is relatively muted due to the prevailing security situation. Ghazni City - the largest population center and the provincial capital - is the most active area. In the countryside, residents appear to want to vote, b [...]	2009-07-02 11:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1767	KARZAI ON THE STATE OF US-AFGHAN RELATIONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings this week, I discussed with President Karzai a number of issues, including Karzai's concerns with the future of US policy on Afghanistan, and his opinions on where US policy here had failed. The meetings were cordial, but raised certain concerns for me about [...]	2009-07-07 13:29:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1838	WITH DEEP POCKETS, GOVERNOR ATTA LEADS CHARGE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Balkh Governor Atta is increasingly confident that his influence in the north will continue to attract supporters to Dr. Abdullah's campaign. He claims to have wrested Turkmen, Uzbek, Arab, and Hazara support from under the noses of ethnic Turkmen Minister Qarqin, Junbesh-e-Mill [...]	2009-07-12 07:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2260	PROVINCIAL CAMPAIGNING IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the June 16 start of the presidential campaign period, the major candidates have followed traditional ethnic and tribal lines in their campaigns through visits to traditional provincial strongholds, with shows of strength in opponents' territory. Political deals with trib [...]	2009-08-06 11:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2339	Faryab Province Assessment [...] (U) This is a bi-annual report from the State PRT representative in Mazar-e-Sharif on political, economic and security developments in Faryab Province. 2. (SBU) Security in Faryab province, which forms the western flank of Regional Command North, has deteriorated over the past year and doe [...]	2009-08-13 07:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2366	Karzai Shows Strength in Herat Rally [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. In an August 14 campaign rally in Herat City (Afghanistan's second largest city),President Karzai drew a capacity crowd of more than 10,000 people, and demonstrated a show of unity among local and national powerbrokers. Flanked by Ismail Khan, FM Spanta, Herat's Ulema Shur [...]	2009-08-16 03:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2378	STRENGTHENING THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fraud remains a serious threat to the election process as actual or perceived fraud may seriously undermine acceptance of election results (ref A). The Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) are the main bodies involved in preven [...]	2009-08-16 08:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2382	DIRECTOR OF KUCHI DIRECTORATE: FEW KUCHIS WILL [...] (C) Summary: According to Director General (DG) of the Independent Directorate of Kuchis (IDK) Abdul Wahab Sulemankheil, no female Kuchis and only 20-25% of eligible Kuchi male voters will vote in the August 20 presidential election. The DG attributes the expected low Kuchi voter turnout t [...]	2009-08-16 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL AF
09KABUL2432	Afghan Elections Situation Report Three - 0400 Local, [...] (SBU) A possible last minute weapons ban in Kabul may impact observation efforts. Embassy elections operation center is working to verify specifics of reports that the Ministry of Interior imposed on Tuesday an unpublicized ban of all weapons in Kabul. Reportedly steps can be taken to seek an [...]	2009-08-19 23:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2453	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: SUCCESSFUL, SUBDUED AFGHAN-LED [...] (C) Summary: Millions of Afghans had the opportunity to go to the polls today to vote for the Presidency and 420 Provincial Council seats. The traditionally dangerous areas in the south and east reported numerous small attacks, although there were no major security incidents that significan [...]	2009-08-20 19:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2526	POST-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: FRAUD ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's supporters continue to sound confident, although some admit their leader is "weak" and will only get weaker, and more beholden to his supporters, if the election goes to a second round. Abdullah, meanwhile, is claiming that fraud in the south could steal his [...]	2009-08-25 10:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL263	IRAN EVICTING AFGHAN MIGRANTS, PUSHING TO CONVERT [...] (C) Summary: Iran continues to deport (illegal) Afghan economic immigrants at the rate of about 1,400 a day, despite Afghanistan's top refugee official's announcement that he had convinced Iran to stop deporting refugees and economic migrants through the winter. The official has since priva [...]	2009-02-05 11:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AF IR
09KABUL2765	AFGHANS DIVIDED OVER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS [...] (C) Summary: Statements by tribal elders, opinion makers, and political leaders from across Afghanistan suggest a country that is deeply divided over the legitimacy of the presidential election, the validity of the vote count, and on what a second round would mean. Local media reports in the [...]	2009-09-10 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2831	BASHARDOST PREACHES POPULIST GOSPEL TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with presidential candidate and MP Ramazan Bashardost at his tent near Parliament on September 14. Bashardost was congenial, often quoting U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy, and noting his strong support of President Obama. The Ambassador congratulated Bas [...]	2009-09-19 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2919	POST-ELECTION DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Some Afghan analysts and officials are forecasting potentially dire scenarios that could unfold following the announcement of the final election results. A former Afghan diplomat and political analyst, who currently works for UNAMA, predicts "a gathering storm in the north," w [...]	2009-09-20 07:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL330	LAGHMAN GOVERNOR FACES SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POPULAR [...] (C/NF) Two Special Operations Forces operations conducted in the Alishang district of Laghman Province on January 6 and Galuch Valley on January 23 resulted in the deaths or capture of several suspected insurgents, but also in allegations of civilian casualties. The events provoked anti-Coali [...]	2009-02-14 11:24:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL3414	ABDULLAH'S SECOND-ROUND BRINKMANSHIP [...] (S) Summary: Afghanistan's political brinkmanship has entered a new round. While Karzai rallies the Pashtun community to vote en masse for him on November 7 and displays no interest in coalescing with rival Dr. Abdullah, Abdullah is edging towards a new precipice in suggesting he may boyc [...]	2009-10-26 10:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3494	FIRST REACTIONS TO ABDULLAH'S ANNOUNCEMENT: RELIEF [...] (S) Summary: While many Afghan interlocutors are glad that the long and tumultuous 2009 Presidential elections process might be over, the political classes apparently have not given up their deal-making. The night of his November 1 press conference withdrawing from the race, Dr. Abdullah had [...]	2009-11-02 16:36:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3501	AFGHAN SIKH LEADER WANTS LAND--OR MEANS OF ESCAPE [...] (U) Summary: The senior representative of Afghanistan's beleaguered Sikh minority flagged to us their deepening problems and alleged that, since the election, the security situation for Sikhs and Hindus has worsened as a result of the central government's failure to exercise control and influe [...]	2009-11-03 12:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV AF
09KABUL3502	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES H1N1 STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili declared a H1N1 state of emergency November 1 and announced all schools and universities will close for three weeks to prevent further spread of the disease. More than 20 new cases of H1N1 have been reported in the last [...]	2009-11-03 12:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KFLU KSTH EAID PREL WHO AF
09KABUL360	MOI ATMAR TAKES ACTION AGAINST CORRUPT OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In a recent meeting of the International Police Coordination Board, Minister of Interior Atmar told the International Community that they should expect to see action against corrupt MOI and Afghan National Police officials over the next few days. Over the past week, Atmar follow [...]	2009-02-17 10:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL AF
09KABUL3625	CABINET RUMORS - TEN DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION [...] (S) Summary: Afghan political circles are abuzz with cabinet rumors, as fake cabinet lists begin circulating again (Ref. A),and clans and individuals lobby Karzai and his team for plum cabinet positions. The "money" ministries offering the most opportunities for graft are attracting the most [...]	2009-11-10 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3725	KARZAI'S INAUGURATION - LEGITIMACY, POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's November 19 inuaguration ceremony emphasized his domestic and international legitimacy, possibly laying to rest his government's fears that their troubled electoral victory would come back to undermine his second term. Karzai's strong roots with the "mujahedee [...]	2009-11-19 14:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AF
09KABUL3787	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 1, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-11-25 16:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3788	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 8, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-11-25 16:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF

09KABUL381	JUNBESH OFFICIAL EXPOUNDS ON PARTY REFORM, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Junbesh party central committee head Sayed Noorullah discussed his recent public spat with General Dostum, internal party reform efforts, and the party's outlook for the upcoming presidential elections with State PRT officer. Anti-reform elements within Junbesh, especially former militar [...]	2009-02-22 06:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4002	BAMYAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR SARABI ON HER [...] (C) Summary: Despite rumors about possible cabinet-level positions, Bamyan Provincial Governor Habiba Sarabi confided to Bamyan Provincial Reconstruction Team representatives that, unless offered something higher profile than Minister of Social Affairs, she intends to remain in her current po [...]	2009-12-14 17:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL406	IEC PREDICTS KARZAI WILL SOON CALL FOR MAY 11 [...] (C NF) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on 2/24 said he expects President Karzai soon will publicly call for a 5/11 date for the 2009 presidential election (REF A.) Najafi reports Vice-President Khalili has persuaded Karzai that the Pre [...]	2009-02-25 11:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL4070	THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]	2009-12-19 16:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL408	PIR GAILANI: AUGUST ELECTION OKAY ONLY IF KARZAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fresh from a Palace election date discussion, Pir Gailani, head of the politically and religiously influential Gailani family, told the Charge on 2/24 that he and other political leaders would support President Karzai staying in office until an 8/20 election only if Karzai annou [...]	2009-02-25 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
09KABUL413	VICE PRESIDENTS AND PARLIAMENT LEADERS HOLD FIRM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In 2/25 meetings with the Charge, the two vice presidents and the speakers of each house of Parliament welcomed U.S. efforts to assist the country to reach a consensus on post-5/22 executive authority, but most held firm to their insistence that President Karzai step down in f [...]	2009-02-25 16:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF
09KABUL4137	AFGHAN CABINET CONFIRMATION PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament began the cabinet approval process on December 21, and announced they would not vote on ministers until after all of the confirmation hearings. Most MPs think this process will end before mid-January; meanwhile, acting ministers are limi [...]	2009-12-23 07:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL415	ELECTIONS CRISIS ON THE BOIL [...] (C) Per ref instructions, I pressed the leaders of Afghanistan's three branches of government to reconfirm their commitment to August elections, proposing that President Karzai's term of office formally end on May 22, but that he and most of his government remain in caretaker status through e [...]	2009-02-25 17:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF
09KABUL4211	SHIA ASHURA CELEBRATION PASSES PEACEFULLY IN [...] (U) On December 27, Afghan Shia throughout the country publicly and peacefully observed the holiday Ashura. Black, red, and green banners draped monuments, street lights, and doors in Kabul more than a week in advance of the holiday to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the prophe [...]	2009-12-30 14:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL432	POLITICAL LEADERS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY OPTION [...] (C) Afghan political leaders and opposition groups held a series of meetings this week ahead of Karzai's expected 2/28 announcement of his intentions regarding the election date and issue of presidential continuity. After consultations with the Palace, international community, and each other, [...]	2009-02-28 14:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL433	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE AND KHALILI FOCUS [...] (SBU) During a February 13 meeting, Special Representative Holbrooke and Vice President Khalili focused on upcoming Afghan presidential elections. Khalili emphasized elections had to take place before the constitutionally mandated date of May 21 to avoid a crisis of legitimacy. If President [...]	2009-03-01 03:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL535	MORE FRACTURES IN THE UNITED FRONT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition United Front coalition has faced a series of setbacks in recent weeks jeopardizing the group's unity and its plans to defeat Karzai in this year's presidential election. Karzai has remained one step ahead of his chief rivals through a handful of savvy political ma [...]	2009-03-10 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL557	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD OFFICERS TRAINING III [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of nineteen (19) Afghan nationals for MOD Officer Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. 3. Following is the [...]	2009-03-12 06:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL588	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU III TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty four (24) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departm [...]	2009-03-15 09:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL590	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU IV TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twelve (12) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's [...]	2009-03-15 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL594	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU VI TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of seven (7) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Department's [...]	2009-03-15 11:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL727	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING FOR AFGHAN NATIONALS PPS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) Afghan nationals for medical training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully requests ex [...]	2009-03-25 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL728	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) Afghan nationals for medical training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully requests ex [...]	2009-03-25 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL767	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU XIV TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty-five (55) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Departm [...]	2009-03-29 14:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL798	PROVINCIAL-LEVEL ELECTION POLITICKING [...] (C) A review of provincial-level election preparations indicates that in most provinces politicking is not yet underway, with many officials indicating they do not expect such activity to jump into high gear until June. Support for President Karzai appears soft, with many governors hedging [...]	2009-03-31 14:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL991	JUNBESH, WAHDAT PARTIES FORGE ELECTION PACT [...] (U) The majority-Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli and majority-Hazara Wahdat-e-Mardum political parties announced on April 18 that they would support an as-yet unnamed single candidate for president in this summer's election. Junbesh Chairman Sayed Noorullah and Wahdat leader Mohammed Mohaqqeq held a joi [...]	2009-04-20 03:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL994	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION: WHAT IS HAPPENING (AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's presidential hopefuls are scanning political circles in search of running mates to fill the two vice presidential slots on their tickets, apparently unaware or unconcerned with a rapidly approaching April 25-May 8 registration period, at which time candidates will [...]	2009-04-20 11:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09KARACHI59	BALOCHISTAN - SUNNI CLERIC TV PERSONALITY GUNNED [...] (SBU) Unknown gunmen killed Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi, a moderate Sunni cleric and television personality, in Quetta on February 18. Habibi, shot on his way to appear on a television program, was an advocate of harmonious Sunni ) Shi'a coexistence and had spoken out against recent killin [...]	2009-02-24 03:03:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM PK
09KHARTOUM104	MORE DETAIL ON JEM-SAF FIGHTING NEAR EL FASHER [...] (SBU) UNAMID confirmed on January 27 that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) engaged armed rebels with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in ground attacks and aerial bombardment during the day of January 26, in areas south and east of El Fasher, North Darfur. Ahmed Togoud and Gibril Ibrahim of J [...]	2009-01-27 14:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM107	SUDANESE RESPOND TO BADR AIRLINES DEMARCHES [...] (S/NF) Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 27 provided a written response to the Badr Airlines demarche (Refs A and B). Alor said that NISS Chief Salah Ghosh had provided him with the document the previous day. The document, which is transcribed in its entirety at the end of this [...]	2009-01-28 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC ETTC KPKO MASS PARM PGOV PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM114	DARFUR MEDIATION: WE NEED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BEFORE AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, George Zechariah, the primary staff assistant to AU-UN Chief Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole, told poloffs that the Mediation needs to secure a framework agreement between the rebels and Government of Sudan (GoS) before the issuance of an ICC indictment against Pr [...]	2009-01-29 15:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1146	SUDANESE BREAKTHROUGH ON RELATIONS WITH CHAD? [...] (C) Summary. GOS presidential adviser and lead negotiator on Darfur, Dr. Ghazi Sallah Eddin, told Charge Whitehead that his October 10-11 trip to Ndjamena will potentially have a huge impact on normalizing relations between Chad and Sudan as well as forging a durable peace in Darfur. He des [...]	2009-10-13 13:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM116	DARFUR REMAINS TENSE AND JEM IS ON THE MOVE - BUT TO [...] (SBU) The North Darfur capital of El Fasher was quiet on January 29 and 30, with no bombing reported. According to several sources, GOS security forces had somewhat reduced their presence in the North Darfur capital. No estimates of casualties from fighting earlier in the week (neither in Muh [...]	2009-01-30 13:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1199	DARFUR UPDATE: UNAMID FEARS ATTACKS COMING IN JEBEL MARRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) officials are deeply concerned that the Government of Sudan (GOS) plans to fortify recent gains against Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) forces by attacking the rebel stronghold of West Jebel Marra in the coming [...]	2009-10-25 15:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM12	MINNAWI SEEKS GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR AND [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minnawi expressed a desire for greater involvement of SLM-MM in the Darfur peace process. He lamented that he has yet to be contacted by Qatari officials about proposed peace talks in Doha, but note [...]	2009-01-06 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1208	SLA/AW GENERAL COMMANDER REQUESTS REBEL UNIFICATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Commander of the rebel forces of Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) Abdelgadir Abdelrahman (Gaddura) supports rebel unification efforts that occur within Darfur's "liberated areas," not in Libya. Assembled commanders reaffirmed their support for the work o [...]	2009-10-26 11:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1219	CHAD REBELS URGE GREATER US AND FRENCH ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On October 28, CDA Whitehead met with Chadian rebel Alliance Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timane Erdimi to deliver talking points provided by AF/C. Erdimi was accompanied by UFR First Vice President Adouma Hassaballah Djadarab and Secretary General Abakar Tollimi. 2 [...]	2009-10-30 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SU CH
09KHARTOUM123	SUDANESE RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON DEFUSING TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) CDA Fernandez presented talking points in reftel to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila (in the absence of FM Alor and other NGU officials at the AU Summit) on February 1. 2. (S/NF) Al-Wasila agreed that escalation of tensions between Chad and Sudan was in the i [...]	2009-02-02 07:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1273	GHAZI ADDRESSES CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE, DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: On November 11, CDA Whitehead met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin to discuss the sequencing of the Chad-Sudan Dtente Process (ref a),the lag in the Darfur peace process, and the ongoing bilateral discussions between the SPLM and the NCP to resolve outstanding Compr [...]	2009-11-11 08:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU CH
09KHARTOUM13	MAIDOB REBELS KILLED IN JEM INFIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Dozens of Maidob fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) were killed and many more injured at the hands of their Zaghawa counterparts in clashes in Eastern Chad on January 1, according to multiple rebel sources. The infighting apparently started when the Maidob prot [...]	2009-01-06 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1338	SE GRATION WITH NCP MINISTER AMIN ON ABYEI, DOHA [...] (C) Summary: On November 22, US Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) Scott Gration met with Dr. Amin Hassan Omar, Government of National Unity (GoNU) State Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture and the National Congress Party (NCP) lead on the Doha talks. Amin insisted that issues surrounding Abyei are [...]	2009-11-26 07:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM134	UNAMID PROPOSES SAFE ZONE IN MUHAJARRIYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement has taken four defensive positions outside of Muhajarriya, while the GoS vows a large-scale attack on JEM in South Darfur. UNAMID will stay in the area, [...]	2009-02-03 06:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1423	GHAZI TOUTS PROGRESS ON CPA, CHAD BUT EXPRESSES [...] (SE) Summary: In a December 13 meeting with Special Envoy Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin called the December 13 Agreement between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on outstanding Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues (refte [...]	2009-12-17 14:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL UN SU CH
09KHARTOUM152	MUHAJARRIYA UPDATE - FEBRUARY 4 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID reported that the GOS had "moved in and taken control" of Muhajarriya as of 15:40 on February 4. Sudan National Radio made a similar announcement late the same day. Although the GOS appears to have reduced the number of aerial bombings compared to February 3, Sudanese Ar [...]	2009-02-04 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM162	SUDANESE MFA FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT PURPORTED [...] (C) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs the afternoon of February 3 to receive a formal complaint from Sudan about an alleged non-aggression pact between the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) rebel group and SLM-MM (Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Minni M [...]	2009-02-05 13:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM169	"DOHA IS A TRAP," WARNS DEFIANT MINNAWI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM172	SLM/MINNAWI SLAMS JEM, QATAR, AND THE MEDIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with Special Representative for Sudan Shortley, leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi in Khartoum vehemently criticized the rival Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group, Qatar's involvement in the peace process, and the work o [...]	2009-02-08 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM173	MINAWI REFUSES TO GO TO DOHA [...] (C) SLM leader Minni Minawi and UN/AU Chief Mediator Bassole had a "tough meeting" February 7 in El Fasher during which Minawi refused to travel to Doha this week as part of the Government of Sudan delegation, according to reports from both Minawi and Bassole's Joint Mediation Support Team (JM [...]	2009-02-08 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM188	MINNAWI NOT GOING TO DOHA, BUT EAGER TO FIGHT JEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with CDA Fernandez in Khartoum on February 9, Minni Minnawi and Ali Traio reiterated that SLM/MM will not intend to send representatives to Doha as part of a GOS delegation to participate in Darfur peace talks with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Minnawi critici [...]	2009-02-10 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM190	KHALIL WILL BE WORSE THAN MINNI, SAYS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Presidential Advisor Abdallah Masar told CDA Fernandez that the U.S.'s alleged focus on JEM is dangerous, because Khalil Ibrahim "will be worse than Minni Minnawi." Masar stated that his National Congress Party is intent on holding elections "sooner rather than [...]	2009-02-10 14:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM194	DARFUR ROUNDUP: SLA/MM CLASHES WITH TRIBESMEN IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out between the inhabitants of Wadaa in North Darfur and the forces of Minni Minnawi who were returning to the area on February 7 and 10, according to several sources. The local tribesmen were reportedly fed up with SLA/MM and attempted to prevent them from re-occup [...]	2009-02-11 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM198	REGIME IS CORNERED, SAYS NCP FUR INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Miscalculations in dealing with the SPLM, Darfur rebels and Northern opposition parties have left the NCP severely weakened and unable to take decisive action, Fur intellectual and NCP member Dr. Faroug Ahmed Adam told CDA Fernandez and poloff in a meeting on February 10. The iro [...]	2009-02-12 11:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU
09KHARTOUM211	DARFUR'S NOMADS REQUEST DEVELOPMENT AID AND CHANCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 15, the Nomads Development Council (NDC) led by Abdalla Safi Al-Nur told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's nomads (the majority of which are Arab, although the non-Arab Zaghawa are also nomadic) are misunderstood, marginalized, and in need of humanitarian aid and developme [...]	2009-02-17 05:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM213	NCP OFFICIAL SYMPATHETIC BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, CDA Fernandez met with senior NCP official Qutbi al Mahdi, who maintains a keen interest in humanitarian affairs. CDA expressed his concern that on the very same day he received a conciliatory letter from President Bashir to President Obama (reftel a),the GOS Huma [...]	2009-02-17 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM218	SUDAN RESPONSE: EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] (SBU) UNAMID requires all military personnel, civilian employees and UN Volunteers to undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. John Alstrom, UNAMID Chief of Staff, and Wayne Hyde, head of the UNAMID Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU),said that UNAMID's 1 [...]	2009-02-18 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM226	WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM DOHA AND NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Doha process continues, the conclusion of the initial phase of the process on February 17 with an "Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building" between JEM and the GoS (reftel a-d) left behind notable early losers and winners. Rapidly changing events in Sudan, [...]	2009-02-20 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM230	SPLM NEGOTIATOR ARMAN ON DOHA DARFUR TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Doha talks participant Yasser Arman, the GNU-JEM &Goodwill Agreement8 reached there potentially could re-energize the political process in Darfur, if it is enforced and if Sudan,s neighbors and other rebel factions can be engaged, but the behavior of JEM in the talk [...]	2009-02-22 10:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU QA
09KHARTOUM259	MINNAWI: WE ARE CHASING JEM OUT OF DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that his fighters are currently chasing JEM fighters north to the Chadian border and out of Sudan. Minnawi reported that his forces have been emergin [...]	2009-02-25 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM265	GOS-JEM "DETAINEE EXCHANGE" A ONE-SIDED AFFAIR [...] (SBU) As a "goodwill gesture" to the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) following the Doha talks, the GOS released 24 detainees on February 22 who it claimed were members of JEM. JEM Spokesman Ahmed Hussein was unable to immediately confirm if the detainees - whose names were published [...]	2009-02-25 13:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM297	DARFUR CALM BUT TENSE AHEAD OF MARCH 4 ICC ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur is calm but tense ahead of the March 4 ICC announcement. Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) leaders are actively warning IDPs against engaging in any public celebrations in response to the expected ICC indictment of President Bashir. At the same time, they express confid [...]	2009-03-03 14:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM327	TURABI: FREE AT LAST - BUT WHY, AND WHAT'S GOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, CDA Fernandez met with Popular Congress Party leader Dr. Hassan al-Turabi at his house in Khartoum. Turabi, who was released from Port Sudan prison on March 9, appeared in good health and talked about his treatment in prison, the strange nature of his release, and th [...]	2009-03-10 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM343	SUDANESE JIHADIST RHETORIC HEATS UP, THEN COOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There has been a significant rise in public anti-Western rhetoric from both regime figures and extremist groups since the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Whether the remarks are a start of a re [...]	2009-03-12 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM358	EXPAT FUR INTELLECTUAL URGES ROOM FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfuris can solve the crisis in their homeland if the international community presses the GOS to allow Darfuri civil society to operate there, according to Dr. El Tigani Sesei, one of Darfur's preeminent expatriate intellectuals. El Tigani characterized Abdul Wahid as "catastro [...]	2009-03-16 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM420	SUDANESE CIVIL SOCIETY DETERMINED TO STAY IN THE FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Key independent civil society actors, who have been implementing USG-supported civic and voter education and human rights activities in northern Sudan, affirmed that they are committed to stay in the fight to maintain space for civic participation. They intend to do so despite [...]	2009-03-25 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM435	SUPPORT FOR BASHIR "WIDE BUT THIN" SAYS MINNAWI [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on March 28 that, based on his discussion with senior regime officials, support for President Bashir within the ruling elite is "wide but thin." Minni said that, for the moment, Ba [...]	2009-03-29 12:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM48	JEM ATTACKS SLM/MM AND BURNS MUHAJARIYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attacked his Sudan Liberation Movement forces stationed in Muhajariyya and completely burned the village on January 15. Minnawi said that the fighting began in the early [...]	2009-01-15 12:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM481	RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE GRATION IN JEBEL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]	2009-04-08 06:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM484	BASSOLE SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN KEEPING THE DOHA TALKS ALIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN/AU Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole noted that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) refused further dialogue with the Government of Sudan (GoS) because of the INGO expulsion, and proposed that JEM might participate in the Doha talks if the opportunity to discuss humanit [...]	2009-04-09 07:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM487	CORRECTED COPY: RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]	2009-04-09 10:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM49	TURABI ARRESTED AFTER CALLING BASHIR "CULPABLE" FOR DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Hassan Abdalla al-Turabi, a founding father of the current Sudanese regime but now the leader of the opposition Peoples' Congress Party (PCP) and bitter opponent to the regime, was arrested at his home on the evening of January 14, following remarks calling on Sudanese Presid [...]	2009-01-15 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM507	SE GRATION IN EL FASHER: A PESSIMISTIC MINNAWI, A MYOPIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher on Saturday, April 4, meeting with the Wali of North Darfur, who strongly denied serious humanitarian gaps but still desires bilateral cooperation, telling the delegation "We put our hand in your hand t [...]	2009-04-14 05:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM51	JEM CLASHES WITH SLM/MM IN MUHAJIRIYA, BUT SCALE OF [...] (SBU) Multiple rebel and UN sources confirmed the fighting between JEM and SLM/Minnawi forces in the Minnawi stronghold of Muhajiriya the morning of January 15 (Ref A),but details remain scarce and the scope of the fighting remains in question. According to UN sources, clashes apparently star [...]	2009-01-15 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM511	SE GRATION TELLS FM ALOR URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Foreign Minister Deng Alor, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration said that it is urgent to address security, humanitarian, and political problems in Darfur. Gration also promised that the U.S. will offer its full support to good-faith initiatives [...]	2009-04-14 09:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM524	EXECUTION OF FORMER EMBASSY GUARD AND MEMBER OF THE FUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13, 2009, former Embassy guard Adam Ibrahim El-Haj was executed by hanging for conspiracy to commit murder along with eight other members of Khartoum's Fur community. The accused were charged with the September 6 2006 beheading of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Ta [...]	2009-04-15 14:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC APER AMGT PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM553	SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO DARFUR, APRIL 17, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 17, Senator John F. Kerry and delegation traveled to El Fasher, Darfur for several hours amid much fanfare from local officials. Following an overly ceremonious greeting with dancers representing many of Darfur's tribes, North Darfur's Wali (Governor) Osman Kibir played [...]	2009-04-23 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM571	MALIK AGAR PRESSES HARD FOR TRUTH TO BE TOLD IN THREE AREAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Governor of Blue Nile State Malik Agar is fighting for the truth to be reflected in an INGO expulsion report for the Three Areas. According to Malik, the Three Areas joint UN-GOS assessment after the National Congress Party's (NCP's) INGO expulsions on March 4 revealed that ING [...]	2009-04-28 11:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM583	JEM AND SLA/U ALLEGEDLY SKIRMISH AS JEM OVERHAULS ITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid several high-profile defections from SLA/U to JEM, a minor skirmish in North Darfur earlier this week between rival SLA/Unity commanders has not yet spread to direct conflict between JEM and SLA/U, contrary to some early reports. JEM's political wing evolved further this we [...]	2009-04-30 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM597	DARFUR REBEL UPDATE, SPRING 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Although holding no territory in Darfur, JEM continues to pick up detritus from other Darfur rebel movements. Its incursion into the SLA/Minnawi stronghold of Dar Zaghawa on May 4-5 in far north Darfur indicates that it will continue to flex its muscles as it seeks to position it [...]	2009-05-06 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM632	MINNAWI PREPARES TO COUNTER JEM DEPREDATIONS [...] (C) SLM/A leader Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez on May 12 that he is returning to the field in Darfur as soon as possible, perhaps on May 13, to defend his remaining positions in North Darfur against the depredations of the Chadian-suppored Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). JEM attacked S [...]	2009-05-13 11:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM636	"DON'T HOLD BILATERAL RELATIONS HOSTAGE TO THE NGO [...] (C) Summary: The lifting of sanctions on Sudan and removal of Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list remain the highest priorities for the Government of Sudan, Assistant to the President Nafie Ali Nafie told SE Gration on May 7, accusing the U.S. of holding these more essential issues [...]	2009-05-14 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM637	SPLM URGES SE GRATION TO WORK CPA AND DARFUR [...] Summary. Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman and Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Cabinet Affairs Kosti Manibe (SPLM) urged Special Envoy Gration to work concurrently on CPA implementation and Darfur. The [...]	2009-05-14 06:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM638	FM DENG ALOR TELLS SE GRATION THAT DARFUR REQUIRES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 7, FM Alor counseled Special Envoy Gration that the Darfur conflict can only be resolved within a broader international context, engaging Chad, Egypt, and Libya. The Special Envoy said that he sees an opportunity now to stop the fighting and begin a political process that [...]	2009-05-14 06:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM639	AGREEMENTS WITH JEM WON'T STABILIZE DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary: Any peace process in which JEM is prominently featured will not serve as a stabilizing force in Darfur, Assistant to the President and SLM/MM leader Minni Minnawi told SE Gration in a meeting on May 8. If and when JEM signs a bilateral ceasefire with the GOS, it will simply direct [...]	2009-05-14 06:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM644	GOS INTENDS TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE [...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan intends to move cautiously in its engagement with the U.S. and the international community, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin told CDA Fernandez during their final meeting May 14. While the ruling National Congress Party is eager to move forward with the Da [...]	2009-05-17 04:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM650	ROGUE SAF COLONEL ON DARFUR CEASEFIRE, JEM AGGRESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Well-known Sudanese Liberation Army-Unity (SLA/U) rebel leader and former Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Colonel Abu Bakr Kado recently abandoned SLA/U to join Sudanese Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). He is now living in the SLA/AW stronghold of Jebel Marra with approximately [...]	2009-05-17 11:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM651	UNAMID LEADERSHIP WARY OF JEM'S RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) Doha-talks monopoly has created a peace process that guarantees war, as JEM seeks to destroy or co-opt all rival factions, UNAMID JSR Rodolphe Adada and Political Affairs Chief Abdul Mohammed told CDA Fernandez on May 13. They noted that [...]	2009-05-17 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM652	A BREAK IN THE QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: GOC FORCES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: There was conflict in Darfur on two fronts during May 14-17. On May 14, Government of Chad (GOC) forces pursued Chadian rebels into West Darfur, and unidentified aircraft bombed Chadian rebel encampments on May 15-16 near the Sudanese village of Sarow, 25 kilometers south of Mukj [...]	2009-05-17 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM661	JEM TAKES KARNOI FROM GOS, SLA/MM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has taken Karnoi, North Darfur, from the Government of Sudan (GOS),and unconfirmed reports from SLA/Minni Minnawi cite fifty dead in the fighting over the last week near the Chadian border. Two years to the month after the signing of the [...]	2009-05-18 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM666	SLA/MM ALLEGES CHADIAN MILITARY ASSISTANCE IN JEM ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: No new fighting occurred on the Chad-Sudan border in North Darfur on May 19, but SLA/MM alleged that Chadian military officers assisted in the May 16 assault on Karnoi and previous attacks on SLA/MM positions in Sudanese territory. UNAMID has not been able to corroborate these a [...]	2009-05-20 04:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM678	NORTH DARFUR REMAINS CALM FOLLOWING CLASHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The situation in North Darfur has remained calm since May 17 clashes between JEM and the GOS at Karnoi, according to UN and rebel sources. Meanwhile, the extent of JEM's presence in Darfur remains unclear. A UNDSS officer told poloff that JEM has retreated into Chad, but UNAMID h [...]	2009-05-22 12:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM684	JEM ASSAULTS GOS IN UMM BARRO, MINNAWI ON STANDBY [...] (SBU) Summary: JEM forces clashed with GOS forces on May 24 in Umm Barro, North Darfur, forcing Sudanese soldiers to seek refuge at the UNAMID team site there, with JEM subsequently retreating back behind the Chadian border. Up to 300 civilians have sought refuge at the team site as well. Min [...]	2009-05-25 19:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM693	DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE MAY 27 [...] (SBU) Summary: Backed by the forces of SLA/Minnawi, the SAF remains in firm control of Um Barro following its May 24 battle with JEM, according to UNAMID sources. Though both sides suffered casualties in the fighting, several JEM commanders are rumored to have been killed, and the rebel force a [...]	2009-05-27 16:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM729	DARFUR UPDATE: PROXY REBELS RETREAT TO LICK THEIR WOUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: JEM forces have reportedly returned to Chad. There is no confirmation that Sudanese warplanes have attacked JEM positions in Chad. JEM appears to have been significantly weakened following its May offensive in Sudan. Chadian rebels have returned to Sudan. While they claim to [...]	2009-06-07 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM75	THE CHANGING DYNAMIC IN DARFUR: ZAGHAWA MOVEMENTS TURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) now controls the key South Darfur villages of Labado and Muhajarriya after attacking SLM/Minnawi positions. One UNAMID source claimed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) started bombing both JEM and SLM/MM on the periph [...]	2009-01-21 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM788	GOS RESUMES BOMBING IN DAR ZAGHAWA AMID RUMORS OF JEM [...] (SBU) Summary: GOS aircraft bombed several remote areas around Furawiya on June 23-24 amid rumors that JEM is regrouping for another offensive, according to the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS). UNDSS Officer Frazer King told poloff that the GOS aircraft sporadically bombed four to [...]	2009-06-28 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM829	CHIEFS OF MISSION TOLD GOS IS COMMITTED TO DOHA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS is committed to continuing the stalled Doha peace talks with the so-called "Tripoli Group" of Darfuri rebel factions, as well as increased participation from civil society groups, GOS lead negotiator Dr. Amin Hassan Omer. This message was delivered in Arabic and English [...]	2009-07-12 04:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM83	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS NEW MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with CDA Fernandez, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail acknowledged a tactical mistake on the part of the SAF for failing to intervene quickly against JEM in recent clashes with the forces of Minni Minnawi (reftel). He admitted that t [...]	2009-01-23 08:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM84	SLM/MM ALLEGES JEM MANIPULATED BY GOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The SLA/MM commanders who defected to JEM last month are in fact government agents who instigated JEM's attack on Minnawi forces in Muhajiriya to sow discord amongst the rival Zaghawa movements at the behest of the government, SLM/MM reps told poloffs in a meeting on January 22. [...]	2009-01-23 09:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM85	UNAMID DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE PLANS AND SOUTH DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22, Rodolphe Adada, the Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID,) told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID continues to draft its ceasefire plans. Adada stated that UNAMID's plan will be flexible and applicable in bot [...]	2009-01-23 09:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM914	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BONA MALWAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Whitehead met with Presidential Adviser Bona Malwal on July 29 at the latter,s request. A former minister in the late 1970s under Nimeiri and a long-time antagonist of the late John Garang, Malwal continues to pursue politics in the South while maintaining stron [...]	2009-08-07 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM92	WIDESPREAD SAF BOMBING REPORTED IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from UNAMID, Darfur rebel movements, and cival society reported wideqpread Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bombing in both North and South Darfur on January 24-25. Sources reported that the bombing was not restricted to JEM positions in Muhajarriya, South Darfur, but inclu [...]	2009-01-25 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM94	NCP ALLEGEDLY ARMING ITS DARFUR ALLIES AS ICC LOOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for potential unrest in Darfur, several sources reported that the NCP has begun a large-scale arms distribution program in all three states of Darfur. In Nyala, an SPLM official alleged that the NCP is paying families to accept Kalashnikovs. Meanwhile, Fur IDP le [...]	2009-01-26 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KUWAIT1021	MOVING KUWAIT TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Summary: (S/NF) Post believes we have an opportunity to change the terms of the engagement with the GoK by widening the scope of the terror finance conversation to include all financial crimes. A constituency exists among t [...]	2009-10-26 12:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT451	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) During a May 4 call on the Ambassador, Afghanistan's ambassador to Kuwait, Abdul Rahim Karimi, stated that his embassy has evidence that a series of Afghan ambassadors serving in Kuwait during the administration of Burhanuddin Rabbani (1992-1996) fraudulently delivered Afghan passports [...]	2009-05-05 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR CPAS KU AF
09KUWAIT707	GOK COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING PROGRESS [...] (C) The GOK continues to demonstrate that it is taking meaningful steps to prevent charitable donations from becoming sources of financing for extremist groups. Despite deficient legislation, improved GOK interagency coordination and significant regulatory enhancements have produced appreciab [...]	2009-07-15 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER ECON PGOV PREL KU

09KUWAIT921	SENTENCE ON CONVICTED TERRORIST SUPPORTER LTC [...] (C) Summary. Press reports, subsequently confirmed by Kuwaiti judicial officials, indicate that retired LTC Khalil Al-Ghaith, a Kuwaiti citizen, was convicted August 25 of supporting and funding terrorist activities and sentenced to three years imprisonment. As is not unusual here, the imm [...]	2009-09-17 05:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV
09LONDON952	SUDAN/DARFUR: LONDON-BASED OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. Two prominent Darfuris in exile in the UK, one Fur and one Zaghawa, see the situation in Darfur as increasingly fractured and the path to peace littered with hazards and potential spoilers. Mohamed Dousa, a Zaghawa leader in the Sudanese Constitutional Party, said his constituen [...]	2009-04-24 12:53:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO PHUM SU UK
09MANAMA112	WIFAQ LEADER DISCUSSES PLAN FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The leader of Bahrain's mainstream Shia opposition party discussed his plan for a "national dialogue" to address sectarianism and reinvigorate political reform. He asked for U.S. support in the endeavor. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador met with Wifaq leader Ali Salman and Wifaq [...]	2009-02-24 08:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BA
09MANAMA172	DEATH OF PAKISTANI ATTACKED BY SHIA PROTESTERS [...] (U) Summary: A Pakistani man died March 21 from burns suffered in a Molotov cocktail attack during protests at the detention of Haq Movement leaders. Five Shia youths may face murder charges and a possible death sentence. Sunnis and moderate Shia have condemned the violence. End summary. [...]	2009-03-23 10:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA342	SHIA WIFAQ PARTY BEGINS TO FOCUS ON 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The Shia Wifaq party is beginning to organize itself for the Fall 2010 parliamentary elections. One leading Wifaqi says the party will aim to win just one additional seat in the lower, elected, house. This would leave Wifaq in the minority, suggesting a quiet understanding with [...]	2009-06-08 13:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BA
09MANAMA438	BAHRAIN'S SHIA OPPOSITION: MANAGING SECTARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 14:28:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA660	GRADING BAHRAIN'S PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 13:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA
09MANILA1841	RAJAH SOLAIMAN TERRORIST LEADER APPREHENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) leader Dinno-Amor Rosalejos Pareja (a.k.a. "Khalil Pareja") was arrested August 21 at a Marawi City hideout by Philippine National Police (PNP),acting on a tip from an informant. Although RSM had been less active in recent years, Pareja had been ac [...]	2009-08-28 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KJUS RP
09MOSCOW1345	A RUSSIAN MARSHALL PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN? [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent conference on Russian-Afghan relations organized by a Russian NGO provided Moscow an opportunity to demonstrate its concern over the situation in Afghanistan without committing to provide additional assistance to the country. The event brought together Russian official [...]	2009-05-26 11:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SNAR AF RS
09MOSCOW413	DAS MOON'S FEBRUARY 11 MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. MFA 2nd Asia Director Aleksandr Maryasov reiterated Russia's interest in strengthening cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan during a February 11 meeting with SCA DAS for Afghanistan Patrick Moon. Maryasov said the situation in Afghanistan required "drastic changes," and prais [...]	2009-02-19 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR AF IR RS
09MUSCAT27	OMANI PROTESTS AGAINST EVENTS IN GAZA TAKE [...] (C) Summary: More demonstrations against Israeli actions in Gaza took place in three separate Omani cities the afternoon of January 9. While remaining peaceful, protesters - some of whom displayed signs of support for Hamas and/or Hizballah - burned Israeli flags and increasingly turned thei [...]	2009-01-11 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPAL KPAO KWBG MU
09MUSCAT757	OMAN INCREASES PUBLIC AWARENESS OF TIP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Two recent articles in prominent Arabic language news outlets sought to increase public understanding of issues related to Trafficking in Persons (TIP). These comments by government and religious authorities in the tightly regulated Omani press are evidence of a new [...]	2009-07-14 07:16:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT973	OMAN PUBLISHES NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Omani National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking (NCCHT) held its second meeting on October 14 (ref A) approving a National Plan to Combat TIP, announcing a new reporting hotline and website, and confirming two more Trafficking in Persons (TIP) prosecutions in progress. [...]	2009-10-20 08:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT993	USTR/LABOR VISIT TO OMAN FOCUSES ON UNIONS, TIP [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by USTR representatives visited Oman for a series of public and private sector meetings to follow-up on the labor aspects of the U.S./Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). At each meeting the delegation consistently emphasized the importance of labor issues to trade a [...]	2009-11-02 13:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM ELAB KTIP MU
09NDJAMENA147	SUDAN/CHAD: GOS, JEM AGREE TO REACTIVATE DOHA [...] (C) The Government of Sudan and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) have agreed to reactivate talks in Doha on Monday evening, May 4, following five sessions between Special Envoy Gration and JEM Chairman Khalil Ibrahim, and numerous calls between Gration and GoS Presidential Advisor Ghazi an [...]	2009-05-03 19:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU QA LY MOPS CD
09NDJAMENA162	KHALIL IBRAHIM PRESENTS -- "THE NEW JEM" [...] (SBU) JEM Chief Dr. Khalil Ibrahim told SE Gration May 2-3 that his recently enhanced and expanded movement was the "New JEM" whose top priority was peace, not conquest. Khalil claimed to represent over 200 Sudanese tribes, offered proof that a number of former commanders of separate rebel m [...]	2009-05-08 13:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF AU LY CD
09NDJAMENA195	CHAD-SUDAN: GOC SHOULD "SEIZE THE MOMENT" TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro and DCM told GOC Ambassador to the U.S. Bechir May 22 that the GOC should "seize the moment" to exploit diplomatically its recent military successes. We acknowledged Bechir's expression of gratitude for the clear USG public position on the rebel attack and told him tha [...]	2009-05-24 14:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MARR MASS SU LY IS CD
09NDJAMENA264	DEBY-GRATION MEETING: DEBY WANTS TO HELP USG [...] (SBU) Meeting with Special Envoy Scott Gration June 29, Chad's President Deby Idriss Itno made the following points: -- Resolving the Darfur crisis is a key goal for Chad. -- Chad is committed to implementing the Doha agreement of May 3 and views the recent decrease in tensions in South [...]	2009-06-29 17:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS ASEC AU UNAUS SU CT CD
09NDJAMENA269	SE GRATION SEES SLA/AW CAUTIOUS AND JEM INTRANSIGENCT ON [...] (SBU) Darfur's rebel groups will continue to oppose the Doha process for different reasons, representatives from Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and the Justice Equality Movement (JEM) told Special Envoy Gen. Scott Gration, separately, on May 27 in N'Djamena. SLA/AW's main command [...]	2009-07-02 08:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV MOPS SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA283	WHAT THE USG EXPECTS FROM CHAD: PEACE IN DARFUR, [...] (SBU) Ambassador told Chad FORMIN Faki July 10 that The Secretary's willingness to meet with him was primarily a function of the centrality of he Darfur crisis to USG policyin the region; that she would be interested to hear from him how Chad could best play an active and positive role in rest [...]	2009-07-13 12:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA287	FOR FORMIN FAKI MTGS: ADDITIONAL INPUT [...] (SBU) This message offers information and views that might be helpful to the Department in preparing for Chad FORMIN Faki's meetings in Washington, in addition to reftel. ----------------------- CHAD-SUDAN AND CHAD/JEM ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Faki told us July 9 that President [...]	2009-07-14 13:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA311	GOC SHOULD BUILD ON MOMENTUM TOWARD NORMAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro told FORMIN Faki July 24 that GOC should build on the momentum created by his successful visit to Washington and productive talks with senior USG policy makers to move forward on normalization of Chad-Sudan relations by ending the "proxy war" between the two countries' [...]	2009-07-28 06:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA343	LIBYA INTENSIFIES ITS SUPPORT TO CHAD AND ITS EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) LIBYAN AMBASSADOR GREEN SALEH GREEN DESCRIBED TO AMBASSADOR ON AUGUST 6 HOW LIBYA HAD INTENSIFIED BOTH ITS BILATERAL SUPPORT FOR CHAD AND ITS EFFORTS TO NORMALIZE CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS SINCE HIS RETURN TO NDJAMENA AS COM. LIBYA IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN CHAD'S ECONOMY -- BUDGET SUPPORT, TR [...]	2009-08-17 08:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU LY FR UN CD
09NDJAMENA350	NEW SUDAN DCM ON CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS: "DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Sudanese DCM gave POLOFF August 18 an overview of Chad-Sudan issues, stressing that the GOS sought international pressure on JEM to return to Doha, and that the GOS itself was pressuring Chadian rebels to return to Chad. DCM expressed his desire to have Chad-Sudan relations "normalize" a [...]	2009-08-21 11:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA PINR CD
09NDJAMENA399	FORMIN FAKI SAYS CHAD ACTING RESPONSIBLY ON JEM, [...] (U) ACTION MESSAGE: This is an action message: See para 8. ------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Chad FORMIN Faki told Ambassador September 16 that he was looking forward to representing Chad as Head of Delegation at the UNGA and afterwards in Washington. Faki said that Chad had cont [...]	2009-09-16 12:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF SU PHUM LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA406	AN EER FOR CHAD [...] (SBU) We learned two days ago of President Deby's decision to accept the invitation to lunch with POTUS and other African heads of state during upcoming UNGA meetings. This visit affords Embassy a good opportunity to lay out Chad's record of progress since its nadir of contemporary existence [...]	2009-09-18 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU LY QA FR PKO MARR
09NDJAMENA438	GHAZI VISIT TO CHAD; DEBY-BASSOLE MEETING; DOHA [...] (SBU) UN/AU Darfur Mediator Djibrill Bassole briefed USG officials October 10 on his meetings earlier in the week with Chadian President Idris Deby Itno, FONMIN Moussa Faki Mahamat, and Sudan rebel leaders from the JEM and various SLA factions. Bassole indicated that Sudanese Presidential Ad [...]	2009-10-10 18:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM QA SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA446	FM FAKI BRIEFS ON GHAZI VISIT RESULTS [...] (SBU) FM Moussa Faki Mahamat called in DCM October 15 (Ambassador is traveling in Eastern Chad with MINURCAT) to provide a read-out of the October 10 discussions in N'Djamena among President Idriss Deby Itno, Sudanese Presidential Adviser Ghazi Salahhuddin, UN/AU Negotiator Djibrill Bassole, [...]	2009-10-15 17:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS QA SU LY CD
09NDJAMENA462	JEM ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Khalil Ibrahim and Secretary of Humanitarian Affairs Suleiman Jamous, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Djibril Ibrahim, Secretary for Administration Abubakar Hamid, Economic Advisor Bushara Suleiman Nour, and Secretary for Finance Azadein Yousif. asked to see Ambassador Nigro and others at [...]	2009-10-20 16:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA465	CHAD: RUSSIAN SPECIAL SUDAN ENVOY BRIEFS PERM-3 [...] (SBU) Russian Special Envoy for Sudan Mikhail Margelov briefed U.S., French, and Chinese Ambassadors to Chad October 20 on his Chad visit, at Russian Embassy over breakfast. 2. (SBU) Margelov said that a recent seminar in Moscow on the CPA was a Russian attempt to interest Sudanese parties [...]	2009-10-21 12:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM RU SU FR CD
09NDJAMENA479	CHAD: MINURCAT SRSG GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo told Ambassador October 22 that he was "guardedly optimistic" regarding the current trend in Chad-Sudan relations, where momentum toward normalization and ending support for military proxies was building, and on Chad's election process, making "credible if n [...]	2009-10-26 09:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU FR LY UN AU CD
09NDJAMENA483	JEM MATTERS: KHALIL IBRAHIM ON INTERPOL WATCH [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 3 and 6. ------------------------------------- KHALIL IBRAHIM ON INTERPOL WATCH LIST ------------------------------------- 2. (C) We understand that a "Red Notice" for JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim was placed on an INTERPOL list at the request of S [...]	2009-10-26 16:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC SU CD
09NDJAMENA485	FORMIN SAYS CHAD PUSHING TO NORMALIZE WITH SUDAN, [...] (SBU) FM Moussa Faki Mahamat told Ambassador and DCM October 27 that Chad was "perfectly serious" about pursuing normalization with Sudan; still talking to Sudan about confidence-building measures and normalizing relations along lines agreed during Dr.Ghazi Salahuddin's visit last month; and [...]	2009-10-27 14:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF MARR SU NI CD
09NDJAMENA503	THE CHADIAN GO-BETWEEN? EX-REBEL SOUBIANE "TELLS [...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met November 2 with Ahmat Soubiane, who described his reasons for going into rebellion, his reasons for returning to Chad, his intention to continue to work to reconcile his former rebel comrades with the GOC, his intention to devote himself initially to socio-economic [...]	2009-11-02 15:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM PREF PINR SU LY FR CD
09NDJAMENA513	SUDAN REBELS: DEMARCHE TO TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPS [...] (SBU) DCM, accompanied by DATT and RSO, delivered points provided in ref message to members of the Technical Committee representing SLA and URF factions November 3, stressing that S/E Gration commended progress thus far, including via the road map signed in Addis Ababa, toward unification und [...]	2009-11-03 17:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SU CD
09NDJAMENA520	CHAD: MINURCAT AND PERM-5 AMBASSADORS SHARE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: See Para 16. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo told Perm-5 Ambassadors accredited to Chad on November 4 that he was deeply concerned about rising criminality in Eastern Chad, which was beyond the current ability of internatio [...]	2009-11-06 11:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CASC UNSC ASEC SU CD
09NDJAMENA536	CHAD/JEM: FRENCH AND LIBYANS ON JEM ISSUES [...] (SBU) The French ambassador told us 11/14 that he had no information regarding recent or upcoming deliveries of arms to JEM in Chad and that he believed that the GOC has put Khalil Ibrahim "on a short leash," restricting his in-country travel to prevent him from getting involved in JEM armed [...]	2009-11-16 13:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MARR SU LY PINR ER FR CD
09NDJAMENA54	CHAD/DOHA: THE IMPACT OF THE AGREEMENT HERE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ndjamena salutes Embassy Khartoum's intelligent and thoroughgoing analysis of the Doha Agreement (REF A),with which we by and large concur. We have a slightly different take on some of its Chad-related features. We doubt that both the Deby regime and the Chad rebels c [...]	2009-02-23 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO UN AU CD SU
09NDJAMENA55	URF LEADER ABU GARDA TO PRESENT HIS CASE BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel Bahr Abu Garda, leader of the URF coalition, will travel to the Netherlands to present his case to the International Criminal Court (ICC),his spokesman told Embassy Ndjamena. If this information is correct, URF may be trying to recapture international attention [...]	2009-02-23 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF UN AU SU CD
09NDJAMENA60	JEM-KHALIL OUTLINES STATEGY MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) JEM chairman Khalil Ibrahim told the Ambassador February 25 that he was satisfied with the Doha Agreement and that he would return to Darfur to recruit other potential stakeholders from rebel groups, civil society, refugees, and IDPs, to form a broader JEM-led delegation for the next sessi [...]	2009-02-25 17:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF UN AU SU CD
09NDJAMENA621	CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...]	2009-12-28 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA622	CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...]	2009-12-28 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA623	CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...]	2009-12-28 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA624	CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...]	2009-12-28 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD
09NDJAMENA84	URF LEADER ABU GARDA IN TRANSIT TO ICC [...] (C) Sudanese rebel leader Bahr Abu Garda is reported to have departed N'Djamena on March 8, ostensibly in transit to present himself before the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. Separately, Tadjadine Niam, spokeman for Abu Garda's Sudanese rebel coalition United Resistance Force [...]	2009-03-10 15:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU CD
09NEWDELHI875	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] "WHO WILL RULE KABUL?" oped in April 30 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR by foreign policy writer Ved Pratap Vaidik: "Presidential elections are due in Afghanistan on August 20. It is likely that President Karzai will win again. During Obama's campaign it seemed as if one of his first actions, if he wo [...]	2009-05-01 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NOUAKCHOTT203	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 8-12, Muammar Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania dominated events. Qadhafi pressed hard for a joint declaration between the parties to the crisis, without success. Adding insult to injury, FNDD leaders walked out on his speech at the Palais des Congres when [...]	2009-03-15 08:13:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT278	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 12-16, the RFD party was on the verge of collapse, and Ahmed Ould Daddah had his strongest words yet for General Aziz. Ibrahima Sarr announced his candidacy for president, and renewed AU-Libyan and Senegalese mediation efforts failed to generate enthusia [...]	2009-04-16 13:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT344	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: Senegalese mediation efforts dominated the political scene for the week of May 17-21. The anti-US media campaign continued, while the FNDD and RFD held a large march to protest General Aziz's election plans. Despite rumors of the imminent release of the "FNDD four" (arrested fo [...]	2009-05-21 17:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR PHUM KPAO
09PARIS1415	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY'S OCTOBER 16 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad's President Deby told France's President Sarkozy on October 16 that he would continue to build political dialogue and reconciliation in Chad, that Chad's relations with Sudan were improving after the recent high-level Sudanese delegation's visit to N'Djamena, that Chad nee [...]	2009-10-21 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS CD SU FR
09PARIS238	PRUDENCE RULES IN ADVANCE OF ICC ACTION ON BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: Impending ICC action against Sudanese President Bashir dominated U.S., UK, and French consultations on February 11 as well as consultations with a broader informal group including Presidential Envoy for Sudan Mikhail V. Margelov. In a pre-meeting, U.S., UK and French officials [...]	2009-02-17 11:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC RU SU FR
09PARIS864	DARFUR: JUNE 23/25 MEETINGS WITH JEM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) representatives said on June 23 that JEM was absorbing other Darfur rebel elements and was becoming the strongest Darfur group best able to represent Darfur's interests. JEM was continuing to seek Khartoum's implementation of the Febru [...]	2009-06-26 06:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PINR SU FR
09PESHAWAR168	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JULY 24 [...] (C) Over this reporting period, fighting in the on-going Pakistani military operation in Swat continued at levels similar to those of the previous week, with a few notable events. The militants decapitated a policeman in Mingora and left his body to be found as a sign that the militants were [...]	2009-08-13 08:49:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS ASEC PK
09PESHAWAR85	FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, APRIL 18 [...] (C) Pakistanis from political and military quarters expressed alarm when taliban fighters advanced from Swat into neighboring Shangla and Buner Districts of Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) without resistance during the third week of April. The government began to deploy some troops to Buner [...]	2009-04-27 08:41:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PK
09RABAT587	VERDICT IN QADHAFI DEFAMATION CASES PUTS GOM IN [...] (C) On June 27, a Casablanca court found three Moroccan newspapers guilty of "publicly harming" Libyan leader Muamar Qadhafi and "injuring his dignity," levying whopping fines. Newspaper editorialists and the press union have condemned the decision, accusing the Moroccan Government of complici [...]	2009-07-09 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI LY MO
09RIYADH1493	SAUDI IPR WORKING GROUP REPORTS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) The U.S. - Saudi Arabia Intellectual Property Working Group met via digital video conference (DVC) November 3 to discuss Saudi Arabia's preparations for the upcoming Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR). The IPR Committee Chair said AUSTR Chris Wilson's October 16 to 20 visit gave mome [...]	2009-11-09 06:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV PREL SA
09RIYADH524	FIRST MEETING OF U.S. - SAUDI ARABIA INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) The first meeting of the U.S. - Saudi Arabia Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Working Group occurred March 4-6 in Washington, DC, on the margins of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting (septel). Some private rights-holders also participated in the meetin [...]	2009-04-06 14:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
09RIYADH568	COURTSHIP OF SAUDIS PAYING DIVIDENDS FOR SUDAN [...] (C) KEY POINTS -- A recent diplomatic offensive in Riyadh by the Sudanese now yields benefits in public and private support. -- Saudi officials publicly greeted President Omar al-Bashir April 1 as he made a single day Umrah pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, lending an air of official weight to a [...]	2009-04-14 12:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON ICC SA SU
09SANAA1287	ROYG FACES OBSTACLES TO FULL REFUGEE REGISTRATION [...] (C/NF) Although refugee-registration centers are now open in Sana,a and Aden, many questions loom over refugee affairs in Yemen. Widespread discrepancies in official reporting on the number of refugees in the country, and ineffectual communication and cooperation between government ministries [...]	2009-07-22 09:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SO UNHCR YM
09SANAA2219	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on December 14 to Khalil Mohammed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Two Americas Department and Amani Ali Salih al-Wathai, assistant to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhi al-Dhabbi. Mohammed and Wathai accepted the points of the dem [...]	2009-12-15 15:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09SECTIO01OF02NDJAMENA530	CHAD: FORMIN FAKI ON CHA-SUDAN DETENTE SEQUENCING, JEM/ARMS, AND JEM/DOH [...] (C) Ambassador met one-on-one with FORMIN Moussa Faki Mahamat on October 6. Faki said that the next confidence-building step in the Chad-Sudan detente scenario, drafted by Ghazi himself in Ndjamena October 10, was Sudan's to make. Faki said that the Qataris had found JEM's Khalil Ibrahim s [...]	2009-11-12 16:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MARR SU LY CD PHUM
09STATE101024	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]	2009-09-28 22:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PHUM JO
09STATE111120	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as much [...]	2009-10-28 13:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PHUM MASS
09STATE11320	SOMALIA: LETTER TO THE SECRETARIAT ON USG EFFORTS [...] USUN is instructed to deliver the following letter to the Department of Political Affairs in response to their inquiry of January 28 asking for additional information concerning USG anti-piracy activities off the coast of Somalia. The Department understands an earlier letter containing the c [...]	2009-02-06 23:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE113897	EGYPT LEAHY VETTING REPSONSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]	2009-11-04 19:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EG EWWT PREL
09STATE114151	EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...]	2009-11-05 14:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EG EWWT PREL
09STATE114630	EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99267 THRU 99294 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]	2009-11-06 14:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE115585	USG ACCEPTS EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, Egypt invited USG civil nuclear experts to Cairo for discussions on cooperation related to civil nuclear infrastructure. Department has decided to respond positively to this proposal in order to rebuild trus [...]	2009-11-09 19:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP TRGY EG
09STATE124988	DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN-IRANIAN JOINT BANKING VENTURE [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 4. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Media reports from September 30, 2009, indicated the Syrian Central Bank issued a license for the formation of a new bank called Aman Bank (originally called the Syrian-Iranian Commercial Bank (SICB)) (reftel [...]	2009-12-07 16:39:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER IR SY
09STATE131661	UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING [...] (U) This is an action request. All Action addresses, please see paragraphs 7- 9. Paragraphs 10 ) 49 contain instructions for specific posts. ------------------------------------ SUMMARY and OBJECTIVES ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Maintaining the legitimacy and effe [...]	2009-12-29 20:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER
09STATE17313	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, February 25, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 7-9 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 10-13 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 14-31 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 32-40 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 41-52 7. (U) Iraq [...]	2009-02-25 04:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
09STATE22422	ACTING A/S PHIL CARTER,S MEETINGS WITH THE QATAR, [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In the aftermath of last week's International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Acting Assistant Secretary (A/S) of African Affairs (AF) Phil Carter held meetings with embassy officials from Qatar, Egypt, and China [...]	2009-03-10 18:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU UN
09STATE26373	VIEWS ON SUDAN -- MEETINGS WITH UK, FRANCE, [...] (C) Summary: Department AF and S/WCI officials met March 10-11 with UK and French, Sudan Contact Group, and UN/AU mediation team members to discuss recent Sudanese developments. UK and France are deeply disappointed at Arab and African reactions to ICC issuance of an arrest warrant for Presid [...]	2009-03-19 14:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UN
09STATE2956	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6898 [...] (SBU) In response to referenced Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of i [...]	2009-01-12 19:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JO KCRM MASS PHUM PREL
09STATE51752	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6906 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]	2009-05-20 18:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JO MASS PHUM PREL PINS ASEC
09STATE61779	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR NSF 1ST [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 15, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Â [...]	2009-06-15 20:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL KWBG PHUM JO IS
09STATE63483	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 21:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PHUM PREL JO
09STATE68240	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]	2009-07-01 16:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MASS PHUM PREL JO
09STATE74849	(U) Secretary Clinton's July 15, 2009 [...] Classified by Bureau Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson. Reason: 1.4 (b),(d) 2. (U) July 15, 2009; 3:30 pm; Washington D.C., USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary AF PDAS Philip Carter PA Spokesman Ian Kelly S Staff Joseph MacManus Jitu Sardar (AF/C Notetaker) C [...]	2009-07-17 18:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PHUM MASS
09STATE80762	Secretary Clinton?s July 24, 2009 Higher [...] Classified by NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman for Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. July 24, 2009; 3:30 PM; Washington, DC. 3. Participants: U.S. Secretary Ambassador Christopher Hill NEA A/S Feltman PA A/S Philip Crowley USAID A/A Alonzo Fulgham DOJ D A/F David Ogden U/S Jud [...]	2009-08-03 23:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EPET SOCI OVIP CLINTON
09STATE82397	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR INTEL [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 30, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name: AbedAzeez Ibrahim AbedRahman Labat DOB: 0/27/1975 POB: Qalqilia ID: 9000 [...]	2009-08-07 16:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER KWBG IS
09STATE82458	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR PSD [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 30, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name: MOHAMMAD IBRAHEM MOUSSA AMMER DOB: 10/4/1971 POB: Jenien ID: 972735583 Name: SA [...]	2009-08-07 18:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER KWBG IS
09TELAVIV2310	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that President Shimon PeresQ Facing Tomorrow Conference will open in Jerusalem tonight. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, an [...]	2009-10-20 10:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2603	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Netanyahu told a group of more than 20 members of the Yesha Council of Jewish Settlements in the Territories that he is not their enemy, but that he wil [...]	2009-12-04 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TOKYO1255	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/05/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 00:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO548	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/12/09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 02:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TRIPOLI109	TRIPOLI-BASED DARFUR REBELS BELIEVE GOL'S ATTENTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Sudan Liberation Army/Unity (SLA/U) faction resident in Tripoli find their days largely unoccupied despite renewed fighting in Darfur as Libyan officials have shifted their attention to crises in Gaza and Somalia. The late-2008 lull in fighting weakened thei [...]	2009-02-08 15:51:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY SU AU
09TRIPOLI157	TOTAL BAN ON CATERPILLAR EQUIPMENT RE-IMPOSED IN LIBYA. [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 10:44:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD PREL KCOR LY
09TRIPOLI243	JEM REPRESENTATIVE DISOUNTS TRIPOLI REBEL UNITY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 15:19:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LY SU
09TRIPOLI249	SLA UNITY SKEPTICAL ON DOHA, SEE UNIFICATION AS INCREASE OF MILITARY STRENGTH REF: A. KHARTOUM 372 B. DOHA 200 C. TRIPOLI 109 TRIPOLI 00000249 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 09:27:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AU SU KPKO LY
09TRIPOLI362	MUSA KUSA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFRICA, AL-QAEDA -- AND POTUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-03 06:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER LY SU CD
09TRIPOLI363	SLA/U CAN NEGOTIATE ONLY WITH ASSURANCES THAT JEM AND KHARTOUM WILL ALSO LAY DOWN ARMS REF: A. TRIPOLI 249 B. KHARTOUM 583 C. DOHA 283 D. TRIPOLI 362 TRIPOLI 00000363 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-03 15:58:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO SU CD LY
09TRIPOLI564	SE GRATION URGES LIBYA'S TREIKI TO ORGANIZE CONTACT GROUP IN KHARTOUM BY END OF JULY TRIPOLI 00000564 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 16:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU CD LY
09TRIPOLI618	CATERPILLAR NEGOTIATIONS INCHING ALONG [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 14:14:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON PGOV EPET LY
09TRIPOLI650	LIBYA HOSTING SEPARATE HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS FOR JEM, SLA/U [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Libyan Director of Military Intelligence Abdullah Sanussi hosted a meeting August 11 with UN/AU Joint Moderator Djbril Bassole, Qatari Minister of State al-Mahmoud and six members of the Sudan Liberation Army/Unity faction (SLA/U [...]	2009-08-11 11:42:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU EG QA LY
09TRIPOLI869	PRIVATIZATION LIBYAN STYLE: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The head of the Benghazi Tannery Company, one of Libya's state-owned firms set to be privatized, alleged that the Libyan authorities in charge of privatizing his firm (and others) are using the process to sell off state-owned assets at below market rates, earning kick-backs in th [...]	2009-10-28 14:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN LY EPET
09TRIPOLI873	SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA SANUSSI ON REBEL UNIFICATION EFFORTS TRIPOLI 00000873 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-01 12:58:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CD SU LY
09TRIPOLI874	SE GRATION AND LIBYAN FM DISCUSS DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-01 13:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CD SU LY
09USUNNEWYORK10	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2009 REGULAR BUDGET [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note dated December 30, 2008 from the Secretary General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN regular budget for 2009 in the amount of $598,292,101. The note also refers to o [...]	2009-01-06 21:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AORC AFIN ABUD
09USUNNEWYORK11	U.S. EFFORTS TO REFORM UN HUMAN RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY: The recently concluded main session of the sixty-third United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on human resources management (HRM) reform that will result in significant changes in hiring mechanisms and conditions of service for field staff. The resolution (to be issued [...]	2009-01-08 17:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA

09USUNNEWYORK12	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 7, 2009 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...]	2009-01-08 20:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK13	UN PREVIEWS PLANNED SUPPORT TO AMISOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two meetings on January 6, UN Under Secretary-General Malcorra and Department of Field Support (DFS) staff briefed USUN on the status of UN planning to implement the Secretary-General's proposed measures to strengthen the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). DFS is coor [...]	2009-01-09 20:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK14	SCSL JUDGE NOMINATION LETTER DELIVERED TO UN [...] Per reftel, on January 9, USUN delivered a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad to Under Secretary for Legal Affairs Patricia O'Brien nominating Justice Shireen Fisher for the vacant position on the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. USUN will keep the Department apprised as [...]	2009-01-09 21:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS UN SL NL
09USUNNEWYORK15	UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER GUTERRES BRIEFS THE [...] Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),briefed the Security Council on January 8, 2009 on refugee and broader displacement issues as they relate to threats to international peace and security. In his speech, the High Commissioner reported that the number of r [...]	2009-01-10 00:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF
09USUNNEWYORK17	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 17:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK18	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: GERMANS PROMOTE REVISED UNOMIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German Mission to the UN is advocating a beefed-up mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when the current mandate expires on February 15, 2009. Germany hopes Security Council members will corner Russia into agreeing to extend authorization for a military ob [...]	2009-01-12 23:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK19	UNSC: COUNCIL SUPPORTS SYG TRAVEL TO REGION; URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: In closed-door consultations with the Security Council on January 13, the Secretary-General briefed the Council on the goals of his upcoming trip to the region. He stressed it was time for the violence to stop and called for a durable cease-fire and the implementation of UNSCR [...]	2009-01-13 21:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS EG TU
09USUNNEWYORK2	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 19:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC OTRA PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK26	UN/1267 SANCTIONS:AUSTRIANS PLAN CAUTIOUS START TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts responsible for managing Austria's chairmanship of the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee plan to focus the committee on outstanding tasks leftover from 2008 and not immediately introduce any new initiatives. Noting Austria's role as a "defender of human rights," the [...]	2009-01-15 23:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK27	CAMEROON UN MISSION RENTAL ARREARS [...] Despite a letter from PermRep Amb. Tommo Monthe received November 13, 2008, assuring USUN that budgetary allocations had been approved from capital, the Permanent Mission has not made any payments since June 2008 to landlord Leonardo Lopane for the rental of his Larchmont, NY home to CMUN' [...]	2009-01-16 19:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP CM
09USUNNEWYORK28	UN SANCTIONS IN CRISIS? ACADEMICS SAY YES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of academics has proposed a new international process to address what they consider to be unprecedented challenges to the legitimacy and effectiveness of UN sanctions. The threats that these academics highlighted to USUN included questions about the legitimacy of sancti [...]	2009-01-16 20:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK29	IMPROVING IDP SERVICES IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Severine Rey in the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in response to an inquiry we made prior to receiving reftel, told us Jan. 15 OCHA is looking closely at the humanitarian situation in Pakistan, including the NWFP, and has decided to strengthen its presence in [...]	2009-01-16 20:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PK PHUM PREF
09USUNNEWYORK30	UN SUCCEEDS IN LAUNCHING NEW ADMINISTRATION OF [...] SUMMARY: At the main session of the sixty-third UN General Assembly, the Fifth Committee adopted a resolution (A/RES/63/253) that completely overhauls the organization's internal justice system for resolving employment-related disputes. Building on a framework resolution from the previous Gen [...]	2009-01-16 22:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AMGT PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK7	CALLS IN NEW YORK FOR SECURITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 15:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
09USUNNEWYORK8	ELECTIONS FOR NEW UN APPEALS AND DISPUTE TRIBUNALS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: On December 24, the General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/63/253) establishing a new administration of justice system for the United Nations, adopting statutes that govern a new UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) and a new UN Appeals T [...]	2009-01-06 17:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK9	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2009 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated December 30, 2008 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2009 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note also [...]	2009-01-06 21:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AORC AFIN CMP
09VIENNA306	AUSTRIA: MFA MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: CDA and Polchief met March 13 with Ralph Scheide, MFA Middle East Director, to discuss Middle East policy and Scheide's planned visit to Washington and New York March 20 to April 3. Scheide expressed views that could be contrary to USG Middle East policy, suggesting that a Palest [...]	2009-03-16 13:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU SY AF AU
10ABUDHABI9	(S) US-UAE FURTHER COOPERATION TO DISRUPT TALIBAN FINANCE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-07 13:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PTER KTFN AE AF EFIN
10ADDISABABA297	JANUARY REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Regional Environment Officer (REO) spent much of January 2010 on the road. Thanks to Dovie Holland in Madagascar for a busy 10-day orientation visit complete with informative meetings and field visits. REO and the Regional Environment Assistant (REA) also travelled to C [...]	2010-02-13 07:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
10ADDISABABA374	LIBYAN FM SUPPORTS RELOCATING DOHA PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) During a February 1 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa said that Darfur's rebels had been spoiled by media attention and their plush lifestyles in Qatar. He advocated moving Darfur peace talks from Doha to Darfur, bringing in a specialized [...]	2010-02-22 13:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC
10ADDISABABA375	CHAD-SUDAN BORDER DEAL POSITIVE STEP, BUT [...] (C) During a February 1 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, Chadian Foreign Minister Faki hailed the 15 January Chad-Sudan agreement as a positive step, but warned of mistrust on both sides and in various levels of government. Faki said Chad was ready to agree to independent ve [...]	2010-02-22 13:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC
10ANKARA18	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA50	TURKEY VISAS VIPER JANUARY SUBMISSIONS [...] (U) VISAS VIPER. 2. (U) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR WATCHLISTING PURPOSES AS THE DEPARTMENT AND THE NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER DEEM APPROPRIATE. 3. (U) WE SUGGEST THAT THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL NAMED IN THIS REPORT BE INCLUDED IN THE TSA NO FLY SECURITY DIRECTIVE FOR RELE [...]	2010-01-13 06:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER TU
10BAGHDAD278	DE-BA'ATHIFICATION: NUMBER OF APPEALS DROPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post received clarification as well as additional confusion February 2 on the ongoing de-Ba,athication controversy. -- The Cassation Chamber judicial panel continues its review of outstanding cases in the de-Ba'athification controversy but now faces a dramatically reduced nu [...]	2010-02-02 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV KDEM
10BAGHDAD336	PRT SALAH AD DIN: DELISTED CANDIDATES DESCRIBE [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the Cassation Chamber's February 3 decision ordering the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to allow all candidates who have appealed their de-Ba'athfication disqualifications to rem [...]	2010-02-08 14:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM IZ IR
10BAGHDAD454	ARREST OF SUNNI PC MEMBER STOKES CRIES OF ELECTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala message. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The arrest of yet another Sunni Provincial Council member, Najim Abdullah Ahmad (Iraqqiya coalition lead for Diyala) on February 7th, is fueling cries that Sunnis are being targeted for arrest by the central government to help shape the e [...]	2010-02-20 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD537	COALITION PROFILE: THE IRAQI NATIONAL ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi National Alliance (INA) was officially formed on August 24, 2009 and is often seen as the successor of the pan-Shi'a United Iraqi Alliance (UIA),which captured a plurality of votes in the 2005 national elections. Comprised of 32 entities, including a small number of tok [...]	2010-02-28 16:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD73	VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 03 Jan 2010 CHAIR: DCM Robert Ford COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: DCM, FBI, POL-MIL, ECON, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9),DHS, MNF-I (C2X) 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON THE F [...]	2010-01-12 05:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
10BEIRUT124	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ODC MILITARY [...] (U) In accordance with provisions of the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, we have carefully reviewed the human rights record of the following candidates. We found no evidence of gross human rights violations for these individuals. 2. (U) The following Lebanese Armed Forces personnel ar [...]	2010-02-08 06:33:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PMIL PHUM LE
10BEIRUT133	IMF TEAM TAKES THE PULSE OF THE NEW LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) An IMF mission visited Beirut February 1-4 to engage the new government on its reform strategy and discuss post Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) cooperation. The mission met with the finance, economy, energy, and telecommunications ministers, as well as with Central Bank of Leba [...]	2010-02-08 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LE
10BEIRUT14	BAROUD OUTLINES EFFORTS TO EXTEND STATE SOVEREIGNTY [...] (C) Summary: The Lebanese government is committed to implementing UNSCR 1701, but Prime Minister Saad Hariri must establish a coordinated strategy for border control, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador. His Internal Security Forces (ISF) had achieved initial successes in polici [...]	2010-01-05 18:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KPAL LE
10BEIRUT184	INL A/S JOHNSON PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ISF REFORM [...] (C) Summary: INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson assured MGen Rifi, the head of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF),of continued U.S. support to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Lebanese police so they can exercise their authority in all of Lebanon. Gen. Rifi acknowledge [...]	2010-02-25 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE
10BEIRUT41	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ODC MILITARY [...] (U) In accordance with provisions of the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, we have carefully reviewed the human rights record of the following candidates. We found no evidence of gross human rights violations for these individuals. 2. (U) The following Lebanese Armed Forces personnel a [...]	2010-01-13 16:41:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PMIL PHUM LE
10BEIRUT44	SCENESETTER FOR SEMEP GEORGE MITCHELL'S JANUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your January 19-20 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Foreign Minis [...]	2010-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPP PTER PINR UNSC MARR SY IS LE
10BERLIN215	MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, U.S.-HEALTHCARE, GREECE-GERMANY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Cuba) Death of a Dissident 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform Summit 4. (Greece-Germany) Greek Anger at Germany 5. (Greece-EU) Austerity Program 6. (U.S.) Criticism of Google 7. (Sudan) Peace Process 8. (Western Hemisphere) Latin America [...]	2010-02-25 13:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CU US GR EMS KWWW SU XM MASS
10BERLIN33	MEDIA REACTION: U.S., MEPP, U.S., ITALY, ECONOMIC;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Remarks on Improving Security 3. (MEPP) U.S. Pressure on Israel 4. (U.S.) Harry Reid Comments 5. (Italy) Violence Against Africans 6. (Economic) Google Tax Â [...]	2010-01-11 13:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	US XF IT ECON
10CAIRO108	CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99423 THRU [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy has [...]	2010-01-20 16:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO162	EGYPT WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) Key Points: --Egypt will not associate with the Copenhagen Accord before the January 31st deadline. --Egypt's reluctance to do so is based on what it believes is a lack of information regarding targets for emission reductions and financial details for the $30 billion global fund for [...]	2010-01-28 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV KGHG ENRG EG
10CAIRO179	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) Director Mueller, I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our strong law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the auspices of Minister of Interior Habib Al Adly (we have reques [...]	2010-02-09 14:42:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG
10CAIRO235	A/S POSNER PRESSES GOE OFFICIALS ON THE EMERGENCY LAW [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) In January 12-14 meetings, A/S Posner stressed that U.S. human rights policy is based on principled engagement, universal standards and a recognition that reform will come from internal actors. In all instances, he cited President Obama's announcement on his second day [...]	2010-02-23 12:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF EG
10CAIRO64	EGYPT'S EMERGENCY LAW AND ITS BROAD USES [...] KEY POINTS -- Egypt's State of Emergency, in effect almost continuously since 1967, allows for the application of the 1958 Emergency Law, which grants the GOE broad powers to arrest individuals without charge and to detain them indefinitely. -- The Emergency Law creates state security cour [...]	2010-01-12 09:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KIRF ELAB EG
10EFTOKABUL668	Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...]	2010-02-23 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10GUATEMALA45	2009 in Review; What to Watch for in 2010 [...] (C) President Colom's tenure during 2009 was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Preparing for a presidential run in 2011, controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom continued to lead the government's efforts to alleviate [...]	2010-02-17 20:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR ASEC EAID GT
10ISLAMABAD383	GOP BACKS DOWN FROM PRESIDENT'S JUDICIAL [...] (C) On February 17, after much protest, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) backed down from President Asif Zardari's decision to appoint Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif to Pakistan's Supreme Court (SC),elevating him from the Lahore High Court (LHC),and Justice Saqib Nisar as acting Chief Justi [...]	2010-02-17 17:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
10ISLAMABAD54	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10JERUSALEM233	ISRAELI TRAVEL BAN AGAINST PROMINENT EAST [...] (C) On February 9, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad contacted the Consul General to express strong concern about the Israeli government's imposition of a six-month overseas travel ban on Khalil Tufakji, an Arab resident of East Jerusalem and prominent cartographer, as report [...]	2010-02-09 17:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM27	SEVEN ARCHES HOTEL TARGETED BY ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: In the midst of debate over the approval of 24 new Israeli residential units on the Mount of Olives (reftel),press reports that the nearby Seven Arches Hotel had been sold to Israeli owners generated further controversy. The hotel's Jordanian management described the reports [...]	2010-01-06 17:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
10JERUSALEM299	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): The investigation into [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-18 07:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10KABUL131	SEVEN MORE MINISTERS APPROVED -- TEN REJECTED [...] (S) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga - WJ) has voted to accept 7 of 17 Cabinet nominees presented in President Karzai's second tranche of candidates. The Parliament has not yet decided if it will recess until mid-February, or continue until the new Cabinet is complete. Presidential Pal [...]	2010-01-16 15:15:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL21	PARLIAMENT REJECTS MOST OF KARZAI'S CABINET [...] (S) Summary: On January 2, the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) voted to accept seven of President Karzai's 24 Cabinet nominees and to reject 17 others. Two nominees were not voted on as their ministries are newly proposed by the President and not yet approved by Parliament. Karzai will lik [...]	2010-01-03 16:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL245	IEC POSTPONES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on January 24 that the Parliamentary elections would be postponed until September 18 due to lack of funding, security, and logistic support. On January 23 the President held a meeting at the Palace with Ambassador Eikenberry and [...]	2010-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL439	POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN: KEY TO [...] (U) Summary: Functioning political parties may be critical to Afghanistan's long-term democratic development and stability but they are generally unpopular and misunderstood, prompting most Afghan politicians to avoid affiliation. The USG provides some technical assistance to political parti [...]	2010-02-04 06:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL551	AFGHANISTAN BANKING SECTOR VULNERABILITIES: EXPOSURE TO [...] (C) Summary. The Treasury Attache Office in Afghanistan has met with multiple bank officials, financial sector experts, and a Washington Post reporter in recent weeks to discuss growing rumors that Kabul Bank and Azizi Bank are highly exposed to the Dubai property market. Together, Kabul Bank a [...]	2010-02-13 13:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AF
10KABUL564	Afghan Banking Sector Booms but Concerns Remain about [...] (SBU) Summary: The Treasury Attache Office met with officials from six of the seventeen banks operating in Afghanistan in January to gather views on the health of the sector. These meetings were held with a broad range of formal financial institutions, including large (Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank, [...]	2010-02-15 05:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON AF
10KABUL594	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-17 11:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL639	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-21 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL657	FARYAB: A VIEW FROM MAIMANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Shafaq, local Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) leaders, PRT Maimana military and civilian representatives all regard insurgency as the principal challenge facing Faryab province. They express their strongest concerns about Ghormach district, but see the entire "Pa [...]	2010-02-22 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU AF
10KABUL668	Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...]	2010-02-23 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL674	KARZAI ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai addressed a joint session of Parliament on February 20, on the occasion of the opening of the final session of Parliament. Karzai spoke for 40 minutes to a poorly-attended, subdued joint session of Parliament that also included members of the Supreme Court and [...]	2010-02-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL711	CORRECTED COPY: Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen strongly encouraged the Afghan banking sector to implement stronger controls against money laundering and terrorist f [...]	2010-02-28 06:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL96	NEW AFGHAN CABINET NOMINEES [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga, WJ) received President Karzai's list of 16 cabinet nominations on January 9; there were no repeated names from the last list with a slate primarily comprised of political unknowns. This new list appears to be Karzai's attempt to balance prag [...]	2010-01-11 13:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
10KHARTOUM115	GHAZI DISCUSSES FEBRUARY 20 GOS-JEM AGREEMENT WITH SE [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahedeen told SE Gration that the newly signed framework agreement between the GOS and JEM contained provisions for a ceasefire and prisoner release, the latter of which will begin on February 23. The agreement does not cod [...]	2010-02-22 12:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS SU CD
10KHARTOUM119	MBEKI DISCUSSES AUPD ROLE IN DARFUR, POST-2011 ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with SE Gration, former South African President and current Chairman of the African Union High Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD) Thabo Mbeki expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the approach of Joint Chief Mediator Djibril BassolC),whom he criticized for havi [...]	2010-02-22 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU
10KHARTOUM250	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes Senators Durbin and Brown to Sudan. You arrive at a critical juncture. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) enshrined a fragile peace in Africa's largest country, and the work of U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration brought a renewed urgency to Sudanes [...]	2010-02-11 13:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM KPKO SU
10KHARTOUM73	GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN CONFIRMS SUDAN-CHAD PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On January 17 Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin briefed the Charge on the January 15 agreement between Sudan and Chad to end their proxy war, confirming information conveyed to Embassy Ndjamena by Chadian and UN officials (reftels). Ghazi des [...]	2010-01-18 12:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MARR PHUM PINS LY CD SU
10KHARTOUM77	CHADIAN REBELS REACT TO JANUARY 15 NDJAMENA ACCORD; [...] (C) Summary: On January 27,CDA met with a glum Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timan Erdimi, Second Vice President Abdulwahid Aboud Makaye, and Secretary General Abakar Tollimi. Appearing only vaguely aware of the January 15 Ndjamena Accord (reftel),they asserted it was doome [...]	2010-01-28 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CD SU
10KHARTOUM78	SUDAN RESPONSE - EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Both the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) require all military personnel and civilian employees to undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the UNMIS Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU) Offi [...]	2010-01-13 14:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI SU
10KHARTOUM91	WEST DARFUR WALI PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Abulgasim Imam Al-Haj, the Wali of West Darfur, will leave office in April embittered that the Government of Sudan (GOS) has done little to honor its commitments under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of 2006 and the Declaration of Commitment to the DPA of 2007, to which he was a s [...]	2010-02-03 05:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SU CD ASEC
10KUWAIT129	KUWAIT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Mission Kuwait cordially welcome the February 16-18 visit of Deputy Secretary of Treasury Neal S. Wolin. 2. (SBU) Situated at the nexus of Iraq, Iran, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait is a constitutional emirate with a freely-elected -- and rambunctious -- parli [...]	2010-02-11 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN OVIP KU
10LONDON148	UK DOMESTIC TERRORIST FINANCE REVIEW [...] (S/NF) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) has been leading HMG efforts to review its domestic terrorist finance designations, subsequent to agreements HMT made with UK courts and the European Commission, in 2008. USG assistance in the form of a TDY secondment from U.S. Treasury to HMT in November 2009, pl [...]	2010-01-22 15:22:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ETTC UK
10NDJAMENA102	CHAD-SUDAN: DEBY BRIEFS GRATION ON KHARTOUM TRIP, [...] (C) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno received S/USSES General Scott Gration and Embassy officials February 16 for a friendly and wide-ranging discussion of Chad-Sudan relations, including Deby's visit the previous week to Khartoum. Deby expressed concern that Sudan might not in the end be [...]	2010-02-16 18:54:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA109	END OF THE AFFAIR? DEBY AND KHALIL GO THEIR [...] (SBU) Working overnight February 19 and into the afternoon February 20, Chadian President Deby brokered an agreement between his erstwhile JEM client, Khalil Ibrahim, and Sudan Presidential Envoy Ghazi Salahhudin, potentially ending fighting between the JEM and GoS. Deby is now en route for [...]	2010-02-22 12:50:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA11	CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT GAINS MOMENTUM AS GOC [...] (SBU) Chad-Sudan rapprochement has gained significant momentum, with the GoC last week having given the JEM an ultimatum on the need to travel to Doha and negotiate in good faith, or "go it alone from here on." A Sudanese technical team arrived in N'Djamena January 7, and a heavy-weight Sud [...]	2010-01-07 13:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NDJAMENA21	CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT ON FAST TRACK: KEY [...] (SBU) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador January 11 that Chad-Sudan rapprochement continued to gain momentum, with these key developments January 7-12: -- Chadian and Sudanese "technical teams" signed documents January 7 in NDjamena aimed at implementing the border security provisions of the 2006 [...]	2010-01-12 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA28	RUSHING TO RAPPROCHEMENT: BASSOLE SAYS CHAD-SUDAN [...] (SBU) Visiting Chief Joint Mediator Bassole told me late Jan 14 that he was deeply involved in the final stages of negotiations between the GOC and the GOS for a definitive peace deal -- the denouement could be written agreements signed as early as this weekend -- and that he was at the same [...]	2010-01-16 10:21:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA35	AMB BECHIR BRIEFS ON JEM, CHAD-SUDAN, AND [...] (C) Chad U.S. Ambassador Bechir came by this afternoon to provide me a few more details on the Chad-Sudan peace deal, on JEM, and on the MINURCAT extension issue, adding that FORMIN Faki had asked him to do so. ------------------ JEM/KHALIL IBRAHIM ------------------ 2. (C) Bechir said [...]	2010-01-19 16:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SU LY UN CD
10NDJAMENA97	CHAD MINISTERS BRIEF S/USSES GRATION ON DEBY VISIT [...] (C) S/USSES General Scott Gration met February 15 with Chadian FM Moussa Faki Mahamat, NSA Mahamat Ismail Chaibo, and DefMin Wadal Kamougue Abdelkader to offer congratulations on Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno's February 8-9 breakthrough visit to Khartoum (Ref A) in pursuit of fully norm [...]	2010-02-15 17:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CD
10RIYADH37	MISH'AL IN RIYADH, BUT IRAN IS THE REAL FOCUS [...] (C) Egyptian President Mubarak, Palestinian Authority President Abbas, the Turkish Foreign Minister and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khalid Mish'al visited Riyadh in the past two weeks, reflecting a renewed Saudi push on Palestinian and intra-Arab reconciliation, aimed ultimately at blunting [...]	2010-01-06 09:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SY SA
10RIYADH40	AFGHAN SECOND VICE PRESIDENT VISITS RIYADH [...] (U) The Saudi Press Agency announced the January 3 visit of Afghan Second Vice President Abdulkarim Khalili. Khalili met with King Abdullah, Minister of Defense Crown Prince Sultan, Deputy Commander of the National Guard Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, Assistant Chief of General Intelligence Prince [...]	2010-01-06 15:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SA PK
10RIYADH61	POSITIVE TREASURY ENGAGEMENT WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-11 05:47:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PREL EFIN KTFN SA
10ROME61	GOI OPPOSES DELISTING NINE UNSCR 1267 TRANCHE 4 [...] (SBU) Summary. After reviewing the fourteen UNSCR 1276 Tranche 4 names of interest to Italy (reftel),the GOI has no objection to delisting five of the names but, based on investigations carried out by the Special Operational Group Carabinieri (ROS),opposes delisting the remaining nine indivi [...]	2010-01-15 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER
10SANAA295	YEMEN: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-15 13:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10SANAA358	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CLIMATE CHANGE: 89 COUNTIRES HAVE JOINED THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD, HAS YOURS? [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 06:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV YM KGHG
10SANAA359	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF FOUR ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 06:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN YM
10SANAA367	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST SUPPORT FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 09:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNODC CNC SNAR YM
10STATE14107	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR "ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]	2010-02-17 18:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC JO
10STATE15409	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (BAKU 76) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Ministry of Defense on 22-26 February 2010 at the Garaheybat Sergeants Academy. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel an [...]	2010-02-19 20:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM AJ
10STATE17842	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 7288 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]	2010-02-25 22:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC JO
10STATE9410	EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99423 THRU 99487 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]	2010-01-29 17:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PHUM PREL SNAR EG PM
10TELAVIV290	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that following heavy international pressure, PA President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to the U.S. proposal to hold talks with Israel -- in the format of indirect negotiations con [...]	2010-02-08 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
85BEIRUT1640	JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT" [...] (U) SUMMARY. A COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY THE MARONITE PARTIARCH CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS TO RECONCILE DIFFERENCES WHICH ERUPTED ON MARCH 13 WITHIN THE LEBANESE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY BETWEEN JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT" AND PHALANGISTS LOYAL TO THE PRESIDENT. THERE HAS BEEN NO SUBSTANTIAL PRO [...]	1985-03-15 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS LE
86DAMASCUS7104	CONTINUED WAR FOR THE PALESTINIAN CAMPS -- [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: AS REFTELS POINT OUT, SYRIA APPEARS TO BE FACING A SUBSTANTIAL DEFEAT IF IT IS NOT ABLE TO QUICKLY AND RESOLUTELY RESOLVE THE LATEST ROUND IN THE "WAR OF THE CAMPS" IN LEBANON. WE BELIEVE, HOWEVER, THAT THIS LATEST ROUND OF FIGHTING ALREADY REPRESENTS A [...]	1986-12-01 15:26:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL MOPS LE SY
88ACCRA8991	1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: GHANA [...] No summary [...]	1988-11-29 15:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER GH
93JEDDAH1305	THE KINGDOM'S LEADING "RELIGIOUS REFORMERS" [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE AWAKENING, OR "AS-SAHWAH" AS IT IS KNOWN IN ARABIC, IS THE GENERAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS TREND WHICH GAINED STRENGTH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOLLOWING OPERATION DESERT STORM. IT HAS REMAINED A LOOSELY STRUCTURED MOVEMENT WITHOUT FORMAL [...]	1993-06-27 07:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR SA
95BEIRUT2749	AMAL PERSPECTIVES ON HIZBALLAH CHANGES [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. HIZBALLAH ANNOUNCED THE RE-ELECTION OF ITS TWO TOP LEADERS AND SOME MODEST STRUCTURAL CHANGES, BUT HAS NOT RELEASED NAMES OF NEW CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, OSTENSIBLY ON SECURITY GROUNDS. A SENIOR AMAL OFFICIAL CONFIRMED HIS PARTY'S UNDERSTAN [...]	1995-07-17 14:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER LE
95JERUSALEM3642	PALESTINIANS EXPRESS SHOCK, ANXIETY ABOUT THE [...] CLASSIFIED BY EDWARD G. ABINGTON, CONSUL GENERAL. 1.5B-D. THIS IS A JOINT CONGEN JERUSALEM, EMBASSY TEL AVIV CABLE. 2. SUMMARY. PALESTINIANS HAVE REACTED WITH SHOCK TO THE NOVEMBER 4 ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN, FOLLOWED BY ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HIS DEATH MEANS T [...]	1995-11-05 18:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KISL PLO KPAL PTER IS
96DAMASCUS4911	LIST OF HAMAS MEMBERS ACTIVE IN SYRIA [...] THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 5. 2. (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA MARJORIE RANSOM, REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 3. (C) IN A RECENT DISCUSSION ON TERRORIST GROUPS PRESENT IN SYRIA, A MIDLEVEL OFFICIAL OF THE SOCIALIST UNITY PARTY (STRICTLY PROTECT) GAVE US A LIST IN ARABIC OF MEMB [...]	1996-09-24 13:55:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY IS
99CAIRO2104	EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AT LOW EBB [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC-POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR RICHARD LEBARON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SINCE 1995, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN PROFESSIONAL SYNDICATES CONTROLLED BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ARRESTED THEIR ACTIVISTS, THE BROTHERHOOD HAS R [...]	1999-03-16 16:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PGOV PREL KISL PHUM ECON EG

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