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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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| 09GENEVA762 | UNHCR AGREES WITH U.S. APPROACH ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Refugee Officer spoke to Pascale Moreau, Deputy Director for Asia and the Pacific, UNHCR, on points outlined Reftel. Moreau said that UNHCR supported the U.S. concern for IDPs in Manik Farm as well as the need for the GSL to allow IDPs full freedom of movement. Moreau said that UNHCR Hi [...] | 2009-09-15 17:26:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID EUN MAS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SOCI |
| 09GENEVA888 | ASYCUDA customs software: aid catalyst [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is helping countries install the automated customs data software program (ASYCUDA),which the USG has supported in numerous countries, most recently Haiti, Jordan, and Sao Tome and Principe. Mission Officer participated in an U [...] | 2009-10-19 16:42:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID UNCTAD |
| 09GENEVA901 | 60TH SESSION OF UNHCR EXCOM: FOCUS ON ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's operations in the Asia Region received much attention during the 60th Session of the Executive Committee (EXCOM) from September 28 to October 2. High Commissioner Guterres described UNHCR's efforts to provide assistance to large numbers of refugees and internally displa [...] | 2009-10-22 16:31:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL |
| 09GENEVA905 | 60TH SESSION OF UNHCR EXCOM: FOCUS ON ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's operations in the Asia Region received much attention during the 60th Session of the Executive Committee (EXCOM) from September 28 to October 2. High Commissioner Guterres described UNHCR's efforts to provide assistance to large numbers of refugees and internally displa [...] | 2009-10-23 15:32:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL |
| 09GUANGZHOU70 | SOUTH CHINA BUDDHISTS - EMPHASIZING CHARITY, RAISING [...] (C) Summary: Buddhist leaders in South China, like many other religious leaders, are ramping up charitable efforts, especially in the wake of China's economic slowdown, and in the process are maintaining positive and cooperative relationships with the government. Guangdong's government-approve [...] | 2009-02-05 06:36:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI CH |
| 09HANOI172 | GVN NOMINATION FOR DRUG ADVISORY PROGRAMME OF THE COLOMBO [...] Post relays below the text of Diplomatic Note 91/NG-DNA dated February 25, 2009 regarding Vietnam's nomination of Mr. Nguyen Cuu Duc for the post of Director, Drug Advisory Program of the Colombo Plan. In presenting the Diplomatic Note on February 26, the GVN also provided a CV for Mr. Duc, wh [...] | 2009-02-26 10:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VM |
| 09HANOI51 | Vietnam's Tet Amnesty is Largest Ever [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a well attended press conference on January 16, President Triet's office announced Vietnam's largest Tet amnesty ever for 15,140 convicts currently serving prison sentences. The list includes 36 foreigners, but no American citizens. The only three individuals actually named [...] | 2009-01-20 04:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
| 09HELSINKI149 | FINLAND: COMMENTS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff met with Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Markku Lampinen on April 23. Lampinen previewed all of the EU agenda items. The Government of Finland (GoF) believes that efforts should be made to encourage the new Israeli government to honor the commitments made by the [...] | 2009-04-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV FI |
| 09HELSINKI239 | FINLAND: MUSLIM POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last two decades, Finland has experienced significant growth in its Muslim population, albeit based on smaller numbers than other European countries. In the last decade, the growth occurred mainly due to refugee acceptance programs. Analyzing that growth proves chall [...] | 2009-06-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KISL KPLS FI PHUM PGOV |
| 09HELSINKI63 | FINLAND COMMENTS ON FEBRUARY 23-24 GAERC [...] Summary: PolOff met with Markku Lampinen, Finnish MFA Deputy European Correspondent on February 20 in advance of the GAERC. Lampinen said that the main topics this month will be Afghanistan and the Middle East. This GAERC represents the first discussion of the Eastern Partnership Initiative [...] | 2009-02-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN PGOV FI |
| 09HONGKONG2025 | HONG KONG 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate rou [...] | 2009-11-03 09:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR HK |
| 09HONGKONG386 | SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following are post's contributions to the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragra [...] | 2009-03-03 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM SMIG HK MC CH |
| 09HONGKONG747 | HK LEADERS TELL DALLAS FED CHIEF CHINA NEEDS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher and staff met with Hong Kong government officials, business and finance leaders and the media April 14-15 to explain recent U.S. Federal Reserve actions and to hear local concerns. He reassured interlocutors that the U.S. economy w [...] | 2009-04-24 07:43:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN HK CH |
| 09ISLAMABAD1014 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1088 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1100 | UNOCHA DISCUSSES IDPS AND HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Ambassador met with Rashid Khalikov, the New York Director of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),and Manuel Bessler, the Pakistan OCHA Director, to discuss the current internally displaced persons (IDP) situation. With the May 2009 revis [...] | 2009-05-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PREF PHUM PINR PK PTER PREL PGOV |
| 09ISLAMABAD1189 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD1371 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2159 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 08, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2477 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD25 | Pakistan: 2009 INCSR Submission, Part I - Narcotics and [...] (U) Pakistan is on the frontline of the war against drugs as a major transit country for opiates and hashish from and precursor chemicals to neighboring Afghanistan. In 2008, Pakistani forces have engaged the militants along the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Bajaur Agency of th [...] | 2009-01-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2523 | TERRORISTS INCREASE ACTIVITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: With the Pakistan military preparing to launch an operation against major terrorist safe havens in South Waziristan, Pakistan's terrorist/extremist groups have dramatically increased their militant and propaganda operations in an effort to undermine public support. On the operatio [...] | 2009-10-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PTER MOPS PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD2819 | FRAUD SUMMARY: ISLAMABAD [...] Pakistan Fraud Summary: Pakistan is considered a "high" fraud country. Fraud of every kind is pervasive at all levels of government and commercial sectors. Fraud surfaces in many different forms, including washed U.S. visas of good to excellent quality; forged documents such as post-secondary [...] | 2009-11-21 05:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PKST |
| 09ISLAMABAD2947 | WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allies are continuing -- and intensifying -- their wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistan's settled areas. Separate attacks in Multan, Lahore, and Peshawar during December 7-8 killed over 70 people. These three attacks came on the heels [...] | 2009-12-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER 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 |
| 09ISLAMABAD472 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD486 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD491 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD495 | ZARDARI-NAWAZ RECONCILIATION: PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 09ISLAMABAD499 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 09, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD526 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD561 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 11 MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 08:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD637 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD644 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD680 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD776 | BAITULLAH MEHSUD DECLARES WAR [...] (C) Summary: On April 5, Baitullah Mehsud announced that in retaliation for drone strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and a now five million dollar U.S. bounty on his head, his Taliban would be carrying out two attacks each week in Pakistan. This announcement came after [...] | 2009-04-13 01:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD781 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD807 | GILANI TO KERRY: NO CONDITIONALITIES, NO DRONES [...] (C) Summary: Codel Kerry met April 13 with PM Gilani. Gilani complained about the conditions recently placed on the House version of the Senator's bill; Kerry said his Senate version would be "very different," and rejected conditions as demeaning. However, he was adamant that metrics would be [...] | 2009-04-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD911 | PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 09ISLAMABAD996 | SITUATION IN SWAT AS OF MAY 9 [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Swat District continued on May 9 with reports of over 140 militants killed during the day. Press reports indicate that the Pakistan Air Force started aerial assaults in the Swat city of Mingora on the morning of May 9. By the evening, the UN High Commission for R [...] | 2009-05-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
| 09JAKARTA1298 | JAKARTA USAID-USPACOM CONFERENCE ADVANCES [...] USAID Mission Indonesia and the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Jakarta jointly hosted the USAID-U.S. Pacific Command Civil Military Synchronization Planning Workshop in Jakarta July 27-30. The conference's objective was to expand civil-military cooperation between USAID and USPACOM throu [...] | 2009-08-05 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MARR ID |
| 09JAKARTA163 | VICE PRESIDENT KALLA'S U.S. VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 30, DCM met with Farid Husain, a close associate of Indonesian Vice President Kalla. DCM urged that Kalla use his upcoming meetings in Washington to convey Indonesia's readiness to enter into a strategic partnership with the United States based on President Yudhoyono [...] | 2009-01-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP ID |
| 09JAKARTA1728 | SRI LANKAN IRREGULAR MIGRANTS STOPPED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Irregular migrants from Sri Lanka are swelling the number of potential refugees seeking to transit Indonesia on their way to Australia. On October 12 an Indonesian warship intercepted a cargo ship that was carrying 253 Sri Lankan refugees in the Sunda Strait between West Java an [...] | 2009-10-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE AF |
| 09JAKARTA1793 | AS MIGRANT FLOWS INCREASE, GOI AND AUSTRALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has intercepted another group of Sri Lankan migrants traveling by boat in Indonesian waters. The GOI is detaining the migrants, who were on their way to Australia. These 78 migrants join 255 Sri Lankans who are being held by the Indonesian government after their boat was [...] | 2009-10-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV ID AS CE |
| 09JAKARTA1895 | UPTICK IN NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ON WAY TO AUSTRALIA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. It was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI is intercepting a rising number of migrants on their way to Australia. Over 100 Afghan migrants were detained in two tranches on No [...] | 2009-11-16 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF ID AS CE AF |
| 09JAKARTA1907 | CASE INVOLVING SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS SUCCESSFULLY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A month-long asylum-related stand-off came to end on November 16 when 56 Sri Lankan migrants agreed to leave a ship moored near an island off of Sumatra. The migrants will now be processed by [...] | 2009-11-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF ID AS CE AF |
| 09JAKARTA378 | INDONESIA -- ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009 [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: The past year did not witness significant change in overall trafficking patterns in Indonesia. There is a continuous trend of Indonesians seeking work abroad as high unemployment and [...] | 2009-03-04 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAM EAID ID |
| 09JAKARTA702 | COORDINATING MINISTER REVIEWS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a report to Indonesia's parliament, Coordinating Minister Widodo Adi Sucipto highlighted Indonesia's 2008 counterterrorism successes and looked forward to improvements in 2009. Sucipto described the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) approach to counterterrorism and evaluated l [...] | 2009-04-20 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
| 09JAKARTA858 | SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS LAND IN INDONESIA [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A vessel carrying 55 Sri Lankan men ran aground in Aceh, Sumatra, on May 14. The group apparently was fleeing conflict in Sri Lanka and hoped to seek political asylum in Australia. The GOI has secured the group and i [...] | 2009-05-18 06:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ID CE BM |
| 09JAKARTA870 | UNHCR RECOMMENDS REFUGEE PROTECTION FOR ROHINGYAS; [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan; it also contains an Action Request -- please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR has submitted its recommendations to the GOI on the nearly 400 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants staying in two camps in Aceh Province, Indonesia. Rohingy [...] | 2009-05-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL ID BM CE |
| 09JAKARTA884 | UNHCR TO GET ACCESS TO SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS; [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR has been given access to 55 Sri Lankans migrants who drifted ashore in western Aceh Province on May 14. The GOI, for safety and security reasons, moved the Sri Lankans from a warehouse to a prison, a move which [...] | 2009-05-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE |
| 09JAKARTA917 | ROHINGYAS IN ACEH TO BE COMBINED INTO ONE CAMP [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) The GOI is planning to combine Rohingya asylum seekers located in two camps in Aceh Province into one camp under UNHCR protection, a senior Indonesian diplomat told us. The Bangladeshis in the same camps will be moved to an imm [...] | 2009-05-29 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ID BM CE |
| 09JAKARTA928 | BALI PROCESS TO ADDRESS ROHINGYA ISSUE IN JULY AD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bali Process Steering Committee will meet on June 3 to discuss transnational migration issues, a senior Indonesian diplomat has told DepPol/C. Participants are planning a July senior officials' meeting which is meant to focus on recent migration movements in the region. A [...] | 2009-06-01 09:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ID BM |
| 09JAKARTA988 | IRREGULAR MIGRANT FLOWS SURGING THROUGH INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of irregular migrants transiting Indonesia this year is on pace to quadruple over last year's flow due primarily to a surge of arrivals from Afghanistan. The number of migrants now in Indonesia has reached a peak not seen in nearly a decade. Many of the migrants were [...] | 2009-06-10 07:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE AF |
| 09JEDDAH172 | OIC OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO ATTENDANCE/RECOGNITION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an OIC official, a request for Kosovo to attend the May 23-25 OIC Ministerial in Damascus is still pending Syrian permission. Reasons behind Egypt's role in hampering Albanian efforts to pass a resolution on Kosovo recognition remain opaque while the role of Syria as [...] | 2009-05-19 15:32:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EG KISL OFDP OVIP PREL RP SA SY KO |
| 09JEDDAH61 | SAUDI ARABIA: CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Saudi Arabia continues to be a destination country for foreign domestic workers, primarily women from East and South Asia, who are either trafficked into the Kingdom or whose treatment after arriving in the country qualifies them as victims of trafficking. --In additio [...] | 2009-02-11 06:26:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 09KABUL1255 | EXBS ADVISOR APRIL 26 TO MAY 10, 2009 MONTH END REPORT, [...] (U) EXBS Advisor Fetty arrived at Kabul, Afghanistan on April 26, 2009. Advisor Fetty was Advisor in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan prior to his assignment to Afghanistan. EXBS Program Coordinator Roohullah Shekaib attended the UGA Export Control and Policy Workshop held a [...] | 2009-05-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG 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 |
| 09KABUL2655 | MFA TO HOST CONFERENCE ON NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will hold its first international conference in October, titled "Non-Violent Concepts & Movements in South Asia." The conference, being organized by the MFA's Center for Strategic Studies, invites researchers and scholars from the region to submit [...] | 2009-09-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
| 09KATHMANDU1089 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS AND SOUTH ASIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
| 09KATHMANDU264 | NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...] | 2009-03-31 23:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP |
| 09KATHMANDU265 | NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...] | 2009-03-31 23:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP |
| 09KATHMANDU473 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of May 2009, including the following: -- Food Crisis Leaves Millions Hungry -- Electricity Supply Improves, But Not for All -- Bank Lending Growth Rate Slows -- Declining Number of Workers Going Overseas [...] | 2009-06-08 00:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP |
| 09KATHMANDU48 | NEPAL: RUBY INDUSTRY UNREGULATED [...] (SBU) Nepal does not have any ruby mines, nor does the country have a finishing and cutting industry. All rubies and other precious gems for jewelry are imported. Neither the Government of Nepal (GON) nor private entities in Nepal maintain controls on the typical chain of custody of rubies [...] | 2009-01-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM NP |
| 09KATHMANDU523 | NEPAL LEADERS UPDATE A/S BLAKE ON OHCHR EXTENSION [...] (SBU) On June 12, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Representative Richard Bennett informed Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that his office has been focusing on impunity and discrimination in Nepal. Both problems are still rife and continue to undermine the transition [...] | 2009-06-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PK SL NP |
| 09KATHMANDU877 | NEPAL: UNMIN HEAD SHARES DOUBTS ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Unless the Maoists are "drawn into the political process," progress on constitution drafting and military integration and rehabilitation will be very difficult, according to UNMIN head Karin Landgren. Landgren told visiting Defense DAS Scher that solutions to the technical aspec [...] | 2009-09-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP |
| 09KINSHASA161 | DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 23-27, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 23: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) t [...] | 2009-02-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CG |
| 09KUALALUMPUR22 | MALAYSIA NOTIFIED OF A.Q. KHAN-RELATED SANCTIONS [...] (S) Polcouns delivered pre-notification of nonproliferation sanctions against two Malaysian citizens and one Sri Lankan resident in Malaysia, related to the A.Q. Khan network, to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Americas, EU) Mahinder Singh on January 12 at 1600 local time. Polcou [...] | 2009-01-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR268 | NAJIB'S NETWORK - A PRELIMINARY LOOK [...] (C) This cable provides a preliminary review of Prime Minister Najib Razak's close aides and political associates, known associated companies, and business contacts, as well as summary information on Najib's four brothers. The review is based on information available prior to Najib's confirma [...] | 2009-04-10 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ECON MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR471 | ISLAMIST PARTY SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON ITS FUTURE [...] (SBU) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),the Islamist opposition party, held its annual convention and biannual elections June 5- 7. Elections featured an unprecedented contest between two factions, those supporting leadership by Islamic scholars (ulamas) and those favoring more pragmatic p [...] | 2009-06-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY |
| 09KUALALUMPUR956 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY ADMIRAL [...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. You will be participating in the Airpower and Maritime Conferences and meeting high ranking defense officials not only from Malaysia, but from other countries around the world who are participating in this year's Langkawi Intern [...] | 2009-11-25 09:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY |
| 09KUWAIT1134 | CDEBACA TO GOK AND KUWAITI NGOS: NEW BILL IS KEY [...] (U) Summary: Highlights of the November 16 visit to Kuwait by Ambassador at Large for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Luis CdeBaca: --Meeting with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),Ambassador CdeBaca emphasi [...] | 2009-12-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KMPI KTIP ELAB KU |
| 09KUWAIT1161 | MAIDS R US: PLAN FOR GOK-RUN DOMESTIC WORKER [...] (C) Summary. On December 9, the General Director of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior's Immigration Department, Kamel Al-Awadhi, laid out his plans for a government-run domestic worker recruitment agency, telling a crowd of labor attaches, NGOs, and GOK officials gathered at an International Orga [...] | 2009-12-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU |
| 09KUWAIT195 | GOK, FOREIGN LABOR ATTACHES EXCHANGE HARSH WORDS [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's domestic worker regulations director, Kamel Al-Awadhi, upbraided the Filipino Embassy's labor attache on February 18 for not supporting Kuwait's plan for a domestic worker orientation center. The exchange marked the climax of an International Organization for Migration [...] | 2009-03-05 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU |
| 09KUWAIT452 | KUWAIT: LAYING FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW SILK ROAD? [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis notwithstanding, Kuwaiti business and political leaders are seeking to strengthen commercial ties between Asia and Kuwait. From agriculture to banking and from energy to real estate, Kuwait's deep-rooted and globalist mercantile establishment appears [...] | 2009-05-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON KU |
| 09KUWAIT676 | AA/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: During a June 30 meeting between the Prime Minister and AA/S Feltman, the PM: -- urged ongoing dialogue with Iran, despite recent events, and the avoidance of any military option, notwithstanding his pessimistic outlook on Iran's nuclear program and the prospects for any opening [...] | 2009-07-08 05:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNC IR IZ PK KU |
| 09LAHORE207 | PAKISTAN'S TEXTILES INDUSTRY IS FRAYING AT THE EDGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Garments and textiles constitute the single largest industrial sector in Pakistan, accounting for 40 percent of all industrial employment and 8.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the industry has several globally competitive firms, the bulk of the business is mired [...] | 2009-11-01 09:14:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP BTIO EAGR EAID ECIN EIND ELAB ETRD |
| 09LAHORE230 | UPDATE ON OCTOBER 15 ATTACKS ON LAHORE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. On October 15, 2009, extremists killed eighteen police personnel and injured over 100 in three simultaneous attacks on security installations in Lahore. The extremists had learned from previous attacks, enhancing their weapons and disguising themselves as police. Attackers app [...] | 2009-12-10 06:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE64 | ATTACK ON POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN LAHORE -- SITREP 1 [...] (SBU) Between 20 and 25 unidentified terrorists attacked a police training center in the village of Manawan situated on the main road from Lahore to the Wagah border with India at approximately 7:30 am on March 30. Preliminary reports have placed the number of casualties at 20 with over 100 i [...] | 2009-03-30 10:38:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE67 | POLICE FOCUS ON DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS AS MARWAN INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior police contacts have told post that the current investigation into the March 30 attack on the Manawan Police Training School is focusing on domestic extremist groups with ties to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Police are under pressure to concentrate on Baitullah [...] | 2009-03-31 12:19:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE69 | CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF READY TO CORRECT GOVERNOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Newly restored Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer (PO) April 3 that he will focus on the terrorism issues that afflicted Punjab while Governor Salman Taseer had taken over. He noted that the March 31 court ruling only stayed his disqualification from office, whil [...] | 2009-04-06 11:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
| 09LAHORE72 | PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS CODEL KYL THAT EXTREMISM IS [...] Summary (C) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told a congressional delegation led by Senator Jon Kyl that only a small minority in Pakistan supports extremism. He highlighted assistance to Pakistan's education system as the best way to counter terrorist recruitment. Taseer also envisioned Pakist [...] | 2009-04-10 14:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE76 | NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL KYL TO TALK TO ALL PARTIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 10:58:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK |
| 09LAHORE99 | PUNJAB HOME SECRETARY FEARS HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Home Secretary Nazim Hassan Asif warned that a full bench of the Lahore High Court could free Jamaatud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed on May 21. He lamented that he lacked sufficient evidence to support the detention orders under which the Home Department has extended their detention. [...] | 2009-05-22 05:41:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PK |
| 09LIMA480 | Fraud Summary: Lima [...] (U) Post is submitting its semi-annual fraud summary for September 2008 - February 2009. Responses are keyed to paragraph markers in reftel. Post continues to submit septel spot reports on specific cases of interest. ITEM A: COUNTRY CONDITIONS -------------------------- 2. (U) Peru's e [...] | 2009-03-31 22:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PE |
| 09LISBON101 | PORTUGAL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); 6. The [...] | 2009-02-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD KTIP ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 09LISBON228 | PORTUGAL VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (SBU) On April 23 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy shared Portugal's views on the April GAERC. Burma, the Middle East, the Eastern Partnership, and Sri Lanka will be on the agenda, with informal discussions on Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iran, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Durban Re [...] | 2009-04-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
| 09LISBON261 | PORTUGAL: GAERC CONTINUES TO WAIT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On May 14 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy shared Portugal's views on the May GAERC. Russia and Moldova are on the morning GAERC agenda, and Iran, Georgia, and Sri Lanka will be the lunchtime topics. The afternoon session including ministers of foreign affairs and [...] | 2009-05-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
| 09LISBON412 | INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. The ROKG (South Korea),current Chair of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),hosted an inter-sessional meeting of APDP on the margins of the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Portugal on July 11. The ten governments represented received a briefing on APDP activit [...] | 2009-07-29 06:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XB PO |
| 09LISBON494 | PORTUGAL ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR INTERNALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
| 09LJUBLJANA115 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF "LENGTHY," BUT VAGUE APRIL [...] (C) Emboff discussed ref's points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with Acting European Correspondent Jurnej Muller on April 22. Muller commented that it was obvious that last week was a holiday as the Czech Presidency still had not provided background for some of the agenda items, so their p [...] | 2009-04-22 15:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV SI |
| 09LJUBLJANA144 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MAY 17-18 JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) On May 16, Emboff discussed the U.S. nonpaper (ref) with new European Correspondent Jernej Muller. Muller said the EU Foreign Ministers would prepare for the EU-Russia Summit, where the perception was that the Russians were trying to "steal" the agenda and focus the summit on their Europe [...] | 2009-05-15 15:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN GG RS SO IR SI |
| 09LJUBLJANA41 | SLOVENIA EXPECTS WESTERN BALKANS TO DOMINATE [...] (C) ADCM delivered ref's points regarding the February 23-24 GAERC to EU Correspondent Darja Gruban on February 19. Gruban said she expected the restricted Foreign Ministers' lunch discussion on the Western Balkans would be long. In addition to the FMs discussing Afghanistan, the Political Di [...] | 2009-02-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV AFDB SU SI |
| 09LONDON1082 | SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON UK ACTION AND THINKING [...] (C/NF) Summary. After giving a brief overview of UK Foreign Secretary Miliband's and a British Parliamentary Group's separate visits to Sri Lanka, Foreign Office Sri Lanka team leader Tim Waite and Desk Officer Sharon Diaz said May 7 that the UK plans to continue its "concerted drive to achieve a f [...] | 2009-05-07 14:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID CE UK |
| 09LONDON109 | 2009 UK INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2009. 2. Much of the data supplied in this report is from 2007, since end-of-year 2008 figures are not yet available. Given the economic down [...] | 2009-01-15 13:20:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB UK |
| 09LONDON1385 | COMMMONWEALTH ON FIJI, SRI LANKA, NIGERIA, QUEEN'S [...] (C) Summary. During a June 11 discussion with Poloff, Commonwealth Political Director Amitav Banerji offered electoral commission capacity-building as an area where the USG and Commonwealth could be strategic partners; said a Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) would soon discuss and [...] | 2009-06-11 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PINR NI CE FJ NZ CA MY UK |
| 09LONDON236 | INDIA: MILIBAND'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GOI OFFICIALS [...] (C/NF) Summary. In spite of the significant Indian media criticism of Foreign Secretary Miliband's comments on Kashmir during his January 13-15 visit to India (reftels),he had an opportunity for useful discussions with Indian leaders on key policy and regional issues, including Pakistan, Iran [...] | 2009-01-27 14:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER EAID KDEM IN PK IR XD UK |
| 09LONDON2503 | UK SUPPORT AT IMF FOR U.S. SRI LANKAN CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 17:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE UK |
| 09LONDON2520 | UK INITIATIVES HARNESS DIASPORA CAPACITY [...] (U) Summary. The UK has initiated a number of programs to help engage UK-based Diaspora groups and harness their expertise in international development. Under the direction of the Department for International Development (DFID),and the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO),these programs are ty [...] | 2009-11-06 17:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM OIIP SCUL SMIG ECON SO PK NI |
| 09LONDON2557 | INDIAN ENVOY DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a meeting with Poloff to discuss the October 27-29 state visit of President Pratibha Patil to India, Neil Kernohan (Protect),Head of the India, Nepal, and Bhutan Team at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),told Poloff that HMG would appreciate it if the U.S. would [...] | 2009-11-13 12:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI AF UK PK |
| 09LONDON2819 | (C/NF) COMMONWEALTH TACKLES CLIMATE CHANGE, MOSTLY STEERS CLEAR OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES REF: A. PORT OF SPAIN 00482 B. LONDON 2743 C. LONDON 2769 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 16:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM TSPL KSUM KGHG TD RW ZI GA UG FJ |
| 09LONDON848 | UK PRESERVES CONFLICT PREVENTION FUNDING BY [...] (SBU) Summary. To maintain levels of conflict prevention spending, the UK Government will make up short-falls created because of ballooning UN assessed costs and exchange rate losses by cutting Foreign Office (FCO),Department for International Development (DFID),and Ministry of Defense (MOD [...] | 2009-04-08 14:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MASS UNSC KPKO UK |
| 09MADRID1042 | SPANISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated GAERC agenda items with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia October 23. Nuno indicated that the GAERC agenda continued to grow, now covering the Western Balkans, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, MEPP, Sri Lanka, Guinea, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Indon [...] | 2009-10-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SP |
| 09MADRID185 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the February 23-24 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso February 20. In addition to the topics below, Benitez-Donoso said that there will be statements made regarding Iraq's democratic elections and the current situa [...] | 2009-02-20 17:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP EU |
| 09MADRID265 | SPAINISH VIEWS ON EVE OF MARCH GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the March 16-17 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso March 13. Benitez-Donoso said the focus will be on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belarus, with statements made again regarding Sri Lanka, calling for humanitarian rel [...] | 2009-03-13 23:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN SP |
| 09MADRID412 | SPAINISH PREVIEW OF APRIL GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the April 27-28 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso April 24. Benitez-Donoso said that Council conclusions will be issued on Burma, Iran, and Sri Lanka, while the Eastern Partnership, Croatia, Moldova, Ukraine, the [...] | 2009-04-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
| 09MADRID471 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON MAY GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the May 18-19 GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda May 14. Lopez said that the GUMBO GAERC would include a special meeting of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers to discuss EUFOR ALTHEA and Operation Atalanta [...] | 2009-05-14 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP |
| 09MADRID912 | SPAIN'S PREVIEW TO SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) In a follow-up conversation with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia September 10 regarding the September GAERC, Nuno confirmed that focus will remain on Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the MEPP. FM Moratinos is expected to lead the discussion on the MEPP and repo [...] | 2009-09-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP EU |
| 09MANAGUA314 | VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY [...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...] | 2009-03-24 18:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU |
| 09MANAMA107 | EMBASSY MANAMA'S INPUT FOR BAHRAIN TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's government demonstrated a commitment to actively combating Bahrain's human trafficking problem. At the same time, senior Bahraini officials recognize that they need to continue their efforts to change society's attitude toward TIP issues, and to educate officials on h [...] | 2009-02-22 13:51:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 09MANILA1645 | PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO RESUME TALKS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: As referred to briefly in President Arroyo's July 27 State of the Nation Address (reftel A),long-defunct negotiations with the communist-affiliated National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) coalition will likely be resumed in Oslo, Norway during the second week of Aug [...] | 2009-08-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP |
| 09MANILA459 | PHILIPPINES MOVING FORWARD WITH ARF EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippines has made significant progress in preparations for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Voluntary Demonstration of Response on Disaster Relief and are poised to host a successful event in early May. Fifteen ARF member countries attended the January initial planning co [...] | 2009-03-04 04:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP |
| 09MUMBAI311 | MUMBAI BUSINESSES FINDING NEW MECHANISMS FOR TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary: While large Indian conglomerates are wary of investing in Iran, Mumbai's small and medium size trade companies continue to do business with their Iranian counterparts, explaining the 42 percent increase in India's non-petroleum and non-crude oil trade with Iran in the last year. [...] | 2009-07-28 08:32:00 | Consulate Mumbai | SECRET | EINV ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ETTC EIND KCRM IR KS |
| 09MUSCAT1000 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MUSCAT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC |
| 09MUSCAT152 | Labor Attach??s Discuss TIP in Oman [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, emboffs met with labor attachC)s from the Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi and Philippine embassies in Muscat for a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Oman. Labor attachC)s said that most TIP-related problems in Oman concerned empl [...] | 2009-03-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP MU ELAB |
| 09MUSCAT235 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MUSCAT, SEPTEMBER 2008-FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-28 03:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MU |
| 09MUSCAT253 | EMBASSY MUSCAT INPUT TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This report covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Oman (GOO) from April 2008 to March 2009. Paragraph three begins text. Compiling the report required 48 hours at the FS-04 level, 3 hours at the FSN-09 level, 6 hours at the FS-02 level, 3 hours at the FS-01 level, and 3 hou [...] | 2009-03-30 12:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG ASEC MU |
| 09NEWDELHI1013 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA WELCOMES "END OF [...] (BEGIN EXCERPT): "President Rajapakse has achieved what no previous Sri Lankan leader came close to doing: securing the integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka by freeing it from the malevolent challenge of the LTTE. Now, in the post-Prabakaran era, he needs to address two big tasks: rehabilita [...] | 2009-05-19 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1029 | MEDIA REACTION: TALIBAN/PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, [...] "TALIBAN, TALIBAN, TALIBAN," editorial in May 17 Islamist Urdu bi-weekly DAWAT: "In the Taliban, the United States seems to have found a new imaginary foe. Today the word Taliban has been reduced practically to an expletive. The U.S. initially carried out intensive bombardments against the Tal [...] | 2009-05-20 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1036 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, PAKISTAN, UNITED [...] QWAR ENDS, BUT ISSUES STILL ALIVE,Q editorial in May 20 centrist Gujarati daily, JANMABHOOMI: QThe 30-year old violent ethnic struggle for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka may have ended, but it would be erroneous to infer that this will lead to a lasting peace. The Sri Lankan Rajapakse gov [...] | 2009-05-21 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1049 | JOINT US TREASURY AND DOD SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted a successful regional conference on Countering Terrorist Financing in the Charitable Sector from April 14-16 in New Delhi, India, with assistance from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) as well. Interagency [...] | 2009-05-22 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM EFIN PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1051 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, TERRORORISM IN [...] "END OF LTTE," editorial in May 5 centrist Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Although the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been crushed, the fundamental problems of equal rights and status for the Tamils persist. The Sri Lankan government has to ensure that the Tamil people get justice. India, a [...] | 2009-05-22 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1053 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY READOUT OF SRI LANKA TRIP [...] (C) Summary. In a May 22 briefing for the Charge, Foreign Secretary Menon provided a readout of his visit, along with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, to Colombo on May 20-21. India's message to President Rajapaksa was to focus on resettling IDPs, reconstruction, demining, and the lo [...] | 2009-05-22 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1092 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN [...] "SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in the May 28 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN. "Even after six months, Pakistan has done nothing to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks. U.S. efforts to bring about an India-Pakistan rapprochement should be a matter of concern for India. America wants [...] | 2009-05-29 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1123 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, U.S. [...] "PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR INTENTIONS," editorial in June 1 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The Indian Army Chief has valid concerns about Pakistan's attempts to enhance its nuclear capability. India has to raise this issue at the international diplomatic level, but should also talk to Pa [...] | 2009-06-02 10:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1129 | CHARGE MEETS NEW INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER; [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 courtesy call by the Charge, newly appointed External Affairs Minister Krishna said he welcomed enhancement of the bilateral dialogue. In a prior meeting with Foreign Secretary Menon, the Charge flagged the need to move forward on "legacy" issues in the run-up to ne [...] | 2009-06-02 14:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ENRG CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1138 | SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: In many respects, your visit represents the moment so many of us who manage the India account have waited years for: a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian government freed from the constraints of anti-American coalition partners or [...] | 2009-06-03 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1162 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...] | 2009-06-05 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1163 | NEW GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of Parliament on June 4 outlined the achievements of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and charted a road map for the next five years. It was largely in-line with the Congress Party's election [...] | 2009-06-05 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1210 | FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed regional security June 10, with a focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Menon referred to Prime Minister Singh's June 9 comments in Parliament that the Composite Dialogue could not resume [...] | 2009-06-11 17:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1211 | FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS NEW STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed a new architecture for the Strategic Dialogue and a variety of bilateral and regional issues during several meetings June 10. Remarking on the substantial overlap in thinking on how t [...] | 2009-06-11 17:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1212 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FOREIGN MINISTER KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary. In his first meeting with Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna, visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns outlined opportunities to expand the bilateral relationship as it enters the next phase. Foreign Secretary Menon and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Mee [...] | 2009-06-11 17:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1213 | HOME MINISTER MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (S) Summary: In a productive and serious June 10 exchange with Under Secretary Bill Burns, Home Minister P. Chidambaram offered his sober assessment of India's internal and external security challenges: from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to ongoing insurgencies in "the hinterlands" of I [...] | 2009-06-11 18:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV BG ECON NP PHUM PK PREL PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1224 | ADVANI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, India's Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani pledged common cause with the new Congress-led government, particularly on the principal foreign policy issues of Afghanistan and Pakistan and on a strengthened relationship with the Un [...] | 2009-06-12 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG PAK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1225 | FOREIGN MINISTER S.M. KRISHNA: A SAFE BET AT MEA [...] (C) Summary: Congress Party veteran S.M. Krishna assumed office as the new External Affairs Minister on May 23. Krishna, a Rajya Sabha backbencher, stands in contrast to his predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee, the ultimate Congress Party fixer and operator whose ambitions for the Prime Minister's p [...] | 2009-06-12 15:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1277 | SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) General Jones: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit comes on the heels of Under Secretary Burns' successful trip to India and in the run-up to a July visit by Secretary Clinton. You will be coming at a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian [...] | 2009-06-18 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1285 | MANMOHAN SINGH: GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) on June 9, reaffirming the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's agenda and goals as mentioned in President Prathiba Patil's parliamentary address one week before. PM Singh em [...] | 2009-06-19 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1318 | INDIA WELCOMES SRI LANKAN DELEGATION, PROGRESS ON [...] (U) Senior Adviser to the Sri Lankan President Basil Rajapaksa and his brother, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothbaya Rajapaksa, met with Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna in Delhi on June 24. They discussed the resettlement and rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) [...] | 2009-06-25 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF PTER CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1339 | NSA NARAYANAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor Narayanan, the Foreign Secretary, and Defense Secretary, as well as a number of other senior officials, reiterated India's desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship during a series of meetings with National Security Advisor General James Jones an [...] | 2009-06-29 10:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1372 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ, SINO-INDIA [...] "FAILED STATE," editorial in July 1 independent Kolkata Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "Pakistan will face more danger if the current turmoil is not controlled and the uprooted people are not returned to their homes, no matter what the President or the Prime Minister says. Instability in Pakista [...] | 2009-07-02 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1464 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...] | 2009-07-15 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC |
| 09NEWDELHI1488 | NIRUPAMA RAO: A POISED NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian President Patil appointed Nirupama Rao as India,s second female Foreign Secretary. She will take office at the end of the month. A trusted East Asia hand, Rao is a veteran diplomat, known for her poised demeanor; she most recently served as Indian Ambassador to China. [...] | 2009-07-20 01:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1673 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, SRI [...] "CONTINUING JIHAD IN AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: AN AMERICAN GAMEPLAN," op-ed in August 11 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Analysts and researchers throughout the world have concluded that the jihad continuing in Afghanistan and Pakistan for the last 30 years is, in fact, an American [...] | 2009-08-11 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI170 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA-NEW [...] "OBAMA'S SIGNAL TO PAKISTAN" editorial in the January 28, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily NAVASHAKTI. "Two U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan three days ago could be interpreted as a tangible sign of U.S. [...] | 2009-01-28 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1812 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi. This is an opportune moment as we seek a truly global partnership with India and build upon the Secretary's highly successful July visit (Ref). Secretary Clinton and her counterpart, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, formally launche [...] | 2009-08-31 14:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP LEW PREL EAGR EAID IN |
| 09NEWDELHI187 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICIES, WAR AGAINST [...] "FIRST OF ALL ERADICATE OPPRESSION AND ITS USURY", editorial in the January 29 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "Barrack Obama is a symbol of a 'Change' in the America of the 21st century. Therefore, the American hand of friendship extended by the American to India, through the g [...] | 2009-01-30 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1896 | INDIA SHARES CONCERNS, WILLING TO COOPERATE ON SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA shares USG concern over the situation of Sri Lankan Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),and remains focused on getting them resettled. India is providing significant aid and is working to de-mine affected areas. There are plans to augment the GOI-funded de-mining [...] | 2009-09-11 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI194 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: REPCO HOME FINANCE LIMITED [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input regarding OPIC providing an Investment Guaranty to support a third party loan to Repco Home Finance Limited ("REPCO") for the purpose of expanding its affordable mortgage lending business in southeast India. The US Sponsor connection is [...] | 2009-01-30 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IN EINV |
| 09NEWDELHI1955 | PRM DAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES STATUS OF TIBETAN, SRI [...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson held meetings with representatives from the Dalai Lama's Office, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Catholic Relief Services' (CRS),and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) during his September 4th visit to New Delhi. During these meeting [...] | 2009-09-22 02:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1983 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH [...] "YOUR ATOM BOMB AND MINE," editorial in September 23 right-of-center Urdu daily, HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "When Pakistan was producing nuclear weapons of mass destruction, America not only turned its back on Pakistan, it often extended its full cooperation. No doubt, it was a part of its gameplan in [...] | 2009-09-24 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI214 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PALESTINE / GAZA [...] "OBAMA'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 23 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "President Obama's plan to deploy 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to intensify the war on terror has received only lukewarm response from the European nations. At the upcoming April 3 NATO Summit Obama wi [...] | 2009-02-04 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2142 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH INDIAN FS [...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging review of regional issues with Under Secretary Burns on October 16, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao reviewed recent Indo-Pak discussions in New York and criticized Pakistani inaction on Hafiz Saeed and terrorist infiltrations. Rao described India as unable to c [...] | 2009-10-21 14:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK AF CH RU CE NP BM JA |
| 09NEWDELHI2147 | U/S BURNS AND FM KRISHNA DISCUSS PM VISIT, AF-PAK, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 15 meeting, Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna told U/S Burns that Indian Prime Minister Singh looks forward to a productive state visit to the U.S. in November. He took on board Burns' message on the need to complete remaining Civil Nuclear Initiative steps [...] | 2009-10-22 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS MASS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2196 | PM SINGH TO MILITARY CHIEFS: BE READY BECAUSE "OUR [...] (C) Summary: In a much-publicized October 20 speech to the senior commanders of India's armed forces, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the military to "be prepared to face onslaughts" in light of "regular intelligence reports of imminent attacks" in India. Pointing out that India is threat [...] | 2009-10-29 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS MAPP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2207 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S OTERO'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Otero: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi to relaunch the Global Issues Forum (GIF) in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 state visit to Washington. The Embassy has worked hard to make progress across all five pillars and 18 sub-dialogues o [...] | 2009-10-30 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON IN KDEM KGHG KWMN PREL SENV |
| 09NEWDELHI2265 | India Reporting Workshop Puts Strategic Dialogue in [...] (SBU) The Ambassador enthusiastically welcomed more than 80 participants from throughout India and neighboring Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and China to an October 5-6 India Reporting Workshop in New Delhi. SCA Assistant Secretary (A/S) Blake, addressing the group via DVC, underscored the valu [...] | 2009-11-09 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON POL AMGT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2280 | New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...] | 2009-11-13 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI234 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/OBAMA PRESIDENCY, SRI [...] "INDIA'S EXPECTATIONS For OBAMA" op-ed article by former diplomat Rajendra Abhyankar in the February 6, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is welcome that the new U.S. President feels that Pakistan needs to play a more positive role in the interest of peace and stabilit [...] | 2009-02-06 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2398 | U/S TAUSCHER ENGAGES FS RAO IN STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Delegations led by Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao exchanged views on the full spectrum of nonproliferation and disarmament issues in the first meeting of the Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD) November 12-13 [...] | 2009-11-27 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2461 | PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES REFUGEE ISSUES IN INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to New Delhi, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten discussed Bhutanese refugees, Tibetans in India, and the status of UNHCR in India. Key members of the Bhutanese Core Group agreed that we should submit test humanitarian return cases [...] | 2009-12-09 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL IN SL |
| 09NEWDELHI2462 | PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES GOI ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a lengthy meeting at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on November 10, Suresh Reddy, Director for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and the Maldives, described India's relief efforts for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka with PRM Principal Deputy Assi [...] | 2009-12-09 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL IN SL |
| 09NEWDELHI25 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "THE CRAFTY MOVES OF PAKISTANI ARMY" editorial in the January 7, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It would be naove to conclude that Pakistan- based terrorist outfits were the sole engineers of the Mumbai terror attacks. It is as naove as the assumption that a singular a [...] | 2009-01-07 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2529 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG [...] (SBU) Senator Gregg and Delegation: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following soon after Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing everything from agriculture to defense coop [...] | 2009-12-18 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI269 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS AND BACHUS [...] (SBU) We welcome your upcoming visit as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's historic journey to India in February-March 1959. The inspiration which Dr. King and other leaders of the American civil rights movement drew from Mahatma Gandhi is well known in [...] | 2009-02-12 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI274 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK [...] QPAKISTAN FALLS FLAT ON ITS FACEQ editorial in the February 13, 2009, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. QAlthough PakistanQs Interior Minister has finally acknowledged that the Mumbai attacks were partly plotted on Pakistani soil, there are some expected twists in this [...] | 2009-02-13 10:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI346 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO - PAK RELATIONS, [...] "TALIBAN IN PAKISTAN," editorial in the February 23 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "It is pretty evident from the ceasefire in Swat Valley that the Taliban is regaining strength in Pakistan. President Asif Ali Zardari's comments also underline Islamabad's helplessness in the face of the Taliban. The [...] | 2009-02-24 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI378 | MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, US [...] "DISTURBED NEIGHBORHOOD," editorial in February 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "It is easy for India to explain away the disturbed situation in neighboring Bangladesh as that country's own problem. But is it right for India to shirk its responsibility? Being the biggest country [...] | 2009-03-02 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI412 | INDIAN NSA SHARES DESIRE FOR COOPERATION WITH DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S) Summary. In a cordial March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan: -- recognized the importance of the improved cooperation between the U.S. and India since November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai; -- identified Lashkar-e-Taiba as the number [...] | 2009-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI417 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORIST ATTACK ON SRI [...] "A BARBARIC ACT" editorial in March 5 Guwahati Assamese ASAMIYA PRATIDIN. "... The attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers has clearly demonstrated the inability of Pakistan's present regime to rein in the Taliban who are running a parallel government within its territory ... The world community n [...] | 2009-03-05 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI441 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON,S WASHINGTON VISIT: [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon will travel to Washington March 9-11 at the invitation of Special Representative Holbrooke to provide India's input to our Afghanistan policy review. While in Washington, Menon will meet with Ambassador Holbrooke, the Deputy Secretary [...] | 2009-03-06 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ABLD ECON OFDP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI468 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] "POLITICAL CRISIS IN PAKISTAN" editorial in the March 13 Guwahati Assamese ASAMIYA PRATIDIN. "... It seems Pakistan is heading for another military coup with the current political crisis deepening further ... The government's failure to curb the growing activities of the Taliban and the Al Qa [...] | 2009-03-13 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI563 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA PREMIER LEAGUE CRICKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Next month's Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament will be held in South Africa after the league's organizers failed to secure Government of India approval for the matches to go ahead in India. The tournament - scheduled to begin on April 10 - clashes with the upcomin [...] | 2009-03-25 09:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI578 | INDIA WAITING TO SEE WHICH BANGLADESH WILL EMERGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: India - Bangladesh relations are healthy and close in the wake of the December election of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government. The violent Bangladeshi Rifles mutiny in early February did not shake the Government of India's confidence in Hasina, who is percieved to have handled th [...] | 2009-03-26 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN BG |
| 09NEWDELHI646 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/LAHORE ATTACKS, [...] "LAHORE ATTACK," editorial in April 1 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "The Lahore attack once again shows the extent to which the terrorists' writ runs in Pakistan... organizations like Al-Qaida and the Taliban are laboring to take full control of Pakistan. One can imagine the Pakistani people's [...] | 2009-04-02 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI647 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you both back to India. Since your last visit, the political season has entered its final phase, with the political establishment fixated on elections in April-May that will deliver a new government in June. Despite hot campaign rhetoric and political tu [...] | 2009-04-02 10:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI699 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Dear Chairman Berman and Delegation: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit coincides with a historically unprecedented level of U.S.-India collaboration encompassing everything from defense cooperation to agriculture and reflecting widespread support in both countr [...] | 2009-04-09 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI742 | INDIA'S INDEPENDENT POLICY AND THE EMERGING ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: India is struggling to find its way among the disjointed, multi-layered regional architecture which exists in Asia today. India's policy toward Asia remains largely ad-hoc, and India's primary goals in Asia appear to be to increase economic engagement and integration and to max [...] | 2009-04-15 15:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI743 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON ON END GAME IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed with Ambassador Burleigh the current state of Indo-Sri Lankan discussions as the conflict in northern Sri Lanka reaches a conclusion. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama was in New Delhi April 15 for meetings wit [...] | 2009-04-15 15:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI759 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERROR, PAKISTAN, [...] "SAME FLAW IN NEW RULE," commentary in the April 15 Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN by S. Shankar. "President Barack Obama is making the same mistake over which he criticized Bush's policy -- continuing aid to Pakistan to control the Taliban. A major part of this aid is used by Pakistan against Indi [...] | 2009-04-17 10:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI779 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN, US [...] "PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT'S SURRENDER," commentary in April 19 right-of-center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN by strategic affairs expert K. Subrahmanyam: "By giving in to the demand to enforce Islamic law in Swat Valley and other tribal areas, Pakistani President Asif Zardari has indicated that Islamab [...] | 2009-04-20 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI785 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "SIGNALS FROM THE RED MOSQUE," editorial in the April 20 right of center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan's Red Mosque is again becoming a threat. With his release, the mosque's cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz has called for the imposition of Islamic rule in Pakistan. Pakistani hardliners are in [...] | 2009-04-21 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI809 | MEDIA REACTION: THE SRI LANKAN CRISIS, PAKISTAN, [...] "CRISIS STILL CONTINUES" editorial in April 23 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "The Manmohan Singh government is silent about the sufferings of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. While it considers the LTTE terrorists, it doesn't like to meddle in the internal affairs of its next-door [...] | 2009-04-23 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI814 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES COOPERATION ON SRI [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon April 23 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka and its ramifications for India. Menon began the conversation by noting that External Affairs Minister Mukherjee had requested a telephone call to Secretary [...] | 2009-04-23 14:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI823 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN / TALIBAN, SRI LANKA [...] "WE TOO HAVE TO FIGHT THE TALIBAN," op-ed in April 23 right-of-center AMAR UJALA Hindi daily by columnist Kuldip Talwar: "The Pakistan government believes that the Sharia deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley will strengthen peace in the country. The international community is, however, not [...] | 2009-04-24 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI829 | RAJAPAKSA PROMISES A PAUSE TO INDIAN ENVOYS [...] (C) On April 25, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told Charge that Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa had agreed to announce on April 27 a cessation of hostilities with the LTTE. Narayanan, who had traveled with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon to Colombo on April 24, related that he had p [...] | 2009-04-25 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI844 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA UNREST, [...] "CLASH IN SRI LANKA," editorial in the April 25 right- of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "The UN should concentrate on restoring normalcy in Sri Lanka. It should also make all out efforts to stop the military action. The Lanka government and LTTE rebels should be brought to the table for talks. If [...] | 2009-04-27 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI850 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA UNREST, TERRORISM; NEW [...] "CEASEFIRE OR TEMPORARY TRUCE?" editorial in April 28 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The temporary de- escalation of violence in Sri Lanka has come as a relief to many political parties in India.... What caused Sri Lanka to take this step? Did pressure from India play a role? Or did the centr [...] | 2009-04-28 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI855 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK [...] "TALIBAN'S HOLD OVER PAKISTAN," op-ed article by columnist R.R. Palsokar in April 29 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "The conflict in Pakistan has various facets. First, political clashes between Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League are pulling the administrat [...] | 2009-04-29 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI891 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S 100 [...] "OBAMA'S CONFIDENT BEGINNING," op-ed article by columnist Rashmi Bhure in May 5 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "It is commendable that despite being surrounded by multiple domestic challenges, President Obama has given precedence to foreign policy issues. He wants to regain America's lost supr [...] | 2009-05-05 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI904 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "THE NEPAL PROBLEM," editorial in May 5 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "The army and the Maoists have been at loggerheads since the Maoist government of Prachanda came into power in Nepal. Prachanda was forced to fire the Army chief Katuwal because of the latter's insubordination. There is clear [...] | 2009-05-06 11:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI967 | UK READOUT OF DES BROWNE (SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SRI [...] (C) Summary. UK Special Envoy for Sri Lanka Des Browne visited New Delhi May 6-7 to consult with Indian officials on possible collaboration on the humanitarian and political situation in Sri Lanka. Browne briefed diplomats on his view of the situation in Sri Lanka, and a UK High Commission coll [...] | 2009-05-13 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CE UK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI968 | CHARGE'S CALL ON LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION L.K. [...] (SBU) Summary: Looking relaxed and confident, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani told Charge that there would be continuity and strength in U.S.-India relations should a BJP-led government emerge after the national parliamentary elections currently underway. H [...] | 2009-05-13 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI981 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN [...] (U) Summary: India's foreign policy is unlikely to change significantly, regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The political parties, with few exceptions, differ little in their approach to India's foreign policy. Such issues have not played a substantial role in the camp [...] | 2009-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI990 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA 100 DAYS, SRI LANKA, [...] "OBAMA INITIATES TAX REFORMS TO CREATE JOBS" op-ed article by Ganesh Natrajan of NASSCOM in May 15 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "The protectionist anti- outsourcing voice from the U.S. need not send shivers down the spines of Indian Business Process Outsourcing units (BPOs)and the IT sector. [...] | 2009-05-15 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI996 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY WEIGHS POST-CONFLICT [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon May 15 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Menon acknowledged the dire situation and said that the fighting was more intense in the conflict zone, with higher casualty figures and more use of heavy we [...] | 2009-05-15 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CE IN |
| 09NICOSIA172 | CYPRUS ECONOMY: SO FAR, BETTER THAN MOST [...] (SBU) Summary: Local economists expect the Cyprus economy to continue achieving slightly positive GDP growth this year despite being buffeted by the international economic crisis. A diversified economy, a generally stable real estate market, banks that avoided the excesses of those in money cen [...] | 2009-03-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CY |
| 09NICOSIA578 | CYPRUS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina. Mina welcomed the USG positions on the Eastern Partnership and Georgia, but stated that the GOC had no feedback to share on these issues at present. On the situation of IDPs in Sri Lanka, Min [...] | 2009-09-11 13:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE CY |
| 09NICOSIA580 | CYPRUS SHARES USG CONCERNS OVER SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE CY |
| 09OSLO115 | PART I: CONSTRAINTS ON NORWAY'S MIDDLE EAST ROLE? [...] (C) Summary: Norway aspires to be a leader in Middle East peace negotiations and could be a genuine asset in bringing peace to the region. Norway's diplomatic principles, focus on dialogue, and mediation history have helped raise Norway's profile as a peacemaker. Its tense relationship with I [...] | 2009-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PINR IS NO |
| 09OSLO116 | PART III: NORWEGIAN FM STOERE: THE WORLD AT HIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL IS NO |
| 09OSLO386 | NORWAY IS GOOD: NORWEGIAN EXCEPTIONALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Norway's sense of exceptionalism, while under some pressure due to some significant policy failures, still is a central part of the national culture and has an outsized impact on Norwegian foreign policy. Norwegians truly believe that there is something inherently good about being [...] | 2009-06-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NO |
| 09OSLO533 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON MEETS WITH GON AND NGOS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a productive series of meetings on August 24 in Oslo, S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with Minister for International Development Erik Solheim, a variety of high level Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials, and two NGOs to discuss the recent conflict in Sri Lanka, s [...] | 2009-08-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SL NO |
| 09OSLO552 | NORWAY AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON SRI LANKA IDP [...] (C) Norway's response to reftel demarche was uniformly positive. Poloff met with Tone Allers, Sri Lanka Desk officer at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Allers, after having two days to digest the information in the demarche and share it with the Norwegian embassy in Colombo, [...] | 2009-09-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
| 09OTTAWA329 | DEMARCHE: SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL |
| 09OTTAWA348 | PERSISTENT ABUSES IN REFUGEE SYSTEM PROVOKE [...] (C) Summary. Canada is increasingly concerned about "wide-scale and almost systematic abuse" of its generous immigration, citizenship, and refugee policies. According to a recent report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the number of asylum seekers to Canada in 2008 increa [...] | 2009-05-12 20:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL SMIG CVIS KFRD MX EZ CA |
| 09OTTAWA468 | CANADA'S DEMOCRACY PROMOTION COMMUNITY ACTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Several government-funded Canadian organizations are active around the world in promoting human rights and good governance, whose work the government's proposed creation of a new Canadian democracy promotion agency focused on political party development would comp [...] | 2009-06-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN AORC EAID CA |
| 09OTTAWA708 | CANADA SUPPORTIVE OF SRI LANKA FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT [...] (C) Canada is supportive of the U.S. strategy to promote freedom of movement in Sri Lanka (reftel),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) South Asia Deputy Director Jonathan Yendall. He cautioned that he was still seeking to coordinate a "whole of governme [...] | 2009-09-11 19:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
| 09OTTAWA720 | CANADA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES [...] (U) Like the United States, Canada is a nation of immigrants. Immigrants make up twenty percent of the overall population in Canada, according to the most recent census data (2006). The largest Diaspora in Canada is from the United Kingdom (579,620) followed by China (466,940),India (443,6 [...] | 2009-09-15 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SCUL EAID TSPL BTIO BEXP |
| 09OTTAWA768 | VISAS VIPER: THE "TORONTO 18" AS CANDIDATES FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY At Embassy Ottawa's monthly Visas Viper meeting on September 09, 2009, a list of 27 indidivudals who were involved in the so-called "Toronto 18" conspiracy, a plot to engage in terrorist activities in the Toronto metropolitan area, was submitted for consideration. All of these i [...] | 2009-10-02 20:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA |
| 09PARIS1243 | FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) On September 11, Mathieu Carmona, Deputy Director for the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the September 14-15 GAERC meeting of EU Foreign Ministers: ------------------------------ AFGHANISTAN ------------------------------ 2. (C) Carmona e [...] | 2009-09-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IR GG SL FR |
| 09PARIS1427 | FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR OCTOBER 26-27 GAERC [...] (SBU) On October 23, Mathieu Carmona, Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the October 26-27 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: ---- IRAN ---- 2. (C) Carmona said much of an October 26 dinner would be devoted to a discussion [...] | 2009-10-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN IR BK AL MK GR AF PK GV CE MD UZ |
| 09PARIS1737 | FRANCE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERROSIM [...] The French Republic in the 21st century finds itself grappling with an Islamist threat that reflects the nation's changing demographics. An estimated five to six million residents of France are Muslim - potentially a full 10 percent of the population. Several public announcements by al-Qaida [...] | 2009-12-22 07:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC FR |
| 09PARIS265 | FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary. On February 20, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed four agenda items for the February General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting: Afghanistan, the Middle East peace process, the Western Balkans, [...] | 2009-02-20 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL KWBG IS BK MW SR AF KV FR |
| 09PARIS284 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing up front to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believ [...] | 2009-02-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS375 | FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: BALKANS, BELARUS, SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The EU's March 16-17 General Affairs Council will focus on economic stimulus measures and preparation for the March 19-20 European Council rather than external relations, according to Mathieu Carmona, Deputy Head of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Office. In a Marc [...] | 2009-03-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG EUN FR BK MW BO SU IS |
| 09PARIS499 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 10, 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon covered Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic (CAR),Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Grenada, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka. Creditors provided "financing assurances" f [...] | 2009-04-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS586 | FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: CROATIA, BURMA, MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the April General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting's discussions on Croatia, Burma, the Middle East, Sri Lanka, follow-up from the U.S.-EU Summit [...] | 2009-04-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL KWBG HR BM IS GZ WE CE UP MD |
| 09PARIS623 | SRI LANKA IMF ARRANGEMENT: RESERVATIONS BUT NO FINAL [...] (C) In response to USG concerns regarding an IMF Stand-By Arrangement to stabilize the Sri Lankan economy (reftel),the French Economics Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us on April 30 and May 5, respectively, that the GOF has not yet taken a final position. Economics Ministry Off [...] | 2009-05-05 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON KDEM PHUM CE FR |
| 09PARIS629 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing upfront to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believe [...] | 2009-05-07 07:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS643 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the April Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported Afghanistan's PRGF was back on track. Some creditors expressed a willingness to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia noted some 'technical problems.' The World Bank and the Fund had approved Cote d'Ivoire's decisi [...] | 2009-05-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS664 | FRENCH GAERC PREVIEW: GEORGIA, BOSNIA, SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 15, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the May General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Overall, this General Affairs Council will be largely devoted to preparation of the June European Counc [...] | 2009-05-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN BK BM MD SO CE IR RS GG FR |
| 09PARIS726 | IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...] | 2009-06-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC UN FR |
| 09PARIS956 | GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR [...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...] | 2009-07-16 09:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR |
| 09PARIS961 | IO A/S BRIMMER REVIEWS UN AGENDA WITH FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Assistant Secretary Dr. Esther Brimmer discussed the campaign to select a new UNESCO Director General, the Human Rights Council (HRC),UNSC Reform, and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding operations with her MFA counterpart Sylvie Bermann and separately with MFA Special Advisor Eric Ch [...] | 2009-07-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM UNESCO FR |
| 09PARISFR1397 | UNESCO: Executive Board Election Results [...] (U) The election of members of the Executive Board took place on Wednesday, 14 October 2009. The names of the Member States elected to the Executive Board were announced at the plenary meeting by Mr. Khamlihne Nhouyvanisvong (Laos),Chairperson of the Nominations Committee. 182 Member States we [...] | 2009-10-15 14:33:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL UNESCO |
| 09PARISFR1452 | UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: NATURAL SCIENCES [...] Summary. A Ministerial Round Table on Oceans and UNESCO's Natural Sciences Commission met October 12-16 as part of UNESCO's 35th General Conference. The Ministerial focused on ocean governance, ocean monitoring and climate change. The Natural Sciences Commission primarily focused on existin [...] | 2009-10-29 14:55:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY PREL UNESCO |
| 09PARISFR1640 | SECOND MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE [...] SUMMARY: THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE (CONVENTION) MET DECEMBER 1-2 AT UNESCO HEADQUARTERS. THE PARTIES ELECTED A SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY BODY, DECIDED TO SET UP AN "UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND", AND ESTABLISHED A WORK [...] | 2009-12-04 13:20:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL AORC UNESCO PREL |
| 09PARTO6 | SECRETARY AND IRISH FM MEETING [...] (U) October 11, 2009, Dublin, Ireland 2. (U) Participants United States The Secretary Ambassador Daniel Rooney A/S Philip Gordon NSC Elisabeth Sherwood-Randall DCOS Jake Sullivan Spokesman Ian Kelly Lt. Gen. Paul Selva Ireland Foreign Minister Michael Martin David Cooney, Secre [...] | 2009-10-27 02:29:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EUN EI |
| 09PESHAWAR130 | BOLD TTP-CLAIMED ATTACKS SIGNAL A TEST OF WILLS WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed a series of bold attacks undertaken over June 9-12. These attacks highlight the TTP's increasing willingness to attack and claim credit for violence within military cantonments, in the Punjab, and against politica [...] | 2009-06-16 10:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV KISL PK |
| 09PHNOMPENH114 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 06:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 09PORTAUPRINCE617 | Haiti Response to UN Efforts to Combat Sexual Exploitation [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. This message is Embassy's assessment of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by members of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) requested by reftel. Embassy assesses that sexual expl [...] | 2009-06-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
| 09PORTAUPRINCE731 | HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: The following is a brief overview of progress made by the Haitian National Police in the past two years and a summary of various perspectives on where the HNP should go in the future. This report represents the recommendations and analysis of the first full-time NAS Director, at [...] | 2009-08-13 17:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM HA |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN361 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY [...] Airline boss quits ---------------------- State-owned Caribbean Airlines'(CA) CEO Philip Saunders recently tendered his resignation citing personal reasons. Saunders joined the airline in October 2007, and his resignation comes amidst reports that the airline has been unable to turn a profit [...] | 2009-09-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB ELTN ETRD TD |
| 09PORTOFSPAIN460 | CLIMATE CHANGE TO HEADLINE COMMONWEALTH MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago hosts the 21st biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) November 27-29 in Port of Spain, with several related forums beginning as early as November 20. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip are to pay a state visit just before the event, and the Qu [...] | 2009-11-19 20:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG KSUM EINT TD |
| 09PRAGUE263 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING MAY GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 14 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the May 18-19 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the EU's Anti-Piracy efforts, Georgia, the EU-Ru [...] | 2009-05-15 15:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL CE XF ZJ XA |
| 09PRETORIA1330 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 June, the Institute for Security Studies hosted a debate on the role of human rights in South Africa's foreign policy under newly elected President Jacob Zuma. Keynote speakers included Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who described South Afr [...] | 2009-07-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZIM NI SF |
| 09PRETORIA1392 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 June, the Institute for Security Studies hosted a debate on the role of human rights in South Africa's foreign policy under newly elected President Jacob Zuma. Keynote speakers included Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who described South Afr [...] | 2009-07-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZIM NI SF |
| 09PRETORIA2314 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9-NOVEMBER 13 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers i6Q*Q}th Africa," found on intelink.gov. ------------- Domestic News ------------- Weekly Says President Zuma Faces Real Challenge Over Feuding Po [...] | 2009-11-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
| 09PRETORIA2474 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-12-02 13:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
| 09PRETORIA2507 | AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH DIRCO DEPMIN EBRAHIM [...] (C) On December 3, Ambassador Gips met with Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). Ebrahim cordially listed points on which the SAG was content with its relations with the U.S., he cited areas for collaboration in resolving Afri [...] | 2009-12-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KGHG AF WI ZI IR SF |
| 09PRISTINA249 | KOSOVO: ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MANAGE IMMIGRATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please seen paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: Increasing numbers of foreigners are entering Kosovo and requesting stay and asylum. Kosovo's laws governing asylum and migration are good, but border authorities lack the technological and physical resources to prop [...] | 2009-07-01 13:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SMIG KV |
| 09RABAT195 | MOROCCO'S TALLY OF COUNTRIES REJECTING/SUPPORTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Morocco continues to work to persuade countries around the globe to de-recognize the Polisario Front's declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or at least freeze relations, beyond which they want countries to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Saha [...] | 2009-03-06 18:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO |
| 09RANGOON299 | (C) BURMA: SILVERWAVE CO. BENEFITS FROM REGIME TIES [...] (C) Minn Minn Oung, Chairman of Silverwave Group and a number of affiliated companies involved in the agricultural, timber, mining, and energy sectors, provides significant economic and political support to the Burmese regime. Minn Minn Oung admits his companies received government contracts [...] | 2009-05-21 00:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR BM |
| 09RANGOON33 | BURMA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Preface ------- 2. U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions: On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting new investment by U.S. persons or entiti [...] | 2009-01-14 08:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM |
| 09RIYADH1023 | SAUDI H1N1 UPDATE: SIX DEATHS, VACCINES ORDERED, [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported six deaths and a total of 595 H1N1 cases to date. The six H1N1 victims range in age from 15 to 32 years, and span the country, including the Eastern, Qassim, Asir, and Riyadh provinces. Many of the victims reportedly suffered from chronic illnes [...] | 2009-08-05 13:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL TBIO KFLU CASC ASEC BEXP SA |
| 09RIYADH1299 | MISSION NOMINEES: 2010 EDUCATIONUSA ADVISER PROFESSIONAL [...] Embassy hereby nominates three Mission education advisors to attend the 2010 EducationUSA adviser professional development (REFTEL 089093). Over 21,000 Saudis are now studying in the United States. Increasing the number of Saudis studying in the U.S. is a Mission priority. Education advising is [...] | 2009-09-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL SA |
| 09ROME1049 | GAERC DEMARCHES ON SRI LANKAN IDPS; ARMENIA, [...] (SBU) On September 11, Post delivered reftel points to Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for EU External Relations Minister Michele Esposito. Minister Esposito, who deals with all GAERC-related issues, noted that there is no item pertaining to Sri Lanka on the September 14-15 GAERC [...] | 2009-09-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EUN MASS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SOCI |
| 09ROME171 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...] | 2009-02-12 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
| 09ROME508 | MEGAPORTS IN ITALY: DETECTING NUCLEAR MATERIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: The DOE Megaports program seeks to protect the United States from attack by placing radiation detectors in container ports. Italy has long been on the Department of Energy's list of desired Megaports participants, but efforts to institute the program in Italy stalled several yea [...] | 2009-05-06 15:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IT PGOV ETRD PBTS PTER PARM |
| 09ROME686 | U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM |
| 09ROME687 | U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PTER AF BM GG IR IT KN |
| 09SANTODOMINGO1235 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTO DOMINGO [...] (U) Santo Domingo submits its semi-annual fraud report for the period March 2009 - August 2009 following format in ref A. ---------------------- A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Country conditions generally remain as reported in previous Fraud Summaries, refs B [...] | 2009-10-21 20:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DR |
| 09SARAJEVO42 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. Major initiatives include a liberal State Foreign Investment Policy Law, a value-added tax (VAT),and a uniform trade and customs policy. However, foreign investors continue to face a num [...] | 2009-01-13 10:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR BK |
| 09SECTIO01OF03BRUSSELS1363 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER SEMINAR ON UN TARGETED [...] (C//NF) Summary: In preparation for the Belgian-hosted UN Targeted Sanctions Seminar of Like-Minded Countries, post provides the following information on Belgian attitudes toward reform of 1267 sanctions and other counterterrorism (CT) issues. This is in part based on Treasury Assistant Secr [...] | 2009-10-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PGOV EFIN PREL PINR KJUS PHUM |
| 09SEOUL1374 | DPRK ECONOMY - 2008 FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to data compiled by the (South) Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU),DPRK foreign trade amounted to USD 5.64 [...] | 2009-08-27 01:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG KS KN |
| 09SEOUL1946 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 23:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SEOUL1953 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
| 09SHANGHAI329 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS COMMENT ON JUNE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars regard the June 15-16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg as an important step in the development of the SCO as an influential regional organization and one that is broadening its engagement with the international community. Russia' [...] | 2009-07-22 05:16:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG MARR CH XD ZK RS IR |
| 09SINGAPORE180 | SINGAPORE: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (S/NF) Post's reply is keyed to Reftel A: STATE 13023. - - - - - - - - - - - 5. POLITICAL VIOLENCE - - - - - - - - - - - I. (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. No. Singapore has a wide range of ethnic/religious communities. Singapore hosts significant numbers of Bangladeshi and Indonesian guest [...] | 2009-02-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
| 09SINGAPORE473 | SINGAPORE CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTING TO PAKISTAN IDP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SN PK |
| 09SINGAPORE51 | SINGAPORE - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2009 Investment Cli [...] | 2009-01-15 09:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN |
| 09SINGAPORE523 | SINGAPORE STILL MULLING CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Political Unit Chief delivered Ref A demarche June 2 to MFA South Asia Assistant Director Chen Kien Pin, again urging Singapore to contribute to relief efforts for Pakistan's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Chen said the GOS is still deciding whether it will make a contribution to [...] | 2009-06-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK SN |
| 09SINGAPORE765 | SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE TRAINING TO [...] (C) Singapore will host twenty-five (all Under-Secretary level) Sri-Lankan officials from several ministries for two weeks of good-governance and leadership training beginning October 25, MFA South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Director S. Premjith told EP Counselor in an August 13 meeting. Prem [...] | 2009-08-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS SL AF SN |
| 09SINGAPORE862 | SINGAPORE IS UNSUITABLE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Post has contacted the United Nations and Legal Issues Branch of the International Organisations Directorate in Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to determine whether Singapore would consider running for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights [...] | 2009-09-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR |
| 09STATE100197 | SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 24, [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. SCA A/S Blake SCA Special Assistant Matthew Lowe Anthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) Sri Lanka Defense Secretary Rajapaksa Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a September 24 meeting with Defense Secretary Gotobhaya Rajapa [...] | 2009-09-25 19:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CE PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER |
| 09STATE102030 | SRI LANKA/NEPAL: SCA A/S BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 29, [...] (U) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; New York. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. SCA A/S Blake Donald Camp, Senior Area Adviser, USUN Douglas Mercado, Adviser, Humanitarian Affairs, USUN Anthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) UN U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe U/SYG for Humanitarian Af [...] | 2009-09-30 23:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER EAID ICRC UN IN CE NP |
| 09STATE102073 | MULTILATERAL "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM [...] Action Request - See Para 9. 2. (SBU) The Secretary's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism is pleased to announce a three-day "Multinational Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Planners Workshop" from Wednesday, November 4-Friday, November 6, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This workshop wil [...] | 2009-10-01 01:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KHLS UK SP GM FR IT AS |
| 09STATE103560 | (U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 28, [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Robert O. Blake, SCA Assistant Secretary Matthew Lowe, Special Assistant Elena Soderblom, Bureau Notetaker BANGLADESH Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Foreign Secretary 2. (U) SUMMARY. In a meeting on the margins of UNGA with South and Ce [...] | 2009-10-05 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BG PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09STATE103661 | SECRETARY BURNS MEETS FM BOGOLLAGAMA [...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Bill Burns Assistant Secretary Robert Blake Special Assistant Matthew Lowe Elena Soderblom (Notetaker) SRI LANKA Foreign Minister Bogollagama Notetaker 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 25, Under Secretary Burns told Foreign Minister Bogollagam [...] | 2009-10-05 22:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER CE |
| 09STATE107719 | SRI LANKA: EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT IN DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Background: The GSL request to Parliament for nearly $300 million in supplementary defense spending, which, per ref A reporting, will provide for recruiting of 25,000 new soldiers and constructing new military bases in the [...] | 2009-10-17 00:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MARR ECON EFIN EAID IMF CE |
| 09STATE10843 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE WITH A DEADLINE OF MARCH 6, 2009. SEE PARAGRAPHS 16-19 FOR INSTRUCTIONS. AGENCY DESCRIPTIONS ARE AT PARAGRAPHS 20-30. SUMMARY: -------- 2. (U) OVERVIEW: THE EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM (ESFP) OFFERS POSTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST AND HOST A SCIENTIST [...] | 2009-02-05 23:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER |
| 09STATE109032 | SRI LANKA: DELIVERING THE "WAR CRIMES" REPORT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Background: The Department of State will deliver to Congress on the afternoon of October 21 a report prepared pursuant to the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (P.L. 111-32),which direc [...] | 2009-10-22 01:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KAWC CE |
| 09STATE109500 | SRI LANKA: REPORT TO CONGRESS ON RECENT CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Blake and Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Investigations Rapp met with Sri Lankan Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya and DCM Tissa Wijeratne October 21 at the State Department to provide them a copy of the Department of State "Repo [...] | 2009-10-22 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KAWC PHUM CE |
| 09STATE110904 | WORLDWIDE PROCESSING PRIORITY SYSTEM FOR FY 2010 [...] REFTEL PROVIDED THE TEXT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD) (2009-32) AUTHORIZING THE FY 2010 U.S. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM (USRAP). THE PD AUTHORIZED THE ADMISSIONS OF UP TO 80,000 REFUGEES, OF WHICH 75,000 ARE ALLOCATED AMONG REGIONS AS FOLLOWS: AFRICA: 15,500 EAST ASIA: 17,000 EUROP [...] | 2009-10-27 20:02:00 | Department of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREF |
| 09STATE111693 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Action request: The non-paper in paragraph 3 below provides a brief summary of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)-related contacts between the U.S. and non-MTCR countries since the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. [...] | 2009-10-29 15:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BR ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA |
| 09STATE114330 | SCA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 19:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AJ BG CE IN PK TI UZ |
| 09STATE114922 | SRI LANKA: UN UNDERSECRETARY GENERAL HOLMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations (UN) Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake November 5 that he was encouraged by the recent progress on the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. Holmes plans [...] | 2009-11-06 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CE KAWC PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG UN |
| 09STATE115929 | GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS DEBATE, NOV. 11 [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission may draw on the building blocks at paragraph three for the November 11 Security Council high-level debate on the protection of civilians. 3. (SBU) Begin Building Blocks: Mr. President, It is now over ten-years si [...] | 2009-11-10 16:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC |
| 09STATE116023 | October 2009 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 2009 Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," creditors expressed consternation over the $939 million payment made by Congo-Brazzaville to litigating creditors (a.k.a. vulture funds),which violated the GOC's commitment to seek terms from private creditors comparable to i [...] | 2009-11-10 19:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR |
| 09STATE117653 | KUDOS TO EMBASSY COLOMBO FOR ECONOMIC REPORTING [...] E/EEB extends kudos to Embassy Colombo's economic team for its consistently high quality and relevant reporting. With over 30 economic cables in the past three months, Colombo's small economic team is one of the best and most prolific in the region. EEB appreciates the analytical and informat [...] | 2009-11-13 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB APER CE MV |
| 09STATE118799 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...] | 2009-11-17 23:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE |
| 09STATE119316 | SEEKING GOK APPROVAL TO BROADCAST FROM NEW IBB [...] (S/NF) Summary and Action Request. In 2006, the International Broadcasting Board (IBB) began construction of a $5.2 million medium wave (MW) transmitter in Kuwait to broadcast Radio Farda in Iran. Currently, BBG broadcasts Radio Farda on only one MW frequency. Having a second MW frequency [...] | 2009-11-18 23:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BBG KPAO PREL KU IR |
| 09STATE119719 | TRAVEL WARNING - SRI LANKA [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risks of travel to Sri Lanka due to continued security concerns, especially in the northernmost areas and most of its Eastern Province, as there are still uncleared landmines and potential for incidents by remnant members of the Liberation [...] | 2009-11-19 21:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC CE |
| 09STATE121328 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
| 09STATE122629 | A-BR ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...] | 2009-11-30 20:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM UNGA |
| 09STATE122637 | B-K ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...] | 2009-11-30 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM UNGA |
| 09STATE122638 | K-P ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...] | 2009-11-30 20:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM UNGA |
| 09STATE122639 | PH-UL ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...] | 2009-11-30 20:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM UNGA |
| 09STATE122641 | V-Y ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 20:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM UN |
| 09STATE13976 | SOUTH ASIA WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY: Washington is interested in obtaining Sri Lanka,s agreement to host a regional workshop on implementation of UNSCR 1540 in June 2009. This workshop is consistent with implementation of UNSCRs 1540 and 1810. This cable provide [...] | 2009-02-13 22:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CE UNSC KPAO PTER |
| 09STATE21472 | FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR [...] This is an action request. Please see summary paragraph (para. 2) and paras. 9 through 13 for specific information requested. 2. Summary: This is a follow-up request for information (see refetel #1) on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods. DOL [...] | 2009-03-06 23:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI |
| 09STATE23178 | THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH INDIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a friendly March 9 meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, Secretary Clinton outlined her vision of a "stand-alone global partnership" with India. She and Menon discussed global issues (climate change, world economy, peacekeeping),regional issues (Pakistan, [...] | 2009-03-12 03:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PTER ENVR ECON |
| 09STATE24053 | HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: At the May 29-30, 2008 annual meeting of the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC),the Immediate Central Contact (ICC) reported that as of the meeting's opening, 72 of the 126 subscr [...] | 2009-03-13 14:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA |
| 09STATE2516 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Order (E.O.) 12938 on two Malaysian citizens for involvement in [...] | 2009-01-09 22:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS MY |
| 09STATE2534 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Sanctions will be imposed under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Bank Act (EXIM),and Executive Orders (E.O.) 12938 and 13382 on one Sri Lankan citizen who is a [...] | 2009-01-09 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL CE |
| 09STATE26631 | INVITATION TO SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON [...] This is an action request for all Posts with host governments who are current members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),as well as UNVIE, The Hague (OPCW),Geneva (BWC),EU, and USNATO -- see relevant paras 2 and 3, additional for USEU (see para 4),additional U [...] | 2009-03-19 19:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPAO EUE PREL PTER UNSC EUN SAARC |
| 09STATE26714 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER SPEAKS WITH BASIL [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher met with Sri Lankan Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa regarding the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. He pressed Rajapaksa to halt the continuing Sri Lankan Army shelling of the safe zone and empha [...] | 2009-03-19 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL CE |
| 09STATE27309 | SRI LANKA: INSTRUCTIONS TO SEEK A MORE ACTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 21:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE PREL UNSC |
| 09STATE28882 | SRI LANKA: USUN GUIDANCE ON THE MARCH 26 OCHA [...] (U) This is an action request please see para 2: 2. (U) USUN should draw from the talking points in para 3 during the March 26 informal OCHA briefing on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Due to the impossibility of the Council reaching consensus on a joint statement, Mission shoul [...] | 2009-03-25 23:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CE PREL XD XO |
| 09STATE29272 | DEMARCHE TO UN OFFICIALS ON SRI LANKA [...] This is an action message. See para. 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2.(C) The Department instructs USUN to pursue the following objectives with UN officials with regard to the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka: -- Urge UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon to issue a statement calling on th [...] | 2009-03-26 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE |
| 09STATE30838 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, March 31, 2009 2. (U) 2009 NATO Summit - Paragraphs 8-16 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 17-23 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 24-44 5. (U) Threats & Analysis - Paragraphs 45-59 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 60-68 7. (U) Suspicious [...] | 2009-03-31 17:32:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 09STATE322 | ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15-17. ------- Summary ------- 2. Summary: On December 30, 2008, the President signed the instrument of ratification for the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy [...] | 2009-01-03 03:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA |
| 09STATE33629 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] (SBU) This is a time-sensitive action request for addressee posts. Given the importance of these IMF and World Bank votes, Department asks that the demarche be delivered at the highest appropriate level, preferably by Chief of Mission or DCM (please see paragraphs 2-5),with reports by April [...] | 2009-04-07 11:44:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
| 09STATE34174 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S 4/6/2009 MEETING WITH CANADIAN [...] (U) Classified by WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. April 6, 2009; 2:00 p.m.; Washington, D.C. 3. Participants: U.S. ---- Secretary Hillary Clinton WHA/CAN Director Ned Nolan Executive Assistant Joseph Macmanus WHA/CAN Karl Rios ? Note-tak [...] | 2009-04-08 09:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY EAIR SENV EFIS ECON PGOV |
| 09STATE35243 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN [...] (U) Classified by Acting EUR Assistant Secretary Marcie Ries for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) April 6, 2009, 3:30 - 4:00, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judy Garber OES Deputy Assistant Secretary Dave Balton Acting [...] | 2009-04-10 02:51:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NATO EAID PARM KNNP SENV |
| 09STATE35549 | GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) will conduct its 5th Plenary Meeting (2009 Plenary Meeting) at The Hague, Netherlands on June 16-17, 2009. Department requests Post to invite host government to parti [...] | 2009-04-10 15:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP RS NL PREL PTER MNUC KGIC |
| 09STATE36734 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER MEETS WITH PALITHA [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona regarding the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Boucher told Kohona that the Sri Lankan Army must halt the continued shelling of the safe z [...] | 2009-04-14 19:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PHUM KDEM CE |
| 09STATE3778 | GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS, REMARKS FOR [...] USUN may draw from the following remarks during an January 14 open debate regarding the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. Guidance regarding a draft PRST on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict will follow septel. 2. Begin suggested remarks: Mr. President: On behalf [...] | 2009-01-14 18:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC |
| 09STATE40403 | GUIDANCE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON [...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council thematic debate on Children and Armed Conflict scheduled for April 29, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- Secretary Espinosa, Mr. President, thank you for hosting today,s debate on [...] | 2009-04-22 20:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC GG PHUM PREL |
| 09STATE44996 | HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Background: Per reftels, the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC; also known as the International Code of Conduct, or ICOC; text at para 5) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002 at [...] | 2009-05-04 15:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA |
| 09STATE45238 | INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS HUMAN [...] (SBU) This cable is an action request for Mission Geneva to support a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) special session to discuss the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. Please see paras. 3-4. End summary. OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (SBU) To hold a special session in the UN HRC to discuss [...] | 2009-05-04 22:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UN CE |
| 09STATE46946 | SRI LANKA NEGOTIATING TO PROCURE LETHAL MILITARY [...] (U) This message contains an action request, please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) is negotiating the procurement of Lethal Military Equipment (LME) from North Korea and Iran. Recent intelligence reports indicate that a Sri Lankan company re [...] | 2009-05-08 12:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KN KNNP MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL |
| 09STATE47313 | (U) HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SRI LANKA [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CONCERNED BY THE TREATMENT OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) BY THE SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT AND WHAT PLANS THE GOVERNMENT HAS FOR DEALING WITH THEM. AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, ANALYSTS WOULD WELCOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS FROM POST REGARDING THE FOLLOWING Q [...] | 2009-05-08 20:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PHUM PTER SMIG SOCI CE |
| 09STATE47360 | KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...] | 2009-05-08 21:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
| 09STATE47369 | KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...] | 2009-05-08 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
| 09STATE47372 | KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...] | 2009-05-08 22:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV |
| 09STATE49477 | 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This is an action request. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Action Request: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),the Department must prepare an annual, non-public rep [...] | 2009-05-14 18:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV |
| 09STATE52978 | OSCE/FSC: 2009 U.S. SUBMISSION ON ANTI-PERSONNEL [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) In 2004 the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) agreed on FSC.DEC/7/04 on "Updating the OSCE Questionnaire on Anti-Personnel Mines and Explosive Remnants of War," which requested all participating States to submit their questionnaire responses to o [...] | 2009-05-22 19:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09STATE56371 | DEMARCHE REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (U) Action Request: Please see para. 6-7. 2. (SBU) Summary: In light of the upcoming June meetings of the UN Committee that is considering the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) and in response to Indian inquiries concerning U.S. support for the proposed Conventio [...] | 2009-06-02 13:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PREL PTER |
| 09STATE57899 | GUIDANCE FOR 6/5 UNSC BRIEFING ON SRI LANKA [...] The Department Requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the June 5 informal briefing to the UN Secrity Council on Sri Lanka by the Secretary-General. 2. Begin points: Mr. President: -- We would like to thank the Secretary General (and Under Secretary Holmes) for [...] | 2009-06-04 22:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PHUM PREL MOPS CE |
| 09STATE58377 | ENCOURAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] This is an urgent action request. Please see para. 3. 2. The Government of Sri Lanka is hosting a South Asia Workshop on Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540, scheduled to take place June 23-25 in Colombo (reftel). The governments of Afghanistan, India, Maldives, and Sri [...] | 2009-06-05 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER XD |
| 09STATE58419 | Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective June 7, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-709. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire me [...] | 2009-06-05 22:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ALOW AMGT APER AFIN |
| 09STATE60355 | SRI LANKA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 19:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CE |
| 09STATE60360 | THE MALDIVES -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 19:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SIPDIS MV |
| 09STATE60413 | SAUDI ARABIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 19:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA |
| 09STATE60423 | QATAR -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 19:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG QA |
| 09STATE60433 | JORDAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 20:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JO |
| 09STATE60491 | SYRIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SY |
| 09STATE60495 | BHARAIN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 20:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BA |
| 09STATE60566 | ISRAEL -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 23:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IS |
| 09STATE60577 | OMAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 23:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MU |
| 09STATE60619 | NORWAY--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-12 00:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP NO |
| 09STATE60957 | IRAQ -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-12 16:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IZ |
| 09STATE61338 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-14 23:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AE |
| 09STATE63860 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, June 19, 2009 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 6-10 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 11-19 4. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 20-27 5. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 28-31 6. (U) Significant Events 7. (S) EUR - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Eme [...] | 2009-06-19 17:17:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 09STATE64424 | LEBANON -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary released the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release received substantial coverage in domestic and foreign [...] | 2009-06-22 18:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG LE |
| 09STATE65580 | REPORT: ARF FINALIZES VISION STATEMENT, ADVANCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials, including U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel, from ASEAN Regional Forum's (ARF) 27 members met to finalize negotiations on a draft Vision Statement, approve other institutional proposals, and discuss various regional security issues in Phuket, Thail [...] | 2009-06-24 18:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF EAID TH ID PK IN |
| 09STATE66557 | GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS DEBATE, JUNE 26 [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the building blocks in para 2 during the open debate on the protection of civilians in the Security Council on June 26. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: Thank you, Mr. Holmes, for your briefing. I would also like to thank the Secretar [...] | 2009-06-26 18:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC |
| 09STATE66595 | TRAVEL WARNING - SRI LANKA [...] The Department of State warns American citizens traveling to or living in Sri Lanka about the potential for continued instability, including possible terrorist attacks. This replaces the Travel Warning for Sri Lanka dated December 22, 2008, to update information on security incidents, safety [...] | 2009-06-26 18:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC CE |
| 09STATE68555 | OFFICE OF IRANIAN AFFAIRS JULY 1 IRAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM |
| 09STATE69805 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR ICTY/ICTR EXTENSION RESOLUTIONS [...] The Department authorizes USUN to vote for adoption of the following resolutions, included in paras 2 and 3, to be considered by the Council on Tuesday, July 7, extending the terms of the judges of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR),2. Begin ICTY [...] | 2009-07-06 21:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL ICTY ICTR |
| 09STATE71183 | PSI: INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 11 and 12 below. 2. Summary: The USG plans to host a Regional Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Counterproliferation Workshop September 15-17, 2009 in Sydney, Australia for government experts/action officers from PSI-endorsing states in th [...] | 2009-07-09 19:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP XB XV XC XD |
| 09STATE74939 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, July 17, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 7-10 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 11-15 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 16-42 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 43-50 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 51-62 7. (U) Iraq 8. ( [...] | 2009-07-17 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 09STATE79299 | WORLDWIDE CAUTION [...] The Department of State has issued this Worldwide Caution to update information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against American citizens and interests throughout the world. In some countries, the worldwide recession has contributed to political and economic instab [...] | 2009-07-29 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC |
| 09STATE80163 | (S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: THE UNITED [...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on the United Nations (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to the United Nations (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the [...] | 2009-07-31 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KSPR ECON KPKO KUNR |
| 09STATE85140 | Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective August 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-714. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...] | 2009-08-14 22:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ALOW AMGT APER AFIN |
| 09STATE85620 | A/S BLAKE-AKASHI TELECON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 14 telephone conversation with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Blake, Japanese Special Envoy to Sri Lanka Yasushi Akashi said that Japan, anticipating a change in government following upcoming elections, will delay the proposed U.S.-J [...] | 2009-08-17 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CE JA |
| 09STATE89275 | HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSIONS WITH MEXICO AT COMMUNITY [...] (U) DRL Acting Assistant Secretary Karen B. Stewart met with Mexican Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Juan Manuel Gomez-Robledo July 11 on the sidelines of the Lisbon Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial to discuss human rights and democracy priorities. This was G [...] | 2009-08-26 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM MX |
| 09STATE9230 | WORLDWIDE CAUTION [...] This Worldwide Caution updates information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against Americans and interests throughout the world. In some countries, the worldwide recession has contributed to political and economic instability and social unrest. The armed conflict b [...] | 2009-02-02 18:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC |
| 09STATE92641 | PERSUADING THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA ON FREEDOM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-11. BACKGROUND: ADVOCATING FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT ------------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Following the end of hostilities in May 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) moved over 270,000 internally displaced persons (ID [...] | 2009-09-04 23:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE |
| 09STATE96501 | SRI LANKA: A/S BLAKE RAISES IDPS AND REPORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake urged Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama September 15 to allow freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the end of September, when monsoon rains will begin. A/S Blake stressed that the [...] | 2009-09-17 00:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS KAWC CE |
| 09STOCKHOLM259 | SWEDEN ON APRIL 27-28 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: We discussed Ref A GAERC points with Swedish MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall, the EU Correspondent's office, and MFA country desks April 22-24. They told us the Czechs keep changing the GAERC agenda and Sweden wants to add a point on the possibility of the EU publishing huma [...] | 2009-04-24 17:51:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM263 | SWEDEN RECALLS CDA TO SRI LANKA FOR CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) On April 28, Sweden recalled its Charge d'Affaires to Sri Lanka for "consultations" in response to the Sri Lankan government's denial of a visa for FM Carl Bildt. FMs Bildt, Milliband and Kouchner had decided at the April 27 GAERC to travel jointly on April 29 to Colombo for talks with the [...] | 2009-04-28 09:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU CE SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM34 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: SWEDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KIDE KSPR OPIC KTDB USTR SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM456 | SWEDEN TO CLOSE FIVE MISSIONS IN 2009 [...] (C) On July 23, the MFA officially announced the results of a controversy that has been brewing for some time: the closure of five of its missions abroad in 2009. This includes the consulates in New York and Los Angeles. MFA State Secretary Belfrage told CDA on June 30 that the closures and [...] | 2009-07-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM459 | Media Reaction - Consulate closures [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 06:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PINR PREF EUN SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM558 | SWEDISH NOTES ON SEPTEMBER GYMNICH AND GAERC [...] (C) Summary: European Foreign Ministers will discuss the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak),and improving the EU as a global actor at their informal Gymnich meeting in Stockholm 4-5 September. EU Secretariat Deputy Director Jonas Wendel and officer Wouter Vidlund, seconded from the [...] | 2009-08-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IR IZ PK IS AL CE EUN SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM654 | SWEDISH PREVIEW OF OCTOBER GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel told poloff on October 16 that the October 26-7 GAERC will be done according to the "Bildt Format," which begins with a dinner on the 26th, and a full day of discussions on the 27th. The dinner topics are: --Iran non-proliferation issues, and maybe [...] | 2009-10-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR AF CE ZL ZF EUN SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM693 | DEMARCHE ON USG CONCERNS ABOUT SRI LANKAN DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM699 | SWEDES SEND BILATERAL COMMENT TO IMF CHAIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN CE SW |
| 09STOCKHOLM91 | SWEDISH VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC AGENDA ITEMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU SW |
| 09TAIPEI1426 | AIT NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) AIT is pleased to nominate SHIH Cheng Yen for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. (U) Cheng Yen is a Buddhist nun, teacher, philanthropist, and the founder and leader of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation. Cheng Yen established the Tzu Chi F [...] | 2009-12-04 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TW |
| 09TALLINN267 | Estonian Response to September GAERC Points [...] Pol Chief delivered reftel points to Kristina Meius, Director of the MFA's European Division, on September 10. Meius provided the following responses: 2. Iran: Iran was discussed the previous week at the Gymnich, and there is little new. The GOE believes diplomatic pressure must rema [...] | 2009-09-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN EN |
| 09TALLINN315 | Estonia: Response to October GAERC Points [...] Pol Chief delivered reftel points to Kristina Meius, Director of the MFA's European Division, on October 22. Meius provided the following responses: 2. Afghanistan/Pakistan: Estonia believes the EU must play a more visible role in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and make this region a priori [...] | 2009-10-23 13:11:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN EN |
| 09TASHKENT919 | Uzbekistan Gives Mixed Review of SCO Activities [...] (C) Summary: During a discussion of Uzbekistan's views of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on June 3, a representative of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that President Karimov will attend the SCO heads of state summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, immediately after [...] | 2009-06-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC ECIN PGOV ECON PINS PTER UZ |
| 09TBILISI1721 | EXBS: GEORGIA MONTHLY REPORT AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 14:33:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP GG |
| 09TEGUCIGALPA1155 | TFH01: INVESTMENT MANAGER SAYS HONDURAS IS [...] (C) Summary: A representative of the British investment management company Ashmore Investment Management Ltd. told the Economic Counselor that his company is considering issuing the de facto regime a $100 million bridge loan, which would be tied to the issuance of a USD 500 million dollar-d [...] | 2009-11-14 00:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID HO UK |
| 09TELAVIV466 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CE CH EG EI ELAB IN IS KCRM KFRD KPAL KTIP KWMN MD NP PHUM PREF RO RP RS SMIG TH TU UK UP UZ |
| 09THEHAGUE288 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW 56TH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Executive Council (EC) 56 was characterized by a high interest in the search for a new Director-General (DG),an extensive agenda of routine business and increasingly obstructive behavior by the South African delegation. Iraq's presentation of its former chemical weapons (CW) program t [...] | 2009-05-06 17:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE313 | NETHERLANDS: REASSESSMENT OF DUTCH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite the economic crisis, the Netherlands continues to comply with the UN recommendation of spending 0.7 percent of GDP on official development assistance (ODA) with an additional 0.1 percent for other overseas projects. Faced with sharp criticism of Dutch aid policy's effectiv [...] | 2009-05-26 07:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EAID NL |
| 09THEHAGUE402 | CWC: SCENE-SETTER FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 19. ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (SBU) As for the previous two Executive Councils (EC),the selection of the next Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( [...] | 2009-07-07 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE451 | CWC: PRESENTATIONS BY DG CANDIDATES, JULY 15, [...] (SBU) The seven candidates to succeed Rogelio Pfirter (Argentina) as the next Director-General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) each presented themselves to the Executive Council (EC) on July 15. During the day-long closed session presided over by EC Ch [...] | 2009-07-24 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AU FI GM ID TU UK AG |
| 09THEHAGUE452 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (SBU) The 57th session of the Executive Council (EC) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) successfully concluded, and on schedule, with a full day devoted to the presentations by the candidates for Director General (July 15) and major agreement in the Council by [...] | 2009-07-24 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE499 | GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (C) Fifty-nine of 75 partners sent high-level representation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary Meeting held in The Hague, Netherlands, June 16-17, 2009. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen hosted the meeting. U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary (AA/S) Eliot [...] | 2009-08-18 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS |
| 09THEHAGUE500 | GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS |
| 09THEHAGUE560 | NETHERLANDS: PUSHING SRI LANKA ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) The Dutch support U.S. efforts to encourage the GSL to permit the free movement of IDPs. On September 14, post delivered ref A points to MFA Senior Policy Officer Andrea Nederlof, in the Department for Asia and Oceania. Nederlof responded that the Dutch ambassador in Colombo has been "ver [...] | 2009-09-15 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID NL |
| 09THEHAGUE566 | CWC: WRAP UP FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14- 18, [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The only official meeting at OPCW this week was the budget consultation on September 17. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held its regular weekly meeting on September 15. Meanwhile, multiple rece [...] | 2009-09-18 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PARM PREL CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE584 | CWC: UPDATE ON DIRECTOR-GENERAL (DG) SELECTION [...] (SBU) Dr. Robert Mikulak, ISN/CB Director and U.S. Representative to the Executive Council (EC),visited The Hague September 24 to consult with key delegations on the selection of a new Director- General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Accompanied by [...] | 2009-09-28 07:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OPCW CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE746 | CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES [...] (SBU) The 14th Conference of the States Parties (CSP) unanimously approved the appointment of Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey as the next Director-General (DG) for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),to begin his four-year term in July 2010. The Conference was [...] | 2009-12-11 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE93 | CWC: CWC: WRAP-UP FOR FEBRUARY 2-9, 2009 [...] (SBU) As delegations prepared for the upcoming marathon of meetings -- the Industry Cluster February 10, the experts' meeting on the Scientific Advisory Board report February 11-13, and the Executive Council (EC-55) February 17-20 -- conversations in at OPCW swirled around the search for a ne [...] | 2009-02-11 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
| 09THEHAGUE94 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, State representatives met bilaterally with Russian MFA (Rozhkov) and then trilaterally with Netherlands MFA (van der Kwast) to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Fifth Plenary Meeting scheduled for June 16-17, 2009 in The Hague. It [...] | 2009-02-12 07:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS NL |
| 09TOKYO1076 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/12/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 00:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1081 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/13/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 00:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1083 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA UNREST AND REPLACEMENT OF [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included the upcoming DPJ presidential election on Saturday, as well as yesterday's summit between Prime Minister Aso and Russian Premier Putin. 2. "Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka" On the civil war in Sri Lanka, the liberal Asahi editorialize [...] | 2009-05-13 04:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1129 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INDIA, SRI LANKA, AND MIDDLE EAST [...] LEAD STORIES: Friday morning's Sankei gave top play to a report on an arrest warrant against a Japanese company president, who allegedly exported to North Korea two large trucks that are prohibited for export due to the potential that they could be converted for use as vehicles to transport bal [...] | 2009-05-19 02:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1130 | JAPAN'S VIEWS ON SITUATION IN SRI LANKA [...] (U) Japan announced May 15 it would give assistance in kind worth approximately USD 470,000 to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to help aid Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. The assistance will include 560 tents, 30,000 jerry cans, 4,000 plastic sheets, 10,00 [...] | 2009-05-19 04:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EAID CE JA |
| 09TOKYO1141 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 00:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1144 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA [...] LEAD STORIES: Wednesday morning's Asahi front-paged a report from Washington claiming that the Obama administration informed the Japanese government on Tuesday of its decision to nominate California lawyer John Roos as the new U.S. Ambassador to Japan. 2. "Force Alone Can Not Bring Peace" T [...] | 2009-05-20 01:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1224 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/01/09 [...] Top headlines 2. Editorials 3. Prime Minister's weekend schedule (Nikkei) North Korea problem: 4. U.S. high-level delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg starts 4-nation tour of Japan, ROK, China and Russia, focusing on North Korea issues (Yomiuri) 5. Large U.S. delegat [...] | 2009-06-01 00:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1225 | TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - SRI LANKA [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to GM's plans to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy as early as today. 2. "Step toward Ethnic Reconciliation" The liberal Asahi editorialized (6/1): "President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka declared victory in the civil war. The governme [...] | 2009-06-01 02:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO JA |
| 09TOKYO1262 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship remains the core to an approach on several regional and global issues, including security, engagement with China, and redesigning the East Asian architecture, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice-Foreign Minister Mit [...] | 2009-06-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA |
| 09TOKYO1379 | JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/19/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 00:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO1434 | ENDING THE CAMBODIAN WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL DEADLOCK: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings May 14-15 with senior officials of MOFA's First Southeast Asia Department, as well as with a Japanese judge at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC),S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson suggested a possible solution to the logjam in negotiations [...] | 2009-06-25 06:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PGOV PINS PREL JA |
| 09TOKYO2112 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERSUADING SRI LANKA ON [...] (C) On September 10, Embassy Poloff and Embassy USAID Counselor separately delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Southwest Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Aya Yoshida and MOFA International Cooperation Bureau Director Hikariko Ono, urging that Japan join the U.S. in pressing the Government [...] | 2009-09-11 06:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
| 09TOKYO2164 | MOFA DEPUTIES OFFER VIEWS ON ASIA [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs deputy directors-general (DDG) discussed a wide range of Asia-related policy issues during separate meetings with Political Minister-Counselor September 9-10. The PDAS/DAS equivalents noted that the Foreign Ministry is providing policy briefs to D [...] | 2009-09-16 06:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH KN KS BM JA |
| 09TOKYO2375 | DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/15/09 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 06:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA |
| 09TOKYO2456 | OVERVIEW OF JAPANESE EXPORTS OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The export of clean energy technology to Asia is a growing market at the nexus of Japan's industrial policy, overseas development goals, and energy security posture. To date four strategies have driven development and marketing of such technology, including: (1) ongoing economic [...] | 2009-10-25 21:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD SENV EAID PREL JA |
| 09TORONTO39 | TORONTO: IS JUST BEING DIVERSE GOOD ENOUGH? [...] (U) Summary: Toronto proudly proclaims its status as one of the most diverse cities in the world, with some 47% of the population in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) having been born abroad and over 150 languages spoken daily. Comparatively few minorities are seen in visible leadership roles, ho [...] | 2009-02-27 18:29:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI SMIG SCUL CVIS CA |
| 09TORONTO40 | TORONTO: IS JUST BEING DIVERSE GOOD ENOUGH? [...] (U) Summary: Toronto proudly proclaims its status as one of the most diverse cities in the world, with some 47% of the population in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) having been born abroad and over 150 languages spoken daily. Comparatively few minorities are seen in visible leadership roles, ho [...] | 2009-02-27 18:49:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI SMIG SCUL CVIS CA |
| 09TORONTO47 | Toronto Tamil Community Presents Letter of Concern [...] (U) During a March 3 Tamil protest in front of U.S. Consulate General Toronto, a representative of the Tamil community asked to meet the Consul General to present a letter of concern about Tamils in Sri Lanka. Due to the ongoing protest (which remained peaceful),and the fact that some members [...] | 2009-03-06 20:40:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CA |
| 09TORONTO52 | Toronto Tamils Turning Tiger? [...] (U) Summary: Canada is home to the largest Tamil population outside Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's domestic issues recently have been taking a more public stage in Canada, particularly in Toronto. Post has seen four large pro-Tamil demonstrations in downtown Toronto and in front of the Sri Lankan and [...] | 2009-03-13 19:17:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CA |
| 09TORONTO84 | Toronto Tamil Demo: WTM-organized? [...] On April 23, 50-75 demonstrators gathered outside of the U.S. Consulate to call on the U.S. government to intervene on behalf of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Although it was a small gathering, it was the fifth held in front of the Consulate since January. 2. Just as the demonstration began, Sri La [...] | 2009-04-23 20:45:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CA |
| 09TORONTO86 | Pro-Tamil Protestors Stage Sit-In in front of U.S. [...] (U) A pro-Tamil Tiger demonstration that began Sunday April 26 carried over into Monday, with 500-1,000 plus protestors in front of the U.S. Consulate General. After spending the night outside on Sunday, protestors began a sit-in on the street early Monday morning, forcing police to cordon of [...] | 2009-04-27 20:40:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CASC CVIS CA |
| 09TORONTO90 | Police Arrest 15 in On-Going Pro-Tamil Tiger Rally [...] (U) On April 29, Police arrested 15 demonstrators at the Pro-Tamil Tiger rally that began on April 26 in front of the U.S. Consulate General. The arrests took place during two separate scuffles between police and groups of young men, occurring when the demonstrators began to spill over police [...] | 2009-04-30 17:52:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM CE CASC CVIS CA |
| 09UNROME43 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2009 ANNUAL SESSION: THE [...] The 2009 Annual Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board was held in Rome from June 8-12. The primary discussion and recurring theme centered on a review of WFP's financial framework aimed at better aligning it to the 2008-2011 Strategic Plan. The Board also took note of a rec [...] | 2009-07-01 12:20:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
| 09UNROME70 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2009 SECOND REGULAR [...] The 2009 Second Regular Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board was held in Rome from November 9-12. Improved collaboration among the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies as well as other partners was a prominent theme. UNDP Administrator Helen Clark was invited as a sp [...] | 2009-12-01 01:58:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA150 | IAEA BUDGET: PROGRAM OF ACTION FOR CANCER THERAPY (PACT) [...] (U) The IAEA's Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) expertise in radiotherapy to assist developing Member States to design comprehensive National Cancer Control Plans (NCCP). PACT looks to the U.S. as one of its main supporters and would welcome USG funding or cost-free expertise duri [...] | 2009-04-07 11:23:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL SOCI TRGY EAIO |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA208 | PAKISTAN - IAEA AND UNODC EFFORTS TO HELP GOP COUNTER [...] (SBU) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has several ongoing activities with Pakistan that deal with nuclear and radiological security, training, regulatory development, safety, and equipment certification. Another Vienna-based International Organization, UNODC, is engaged with Paki [...] | 2009-05-07 15:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PTER KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA KCRM SNAR PK |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA240 | IAEA Symposium on Nuclear Security Relates Terrorism Threat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA Nuclear Security Symposium, attended by over 500 participants representing over 90 countries, dealt with issues involved in protecting nuclear and other radioactive materials from the hands of criminals and provided a forum for discussions with nuclear security counterpa [...] | 2009-05-26 16:25:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA319 | IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) With resounding and sustained applause, the Board of Governors appointed Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano as the IAEA Director General-designate July 3 by acclamation. More than three dozen statements of congratulations, including on the part of the G-77, NAM, EU, all regional groups, and [...] | 2009-07-06 12:21:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA506 | ANYTHING LEFT TO SQUEEZE FROM THE IAEA'S "FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Member States are looking forward - some with relief - to the final session of the year-long Future of the Agency (FOA) process on November 19 - 20. The Brazilian chair of the process will circulate and then formally submit a report to the March Meeting of the Board of Governor [...] | 2009-11-06 16:03:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA538 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CRITICIZE FAILURES [...] (SBU) The main event in the November 26-27 Board session was the adoption of the first Board resolution on Iran since February 2006 with the support of all P5 1 partners and by an overwhelming vote of 25-3-6 abstentions, with one absence (septel). Leading up to this, the Board debate on the [...] | 2009-12-02 14:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA68 | BEIJING CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PROMISES TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A brief conference update was presented by the IAEA and the Permanent Mission to China to showcase the upcoming International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy for the 21st Century in Beijing, China on April 20-22, 2009. A Chinese rep expanded upon conference logistics as [...] | 2009-02-18 17:04:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS628 | EU ON SRI LANKA IMF LOAN [...] (C) On April 29, Poloff shared reftel points with EU presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission officials responsible for relations with Sri Lanka. While IMF representation is a member state competency, the EU Council Secretariat has asked member states to communicate their position on S [...] | 2009-04-30 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON KDEM PHUM CE EUN |
| 09USEUBRUSSELS725 | EU FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS FOCUS ON RUSSIA, [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meetings May 18-19 brought together foreign, defense, and development ministers in a complex choreography of meetings in Brussels. During the meetings, foreign ministers laid plans for the June European Council [...] | 2009-05-26 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR RS BM IR BK XW XF CE EUN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1044 | THIRD COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELPOMENT, ADVANCEMENT OF [...] SUMMARY: The 64th UNGA Third Committee began October 5th with the discussion of Social Development. Speakers centered on women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, and indigenous peoples as related to reducing poverty and achieving social development. On October 12th, t [...] | 2009-11-17 18:37:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KOCI UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1070 | SUMMARY OF UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: [...] (U) Summary: During the October 5 - November 2 session of the UNGA First Committee (Disarmament and International Security),the U.S. policy of active engagement on multilateral disarmament and nonproliferation issues paid off. The United States sought to build on the vision President Obama [...] | 2009-11-25 00:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1083 | ISRAELI PRACTICES IN THE WEST BANK, GAZA AND GOLAN [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 9 - 10 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (aka the Special Committee). The deb [...] | 2009-12-01 23:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAL IS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1138 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES/ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON [...] Summary: On December 4, the General Assembly debated agenda items 76a: Oceans and the law of the sea and 76b: Sustainable fisheries, with over 42 Member States addressing the Assembly. Interventions focused mainly on combating piracy; stopping illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fis [...] | 2009-12-19 00:05:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK114 | SYG BAN BRIEFS ON AU SUMMIT, IRAQ, GAZA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on his recent travels in February 9 consultations. Ban recounted his personal intervention on the Muhajeria crisis in Darfur, described a long list of challenges in Afghanistan and relayed a new sense of optimism in Iraq in the [...] | 2009-02-11 01:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1160 | UN HOLDS ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL [...] At the December 8-9, 2009 high-level United Nations (U.N.) conference convened in support of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF),57 donors and private sector companies pledged contributions totaling $424 million for 2010. This amount marks an increase of more than 10 percent from th [...] | 2009-12-24 18:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF UN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK192 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SRI LANKA PR PALIHAKKARA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 26 meeting with Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara, Ambassador Rice urged his government to grant NGOs and USAID complete and full access to civilians in IDP camps. Palihakkara acknowledged that "there had been a problem," and said the visit of UN U/SYG for Humanitarian [...] | 2009-02-27 18:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNHCR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK199 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council February 27 on the situation in northern Sri Lanka and his recent visit there. He said civilians in the LTTE-controlled area are in "very great danger" and there are strong anecdotal reports that they are b [...] | 2009-02-28 00:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PREF CE |
| 09USUNNEWYORK283 | AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Francis Deng, the UN's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on March 16 to discuss current activities of his office and priorities for the future. Deng explained his efforts to engage three important constituencies on the work of his office in order [...] | 2009-03-19 13:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK324 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed members of the Security Council on the situation in northern Sri Lanka. He said the situation there was worsening and civilian casualties remained "tragically and unacceptably high." The "informal interactive disc [...] | 2009-03-27 19:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CE MOPS PREF PHUM UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK340 | UN/OCHA DEMARCHE REQUEST - NEXT STEPS ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) On March 31, Ambassador DiCarlo raised reftel points with U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, after speaking over the weekend with A/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg. Regarding the proposed Secretary-General,s statement on Sri Lanka, Holmes said the UN is working on a [...] | 2009-03-31 23:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE |
| 09USUNNEWYORK393 | AMBASSADOR RICE SPEAKS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via telephone on April 10 to urge the appointment of a special envoy for Sri Lanka given the growing risks to civilians caught between the government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LT [...] | 2009-04-13 23:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CE EAID PHUM PREF PREL UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK413 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH JOHN HOLMES [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew met with Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes in New York. Lew and Holmes discussed a wide range of humanitarian concerns including Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The meeting als [...] | 2009-04-22 22:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PHUM UNAUS AF IZ PK SU CE |
| 09USUNNEWYORK424 | VIJAY NAMBIAR BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 22, the Security Council met in an "informal interactive discussion" format to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. The Secretary-General,s chief of staff, Vijay Nambiar, briefed on his recent visit to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Ambassador also briefed on behal [...] | 2009-04-23 22:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE |
| 09USUNNEWYORK464 | U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS ON THE "HORROR" OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council met on April 30 in an "informal interactive" format to consider the situation in Sri Lanka. U/SYG Holmes briefed on his latest visit there, and Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara briefed on the government,s position. Following the meeting, the Mexican Presidency br [...] | 2009-05-07 00:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE |
| 09USUNNEWYORK492 | UK: MILIBAND DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Ambassador Rice discussed the Middle East, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on the margins of a May 11 Security Council Ministerial on the Middle East. Miliband was pleased with U.S. support for the Middle East peace process a [...] | 2009-05-13 00:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UK |
| 09USUNNEWYORK494 | SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSS SRI LANKA WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the UK and French Foreign Ministers hosted a meeting with like-minded Security Council members to discuss the situation in Sri Lanka. OCHA and four NGOs (Caritas, Save the Children, Oxfam and Human Rights Watch) also participated. The Austrian and Costa Rican Foreig [...] | 2009-05-13 00:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK508 | SECURITY COUNCIL REACTS OFFICIALLY TO SITUATION IN [...] (U) The UK, France and Austria circulated a draft Security Council press statement on Sri Lanka in the evening of May 12, and formally introduced the text in Council consultations under other matters May 13. They stressed that the Security Council must react in a formal way to the situation in [...] | 2009-05-14 21:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC CE PHUM PREF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK545 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on May 28 met with UN Secretary-General Ban ki Moon to discuss a range of subjects, including the humanitarian situation in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, particularly regarding how the UN can and should deal with the destabilizing effects of large numbers of internally d [...] | 2009-06-01 16:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE KN PK CF UNSC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK555 | BAN KI-MOON BRIEFS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly during a June 1 briefing on his recent travels, that he was considering appointing a senior-level envoy to coordinate delivery of humanitarian assistance to the 2.4 million people who have been displaced in the Swat Valley in Pakist [...] | 2009-06-02 22:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK564 | A/S BRIMMER'S MEETINGS AT THE UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer traveled to New York on May 27 for a series of meetings with United Nations officials. Department of Management Under Secretary General Angela Kane told A/S Brimmer that the United Nations is enthusias [...] | 2009-06-04 19:02:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UNAUS UNDP |
| 09USUNNEWYORK571 | UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the Secretary-General briefed members of the Security Council on his recent visit to Sri Lanka as well as on UN assistance to IDPs. The briefing was in an "informal interactive" format, which included the participation of Sri Lankan Permanent Representative Palihakka [...] | 2009-06-06 02:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CE |
| 09USUNNEWYORK622 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH UNHCHR PILLAY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 18:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI KUNR KWBG SU CE SF QA IN XF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK653 | INDIAN PR PURI'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) India,s newly appointed Permanent Representative to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, met on June 29 with Ambassador Rice. Puri said the U.S.-India bilateral reQtionship had benefited from a ""paradigm shift,"" and he said his clear instructions from New Delhi regarding his posting in New York were [...] | 2009-07-07 02:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE AF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK692 | AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MEASURES TO ELIMINATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ad Hoc Committee on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism met from June 29 to July 2 to discuss the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT). While all countries publicly expressed the belief that terrorism must be condemned and professed the desir [...] | 2009-07-15 16:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CT |
| 09USUNNEWYORK693 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWARTZ MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Eric Schwartz, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) visited New York on July 13 for meetings with the United Nations and USUN/New York. In talks with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, Schwartz reviewed the [...] | 2009-07-15 20:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREF |
| 09USUNNEWYORK725 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer, Shaun Coughlin on July 27 to hold meetings with UN officials regarding the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and Sri Lankan issues. 2. POC is Le [...] | 2009-07-24 23:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA KJUS EAP UN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK744 | RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT DEBATE CONCLUDES: AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Responsibility to Protect populations from the four crimes of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity was endorsed unanimously by world leaders in the 2005 World Summit Outcome (A/Res/60/1). The Responsibility to Protect, more commonly called "R2P" [...] | 2009-08-04 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC UNGA KAWC KTIA |
| 09USUNNEWYORK817 | AMBASSADOR RICE AND INDIAN PR PURI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and a team from USUN met on August 26 with Indian Mission counterparts as the first step to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. The new Indian ambassador arrived with instructions to strengthen the U.S.-India relationship at th [...] | 2009-09-04 12:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER |
| 09USUNNEWYORK832 | UNGA: GEORGIAN IDP RESOLUTION PASSES AFTER RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After rejecting a Russian Federation "no-action" motion by a vote of 29 in favor, 64 opposed, and 50 abstentions, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Georgia-sponsored resolution calling for the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Georgia by a vote of 47 in fa [...] | 2009-09-11 15:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KPRM UNGA RS GG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK840 | MOVING FORWARD AT UNGA 64 ON THE COMPREHENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee will address the CCIT on October 6, 7 and 23. Negotiations on the CCIT have foundered for nine years on two issues: (1) the scope of an exemption for military activities and (2) exemption of national lib [...] | 2009-09-16 14:04:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CT PREL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK850 | THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SEPTEMBER 16 LUNCH WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide ranging discussion during the monthly Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, hosted by Ambassador Rice in her capacity as Security Council President, Ban updated Permreps on UN activities in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and [...] | 2009-09-21 20:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM |
| 09USUNNEWYORK872 | S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN DISCUSSES [...] (U) Summary: S/CT Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with representatives from Algeria, Burundi, India, Pakistan, and Uganda on the margins of the opening session of the UN General Assembly in New York September 24 and 25 to discuss counterterrorism issues. In general, Benjamin conveyed his inte [...] | 2009-10-05 20:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CT PARM PREF PREL |
| 09USUNNEWYORK892 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AND DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Khiem chaired the Security Council open debate on the Secretary-General's report on Women, Peace, and Security. At the top of the meeting, the Council adopted follow-on resolution 1889, which focuses on women's empowerment in post-confl [...] | 2009-10-12 15:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK910 | BURMA, BURUNDI, COLOMBIA AND UGANDA ADDRESS SC [...] (SBU) The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (WGCAAC) held a formal meeting chaired by Mexican Permanent Representative Claude Heller on October 12 to adopt the group's conclusions on Burma and to discuss the Secretary General's reports on children and armed conflict [...] | 2009-10-14 19:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI UNSC BM CO BY UG |
| 09USUNNEWYORK924 | UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: SEEKING MOMENTUM FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Secretary-General's September 22 high-level event on climate change drew leaders from nearly one hundred countries just a day before the start of the UN General Assembly and three months before the anticipated Climate Change Convention ministerial in Copenhagen. Leaders from a [...] | 2009-10-19 15:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KGHG SENV UN |
| 09USUNNEWYORK969 | NORWEGIAN FM HOSTS BREAKFAST TO DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jonas Gahr Store, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, hosted a breakfast meeting on September 24 to discuss the application of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in regard to the "protection of civilians". High-level representatives from France, Indonesia, the United States, the U [...] | 2009-10-30 18:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER SC |
| 09USUNNEWYORK995 | 64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: OUTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 23:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
| 09VANCOUVER244 | CANADIANS DETAIN SHIPLOAD OF TAMILS [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Navy and Customs and Border Service Agency (CBSA) officials stopped and detained an aging freighter attempting to transport 76 men, mostly Tamils, into Canada. The action took place on October 17, although the vessel had been tracked from earlier in the week thanks to [...] | 2009-10-22 03:22:00 | Consulate Vancouver | CONFIDENTIAL | CA PGOV PHUM PREF CE PTER |
| 09VATICAN31 | PAPAL STATEMENTS AND NORTHERN SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and poloff met on February 27 with the Vatican's point person on Sri Lanka, Monsignor Joseph Murphy, to discuss the situation in that country and ongoing efforts to press the LTTE to allow the departure of civilians from conflict zones. Murphy strongly supports the efforts [...] | 2009-02-27 18:29:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PTER KIRF CE VT |
| 09VATICAN86 | VATICAN ON CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN, RECONCILIATION IN SRI [...] (C) Summary: The Vatican expressed solidarity with the Christian community in Pakistan following recent attacks, and pointed to education, jobs and changes in blasphemy laws as the way forward. In Sri Lanka, the message of the newly-installed Catholic Archbishop of Colombo to the Government [...] | 2009-08-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM PK CE VT |
| 09VIENNA1154 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 08:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PGOV PREL AU |
| 09VIENNA1378 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (U) Polchief met October 21 with Klaus Famira, MFA European Correspondent, to deliver ref email points and discuss the October 26-27 GAERC. Famira offered the following views: 2. (U) Afghanistan: GAERC participants will discuss the post-election political environmental and how the EU can [...] | 2009-10-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL AU |
| 09VIENNA577 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 07:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL AU |
| 09VIENNA604 | AUSTRIA: NO RELIEF FUNDS FOR PAKISTAN'S IDPS; WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREF AU |
| 09VIENNA687 | A Definite "Maybe" from Austria on Pakistan's IDPs [...] Post delivered ref A demarche June 8 to the MFA Head of Humanitarian Aid, Gerhard Weinberger, and to the MFA Political Director, Stefan Lehne. Weinberger said that the GOA working level had been considering a contribution for Pakistan's IDPs, but it would be several weeks before a decision was [...] | 2009-06-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF EC PK AU |
| 09VIENTIANE67 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] The Lao government is open to foreign investment as a matter of policy. It allows 100% foreign ownership of investments. The overall investment climate is poor but improving. Laos rates very low in international indices of transparency and ease of doing business. 2. The economic reform [...] | 2009-02-10 07:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA |
| 09VILNIUS479 | GOL FOCUSED ON SOUTHERN CAUCASUS AT GAERC [...] (C) The head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas told us that Foreign Minister Usackas will speak in favor of new generation treaties with the Southern Caucasus at the GAERC session on September 14-15. He said FM Usackas will also suggest that energy securi [...] | 2009-09-11 13:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN LH PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI |
| 09WARSAW931 | POLAND INTERESTED IN COORDINATED APPROACH TO SRI [...] (C) Anna Krzak-Danel, Sri Lanka desk officer in the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department, welcomed reftel points on IDP freedom of movement and said they would be helpful in developing Poland's position for the upcoming EU debate. To this end, Krzak-Danel said Sri Lanka had fallen off next week's G [...] | 2009-09-10 15:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE PL |
| 09WARSAW934 | POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland strongly supports increased EU engagement in Afghanistan, including more resources for civilian reconstruction and the EUPOL police training mission. The Poles appreciate the Swedish Presidency's efforts to elaborate a comprehensive, far-reaching EU strategy for Afghanist [...] | 2009-09-11 10:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EFIN EAID KNNP IR PK AF CE PL |
| 09YEKATERINBURG36 | SCO AND BRIC SUMMITS IN YEKATERINBURG: ECONOMIC [...] Summary: Meeting in Yekaterinburg July 15 and 16, members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the world's biggest emerging markets (BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India, China) demanded a greater say in the global financial system. Leaders stressed the need to reflect a multipolar real [...] | 2009-06-17 10:04:00 | Consulate Yekaterinburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ECON EFIN RS |
| 10ABUDHABI284 | UAE'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Mission UAE's submission for the 2010 trafficking in persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel paragraphs 25 to 30. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 25 of reftel: [...] | 2010-02-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG |
| 10ABUDHABI89 | PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...] | 2010-02-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE |
| 10AMMAN383 | JORDAN: INPUT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR FOR [...] (U) Task 1 Summary: A range of governmental, non-governmental, and private sector interlocutors continue to inform Post that, as a whole, forced labor in the garment sector has significantly decreased, largely due to government action. However, they also state some forced labor conditions st [...] | 2010-02-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KWMN PGOV JO |
| 10AMMAN455 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan continued to demonstrate a strong commitment and made steady progress to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). The primary achievement was the completion of a strong legal framework to prevent and prosecute TIP, which included the passage of a compreh [...] | 2010-02-25 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO |
| 10AMMAN456 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO |
| 10BAGHDAD385 | 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INFORMATION FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period of mid- February 2009 to mid-February 2010. Despite numerous issues facing the Government of Iraq (GOI) during this reporting period, it has taken decisive steps towards addressing the issue of human t [...] | 2010-02-15 05:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TIP LAURA PENA INL DRL PRM NEA RA KTIP |
| 10BEIJING123 | PRC: PRIME MINISTER NEPAL ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese and PRC official sources stated that Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's December 26-31 visit to China achieved tangible outcomes, including the signing of two official agreements, commercial contracts and broad agreement to strengthen the bilateral relationship. P [...] | 2010-01-15 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM CH NP IN |
| 10BEIJING232 | JANUARY 28, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TALKS WITH DALAI LAMA [...] Key points at the January 28 MFA press briefing were: -- Chinese officials will meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama for talks in the "near term." -- The EU arms embargo against China was the result of "political prejudice" and China demanded that it be lifted. -- Requests for inf [...] | 2010-01-28 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MASS EINT TINT SENV CH AF JM |
| 10BERLIN124 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, HONDURAS, SRI [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) State of the Union Address 3. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German Strategy 4. (Yemen) London Conference 5. (Honduras) Lobo Inauguration 6. (Sri Lanka) Outcome of Elections 7. (Iran) Nuclear Program 8. (Germany-U.S.) Germ [...] | 2010-01-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF YM HO CE IR GM |
| 10BERLIN165 | GERMANY TO RAISE CONCERNS DURING IRAN UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with MFA Iran Desk Thomas Henzschel and MFA Human Rights Office Georg Klussmann February 4 to discuss Germany's approach to the upcoming February 15 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Iran in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (reftel points were delivered January 26 t [...] | 2010-02-05 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR GM |
| 10BERLIN166 | Germany - REVISED Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Germany. This is the revised version of the statement. A previous version was sent on January 15, 2010. 2. Begin Text: GERMANY: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------------------- [...] | 2010-02-05 16:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GM |
| 10BERLIN173 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EURO, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, UKRAINE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Protests 3. (EU) Euro Financial Crisis 4. (EU) New European Commission 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (Sri Lanka) Rising Tensions 7. (Germany-U.S.) GM-Opel  [...] | 2010-02-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR IR EMS EU UP CE GM |
| 10BERLIN56 | MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S., CHINA, TERRORISM, TURKEY- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Relief Efforts 3. (U.S.) President Obama to Tax Banks 4. (China) Censorship of Google 5. (Terrorism) Attack on Mesud 6. (Turkey-Israel) Strained Relations  [...] | 2010-01-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR HA CH PTER TK |
| 10BRUSSELS171 | IRAN: INCREASING THE PRESSURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C/NF) USEU poloff presented reftel demarche on February 8 to Claudia Gintersdorfer, Iran Desk Officer at the European Council Secretariat,s Human Rights Unit, who noted that the demarche complemented the just-issued joint U.S.-EU statement on Iran. She indicated that Iran was a standing point [...] | 2010-02-11 15:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC PARM IR PREL PHUM PTER EUN |
| 10CANBERRA119 | AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...] | 2010-02-21 22:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ECON AS |
| 10CANBERRA120 | AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...] | 2010-02-21 22:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ECON AS |
| 10CANBERRA121 | AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...] | 2010-02-21 22:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ECON AS |
| 10CANBERRA122 | AUSTRALIA: CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An academic conference examined East Asian development models for application to South Asia. Experts concluded that without further reform, neither the Chinese nor the traditional western development model may be appropriate for South Asia. Conference attendees stressed the con [...] | 2010-02-21 22:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ECON AS |
| 10CDGENEVA2 | 2010 Conference on Disarmament: Pakistan Demurs on Fissile [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan, having delayed adoption of the agenda of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) by one week to January 26, is now publicly temporizing on action to adopt a Program of Work while privately telling the CD President it cannot accept CD/1864 (the 2009 Program of Work) as a basi [...] | 2010-02-05 15:20:00 | US Mission CD Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC CDG PK |
| 10CHENNAI15 | Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble: New Unevenly Applied [...] Summary: The Indian Government recently implemented changes in immigration regulations without advance public notice, in apparent response to the arrest of alleged terrorist David Headley. The new regulations restrict reentry of foreign tourists holding a valid Indian visa for two months eve [...] | 2010-01-27 11:09:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON EAGR EIND EINV ECIN ETRD EFIN BEXP IN |
| 10COLOMBO10 | EASTERN SRI LANKA MAKES POST-WAR ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) touts the 'economic success' in Eastern Sri Lanka, where the fighting ended in 2007, as its blueprint for the reconstruction of Northern Sri Lanka. Econoff found that the base economy in the East of paddy rice farming and fishing has boun [...] | 2010-01-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PHUM |
| 10COLOMBO102 | MALDIVIAN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET: IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Telecommunications in the small island country of the Maldives is dominated by one company, which is partially state-owned, while the other competitor is a minor player. The dominant telecom company is abetted by a lack of a telecommunications law and a compliant competitor. As [...] | 2010-02-09 03:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | MV ECON PGOV EINV ECPS |
| 10COLOMBO103 | HAMBANTOTA PORT COMPLEX: WILL SRI LANKA REALIZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka is betting on becoming a global trading hub, and a key part of its strategy is developing a giant port and industry facility in the southern rural area of Hambantota. Robust development in Hambantota, specifically the seaport and the international airport, is progres [...] | 2010-02-09 04:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN EWWT PGOV CH CE |
| 10COLOMBO105 | SRI LANKA: FONSEKA DETAINED, GOVERNMENT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, former opposition presidential candidate Fonseka was taken into custody by military police. Several key joint opposition leaders were at the office when the detention occurred and said the military personnel had man-handled Fonseka and dragged him across the floor as [...] | 2010-02-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO108 | SRI LANKA HOT TOPICS: FONSEKA, BUDDHIST CRITICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Charge met with the Foreign Secretary, who said that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had acted with complete transparency when detaining Sarath Fonseka and that the U.S. statement of "concern" by the State Department spokesman was premature. He left the door open [...] | 2010-02-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO109 | SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNICEF, new cases of child recruitment in 2009 numbered 17 by the TMVP and 402 by the LTTE. All of these children were released. There were now five outstanding cases of TMVP children recruited before 2009 who were under 18, and 54 outstanding cases who had turned 18 [...] | 2010-02-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO11 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.5 [...] (C) TNA Leader R. Sampanthan announced late afternoon on January 6 that the TNA would support Fonseka in the presidential election. A written statement by Sampanthan outlining the decision focused almost exclusively on President Rajapaksa, ending by saying it was important to defeat him, and [...] | 2010-01-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO110 | Northern Province Health Infrastructure Assessment [...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 18-22, the embassy's Civil-Military Support Element (CMSE),together with Sri Lankan Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition (MOH) officials and Medical Teams International (a primarily U.S. Government-funded non-governmental organization),planned and conducte [...] | 2010-02-12 07:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CE PTER PHUM EAID PREF |
| 10COLOMBO111 | FM BOGOLLAGAMA SUMMONS CHARGE FOR FOLLOW-UP ON [...] (C) On February 12, Foreign Minister Bogollagama summoned Charge to provide more information regarding her question at a February 11 briefing for the diplomatic corps regarding General Fonseka's medical care. At the February 11 briefing the FM enumerated the legal provisions that govern the p [...] | 2010-02-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO115 | PRESS REPORTS LINK CYBER CENSORSHIP TO WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) The lead news story in the February 14 Sunday Times newspaper claimed that information technology experts from China's Military Intelligence Division were coming to Sri Lanka to help the Government of Sri Lanka block websites critical of the government. The article indirectly cited [...] | 2010-02-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE ECON ECPS KPAO PGOV SOCI TINT |
| 10COLOMBO121 | 2007 IWOC AWARDEE FIGHTS UPHILL BATTLE ON JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, 2007 Sri Lankan recipient of the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, related frustration with the presidential election, the Rajapaksa family, and a weak Sri Lankan civil society. She also discussed her recent report on post-war justice, wh [...] | 2010-02-17 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO122 | SRI LANKA BADLY MISSES IMF DEFICIT TARGET; LIKELY [...] (C) Summary. An IMF staff mission currently in Sri Lanka is finding that the country has badly missed its 2009 government deficit target, with the budget deficit reaching 9.5% of GDP, well over the 7% IMF target. The IMF staff team plans to recommend no further disbursements until Sri La [...] | 2010-02-18 12:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE ECON ETRD PGOV |
| 10COLOMBO125 | SRI LANKA: FOCUS ON FONSEKA FAMILY CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sarath Fonseka lodged an election petition with the Supreme Court, alleging many violations of elections law and asking the court to overturn Rajapaksa's victory, and declare Fonseka the winner. The government issued an arrest warrant for Fonseka's son-in-law, Danuna Tillakaratne [...] | 2010-02-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO126 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR SRI LANKA AND THE MALDIVES [...] (U) Summary. Post carefully reviewed 59 proposals for S/GWI funding, and after discussing country priorities, the committee selected the strongest five proposals: four are for Sri Lanka, and one is for the Maldives. The proposed projects cover key issues such as gender based violence, econom [...] | 2010-02-22 03:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY CE MV |
| 10COLOMBO129 | 2009/2010 EXBS PROGRAM FOR SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Post generally supports the proposed program for 2009/2010 Interagency Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. Post believes that pending activities such as training for port officials on identification of weapons of mass destruction devices, training of customs insp [...] | 2010-02-23 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSPR KTSC MTCRE PARM PREL CE |
| 10COLOMBO132 | FONSEKA CATCH-22: SUPREME COURT RULES NO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Fundamental Rights hearing on February 23, the Supreme Court denied General Fonseka release as interim relief because his claim that there was no reason to detain him could not be verified until the investigation was completed and, presumably, charges were filed. At the same [...] | 2010-02-24 01:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO133 | COLOMBO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche on distracted driving to the Director General of the Economic Affairs Division and the Deputy Director of the United Nations Division of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 22 and 23, 2010 respectively. 2. In follow-up conversations, the [...] | 2010-02-24 04:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA CE |
| 10COLOMBO134 | SRI LANKA NABS DRUG TRAFFICKERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Media is reporting and contacts confirm that Sri Lankan Police and Customs officials have seized over 40 kilos of heroin in the past week in three different drug busts. On February 15, Customs officials reported they had arrested two Pakistani nationals with 83 packets of heroin [...] | 2010-02-24 04:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | APER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE |
| 10COLOMBO137 | MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES DONOR CONFERENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting in Colombo, the Ambassador and Maldivian Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed discussed several issues, including the upcoming Maldives donor conference March 28-29 and an Asian Climate Change initiative led by Maldives and East Timor within the framework of th [...] | 2010-02-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN |
| 10COLOMBO140 | FONSEKA ARREST PROMPTS BUDDHIST CLERGY CONCERNS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Fonseka arrest has led to a rift between the Rajapaksa leadership and the four mahanayakas (chief monks) of the largest Buddhist sects. The arrest sparked the monks to raise broader issues of democratic governance and to call a Sangha Sabha (council of clergy) to discuss the [...] | 2010-02-26 01:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CE |
| 10COLOMBO142 | ANGLICAN BISHOP OFFERS ADVICE AND HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Ambassador called on Anglican Bishop Duleep Kamil De Chickera, a well-respected and influential Sri Lankan cleric. The bishop saw a role for the international community in Sri Lanka but cautioned against a didactic approach. While there were two national interfait [...] | 2010-02-26 07:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO143 | COLOMBO CHIEFS OF MISSION RECOMMEND WAYS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting called by Ambassador to discuss reftel demarche to capitals, chiefs of missions (COMs) in Colombo agreed with the U.S. assessment that the political situation in Sri Lanka had deteriorated after the presidential elections in terms of the Fonseka arrest, intimidation o [...] | 2010-02-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO15 | SRI LANKA PROPOSAL FOR FY10 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to request support for biotechnology outreach programs for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has put forward regulations which require prior approval and mandatory labeling of GM food imports, which hinder U.S food exports to Sri Lanka. The country's domestic agriculture s [...] | 2010-01-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO |
| 10COLOMBO17 | FATEFUL STEP: MAIN TAMIL PARTY ANNOUNCES SUPPORT [...] (C) On January 6, leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) R. Sampanthan formally announced the TNA's support for common opposition candidate General Fonseka. Addressing a packed news conference at parliament, Sampanthan said the TNA had consulted both candidates over the last several weeks [...] | 2010-01-11 04:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO2 | OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary. The opposition presidential candidate General Fonseka is a military man who has publicly admitted that he has little knowledge of economic issues, and other than clamping down on corruption, he has no apparent economic program. General Fonseka has announced some populist me [...] | 2010-01-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE ECON PGOV |
| 10COLOMBO20 | JOURNALIST TISSAINAYAGAM RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) On January 11, Sri Lankan journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam -- who last August was convicted by a Sri Lankan high court under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for publishing articles critical of the Sri Lankan Government's (GSL) war effort, conspiring with others to pub [...] | 2010-01-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO21 | SRI LANKA - ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 6 [...] (C) Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka released his campaign "manifesto" on January 7, a full-color 22-page brochure, which contained a strong condemnation of President Rajapaksa, largely on grounds of corruption and family patronage. Post contacts have said the manifesto would be publish [...] | 2010-01-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO26 | MALDIVES ASSISTANCE OVERVIEW: U.S. AND OTHER DONORS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States and Maldives have enjoyed a friendly and expanding relationship. U.S. efforts were instrumental in the successful conclusion of negotiations between Maldives and IMF, with the IMF approving in December 2009 a stand-by arrangement and related program worth a combin [...] | 2010-01-13 05:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN |
| 10COLOMBO27 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO 7 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Local media and the elections monitoring group CMEV reported that a bus carrying supporters of presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka in Tangalle, in the southern Hambantota District, was attacked by two gunmen on a motorcycle on January 12. A 58-year-old woman [...] | 2010-01-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO3 | ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES IN SRI LANKA'S CENTRAL [...] SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's mountainous Central Province includes the country's second largest city, the majority of the tea-planting region, and a sizeable nubmer of foreign investment and export-oriented industries. Unfortunately the province's economy is struggling under the weight of the global [...] | 2010-01-04 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV KTEX CE |
| 10COLOMBO30 | TISSAINAYAGAM OUT OF PRISON [...] (C) Imprisoned journalist J.S. Tissainayagam, who was granted bail on January 11, was released from prison today after processing of his court documents. (NOTE: The non-computerized Sri Lankan court system is notoriously slow, and the two-day delay in Tissainayagam's release was not out of th [...] | 2010-01-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO31 | POST RECOMMENDS NOT ACCEPTING SRI LANKA GSP [...] (SBU) Summary. Post does not support accepting the AFL-CIO petition to remove Sri Lanka as an eligible country under the GSP program because Sri Lankan labor standards are among the best in the region, the apparel industry has a program to improve working conditions, and the political im [...] | 2010-01-15 11:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE ECON ELAB ETRD |
| 10COLOMBO32 | SRI LANKA WAR-CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY: THE TAMIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: There have been a few tentative steps on accountability for crimes allegedly committed by Sri Lankan troops and civilian officials during the war with the LTTE. President Rajapaksa named a committee to make recommendations to him on the U.S. incidents report by April, and candidate Fon [...] | 2010-01-15 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO34 | THE MALDIVES HAS GREATLY IMPROVED ITS BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Maldivian President Nasheed has made improving budget transparency a goal for the Maldives. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) has taken action by adopting a public accounting system and using the IMF's Government Financial Statistics (GFS) budgetary format. The GOM has [...] | 2010-01-19 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MV PREL |
| 10COLOMBO35 | SRI LANKA PLEDGES ITS SUPPORT FOR HAITI [...] (U) On January 19, PolOff delivered reftel points thanking Sri Lanka for their humanitarian assistance to Haiti to Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Ambassador Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene informed us that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had pledged $25,000 [...] | 2010-01-19 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO36 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 8 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Election-related violence has caused three additional deaths since the last elections update cable from Post (Ref. A). On January 16, a group of unidentified persons opened fire on a van carrying supporters of President Rajapaksa, killing one person and injurin [...] | 2010-01-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO39 | COPENHAGEN FOLLOW UP - MALDIVES ON BOARD, SRI [...] Charge Fowler discussed the Copenhagen meeting with the Vice President and Foreign Minister of the Maldives on January 13, noting the Maldives' assistance in crafting the Copenhagen Accord. EconOff subsequently shared reftel points with officials with the Governments of the Maldives and Sri L [...] | 2010-01-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG IO CE MV |
| 10COLOMBO40 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 9 [...] (C)(Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Two persons were reported shot and seriously injured the night of January 18 while returning home from a Fonseka campaign rally in a small town near Hambantota. Numerous Post contacts have expressed concern about increasing violence in the remaining days befor [...] | 2010-01-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO41 | BFIF FY10 PROPOSAL FOR MALDIVES [...] Post greatly appreciates continued BFIF support for commercial activities in Sri Lanka and Maldives and proposes BFIF funding for a U.S. Trade Fair in Maldives for FY10. The points below are keyed to reftel request for information. (A) Justification ------------------ 2. The U.S. Trade [...] | 2010-01-21 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EFIC ETRD CE MV |
| 10COLOMBO44 | GDP GROWTH IS NOT ENOUGH AS POPULAR ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Sri Lanka has enjoyed strong economic growth in the last four years, with rising per capita income, falling poverty rates, and a booming stock market in 2009. Despite glowing macro-economic statistics, opposition candidate General Fonseka appears to be gaining traction with [...] | 2010-01-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | CE ECON PGOV SOCI |
| 10COLOMBO46 | ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (C) A contact who works on human rights issues in Eastern Sri Lanka and serves on Chief Minister Pillayan's staff, provided an international group with her perspective on elections in the East. OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRAUD ----------------------- 2. (C) Transfer of ballot boxes from polling s [...] | 2010-01-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO48 | ELECTIONS IN AMPARA: INTIMIDATION AND WEAK [...] (SBU) Ambassador and USAID Mission Director met with about ten business representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Ampara District in eastern Sri Lanka and made a separate call on the Ampara Government Agent (GA),Mr. Sunil Kannangara. Ampara has fewer Tamils than its eas [...] | 2010-01-22 07:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO49 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 01/20/2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 20, 2010. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the upcoming Sri Lanka presidential elections on January 26. The EAC discussed elections violence, threat information, arrangements [...] | 2010-01-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
| 10COLOMBO50 | SRI LANKA: ASSESSING PROGRESS ON KEY ISSUES REF: A. 09 COLOMBO 1176 B. COLOMBO 32 C. COLOMBO 8 COLOMBO 00000050 001.8 OF 004 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 09:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO53 | LEFTIST JVP EXPLAINS SUPPORT FOR FONSEKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 meeting with Ambassador, neo-Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party chief Somawansa Amarasinghe and JVP MP Sunil Hanunnetti discussed the JVP's vision of a united, multiethnic, multi-lingual Sri Lanka; their support for Sarath Fonseka's presidential bid; the [...] | 2010-01-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO54 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO56 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...] | 2010-01-26 01:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO57 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 11 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) On the eve of an historic presidential election in Sri Lanka, the leading candidates appear to be neck-and-neck, with no one able to predict how events will unfold. Scenarios -- often offered by the same observer -- range from a peaceful handover of power to [...] | 2010-01-26 01:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO59 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 12 - MORNING [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) As of 12:00 PM local time on election day in Sri Lanka, the balloting so far had been generally peaceful. There were some limited reports of violence, outlined in the paragraph below, but by and large voting was occurring without major incident. Mission offi [...] | 2010-01-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO61 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 13 - POLLS CLOSED [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) After the close of polls at 4:00 PM local, elections monitoring group PAFFREL reported an estimated turnout of 74 percent for all of Sri Lanka except Jaffna, where it reported 18-20 percent turnout. Figures on turnout for Jaffna are difficult to interpret, as [...] | 2010-01-26 12:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO62 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 14 - ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Ballot counting has been slow overnight. Postal ballots were not completed until around 2:30 AM local time, and by 9:00 AM local time, only about 20 per cent of the total ballots had been counted, when in past elections over 50 per cent would be complete at th [...] | 2010-01-27 04:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO63 | IPR PROTECTION IN SRI LANKA: BAD, BUT IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's intellectual property rights regime is good on paper but lax on enforcement. Still, since the passage of comprehensive legislation in 2003, things have slowly been improving. The Embassy, American Chamber of Commerce, Business Software Alliance, a cadre of specializ [...] | 2010-01-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON PGOV CE |
| 10COLOMBO65 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 15 [...] (C) (Rel to UK, CAN, AUS, SWITZ.) Despite earlier confusion, Elections Commissioner Dissanayake confirmed in a meeting with PolOff on January 28 that he had indeed certified President Rajapaksa's victory in the January 26 presidential election. He said the official gazette notification was be [...] | 2010-01-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO66 | COLOMBO PLAN JANUARY SESSION READOUT [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Ambassador (and current Colombo Plan Council President) led a discussion about the Eminent Persons' Report at the 267th session of the Colombo Plan Council held January 20. Despite its impressive work plan, the Colombo Plan has languished in recent years with little funding [...] | 2010-01-29 03:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE |
| 10COLOMBO68 | SRI LANKA: AN ISLAND HOTSPOT OF BIODIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: Sri Lanka consists of a land area of 65,610 square kilometers, covering low-lying wetlands, mountainous rainforests, and expansive jungles. Despite its relatively small size, the country possesses a high level of biodiversity and represents a biodiversity hotspot. One feature of Sri [...] | 2010-01-29 07:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON CE |
| 10COLOMBO7 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.4 [...] (C) As reported by Post in an O/I item on December 24, the TNA is expected to announce shortly that it will support Fonseka in the presidential election, with widespread local media coverage already discussing the move. TNA leader Sampanthan is scheduled to meet with Ambassador Wednesday or T [...] | 2010-01-05 12:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO72 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 08:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
| 10COLOMBO75 | AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...] | 2010-02-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO76 | AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...] | 2010-02-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO8 | CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST SAYS FONSEKA WANTS TRUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, chief opposition campaign strategist and one-time Rajapaksa confidante Mangala Samaraweera said he was "pleasantly surprised" that General Fonseka believed accountability was important for Sri Lanka, that he agreed with Samaraweera that the country ne [...] | 2010-01-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO81 | SRI LANKA: PURGES IN THE MILITARY, POLICE - AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Rajapaksa's January 26 re-election, the leadership has undertaken purges of military and police officials believed to be loyal to Fonseka or perceived to be overly eager to uphold election laws against Rajapaksa campaign abuses. Contacts indicated that two sen [...] | 2010-02-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO82 | POST ELECTION: NEW THREATS TO MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's presidential election has brought a new wave of official and unofficial pressure on media outlets and attacks against journalists. MTV (Sirisa),a popular private television and radio conglomerate, has received official warning that it must cease airing anti-governme [...] | 2010-02-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO84 | Northern Development Plan Has Not Promoted Reconciliation [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff attended a business development conference in Jaffna, the heart of northern Sri Lanka. Thirty years ago Jaffna was an economic and educational center, but the legacy of war is a basic economy now devoid of significant industry. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is prom [...] | 2010-02-03 04:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV SOCI PGOV CE |
| 10COLOMBO88 | IWOC: PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2010 [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See Paragraph 2. 2. (C) Post is delighted with the selection of Sri Lankan nominee Jensila Kubais as a recipient of the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Post recommends that the Department revise the citation narrative liste [...] | 2010-02-03 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO CE |
| 10COLOMBO89 | SRI LANKA WILL "STUDY" U.S. DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] (C) On February 2, PolOff delivered reftel points on Sri Lankan engagement with Iran to resolve diplomatically the international community's concerns about Iran's nuclear program to Sri Lankan MFA UN and Multilateral Affairs Additional Director General (DG) Chandra Wijeratne. Wijeratne informe [...] | 2010-02-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER PARM MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO91 | POST-ELECTION UPDATE: SC SECOND-TERM RULING, [...] (C) On February 2, a full bench of seven Supreme Court judges, including the chief justice, ruled that President Rajapaksa's second term of office would begin on November 19, 2010, the five-year anniversary of his taking office. The president's lawyers had argued the second term should not be [...] | 2010-02-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO94 | PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF UNITY, EMERGENCY REGULATIONS [...] (C) In his Sri Lankan National Day speech in Kandy on February 4, President Rajapaksa promised to turn Sri Lanka into the "Pride of Asia" through economic development and national unity. The themes were quite similar to those used in his op-ed article in the February 4 edition of the Wall Str [...] | 2010-02-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
| 10COLOMBO95 | SRI LANKA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATIVE [...] Agencies responsible: The Department of Labor and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) have the legal authority to enforce hazardous child labor laws. 2. Exchange of information: The Department of Labor works closely with the Police Unit at the NCPA and the Women and Children's [...] | 2010-02-08 00:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE |
| 10COLOMBO97 | SRI LANKA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND EXPLOITATIVE [...] Agencies responsible: The Department of Labor and the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) have the legal authority to enforce hazardous child labor laws. 2. Exchange of information: The Department of Labor works closely with the Police Unit at the NCPA and the Women and Children's [...] | 2010-02-08 05:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CE |
| 10COLOMBO99 | SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE ON CITES SHARK PROTECTION [...] EconOff delivered reftel points to Mr. G. Piyasena, Secretary of Sri Lanka's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, on February 2, and followed up on February 8. Piyasena noted that a representative from the Sri Lankan Embassy in Manilla would attend the CITES meeting, although he could [...] | 2010-02-08 11:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CE |
| 10GENEVA11 | WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property [...] SUMMARY: The 4th session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) was a constructive step forward from the U.S. perspective. The Committee approved five major thematic projects and reviewed all projects and activities under current implementation. On the importan [...] | 2010-01-08 11:54:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 10GENEVA136 | Fourteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law [...] The World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (WIPO SCP) continued to discuss preliminary studies requested by the SCP in June 2008 and March 2009, and commenced a discussion on Brazil's proposal concerning exceptions and limitations to patent rights. [...] | 2010-02-18 17:01:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 10HAVANA109 | USINT HAVANA'S ANSWER TO TIP REPORT QUESTIONS THIS [...] (SBU)Per Reftel, USINT Havana submits the following information for inclusion in the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Cuba section. ------------------- REPORTING QUESTIONS ------------------- 25. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of [...] | 2010-02-25 20:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10HELSINKI19 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - FINLAND [...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's response to reftel regarding features of the investment climate in Finland. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Finnish Government is open to direct foreign investment. There are no general regulatory limitations relating to acquisitions. Legisl [...] | 2010-01-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD USTR OPIC ELAB KTDB PGOV FI |
| 10HONGKONG279 | SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. Para 25: T [...] | 2010-02-17 07:57:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10HONGKONG304 | SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. [...] | 2010-02-22 09:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10ISLAMABAD332 | U.S.-PAKISTAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, like many Pakistanis before them, have pleaded with the USG for "trade, not aid." A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan holds substantial opportunity for the Pakistani economy, with small, [...] | 2010-02-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PK PREL |
| 10ISLAMABAD382 | MFA PROVIDES DETAILS ON UPCOMING FOREIGN [...] (C/REL UK) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns that Pakistan and India will be free to raise all issues at the foreign secretaries' meeting scheduled for February 25 in New Delhi. He claimed that the Pakistanis will focus on trying to persua [...] | 2010-02-17 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK |
| 10JAKARTA131 | Indonesia - US Interfaith Dialogue: A Cairo Initiative [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The January 25-27 Indonesia-U.S. Interfaith Dialogue, the first of its kind under President Obama's Cairo vision, concluded with the issuance of a joint statement that calls on the U.S. and Indo [...] | 2010-01-29 07:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF |
| 10JAKARTA171 | S/CT AMB BENJAMIN BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, conducted meetings with Indonesian officials on counterterrorism issues and cooperation in Jakarta on December 16. Ambassador Benjamin's interlocutors said the proposed GOI interagency Counterter [...] | 2010-02-09 07:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ASEC ID |
| 10KATHMANDU72 | SAARC: REGIONAL POLITICS LIMIT POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) lacks clout among its member states, preventing it from reaching its full potential. SAARC has facilitated some regional economic and social cooperation, but has little influence over regional geopolitical issues. Th [...] | 2010-01-26 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN SAARC IN PK NP |
| 10KINGSTON3 | VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC JM |
| 10KOLONIA12 | ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 03:17:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10KUWAIT126 | KUWAIT'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION: PART 1 [...] (SBU) Part 1 of Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows. 2. (SBU) Responses are keyed to paragraphs 25 to 27 of reftel. ================== THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ================== 3. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions i [...] | 2010-02-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 10KUWAIT5 | PURSUING REQUEST FOR GOK APPROVAL TO BROADCAST [...] (S/NF) During a December 30 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah, Ambassador pursued ref A points concerning USG desire to obtain GOK permission to broadcast into Iran from a soon-to-be completed new transmitter at IBB's Kuwait Transmitting Station. Noting she'd raised this months ago with th [...] | 2010-01-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL BBG KPAO KU IR |
| 10LONDON92 | United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010 [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...] | 2010-01-15 17:27:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK |
| 10MANILA369 | U.S. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COMMISSION CHAIR PRESSES [...] (SBU) Leonard Leo, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF),explained to President Arroyo in a February 19 meeting that some countries use opposition to "defamation of religion" to restrict free speech and enable repressive blasphemy laws. Leo, accompanied by [...] | 2010-02-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV PTER RP |
| 10MASERU57 | LESOTHO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further documentation of human trafficking? How reliable are these sources? Sources of information on trafficking are becoming m [...] | 2010-02-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
| 10MONTEVIDEO112 | Uruguay 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UY |
| 10MUSCAT44 | OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MU |
| 10NEWDELHI109 | HASINA'S DELHI VISIT: PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's January 10-13 visit to India boosted prospects for regional integration. Following recent Bangladeshi action against Indian insurgents, Hasina again pledged Bangladeshi territory would not be used for anti-Indian activities. Bangladesh granted India [...] | 2010-01-22 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BG IN |
| 10NEWDELHI115 | INDIAN MEA SHARES VIEWS ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA is optimistic that the January 26 elections will prove a step in the right direction for Sri Lanka. There is concern in the GOI that the international community's approach to addressing human rights concerns has pushed Sri Lanka toward China. India continues to wat [...] | 2010-01-22 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE IN |
| 10NEWDELHI116 | MENON APPOINTED NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was appointed India's new National Security Advisor on January 22. M.K. Narayanan's departure from the post signals the end of a bureaucratic tussle with Home Minister Chidambaram for authority over internal security. Menon will oversee a [...] | 2010-01-22 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP PK IN PINR |
| 10NEWDELHI151 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...] | 2010-01-27 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI152 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA-SRI [...] "TENSION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN," editorial in January 27 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "The US Defense Secretary's recent disclosure about different terror groups in the Afghan-Pakistan region vindicates India's fear that one more attack from Pakistani area is possible. Unfortunatel [...] | 2010-01-28 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI173 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL [...] "HOW LONG INDIA CAN KEEP QUIET?" commentary in January 28 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China's nationalistic zeal and territorial ambitions are proving to be India's bane. U.S. is aware of this, but is scared of China's aggressive nationalism. India should be extra vigilant on its border [...] | 2010-01-29 10:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 10NEWDELHI212 | HFAC STAFFERS MEET WITH INDIAN MEA OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) On January 12, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers Jasmeet Ahuja and Greg McCarthy met with Indian Ministry of External Affairs officials to discuss U.S.-Indian defense relations, civil nuclear cooperation, and the role of water issues in India's bilateral relations . Indo-America [...] | 2010-02-02 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS KOMC PREL PTER SENV BG CE PK IN |
| 10NEWDELHI356 | RSI PROPOSALS: SOUTH ASIA [...] (SBU) The following are 2010 Regional Security Initiative (RSI) program proposals for South Asia. Compiled by the RSI Coordinator at Embassy New Delhi, they include proposals covering Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and India. 2. (SBU) Regional Technical Confe [...] | 2010-02-25 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL IN PK NP BG CE MV BT |
| 10OSLO100 | NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...] | 2010-02-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI |
| 10OTTAWA152 | CANADIAN COURT INTERVENES OVER TAMIL RELEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: A Federal Court decision has underscored the federal government's responsibility to exercise due diligence in determining the admissibility of individuals to Canada on security grounds, overturning an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) order to release a Tamil male whom the gov [...] | 2010-02-08 20:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREF CA CE |
| 10OTTAWA85 | Canada Shares U.S. Views on Challenges, Way Forward in Sri [...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada's analysis of the challenges the international community faces in Sri Lanka "tracks almost identically" with that of the U.S. Canada is nonetheless less optimistic than the U.S. about Sri Lanka's long-term future in light of the undercutting of democratic institutions [...] | 2010-02-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM CE CA |
| 10PORTLOUIS35 | CORRECTED MAURITIUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Post submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Mauritius. Please note that the exchange rate used throughout the report is (i) 2007: USD 1 = MRs 32, (ii) 2008: USD 1 = MRs 29, and (iii) 2009: USD 1 = MRs 32.50. (Mauritius Rupees = MRs). --------------- [...] | 2010-02-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB KIDE PGOV OPIC USTR |
| 10ROME82 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. The Government of Italy (GOI) maintains a welcoming posture to foreign investment and has made modest progress in addressing the structural e [...] | 2010-01-21 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
| 10SEOUL240 | ROK PKO IN HAITI FULLY SELF-SUFFICIENT [...] (U) On February 16, Jun Ji Sun, Deputy Director, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, informed Poloff that the Republic of Korea's peacekeeping team in Haiti is self-sufficient and does not require any logistics or transportation assistance at this time. Jun reported that the a [...] | 2010-02-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN |
| 10STATE10500 | ANNOUNCEMENT OF RECIPIENTS OF THE 2010 [...] This is an action request. See paras 5 and 7. 2. Summary: I am pleased to announce that Secretary Clinton has approved ten outstanding women to receive the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC) for 2010. These women will be recognized at a high profile cere [...] | 2010-02-02 18:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM |
| 10STATE12081 | A/S BLAKE'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's Special Envoy to the Nepal peace process, Ambassador Tore Toreng, met with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Robert Blake on February 3 to discuss his mission and prospects for coordination among members of the international community. Toreng [...] | 2010-02-05 17:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CN IN NP PGOV PREL |
| 10STATE12464 | ADDRESSING RESOURCE REQUESTS FROM THE UN [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN New York to share the information in paragraphs four through six with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). In addition to sharing the U.S. Government responses to DPKO requests for assistance, USUN is asked to confirm with DPKO that t [...] | 2010-02-10 00:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO |
| 10STATE12558 | FORCE GENERATION ISSUES TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs seven and eight. Action Posts are requested to report back to Washington by February 16, 2010. 2. (SBU) Background: In response to the massive January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the UN Security Council (UNSC) authorized the UN Depart [...] | 2010-02-11 05:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR |
| 10STATE12997 | WORLDWIDE CAUTION [...] The Department of State has issued this Worldwide Caution to update information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world. U.S. citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps [...] | 2010-02-12 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC |
| 10STATE16163 | SRI LANKA: ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has followed his January 26 re-election with the extra-legal arrest of the opposition candidate and intimidation of independent media. While Rajapaksa's administration has faced cri [...] | 2010-02-23 00:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CE KAWC KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 10STATE18437 | MALDIVES AMBASSADOR’S WASHINGTON CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY. Maldives Ambassador-designate (resident in New York) Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed held his first consultations in Washington February 23, ahead of his presentation of credentials to POTUS February 24. Meeting with SCA, S/SECC, S/GC, and OSD, Ghafoor said he would prioritize developing educati [...] | 2010-02-26 22:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON EFIN ELAB MARR MASS |
| 10STATE2094 | PREPARING THE TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 14-35. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department [...] | 2010-01-09 04:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 10STATE9654 | A/S BLAKE URGES GSL TO PURSUE RECONCILIATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake summoned Sri Lankan Embassy CDA Tissa Wijeratne to his office January 29 to express USG concern about the GSL's handling of the election aftermath. A/S Blake urged that any action by the government against defea [...] | 2010-01-30 00:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CE |
| 10TOKYO108 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - JAPAN [...] TABLE OF CONTENTS A.1. Overview of Foreign Investment Climate, para. 2-33 A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies, para. 34-35 A.3. Expropriation and Compensation, para. 36 A.4. Dispute Settlement, para.37-41 A.5. Performance Requirements and incentives, para. 42 A.6. Right to Private Ownershi [...] | 2010-01-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR JA |
| 10TOKYO354 | SRI LANKA -- ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CE JA |
| 10TRIPOLI110 | MUBARAK AND QADHAFI CONFER ON AL SUMMIT PLANNING, VISAS FOR EGYPTIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL KPAL KSUM EG LY |
| 10UNROME25 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010 FIRST REGULAR [...] The 2010 First Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board was held in Rome from February 8-11. Highlights from the session included: the election of a new Executive Board Bureau, an update on Haiti, guest speakers OCHA Under Secretary General Sir John Holmes and economist Jeffrey Sachs, and a [...] | 2010-02-23 15:15:00 | UN Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN |
| 10UNVIEVIENNA32 | IAEA: ARSHAD LIMBO SHADOWS IAEA BOARD [...] (C) His status in Vienna uncertain and his reputation in Kuala Lumpur in tatters, Malaysian Ambassador Arshad continues to implore the IAEA and sympathetic diplomatic colleagues to pressure the U.S. to "quietly" seek his reinstatement by the GOM as Chairman of the Board of Governors. In the r [...] | 2010-02-02 16:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA MY |
| 10USUNNEWYORK103 | PREPARING FOR THE 12 - 16 APRIL MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (C) Summary. Negotiations on the CCIT will resume April 12 through 16 in New York. Discussions within the UN General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee on the CCIT last October resulted in no movement towards consensus on a [...] | 2010-02-24 21:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UN KJUS |
| 10USUNNEWYORK55 | UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...] | 2010-01-29 23:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE |
| 10USUNNEWYORK86 | NEWLY APPOINTED SRSG ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE WALLSTROM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 15:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG |
| 10YEREVAN105 | ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
| 86BRASILIA13835 | THE BRAZILIAN CONNECTION WITH IRAN AND [...] (U) WITH THE UNRAVELING OF THE IRANIAN ARMS/CONTRA AID SCANDAL, THE BRAZILIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO POINT TO A SO-CALLED "BRAZILIAN CONNECTION". WEEKLY NEWS MAGAZINE "VEJA" AND CONSERVATIVE "O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO" RAN STORIES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS ON THE SUPPOSED BRAZILIAN INVOLVEMENT. 2. [...] | 1986-12-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL BR IR HO NU CE |
| 86COLOMBO8227 | PLOTE AND THE LTTE [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. - - 2. ACCORDING TO TAMIL FSN WITH GOOD CONTACTS IN THE NORTH, APPROXIMATELY 75 PLOTE MEMBERS TURNED OVER THEIR ARMS TO THE LTTE IN JAFFNA OCTOBER 30. THE FSN DESCRIBED THE PLOTE FIGHTERS INVOLVED AS MEMBERS OF THE ANTI-UMA MAHESWARAN FACTION OF PLOTE WHICH SP [...] | 1986-11-04 05:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS CE |
| 87COLOMBO1041 | INSIDE THE LTTE: A LOOK AT THE TIGERS' [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: PRABHAKARAN HAS DIVIDED HIS LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM INTO FIVE POLITICO-MILITARY REGIONS, EACH COMMANDED BY A REGIONAL LEADER RESPONSIBLE TO PRABHAKARAN. IN TURN THESE REGIONAL COMMANDERS HAVE SUBORDINATE AREA COMMANDERS UNDER THEIR CONTROL [...] | 1987-02-12 06:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR CE |
| 87DHAKA2354 | BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). -- 2. SUMMARY: BANGLADESH HOPES THAT RAJIV GANDHI WOULD BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN IMPROVING BILATERAL RELATIONS HAVE FADED OVER THE PAST YEAR. BANGLADESH AND INDIA HAVE MADE LITTLE SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS ON LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS UNDER RAJIV; MANY AGAIN APPEAR [...] | 1987-04-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPRP IN BG |
| 87NEWDELHI23722 | INDIAN FRICTION WITH LTTE GROWS [...] No summary [...] | 1987-09-25 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN CE PINS |
| 88COLOMBO2367 | INDIAN PAYOFF TO LTTE REVEALED [...] MAJOR SRI LANKAN PAPERS APRIL 5 HAVE HEADLINED A REPORT (FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE APRIL 3 LONDON OBSERVER) WHICH QUOTES BOTH INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER J.N. DIXIT AND AN LTTE SPOKESMAN IN MADRAS THAT INDIAN PRIME MINISTER GANDHI AGREED IN LATE JULY TO PAY THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM A MO [...] | 1988-04-05 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS IN CE |
| 88COLOMBO8559 | LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED TERRORISM REPORTS: [...] DECONTROL UPON RECEIPT. --------------- 2. SRI LANKA ----------------- A. RESULTS OF ANY 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: EMBASSY KNOWS OF NO/NO 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS IN SRI LANKA WHICH INVOLVED INTERNATIONAL T [...] | 1988-12-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE MV |
| 89COLOMBO158 | GOI OFFICIAL ON STRENGTH OF LTTE [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. REFTEL (MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR SRI LANKA'S COM- MENTS ON LATEST IPKF TROOP WITHDRAWAL) PRESENTS AN INTERESTING SNAPSHOT OF CURRENT SOUTH BLOCK THINKING ON SITUATION IN NORTHEASTERN PROVINCE. 3. ON THE ROLE OF LTTE, HOWEVER, THE WORKING-LEVEL INDIAN HIGH C [...] | 1989-01-09 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN CE |
| 89COLOMBO2434 | WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE LTTE? [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE 1989 POST REPORTING PLAN. 3. SUMMARY: THERE IS STILL STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) AMONG THE 1.5 MILLION TAMILS IN SRI LANKA'S NORTH AND EAST, WHO SEE THE TIGERS A [...] | 1989-04-11 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER CE IN |
| 89STATE102760 | LETTERS TO DEPARTMENT FROM LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THE LTTE, CRITICIZING THE PLACEMENT OF THE TAMIL GROUP IN A US GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION ON TERRORIST ORGZANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD AND CALLING FOR AMERICAN ASSISTANCE IN MEDIATING THE CONFLICT IN SRI LANKA. THE LTTE APPEARS T [...] | 1989-04-03 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PINS CE |
| 90COLOMBO7592 | 1990 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: SRI LANKA AND [...] DECONTROL UPON RECEIPT. - 2. FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN PARA 5 REFTEL: - SRI LANKA - A) IN 1990 THE GSL PROSECUTED TWO SIGNIFICANT CASES INVOLVING ACTS OF TERRORISM -- ONE INVOLVING THREE INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED IN THE MAY 1986 BOMBING OF AN AIR LANKA TRISTAR AIRCR [...] | 1990-11-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE MV |
| 90MADRAS1249 | KARUNANIDHI: IS THE TAMIL NADU CHIEF MINISTER [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: CHIEF MINISTER KARUNANIDHI'S OBVIOUS TILT TOWARDS THE LTTE IS GENERATING WIDESPREAD CONTROVERSY AND DISMAY IN TAMIL NADU, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE DMK LEADER'S STRAINED RELATIONS WITH THE TIGERS IN THE PAST. SINCE DECEMBER, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST TWO M [...] | 1990-04-17 07:53:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF IN CE |
| 92COLOMBO6961 | SRI LANKA: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT BEGINS IN PARA TWO BELOW. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUERIES LISTED IN REFTEL. 2. BEGIN REPORT: A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING [...] | 1992-11-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE |
| 94COLOMBO3119 | LIFE UNDER THE LTTE [...] SUMMARY. RECENT TRAVELERS TO JAFFNA REPORT THAT THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) CONTINUE TO SET UP CIVIL ADMINISTRATION IN AREAS UNDER THEIR CONTROL. A TIGER POLICE FORCE HAS REPLACED THE REGULAR LTTE CADRES ON THE STREETS OF JAFFNA, TIGER COURTS ARE DISPENSING JUSTICE THROUGHOU [...] | 1994-06-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PHUM PTER KPRP CE |
| 94COLOMBO954 | THE LTTE: WHAT WE ARE SAYING AND WHO WE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST--PLEASE SEE PARA 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. POST IS WORKING THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) SHOULD BECOME CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED IN FINDING A PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO SRI LANKA'S ETHNIC CONFLICT. WE ARE CALLIN [...] | 1994-02-24 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS UNHRC CE |
| 95COLOMBO1476 | JOURNEY TO JAFFNA: THE LTTE VIEW OF THE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1989, AN OFFICIAL AMERICAN VISITED THE LTTE-DOMINATED JAFFNA PENINSULA. POLOFF WAS PART OF A FACT-FINDING VISIT BY DIPLOMATS FROM TWELVE WESTERN MISSIONS WHICH WAS ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE [...] | 1995-03-15 12:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CE |
| 95COLOMBO6003 | SRI LANKA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE AGAINST THE INSURGENT LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE),THE ONLY TERRORIST ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE [...] | 1995-11-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE |
| 97COLOMBO3477 | LTTE ATTACKS SHIP CHARTERED BY US [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: MICHAEL OWEN, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 LOCAL TIME SEPTEMBER 9, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) ATTACKED THE MERCHANT VESSEL "CORDIALITY" WHICH WAS ANCHORED OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF S [...] | 1997-09-09 10:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREF PGOV EWWT CE |
| 97COLOMBO3548 | MORE ON THE LTTE ATTACK ON [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ANDREW MANN. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY HIRED TO SALVAGE MV CORDIALITY WHICH WAS ATTACKED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 9 (SEE REFTEL) HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE ATTACK. THE SHIP HAD BEEN LOADING ILME [...] | 1997-09-12 11:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EWWT MOPS CE |
| 98COLOMBO3592 | SRI LANKA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REF A REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE SEPARATIST LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE),THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE IN SRI LANKA. [...] | 1998-11-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE |
| 99COLOMBO2324 | LTTE MASSACRES 54 CIVILIANS IN EASTERN PROVINCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE LTTE ATTACKED SLEEPING VILLAGERS IN GONAGALA DURING EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SEPTEMBER 18, HACKING TO DEATH 54 CIVILIANS INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. LOCALS HAVE ASSAILED THE GOVERNMENT FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SECURITY. ON THE OTHER HAND, TAMILS HAVE CRITICIZED THE GO [...] | 1999-09-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM CE |
| 99COLOMBO2899 | 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INPUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) CONTINUED TO BATTLE THE SEPARATIST LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE),THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVE IN SRI LANKA. [...] | 1999-11-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE |