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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09BEIRUT646LEBANON: AFTER "IDEAS ELECTION", ANALYSTS URGE USG
[...] (C) Discussing the June 7 election results at a June 9 dinner hosted by the DCM, political analysts reached mixed conclusions on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "won or lost" the elections. While Aoun received a majority of Christian votes, he won by slimmer margins than in [...]
2009-06-10 14:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT647LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S
[...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit, which comes just five days after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections in which the pro-western March 14 coalition won the majority by an unexpected margin. Lebanese officials have eagerly anticipated your trip to Beirut since your appointment was an [...]
2009-06-10 15:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY IR
09BEIRUT656LEBANON: MARCH 14 SYG TO PUSH FOR STRONGER
[...] (C) Following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref B),March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Souaid is intent on carrying on the work of the Secretariat, which held its first post-election meeting on June 10. Souaid believed the elections proved opposition Christian leader M [...]
2009-06-11 15:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT659LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL
[...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...]
2009-06-12 14:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT668LEBANON: REACTION TO PM NETANYAHU'S JUNE 14 SPEECH
[...] (C) Lebanese reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's June 14 speech was mostly negative (Ref A). President Sleiman termed the Netanyahu speech as "hard lined" in a statement issued June 15, while PM Siniora termed it "extremely dangerous." The only positive acknowledgment note [...]
2009-06-17 05:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT7LEBANON: SINIORA URGES UNSC ACTION USING 1701 MODEL
[...] (C) On January 2, PM Siniora convoked Ambassadors and Charges from UNSC members represented in Beirut and urged UNSC action to produce an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. He suggested the Council use UNSCR 1701, which marked the end of 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict, as a model. He argued that Isr [...]
2009-01-02 16:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT714LEBANON: MIKATI "CONCERNED" ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF
[...] (C) In a June 24 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister and recently elected MP Najib Mikati worried that if parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri became Prime Minister, he would compromise on economic reform and Hizballah's arms while facing difficulties from Syria. Mikati bel [...]
2009-06-26 15:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF ECON KPAL KCOR UNSC LE IR
09BEIRUT746LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS TO MEET IN DAMASCUS ONLY
[...] (C) PM-designate Saad Hariri has been under (well-intentioned) pressure from the Saudi leadership for a week to agree to participate in an as-yet unscheduled Saudi-Syria summit in Damascus. He told the Ambassador July 6 that he is willing to do so, along with President Sliman, to support Saud [...]
2009-07-06 17:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT77LEBANON: SLEIMAN UNDER PRESSURE ON GAZA;
[...] (C) In a January 16 meeting with Charge, Minister of Education and Sidon native Bahia Hariri described the situation in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh as tense, but "contained" as the Gaza crisis continues. She said the strong stance in support of Gaza by President Michel Slei [...]
2009-01-16 16:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT771LEBANON: CHRISTIAN MINISTERS REJECT SAUDI
[...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar and Information Minister Tarek Mitri, in separate meetings with the Ambassador on July 9, criticized the Saudis for involving the Syrians in the Lebanese political process. Mitri said he believed the Saudis realized they made a mistake and that they would s [...]
2009-07-10 14:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT819LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH
[...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...]
2009-07-20 15:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT822LEBANON: HIZBALLAH ON THE DEFENSE WHILE STRIVING
[...] (C) In a series of public addresses over the last week, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah has raised the rhetoric of a possible war with Israel while simultaneously offering conciliatory words to PM-designate Saad Hariri as he attempts to form a government. March 14 figures welcome Nasrallah's [...]
2009-07-21 17:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT859LEBANON: SOME GOL OFFICIALS ADMIT 1701 VIOLATION
[...] (C) Several GOL officials expressed their confidence July 24-25 to visiting National Security Council Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro that the opposition would drop its demand for a blocking third and that the cabinet would be formed, though no one could commit to [...]
2009-07-29 08:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT867LEBANON: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CHRISTIAN
[...] (C) March 14 (Kataeb) MP Sami Gemayel and opposition-aligned MP Suleiman Franjieh initiated yet another attempt at Christian reconciliation with a July 29 luncheon. Gemayel (Amine's son) reportedly hopes to engineer reconciliation between Franjieh and Patriarch Sfeir, who have been at odds sin [...]
2009-07-30 13:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT88LEBANON: RIVALRY WITHIN THE PLO, PM'S LIAISON SAYS
[...] (C) Highlighting that the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are "calm for now," the GOL's chief liaison for Palestinian issues, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC) Khalil Makkawi, stressed that PM Sinoria had done a good job communicating with Palestinians during the Isr [...]
2009-01-21 17:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT903UNIFIL'S FC GRAZIANO CALLS FOR STRONGER GOL
[...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano dismissed recent criticism of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),emphasizing that it did not have the political "umbrella" to act decisively during last mont [...]
2009-08-12 15:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PTER UNSC PINR PREL IS LE
09BEIRUT91LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WORRIED HAMAS PLANS TO USE
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador January 21, March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri expressed concern the past weeks' events in Gaza could lead to Hamas using Lebanon's Palestinian camps to confront Fatah and Israel. Hariri urged the new U.S. administration to "do something" about the Pales [...]
2009-01-22 15:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS
09BEIRUT912DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 12:27:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC LE
09BEIRUT915DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 12:27:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC LE
09BEIRUT96LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO
[...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora in a January 23 meeting with Ambassador urged the new U.S. administration to take a strong role in Middle East peace negotiations. Specifically, he advocated U.S. direct or indirect efforts to encourage the Syrians to "realize it was in their best interests" [...]
2009-01-23 18:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT974DEFMIN MURR FRUSTRATED WITH HARIRI BUT SAYS
[...] (C) Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador on August 28 that the Lebanese cannot expect "better than Saad Hariri these days." However, he continued, Prime Minister-designate Hariri needs to be viewed as "strong." Murr assessed that the planned August 31 meeting of major [...]
2009-08-31 15:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS IT
09BERLIN1244OCT. 7 IRAN MEETING: GERMANY COMMITTED TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The German Chancellery's Deputy National Security Advisor equivalent, Nikel, stressed to the DCM, in an October 1 meeting, that Chancellor Merkel remained committed to pursuing serious sanctions should Iran not cooperate on the nuclear dossier. However, both Nikel and MFA offici [...]
2009-10-05 14:27:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL IR ETTC GM
09BERLIN1281GERMAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. During a friendly and frank discussion of Iran that the Ambassador hosted in honor of Dr. Condoleezza Rice on October 6, German parliamentarians, Chancellery and MFA officials, and senior think-tank researchers agreed that the international community was approaching an "end game" [...]
2009-10-14 13:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL PGOV IR ETTC GM
09BERLIN139GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION REGARDING ABKHAZ
[...] (C) Charge raised reftel points with MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg on February 4, urging Germany to oppose a possible Russian call for Abkhaz separatist leaders to participate in a formal UNSC meeting regarding the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Silverberg agreed that now [...]
2009-02-04 09:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG GM
09BERLIN1442GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...]
2009-11-13 16:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN1570GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...]
2009-12-10 12:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL
09BERN287UN 1267 SANCTIONS: RESULT OF USG REVIEW OF TRANCHE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Coordinator on Counter-Terrorism Alessandro Capelli on July 8. Capelli welcomed the news that the USG will formally seek the delisting of Nada and the two entities related to Nada. He also took [...]
2009-07-09 14:15:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SZ
09BOGOTA3585Charge Discusses Venezuela, Ecuador and Mercosur with Acting
[...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero told the Charge on December 18 that the GOC had sent a letter to UN Security Council members responding to Venezuela's call for a discussion on the alleged international threat posed by Colombia's security problems. The letter was intended to give UN [...]
2009-12-21 14:05:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL UNSC MARR ENRG PREF CO VE EC UY
09BRASILIA516BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS MRE POLITICAL UNDER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met April 24, with Brazilian Under Secretary for Political Affairs Amb. Vera Machado on the eve of her departure for her first trip to Washington since taking over the position. In addition to leading the delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF),Machado will [...]
2009-04-27 20:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV SNAR SCUL UNSC KSUM BR
09BRUSSELS101(C) EU LIFTS MEK SANCTIONS; SECRETARIAT REQUESTS
[...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 11-12. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S//NF) At the January 26 EU General Affairs and External Relations Committee (GAERC),EU-27 Foreign Ministers approved as an "A-point" (no discussion) the de-listing of the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) as a terr [...]
2009-01-27 06:26:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN UNSC
09BRUSSELS1021EU AND TREASURY ON IRAN, DPRK, CFT, BURMA, SUDAN,
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: In eleven separate meetings with various EU and Member State officials on June 16-17, Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen pressed for robust EU implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on North Korea and Iran ( [...]
2009-07-27 04:56:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR
09BRUSSELS108INTRODUCING THE EU IV: THE JUDICIAL, FINANCIAL, SUPERVISORY
[...] In addition to its core policy and law-making institutions (the Commission, Council and European Council, and European Parliament - see REFs B and C),the EU institutional system also includes several other bodies with judicial, monetary, financial, supervisory or advisory functions. Among th [...]
2009-01-27 15:39:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EINV EUN PTER KTFN KJUS UNSC IR
09BRUSSELS1118PERSPECTIVES FROM NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO BELGIUM'S
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs and Polintern met on August 5 with Thomas Lambert, Belgium's new Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. Lambert has just left a position as Deputy Chief of the Cabinet of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht. Based on his insider's view of B [...]
2009-08-12 09:44:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BE IS KN IR UNSC
09BRUSSELS1230(S//NF) EU REQUEST FOR HIZBALLAH AND HAMAS
[...] Action Request: Please see paragraph 10. --------------- Summary/Comment --------------- 2. (S//NF) The EU's Joint Situation Center ("SitCen") has submitted to USEU a request for U.S. information at any level of classification on Hamas and Hizballah financing for a research project S [...]
2009-09-10 16:51:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR
09BRUSSELS1277EU/DPRK SANCTIONS: OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE
[...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraph 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C//NF) European Union contacts expect to formalize any unilateral DPRK sanctions over the next several weeks. The deadline for the Swedish Presidency's call for proposals has now passed, but key EU members are s [...]
2009-09-22 11:44:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC KNNP EFIN KCRM KHLS UNSC PINR FR UK EUN
09BRUSSELS1368EU/IRAN SANCTIONS: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 14:31:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC KNNP PARM PREL PINR MNUC EFIN ETRD UNSC
09BRUSSELS1374EU/IRAN SANCTIONS: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C//NF) EU/Iran sanctions officials are currently focused on internal review procedures, but the USG can help make their discussions more forward-leaning by responding to EU requests for information and engaging in high-level diplomacy. On October 13, EU Council Director for Politico-Militar [...]
2009-10-14 07:47:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KNNP PARM PREL PINR MNUC EFIN ETRD UNSC
09BRUSSELS1515UN TERRORISM SANCTIONS: REFORM SEMINAR
[...] (C) On October 15-16, Belgium sponsored a &Seminar on Strengthening the UN Targeted Sanctions through Fair and Clear Procedures8 to discuss with UNSC Members and select Member States (mostly from the EU) options for reforming the UNSCR 1267 (Al-Qaida and Taliban) sanctions regime. Many semin [...]
2009-11-10 17:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBE CH EFIN ETTC EUN FR KTFN PTER SZ UK UNSC
09BRUSSELS1524TERRORISM SANCTIONS REFORM: EU VIEWS AND PROCEDURES
[...] (C//NF) In preparation for a Belgium-sponsored conference on UN targeted sanctions reform (REFTEL),USEU held separate meetings with sanctions officers and legal advisors from the EU Council Secretariat and the European Commission. Commission officials posited - but would not speculate on the [...]
2009-11-13 16:28:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER UNSC EFIN KJUS PINR EUN BE
09BRUSSELS1532DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO EU COUNCIL SECRETARIAT
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: USEU discussed DPRK sanctions non-paper with the EU's Council Secretariat. Staffers welcomed non-paper but cautioned that EU Member States ("EUMS") were unlikely to take suggested actions immediately. EUMS are politically keen to differentiate their autonomous DPRK program [...]
2009-11-17 15:22:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ETTC EUN FR KCRM KHLS KNNP PINR UK UNSC
09BRUSSELS1555EU RENEWS IRAN SANCTIONS DESIGNATION LIST
[...] (U) During the November 17 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),EU Member States adopted a Council Decision and Regulation updating the list of persons and entities in Iran to which targeted EU sanctions apply. Member States have committed themselves to review this list reg [...]
2009-11-20 14:45:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC KNNP PARM PREL PINR MNUC EFIN ETRD UNSC
09BRUSSELS1562U/S BURNS TO EU: NEED TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON
[...] (S) Summary: On November 20, Under Secretary Burns pressed upon EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors a sober outlook on Iran's nuclear program and policies. We are rapidly reaching the limits of what existing pressure measures on Iran can achieve, he said. Burns noted that [...]
2009-11-20 18:38:00USEU BrusselsSECRETPARM PREL ECON EUN UNSC IR ETTC
09BRUSSELS1625(S//NF) DELIVERY OF HIZBALLAH AND HAMAS FINANCING
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY/COMMENT: USEU shared Treasury-provided analysis related to Hizballah and Hamas financing with an analyst from the EU's Joint Situation Center ("SitCen"). The analyst expressed gratitude for the USG contribution, which will help inform a paper that he is preparing for EU-wide [...]
2009-12-03 05:51:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR
09BRUSSELS254U.S.-EU TERRORIST FINANCING ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities Douglas Hengel and USEU Econoff met on February 6 with European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (EU CTC) Gilles de Kerchove, Council Secretariat Principal Administrator for the Counter-Terrorism Workin [...]
2009-02-23 12:27:00USEU BrusselsSECRETETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC IR
09BRUSSELS289BELGIUM: GOB RESPONSE TO URGENT MONUC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On March 2, PolOff and PolIntern delivered Reftel points regarding the threat of Indian troop withdrawal from MONUC. Contacts noted that they had received similar information from the Belgian mission to the UN. In fact, they had learned that the DPKO had communicated to multiple UN missi [...]
2009-03-03 11:19:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PHUM UNSC CG BE
09BRUSSELS316DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU WILL ENCOURAGE DRC TO
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 4 to Sandra Paesen, administrator for Central Africa at the European Council Secretariat, who committed to assist in delivering the message to President Kabila. Paesen was unaware of the issue, but sympathetic to the concern that withdrawal of the I [...]
2009-03-06 13:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN EUN
09BRUSSELS41 EU TERRORISM FINANCE LISTINGS: TROUBLE AHEAD
[...] (SBU) EU and Member State courts are rendering judgments that may hinder our ability to secure EU-wide designations of terrorist entities. The new problem for us is higher standards of evidence, and judicial review of the sufficiency of that evidence, that will make the EU and its Member Stat [...]
2009-01-13 10:59:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN UNSC IR
09BRUSSELS486TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) Per recent conversations with sanctions contacts, the EU remains interested in any follow-up information the USG could provide related to Ref A demarche on the autonomous designation of Venezuela-based Hizballah terrorist financiers. Ref B informally reported the October 2008 formal EU F [...]
2009-04-02 12:39:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS
09BRUSSELS492TERRORISM FINANCE: GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA FINANCIERS
[...] (C) The European Commission designated three Gulf-based Al Qaida financiers (Ref D) on November 6, 2008. The EU only took action after the UN formally included the designations at the 1267 sanctions committee on October 10, 2008, despite the EU's having been invited to take action on the basi [...]
2009-04-02 14:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS
09BRUSSELS493TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON AL-SHABAAB'S THREE
[...] (C) In a follow-up conversation regarding the U.S. domestic designation of three members of Al-Shabaab (Ref A),a contact close to the EU's autonomous terrorist designations process intimated that the EU may continue to consider itself legally unable to autonomously designate entities linked t [...]
2009-04-02 14:53:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS
09BRUSSELS494TERRORISM FINANCE: KUWAIT-BASED CHARITY THE
[...] (C) The EU formally responded to Ref A regarding the designation of Kuwait-based charity Revival of Islamic Heritage Society as a terrorist organization with the following letter, previously transmitted Ref B. Recent conversations related to similar designation cases demonstrate that this is [...]
2009-04-02 14:54:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS
09BRUSSELS517TERRORISM FINANCE: EU PROBLEMS DESIGNATING FOUR
[...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The European Commission designated four members of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) (Ref D) on March 6. This case illustrates three dilemmas impeding U.S.-EU cooperation in countering terrorist financing through UNSCRs [...]
2009-04-06 17:12:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS
09BRUSSELS616EU TERRORISM SANCTIONS: TROUBLE CONTINUES
[...] (U) This message contains an urgent Action Request (paras 31-32). Please see also Summary and other Action Requests paragraphs 6-7, 12, 17-18, 23, 25, 29 and 37. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Due in part to recent European court rulings, EU implementation of UN and autonomous sanctions ag [...]
2009-04-29 16:28:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR
09BRUSSELS778 TERRORISM FINANCE: EU 1267 DESIGNATION AND PROCESS
[...] (SBU) As discussed Ref A, the European Commission designated Abdul Haq (Ref B) on April 25. Furthermore, the EU is progressing in revising the law implementing UNSCR 1267 Al Qaida and Taliban sanctions EU-wide (Ref C). Contacts indicate that some EU Member States may be favoring an overhaul [...]
2009-06-05 05:20:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PHUM EAID CH EUN UNSC
09BUCHAREST231ROMANIA: SANCTIONS CONFERENCE REVEALS CRACKS IN EU
[...] (SBU) Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Associate Director John Smith and EconOff attended sessions of a workshop on terrorist financing in Bucharest April 1 and 2. The conference, co-hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Organization for Securit [...]
2009-04-06 06:24:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PTER KTFN UNSC OSCE RO
09BUCHAREST480ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO U.S. REVIEW UNDER 1822
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 11:39:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC RO
09BUCHAREST754DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN
[...] (U) DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA DirGen for Bilateral Affairs Gheorghe Magheru (supervising all regions but North America and Europe) and MFA DirGen for Strategic Affairs Calin Stoica (supervising North America),during a previously planned meeting to discuss EU-North Korea [...]
2009-11-09 14:23:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETTC EFIN KNNP UNSC KN RO
09BUCHAREST762 ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED EU DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 10:31:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PARM UNSC KNNP KN RO
09BUDAPEST507HUNGARY ON USG REVIEW OF TRANCHE 1 AND 2 NAMES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 10:11:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC
09BUDAPEST784DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN)
[...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points with Krisztina Kovacs, Head of the Sanctions Unit of the Finance Ministry's Department of International Relations; Andrea Kadar, Head of the Sanctions Unit of the Foreign Ministry's Consular Service/JHA Strategic Issues Department; and Gergo Pasqualetti, E [...]
2009-10-28 16:16:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC HU
09BUDAPEST831PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR
[...] (SBU) On November 12, Econoff delivered reftel points to Dr. Szilvia Balazs from the MFA's International and EU Public Law Department; Dr. Andrea Kadar, Head of Unit of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Strategic Issues Dept; and to Dr. Krisztina Kovacs, Head of Unit of the Ministry of [...]
2009-11-20 07:24:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM ETTC UNSC HU
09CAIRO1363EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO PROPOSED UNSCR 1267
[...] (S/NF) Key Points - Econoff delivered reftel points and list of people and entities that may be de-listed from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list. - Ashraf Mohsen, the MFA Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, told us the GOE had issues with only three proposed de-listings. - Mohsen express [...]
2009-07-15 12:35:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC EG UK
09CAIRO1428EGYPT PROVIDES INFORMATION IN OPPOSITION TO
[...] (S/NF) Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen, in a July 19 meeting, restated Egypt's opposition to the proposed removal of Egyptian citizen Hani al-Sabai from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list (refs A and B). Mohsen [...]
2009-07-26 12:32:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC EG UK
09CAIRO1521EGYPT RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE
[...] (S/NF) In an August 2 meeting, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Ashraf Mohsen responded to the requests for more information contained in reftel A by providing forty pages of documents, in Arabic, which he said are the records [...]
2009-08-06 14:20:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNKTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC EG UK
09CAIRO1709UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On September 1, we delivered reftel demarche and provided the names of individuals currently under review to Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Ashraf Mohsen. 2. (C) Mohsen commented on a number of individuals under review. On Sayf al-Adl (QI.S [...]
2009-09-02 13:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC EG
09CAIRO1844DEMARCHE GIVEN: PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 13:33:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE EG
09CANBERRA1001UN 1267 SANCTIONS: AUSTRALIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO
[...] Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counter Terrorism Policy Section said on November 9 that, having consulted all relevant Australian government agencies, they have no derogatory information on 29 names the United States is considering sponsoring or co-sponsoring for d [...]
2009-11-13 01:26:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AS
09DARESSALAAM60TANZANIA AND IRAN SIGN DEFENSE MOU
[...] (C) Summary. Tanzania and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on military cooperation and technology transfer during Tanzanian Minister of Defense Hussein Mwinyi's visit to Tehran in late January. The announcement of the MOU in the Iranian press came as a surprise to many in Tanzania, [...]
2009-01-29 14:36:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV UNSC TZ IR
09DJIBOUTI117DJIBOUTI DECRIES STALEMATE IN BORDER DISPUTE WITH ERITREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As the five-week deadline referenced by UNSCR 1862 of January 14 approaches, senior Djiboutian officials--including Foreign Minister Youssouf and Djibouti's Ambassador to the U.S. and UN PermRep Olhaye-underscore the need for increased international pressure on Eritrea. Facing a [...]
2009-02-13 15:27:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPINS PBTS PREL MOPS DJ ER UNSC
09DJIBOUTI1219DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND ERITREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting with visiting U.S. Africa Command's Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Affairs (AFRICOM DCMA),Foreign Minister Youssouf hailed U.S. engagement in Djibouti and cited combating terrorism and piracy as "common interests" of the United States and Djibouti. He noted D [...]
2009-10-20 07:23:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL DJ SO UG AU UNSC
09DJIBOUTI39GODJ WELCOMES UNSCR 1862 ON DJIBOUTI/ERITREA BORDER
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Mahmoud Youssouf called Ambassador January 15 to express thanks for UNSCR 1862 regarding the Djibouti/Eritrea border dispute. Youssouf said the GODJ was pleased with the outcome. Ambassador responded that we, too, thought it was a strong resolution -- one that had resul [...]
2009-01-15 12:22:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UNSC ER DJ
09DOHA203RESULTS OF DOHA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE
[...] (U) Summary: The Regional Workshop on the Implementation of UNSCR Resolution 1540 was held in Doha, Qatar, on March 8-11, 2009. It was organized by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Qatar, and was funded by the European Union, the Governmen [...]
2009-03-23 12:51:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP QA
09EFTOLONDON2688UK INITIAL RESPONSE: PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR
[...] (SBU/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Philip Richards, Nuclear and Radiological Security Desk Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on December 2. Richards said he would closely review the Voluntary Fund explanation, objectives, and potential projects as left in non-pape [...]
2009-12-02 17:08:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER AORC UNSC KPAO UK
09EFTOLONDON2884P3 DISCUSS UNSCR 1540 WAY AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 15, representatives of the P3 (France, the UK, and the U.S.) who handle UNSCR 1540 implementation met in London for an agreed update on the Comprehensive Review outcome, the USG proposal for a 1540 Voluntary Fund, and to identify objectives for the 2010 Program of Wo [...]
2009-12-23 13:39:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER AORC UNSC KPAO RS CH FR UK
09GABORONE444GOB TO RESPECT DESIGNATION OF ABU HAQ AKA
[...] (SBU) PolOff met with the Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mmamosadinyana Punkie Josephine Molefe May 22. PolOff discussed the UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee approval to add Pakistan-based Chinese [...]
2009-06-04 10:22:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QT
09HANOI1092GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:51:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNSC UNHRC KPAL IS VM
09HANOI111DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE PROGRAM OF WORK
[...] (SBU) In a February 11 discussion with the MFA IO officer responsible for non-proliferation matters, Vu Tran Phong, Deputy PolCouns urged Vietnam to support efforts to develop a more robust Program of Work (POW) for the UNSCR 1540 Committee. Per reftel, he emphasized that the draft POW submit [...]
2009-02-11 07:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC VM
09HANOI191VIETNAM OBJECTS TO BASHIR INDICTMENT, STILL CONSIDERING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 09:20:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PHUM SU XA XW VM
09HANOI192CHARGE AND MFA DISCUSS BURMA, NORTH KOREA, DARFUR;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging lunch discussion March 2, the CDA and the MFA's Director General for International Organizations, Le Hoai Trung, exchanged views on Burma, North Korea, and Darfur; Vietnam's territorial claims under the Law of the Sea; and nonproliferation. The CDA urged DG T [...]
2009-03-03 09:51:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON MNUC PARM UNSC NPT BM CH
09HANOI202DAS MARCIEL'S HANOI MEETINGS
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging set of meetings in Hanoi February 25, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel emphasized the continued progress in U.S.-Vietnam relations. His counterparts, including VFM Pham Binh Minh, AFM Bui Thanh Son, and Office of Government DG Buy Hui Hung, voiced enthusiasm [...]
2009-03-06 10:07:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD UNSC MNUC BM VM
09HANOI215WHAT USE ARE LIPS AND TEETH? VIETNAM'S AMBIVALENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's foreign policy, normally pragmatic to a fault, betrays a certain tension when it comes to North Korea. Influential voices in the Party speak of ideological affinity and historical bonds, while others in Vietnam's foreign policy establishment advocate a more sober asses [...]
2009-03-10 09:54:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON UNSC CH KS KN VM
09HANOI252DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR AMISOM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 08:47:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SO VM
09HANOI324DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: VIETNAM'S UN POSITION REMAINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite early indications that it would simply hew to China and Russia's line, Vietnam's position on a possible UN Security Council resolution in fact remains undecided. In an April 8 conversation, the MFA's International Organizations Official responsible for Security Council m [...]
2009-04-08 10:54:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP UNSC PGOV KN VM
09HANOI337DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GVN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 10:37:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKN UNSC VM
09HANOI372DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VIETNAM CONSIDERS DPRK
[...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with VFM Pham Binh Minh, the Ambassador urged Vietnam to work with the United States at the DPRK Sanctions Committee and to support a U.S.-proposed list of goods/entities connected to the DPRK's ballistic missile program. Per ref A, he emphasized the importance of [...]
2009-04-21 10:47:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC KNNP ECON KN VM
09HANOI459BURMA: VIETNAM REQUESTS INFORMATION ON NEXT STEPS IN
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Vice Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on May 18. Minh responded that Vietnam would take the U.S. request for support for action in the UN Security Council into consideration, but would need more information on what specific steps are being contempla [...]
2009-05-18 10:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC BM VM
09HANOI545DPRK DRAFT RESOLUTION - VIETNAM LIKELY TO SUPPORT,
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung June 12. Vietnam shares our concerns about DPRK actions, Trung said. He complained, however, that the MFA had received the draft resolution only 24 hours before and required approval [...]
2009-06-12 09:48:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV UNSC KN VM
09HANOI646DPRK DESIGNATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 10:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PARM KM VM
09HANOI683DG FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMENTS ON VIETNAM'S
[...] (C) Summary: Over lunch July 21, MFA Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung commented on the evolving role of the Communist Party in overseeing government operations and said Vietnam's leaders understood that the current crackdown, including arrests of American citizens [...]
2009-07-23 09:35:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UNSC VM
09HANOI702VIETNAM WANTS DARFUR PKO EXTENDED BUT SUPPORTS REFERENCE TO
[...] (SBU) On July 28, Acting PolCouns met with the MFA International Organizations Division's lead official for UN Security Council affairs, To Anh Tuan, to urge Vietnam not to support Libya's efforts to complicate a resolution extending the mandate of the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) by inclu [...]
2009-07-28 09:50:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PHUM KPKO SU VM
09HANOI858Demarche Delivered: Vietnam Positive on September 24 UNSC
[...] (SBU) Post delivered the invitation letter addressed to President Nguyen Minh Triet to the September 23 UNSC Summit meeting on August 27. The Deputy Director General of the Americas Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that it was "99 percent" certain that President Triet w [...]
2009-08-27 08:02:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM MNUC UNSC KSUM KNNP VM
09HANOI889Ambassador, VFM Minh Discuss Human Rights, Nuclear MOU,
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Ambassador met with Vice Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to reiterate U.S. concerns about the conviction of political dissidents and the forced expulsion of Lang Mai followers fr [...]
2009-11-03 10:03:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KNNP KIRF UNSC ECON CVIS ASEAN BM IR
09JAKARTA1023INDONESIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia condemns North Korea's recent nuclear test and calls on Pyongyang to return to the Six Party Talks, a senior GOI nonproliferation official told us on June 15 in response to our points on this issue. President Yudhoyono is following the matter closely and plans to send [...]
2009-06-17 08:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP UNSC ID KN
09JAKARTA1146PEACEKEEPING -- INDONESIA LEADS MAJOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian military recently hosted a major U.N. peacekeeping capstone event--"Garuda Shield"--involving 19 countries and about 1400 personnel. The U.S. Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI) team present at the exercise said Indonesia performed impressively as hos [...]
2009-07-07 08:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS ID
09JAKARTA1747PEACEKEEPING -- A HIGH-LEVEL PRIORITY FOR THE GOI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent deployment of Indonesian military peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as continuing deployments to Lebanon and Sudan, demonstrate the high priority the GOI places on UN peacekeeping participation. The GOI's commitment to peacekeeping missions an [...]
2009-10-16 10:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC MOPS ASEC ID CG LE SU
09JAKARTA605PEACEKEEPING -- UN IMPRESSED WITH INDONESIA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN officials have briefed local diplomats on talks with the GOI as part of a United Nations review of peacekeeping. The UN was impressed with Indonesia's interest and past/ongoing performance in operations (including in Lebanon, Darfur and the DRC),and wants to boost GOI contr [...]
2009-04-03 07:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM UNSC ID
09KAMPALA1108UGANDA: AFRICA WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY AND SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 10:04:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE UG
09KAMPALA1270UGANDA: UN 1267 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 13:48:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC UG
09KAMPALA338GOU CONSIDERS REQUEST TO LEAD ON PRST ON COUPS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 13:11:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AU UNSC UG
09KAMPALA998UGANDA DEMARCHE RESPONSE FOR SEPTEMBER 24 UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 08:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM KNNP PREL PARM UNSC MNUC UG
09KATHMANDU264NEPAL 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 23:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU265NEPAL 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 23:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU356SCENESETTER AND POINTS FOR MAY 5 UNSC SESSION ON
[...] (C) The May 5 session of the UN Security Council to review the UN Secretary General's mid-term report on the UN Mission in Nepal provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to push the peace process forward. For almost two weeks, Nepal's politics has been consumed with a struggle [...]
2009-05-01 10:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER KDEM UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU601NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) In a series of farewell calls since June 22 with senior Nepali officials and politicians, the Ambassador urged progress on the peace process, in the drafting of the constitution and in the political process generally. Nepali officials, including the Foreign, Defense, Home, Finance, and Pe [...]
2009-07-08 03:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID MARR UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU748UNMIN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL PEACE PROCESS PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General's representative in Nepal, Karin Landgren, told P-5 missions on August 11 that prospects for Nepal's peace process over the next six to eight weeks are "slim." Obstacles include the failure of political leaders to develop a "high-level mechanism" for re [...]
2009-08-12 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM UNSC IN NP
09KHARTOUM102DARFUR HUMANITARIAN MECHANISM AND PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's (CHD) Theo Murphy told CDA Fernandez that Abdul Wahid Al-Nur's acceptance of CHD's proposed humanitarian monitoring mechanism was a "breakthrough." Murphy also reported that JEM has accepted CHD's initiative "in principle," [...]
2009-01-27 12:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM103TURABI MOVED TO PORT SUDAN, FAMILY DEFIANT
[...] (SBU) On January 25, Sudanese authorities transferred Dr. Hassan Al-Turabi from Khartoum's Kober prison to the political detainees' wing in Port Sudan's prison, in the eastern part of the country. Turabi, the outspoken Islamist who was once a founding father of the present regime, but now its b [...]
2009-01-27 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1033 CIVIL SOCIETY REPORTS POLITICAL SPACE IN SUDAN SHRINKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Northern opposition parties and civil society groups report rising levels of government interference in voter education and political party activities in the runup to the 2010 elections. Groups report delayed and cancelled meetings; violence, arrest and detention of those who a [...]
2009-09-08 04:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1039STAFFDEL DORAN DISCUSSES UNMIS AND UNAMID MANDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with civilian and military UN Mission leadership in Sudan, staffers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee were called upon to advocate for more ambitious mandate execution of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mi [...]
2009-09-09 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM104MORE DETAIL ON JEM-SAF FIGHTING NEAR EL FASHER
[...] (SBU) UNAMID confirmed on January 27 that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) engaged armed rebels with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in ground attacks and aerial bombardment during the day of January 26, in areas south and east of El Fasher, North Darfur. Ahmed Togoud and Gibril Ibrahim of J [...]
2009-01-27 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1046GOSS Enters Diplomatic Compounds in Juba Sweep for Arms
[...] (U) Summary: Police and soldiers blocked roads and searched homes for illegal weapons in a disarmament operation ordered by the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted at dawn, September 9 in Juba. Residents of Juba, including United Nations staff, were ord [...]
2009-09-11 10:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1054REFERENDUM EXPERT ADVISES NCRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Mads Qvortrup, an internationally recognized expert on referendum implementation, urged the co-chairs of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) to abide by internationally accepted referenda norms and provided relevant historical examples. Dr. Qvortrup warned [...]
2009-09-15 07:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1077UNAMID NOT PERMITTED ACCESS TO CONDUCT ASSESSMENT OF KORMA,
[...] (SBU) UNAMID sources reported on September 23 that the UN has not yet conducted a security assessment of Korma, North Darfur, following unconfirmed reports of clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Darfuri rebels aligned with Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). Accordin [...]
2009-09-23 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1079Mbeki Panel To Recommend Hybrid Courts, Consultative
[...] (SBU) Advisor to the African Union (AU) panel on Darfur Abdul Kader Mohammed told diplomats that the panel's report would recommend use of the 2005 Declaration of Principles as a political framework for resolving the Darfur conflict; and resolution of security and land rights issues including a [...]
2009-09-24 09:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1086DDR Reintegration Component Faces USD 35 Million Shortfall
[...] Summary: Basil Massey, UNDP Demobilization, Decommissioning and Reintegration (DDR) Program Manager for Sudan told Charge on August 27 that Blue Nile State had completed disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) for more than 5,000 Southern People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers. [...]
2009-09-24 13:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1087Donors, UN, Reject Funding Request for DDR
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a September 10 meeting, donors rejected a written request for operations funding from the Chairperson of the Southern Sudan Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration Commission (SSDDRC),William Deng Deng. The meeting was chaired by Adriaan Verheul, Chief of the Integrat [...]
2009-09-24 14:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1104SE GRATION SEPTEMBER 12 VISIT TO EL FASHER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, SE Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher, Darfur and visited two camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Abu Shouk camp residents told SE Gration that their security and humanitarian needs were not being met. North Darfur Wali (Governor) Osman Kibi [...]
2009-09-29 09:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1135MISSERYIA ORGANIZE TO BLOCK ABYEI BOUNDARY DEMARCATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one thousand members of the Misseryia, an Arabic-speaking nomadic tribe located primarily in South Kordofan State, met October 5 to reject the July 22 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA),which defined the boundaries of Abyei. Conference attendees [...]
2009-10-08 14:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS PINS KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM114DARFUR MEDIATION: WE NEED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BEFORE AN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, George Zechariah, the primary staff assistant to AU-UN Chief Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole, told poloffs that the Mediation needs to secure a framework agreement between the rebels and Government of Sudan (GoS) before the issuance of an ICC indictment against Pr [...]
2009-01-29 15:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM115KENANA, WHITE NILE PROJECT LEAD PLANS TO DEVELOP SUGAR AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, econoff visited Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) and the nascent White Nile Sugar Project, the center of government plans to turn sugar into a strategic industry and propel economic growth in White Nile State. Built in the 1970s, Kenana stumbled upon opening but hit i [...]
2009-01-30 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM116DARFUR REMAINS TENSE AND JEM IS ON THE MOVE - BUT TO
[...] (SBU) The North Darfur capital of El Fasher was quiet on January 29 and 30, with no bombing reported. According to several sources, GOS security forces had somewhat reduced their presence in the North Darfur capital. No estimates of casualties from fighting earlier in the week (neither in Muh [...]
2009-01-30 13:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1174ABYEI DEMARCATION COMMITTEE DELAYED, SEEKS INTERVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 9 letter to Riek Machar (SPLM),Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),three members of the Abyei Boundary Demarcation Committee state that the committee is seriously hampered by political interference, security concerns, and lack of equipment. [...]
2009-10-18 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS PINS KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1182GOVERNOR AGAR STRIKES PESSIMISTIC TONE IN MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with members of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),Malik Agar (SPLM),Governor of Blue Nile State, said that increasing numbers of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the continued presence of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) in his state raise security co [...]
2009-10-20 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1190JOINT DEFENSE BOARD HAS NOT YET ORDERED JIUS TO INTEGRATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, members of the Three Areas Working Group of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met the commanders of the Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) in Kurmuk, Blue Nile State. In separate meetings, the commanders of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Suda [...]
2009-10-22 11:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MCAP AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1198POPULAR CONSULTATIONS CRUCIAL, WITH OR WITHOUT ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) held a conference from October 15-18 in Kurmuk, Blue Nile State, to brain-storm about the form and function of popular consultations. The latter are called for by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to "ascertain the v [...]
2009-10-25 15:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1234CDA DISCUSSES ABYEI WITH DIRDIRI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, CDA Whitehead discussed developments in the Abyei special administrative district with Ambassador Al Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed (NCP),the Government of Sudan's (GoS) Abyei point-person. Dirdiri said that the migration of Misseriya tribes-people into Abyei this year c [...]
2009-11-03 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM125UNAMID STAYS IN MUHAJARRIYA AS BOMBING AND FIGHTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, UNAMID's Deputy Joint Special Representative General Henry Anyidoho informed Embassy Khartoum that UNAMID will remain in Muhajarriya "at the determination of the Secretary General," despite GOS bombing of JEM rebel positions around the area the same day and in spi [...]
2009-02-02 09:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1261WILL THE GOS REVIVE THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) civil society forum may soon be revived pending approval from the Presidency, SPI Chief Drafter and University of Khartoum Professor Attayeb Hajj Atia told poloff in a meeting on October 26. Revival of long-dormant forum, which in the past prod [...]
2009-11-08 06:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM13MAIDOB REBELS KILLED IN JEM INFIGHTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dozens of Maidob fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) were killed and many more injured at the hands of their Zaghawa counterparts in clashes in Eastern Chad on January 1, according to multiple rebel sources. The infighting apparently started when the Maidob prot [...]
2009-01-06 13:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1300ELECTIONS, GRASSROOTS EFFORTS KEY TO DARFUR PEACE, SAYS GOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The biggest obstacle to a political solution of the Darfur conflict is not the rebels' lack of political will, but rather their lack of capacity, the GOS lead negotiator to the Doha talks told CDA and S/USSES Peace and Security Team in a meeting on November 16. Dr. Amin Hassan Om [...]
2009-11-17 13:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM133SUDANESE WOMEN SET AGENDA FOR PEACE IN DARFUR
[...] (U) The second African Women's Consultation on Darfur took place in Addis Ababa from January 5-7, 2009. The conference was organized by Femmes Africa Solidarite (FAS),supported by the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and the Norwegian Government, and led by former President [...]
2009-02-03 05:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM134UNAMID PROPOSES SAFE ZONE IN MUHAJARRIYA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement has taken four defensive positions outside of Muhajarriya, while the GoS vows a large-scale attack on JEM in South Darfur. UNAMID will stay in the area, [...]
2009-02-03 06:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM137NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION LEADERS SAY ELECTIONS WILL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chairman Abel Alier and Deputy Chairman Abdalla Abdalla told CDA that the NEC's first priority is to get the Southern Sudan and state electoral high committees up and running so that they can carry out critical electoral work at the state and [...]
2009-02-03 15:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM140 BOMBING CONTINUES AND GOS BLOCKS UNAMID SENIOR LEADERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3, the Government of Sudan blocked senior UNAMID leaders from traveling to Muhajarriya - a move that several UNAMID leaders have already interpreted as a violation of UNAMID's Status of Forces Agreement with the GOS. UNAMID sources also reported that the Sudanese Ar [...]
2009-02-03 16:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM142UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 29 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,540, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID senior staff agree that the deployment goal is impossible to secure by Mabch 31. In fact, UNAMID's shipping pipeline may be empty wi [...]
2009-02-04 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM152MUHAJARRIYA UPDATE - FEBRUARY 4
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID reported that the GOS had "moved in and taken control" of Muhajarriya as of 15:40 on February 4. Sudan National Radio made a similar announcement late the same day. Although the GOS appears to have reduced the number of aerial bombings compared to February 3, Sudanese Ar [...]
2009-02-04 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM153SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMISE TO ISSUE PUBLIC DECLARATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley, Shura Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur, Dajo and Birgit tribes expressed a willingness to issue a public declaration of the intent of the Darfurian people to pursue peace negotiations with the [...]
2009-02-04 15:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM154MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE GOSS REJECTS THE CENSUS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan census results are expected to be publicly released in February after endorsement by the Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidency, and the USG must be prepared for the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to reject the esults. The GoSS has several justifications for a [...]
2009-02-04 15:58:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM163DARFUR: JEM HEADS NORTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: JEM has fled Muhajarriya and appears to be heading north, according to UNAMID and GOS sources. UNDSS contacts told poloff that they now have unconfirmed reports of fighting between JEM and the GOS near Shangil Tobaya. Although the UNAMID Team Site did report receiving indirec [...]
2009-02-05 15:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM166WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) has been given a headquarters and some funding, but no mandate or support from GOS officials to implement its recommendations, Chairman of the SPI Drafting Committee Professor Atayeb Hajj Attia told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on February 5. Whi [...]
2009-02-05 15:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM168DARFUR: JEM HEADS NORTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: JEM has fled Muhajarriya and appears to be heading north, according to UNAMID and GOS sources. UNDSS contacts told poloff that they now have unconfirmed reports of fighting between JEM and the GOS near Shangil Tobaya. Although the UNAMID Team Site did report receiving indirec [...]
2009-02-05 16:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM18240th AEC Plenary: Legislation, Census, Abyei, and Foreign
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) 40th plenary session on February 3, the NCP and SPLM provided status reports on pending CPA-related legislation (notably the southern referendum law),and plans to announce census results by the end of February. The SPLM refused [...]
2009-02-09 11:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM187DARFURI CIVIL SOCIETY AND FORMER REGIME OFFICIALS PUSH FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley and CDA Fernandez, Darfuri civil society leaders and retired government officials pressed for greater U.S. diplomatic involvement in engaging directly with the GOS to solve the Darfur crisis. With Darfuris fed up that [...]
2009-02-10 08:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM191UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, FEBRUARY 10
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 5 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,547, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. DPKO is pressing UNAMID to facilitate the deployment of an Ethiopian attack helicopter company a soon as possible, but construction of adeq [...]
2009-02-10 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM194DARFUR ROUNDUP: SLA/MM CLASHES WITH TRIBESMEN IN NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out between the inhabitants of Wadaa in North Darfur and the forces of Minni Minnawi who were returning to the area on February 7 and 10, according to several sources. The local tribesmen were reportedly fed up with SLA/MM and attempted to prevent them from re-occup [...]
2009-02-11 12:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM2EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF PRO-GOVERNMENT DAILY CONTENDS U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 30, 2008, the Public Affairs Officer and Information Assistant visited, "Sudan Vision" Editor-in-Chief and former International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) participant Saif Adeen Elbashir Ahmed Hassan. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss an upcoming PAS [...]
2009-01-02 06:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM208FUR SHURA COUNCIL PROPOSAL TO UNITE DARFURIANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Abdul Wahid has cemented his role as leader of the Fur through his close contacts with the popularly-elected IDP camp sheiks, members of the Fur Shura Council told poloffs on February 8. The camp sheikhs have gained power at the expense of the traditional tribal leaders, they sai [...]
2009-02-17 04:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM209COMMUNIST PARTY HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: "I DON'T REPRESENT THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 16 telephone call, renowned human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman told poloff he is attending the Doha negotiations as a parliamentary observer from the Sudanese Communist Party, and stressed that he is not entitled by the Fur people to participate in negotiations [...]
2009-02-17 04:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM21AEC PLENARY - ABYEI UPDATE FROM UNMIS FORCE COMMANDER
[...] (SBU) During the first Assessment and Evaluation Plenary session of 2009, UNMIS Force Commander Brigadier General Thapa provided an update on the situation in Abyei. He said the ceasefire per the July Abyei Roadmap has held, with the exception of the December 12 shooting incident in the Abyei [...]
2009-01-07 11:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM210USAID PARTNER STAFF EXPELLED FROM SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Last week the Country Director for USAID implementing partner PADCO-AECOM was given 48 hours to leave Sudan by the Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC). The order was in direct response to a discussion between the Charg d'Affaires and the HAC Commissioner at the Hi [...]
2009-02-17 05:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM211DARFUR'S NOMADS REQUEST DEVELOPMENT AID AND CHANCE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 15, the Nomads Development Council (NDC) led by Abdalla Safi Al-Nur told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's nomads (the majority of which are Arab, although the non-Arab Zaghawa are also nomadic) are misunderstood, marginalized, and in need of humanitarian aid and developme [...]
2009-02-17 05:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM217WHILE ABYEI TEETERS ON THE EDGE, COMPLEX BUDGETIING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over eight months after the June 8 Roadmap Agreement was signed, the Abyei Interim Administration remains stymied by a critical lack of funding. GoS officials described complex and confusing financing procedures, and blame the AIA for failing to take the steps necessary for mo [...]
2009-02-18 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM218SUDAN RESPONSE: EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL ABUSE AND
[...] (SBU) UNAMID requires all military personnel, civilian employees and UN Volunteers to undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. John Alstrom, UNAMID Chief of Staff, and Wayne Hyde, head of the UNAMID Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU),said that UNAMID's 1 [...]
2009-02-18 14:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM219TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES POSE CHALLENGE TO DISARMAMENT,
[...] Summary: On February 16, Sudan's National DDR Coordinating Council hosted a donor conference in Juba to discuss the latest developments in their efforts to reduce SAF and SPLA forces, and to encourage donors to provide additional funds to support the reintegration of former soldiers into civili [...]
2009-02-19 05:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM22CORRECTED COPY - AEC PLENARY - ABYEI UPDATE FROM UNMIS
[...] (SBU) During the first Assessment and Evaluation Plenary session of 2009, UNMIS Force Commander Brigadier General Thapa provided an update on the situation in Abyei. He said the ceasefire per the June 8 Abyei Roadmap has held, with the exception of the December 12 shooting incident in the Abye [...]
2009-01-07 12:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM220DARFUR UPDATE: REPORTS OF SAF BOMBING, GROUND ATTACKS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The SAF has been bombing the SLA/Abdul Wahid-held area of Kutur in East Jebel Marra beginning at 07:00 on February 18, an SLA/AW commander told poloff. He stated that the bombing has resulted in six civilian deaths and the destruction of many homes and livestock. GOS paramilitar [...]
2009-02-19 06:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM223ANNOUNCEMENT OF CENSUS RESULTS TO BE DELAYED AT LEAST UNTIL
[...] (SBU) On 16 February the Fifth Population Census of Sudan Technical Working Group (TWG) met in Khartoum to review the national census priority results and make a decision on whether the results should be forwarded to the National Population Census Council (NPCC). At the meeting, the Central Bu [...]
2009-02-20 08:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM225USAID PARTNER ASSETS SEIZED IN SUDAN
[...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) proceeded on February 18 with a summary seizure of assets used by USAID implementing partners PADCO-AECOM and International Rescue Committee (IRC). These seizures are the latest in a continuing pattern of intimidation and disrup [...]
2009-02-20 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM227UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 17 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,611, or 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID is preparing for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit and believes it has sufficient authorization from the GOS to begin contr [...]
2009-02-21 11:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM230SPLM NEGOTIATOR ARMAN ON DOHA DARFUR TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Doha talks participant Yasser Arman, the GNU-JEM &Goodwill Agreement8 reached there potentially could re-energize the political process in Darfur, if it is enforced and if Sudan,s neighbors and other rebel factions can be engaged, but the behavior of JEM in the talk [...]
2009-02-22 10:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU QA
09KHARTOUM233SPLA AFFAIRS MINISTER SAYS RENEWED CONFLICT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with ConGen staff on February 17, Nhial Deng Nhial, the newly installed Minister for SPLA Affairs, termed renewed conflict with the North &nearly inevitable,8 emphasized the need to disarm local civilian populations in the South in order to put a stop to increasing [...]
2009-02-22 10:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM234NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION STILL AIMS FOR ELECTIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-22 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM238Ed Daein Humanitarian Update
[...] During February 1-3 a joint USAID assessment team comprised of representatives from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and the USAID Mission Program Office visited Ed Daein, South Darfur. The team monitored USAID/OFDA-funded programs and assessed the humanitarian [...]
2009-02-22 14:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM240NCP-SPLM DISAGREEMENT ON KEY LEGISLATION PREVENTS NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to GNU State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol (SPLM) the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) are discussing eleven pieces of outstanding CPA-related legislation. While the two parties have agreed upon several of the draft [...]
2009-02-23 06:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM245DARFUR ROUNDUP: JEM CLASHES WITH SLA/MM AND SAF; SKEPTICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez on February 22 that despite its public statements, the NCP recognizes that little was achieved at the recent talks in Doha, and that no agreement to which JEM is the only party will bring peace to Darfur. Siddiq also accused JEM of desta [...]
2009-02-23 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM246FEBRUARY 18 UNAMID-AU-GOS TRIPARTITE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union, United Nations, and the GoS discussed deployment of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) at a February 18 tripartite meeting in Khartoum. The parties discussed visa delays, railroad and police vehicle maintenance, and made oblique but r [...]
2009-02-23 14:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM250FIGHTING ERUPTS IN MALAKAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Calm is slowly returning to Malakal following a multi-hour firefight in the center of the state capital provoked by Gabriel Tanginiya's return to the South. The SAF-aligned militia commander was directly responsible for the bloody 2006 confrontation between the SAF and SPLA in M [...]
2009-02-24 11:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM255DEVELOPMENT, AND NOT JUST EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, IS NEEDED
[...] (SBU) On February 23, Ibrahim Musa Madibbo, Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority's Rehabilitation and Resettlement Commission, presented his institution's work to CDA Fernandez. The stack of books in Arabic included: a study documenting the root causes of the conflict in Dar [...]
2009-02-24 13:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM256TURABI STILL IN JAIL; PCP CONTINUES TO BE HARASSED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite a number of pleas to local and international audiences by the Popular Congress Party (PCP),the organization's leader, Hassan al-Turabi, remains imprisoned by the Sudanese regime. Formerly a leading member of the Sudanese regime that came to power in 1989, Turabi's arrest [...]
2009-02-24 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM260UN DONOR PRINCIPALS' MEETING, FEBRUARY 24
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 24 meeting, UN Humanitarian officials told donor principals that contingency planning for the March 4 ICC announcement has not detracted from humanitarian operations, and that they plan to continue working. In Darfur, access to Muhajeriya and surrounding areas has i [...]
2009-02-25 10:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM262MALAKAL TENSIONS PERSIST AFTER TANGINIYA DEPARTS
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Erstwhile SSDF Commander and current SAF Major General Gabriel Tanginiya returned to Khartoum February 24 following his evacuation from Malakal via a chartered Antanov flight. GOSS Vice President Riek Machar, who arrived in [...]
2009-02-25 12:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM264SPLM LEADERSHIP IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS IN FLUX
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a decisive and long-overdue move, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Council of Southern Kordofan voted to oust Deputy Governor Daniel Kodi from his position of SPLM State Chairman. The vote of no-confidence in Kodi as the SPLM's lead-man in the Nuba Mountains is [...]
2009-02-25 13:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM265GOS-JEM "DETAINEE EXCHANGE" A ONE-SIDED AFFAIR
[...] (SBU) As a "goodwill gesture" to the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) following the Doha talks, the GOS released 24 detainees on February 22 who it claimed were members of JEM. JEM Spokesman Ahmed Hussein was unable to immediately confirm if the detainees - whose names were published [...]
2009-02-25 13:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM273JEM RETREATS TOWARDS CHAD
[...] (SBU) Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels have retreated towards Chad, according to according to UNAMID and GOS sources. A source at UNAMID told poloff on February 26 that approximately 60 vehicles crossed into Chadian territory on February 24 carrying wounded fighters, and were headed t [...]
2009-02-26 13:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM278JIU DISARMAMENT IN UPPER NILE STATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 13:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM297DARFUR CALM BUT TENSE AHEAD OF MARCH 4 ICC ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur is calm but tense ahead of the March 4 ICC announcement. Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) leaders are actively warning IDPs against engaging in any public celebrations in response to the expected ICC indictment of President Bashir. At the same time, they express confid [...]
2009-03-03 14:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM299IN ADVANCE OF ICC DECISION, GOS KEEPS PRESSURE ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) On March 1, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Khartoum told representatives of CHF International,EedeCans S`ns FrontIeres%Net`erlands (MSF/H),Solidarites, CARE International, MSF/France (MSF/F),and OXFAM International that, for security reasons [...]
2009-03-04 07:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM3"NEW SUDAN" WAS A MYTH, SAYS SOUTHERN OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Garang Vision of a "New Sudan" is a myth, and any Southern leaders who think otherwise are simply deluding themselves because Arab resistance to Southern governance is simply insurmountable, veteran Southern independence figure Peter Sule told poloffs on December 23. Sule als [...]
2009-01-02 07:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM301AU STILL LABORING OVER DARFUR JUSTICE, BUT EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union is capable of investigating crimes in Darfur, but by supporting the ICC, the international community is endangering the pursuit of peace and justice in the troubled Sudanese region, according to the acting director of the AU Darfur portfolio and senior JMST advi [...]
2009-03-04 09:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM306SUDAN RESPONDS TO ICC WARRANT BY EJECTING NGOs
[...] (SBU) Summary: Immediately following the ICC's announcement of the arrest warrant for President Bashir on March 4, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) ordered 10 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to depart Sudan within 24 hours. At least three addition [...]
2009-03-05 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM307GOSS MINISTER BENJAMIN ASSURES SAFETY OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 5th meeting with the international community in Juba, GOSS Minister for Regional Cooperation Barnabas Benjamin assured the international community that the GOSS has taken multiple steps to ensure their safety in the face of ICC indictments of GNU President Omar al Bash [...]
2009-03-06 13:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINS ECON KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM308MFA AND UN BRIEF DONORS ON NGO EXPULSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 5 MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq briefed diplomatic Chiefs of Mission on the expulsions of NGOs, claiming that the organizations had exceeded their mandates and therefore had been asked to leave Sudan. Siddiq acknowledged that "we are also concerned about gaps left by these org [...]
2009-03-06 13:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM309GENERALLY CALM REACTIONS TO ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Immediately following the March 4 announcement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Emboffs reached out to a range of contacts for a sampling of reactions. Most evin [...]
2009-03-06 14:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPKO KDEM KAWC UNSC ASEC
09KHARTOUM310UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, MARCH 4, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of March 3, 2009, the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,939, or 66.16 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID continues to prepare for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit, welcoming an Ethiopian officer assigned to facilitate the [...]
2009-03-07 10:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM311ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE NGO EXPULSION AMIDST CONTINUED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The impact of the expulsion of more than 13 NGOs from Sudan(ten international expelled and three domestic NGOs dissolved) is only beginning to be felt, and the NGO staff report considerable harassment from the GOS Humanitarian Affairs Commision (HAC) as they attempt to organize [...]
2009-03-07 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM312NCP HAS NO INTENTION OF FUNDING ABYEI, WARNS GOSS OFFICIAL
[...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez, AEC Chairman Plumbly and the Dutch Ambassador met with GOSS Minister of Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng on March 5 in Khartoum to review the current state of play in the sensitive border area of Abyei and to compare notes on the state of the National Congress Party (NC [...]
2009-03-07 12:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM313NCP SHOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY ON NGO EXPULSIONS, BUT THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez delivered cleared talking points to senior GNU regime and NCP officials March 7 regarding the expulsion of NGOs from Sudan. The NCP stuck to its hard line that "the expulsions are not reversible" but showed some flexibility on the question of a prolonged departure [...]
2009-03-07 13:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM315HOARSE BASHIR KICKS OFF DAYS OF ANTI-ICC, ANTI-WESTERN
[...] (U) On March 5, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, now a wanted ICC indictee, kicked off the first of a series of popular demonstrations aimed at solidifying support for the regime and for the President personally. While the rhetoric has often been incendiary, the rallies have so far been peac [...]
2009-03-08 08:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM318UN TRIES TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AS NGO EMERGENCY CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) The crisis resulting from Sudan's March 4 decision to expel 13 major Western NGOs (and dissolve 3 Sudanese NGOs) continued on March 8 as regional players, western embassies, the UN, and the SPLM urged a reluctant and publicly defiant Bashir regime to relent. President Bashir denounced the [...]
2009-03-08 13:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM321NGO EXPULSIONS FURTHER DAMAGE SPLM-NCP RELATIONS
[...] (C) The government's decision to expel 13 INGOs (and dissolve 3 local NGOs) from operating in Sudan has not just damaged the regime's relations with the West, it has also damaged the ruling party's relations with the SPLM, which was not consulted at all about the decision, according to SPLM De [...]
2009-03-08 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM323EXPELLED NGOS MEET WITH USAID AND EMBASSY STAFF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 8, the expatriate staff from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) met with CDA Fernandez, Emboffs, and USAID staff in Khartoum. NGOs provided a summary of GOS harassment, program close-out and ongoing bureaucratic issues to date following the GOS order for the [...]
2009-03-09 13:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM324BASHIR DEFIANT AS IDPs PREDICT CRISIS IN THE CAMPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As authorities press ahead with the decision to expel NGOs from Darfur, a defiant Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir addressed a rally in El Fasher on March 8. In addition to accusing the U.S. of killing "millions" of Muslims, he denounced both the ICC and NGO workers as "agents [...]
2009-03-09 15:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM325GOS HARASSMENT OF EXPELLED NGO STAFF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings at the UN and at USAID, NGO officials outlined a systematic campaign by the Government of Sudan to seize assets and harass staff of the NGOs expelled in the wake of the ICC announcement on March 4. Post will continue to protest the harassment of NGOs and Amcits to G [...]
2009-03-09 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM328GOSS MINISTER BENJAMIN SAYS EGYPT WILL RECOGNIZE AN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 5th meeting with the international community in Juba, Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Minister for Regional Cooperation (the GOSS' de facto foreign ministry) Barnabas Benjamin gave a briefing on his latest tour of regional capitals on behalf of the GOSS. His top acco [...]
2009-03-10 15:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC SU EG CF UG RU
09KHARTOUM32941ST AEC PLENARY DISCUSSES MALAKAL INCIDENT, ELECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At its 41st Plenary meeting on March 2, the Assessment and Evaluation Committee's (AEC) discussion of the February 24-26 fighting in Malakal that killed 57 and wounded 68 focused primarily on the continuing inadequacies of the Joint Integrated Units. The Parties reported some pro [...]
2009-03-11 02:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM332NGO EXPULSION WILL HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. An initial assessment shows that the expulsion of NGOs will have a direct, negative impact on the key priority of the CPA to promote peace and stability in the volatile "Three Areas" bordering North and South Sudan. The expulsions resulted in major cuts in three types of progra [...]
2009-03-11 12:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM334SUGGESTED DONOR RESPONSE TO THE NGO EXPULSIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The US Embassy and other donor missions in Khartoum continue to work closely with the UN Mission in Khartoum to assess the impact of the NGO expulsions and examine possible responses. Today the UN began a one-week joint fi [...]
2009-03-11 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM339GOS SOFTENS TONE TOWARD NGOs, BUT CONTINUES TO PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a March 10 meeting, GOS Humanitarian Assistance Commission (HAC) Secretary General Ahmed Adam promised to treat NGOs better during program closures. Adam said that Sudanese police will no longer be involved in close-out procedures, and that HAC will no longer restrict NG [...]
2009-03-12 12:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM342MARCH 12 NGO STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The unlawful expulsion of the 13 INGOs on March 5 has exposed the absence of any legal framework to govern humanitarian activity and left remaining INGOs hostage to the political whims of the GOS, members of the NGO Steering Committee told Donor Ambassadors on March 12. This lack [...]
2009-03-12 14:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM343SUDANESE JIHADIST RHETORIC HEATS UP, THEN COOLS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There has been a significant rise in public anti-Western rhetoric from both regime figures and extremist groups since the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Whether the remarks are a start of a re [...]
2009-03-12 14:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM344UPDATE FROM DARFUR - KIDNAPPINGS, ATTEMPTED UNAMID
[...] Summary: The GOS has "lit a slow-burning fuse" in denying key international NGOs access, and IDPs remain convinced that GOS authorities purposefully intend to reduce humanitarian coverage in Darfur, sources in UNAMID and among IDPs indicate. IDPs queued and drained water reserves in camps this [...]
2009-03-12 14:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM347UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, MARCH 12, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Construction is slated to begin shortly on the facilities necessary for the May arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopters, but the GOS has yet to convey its approval of their arrival to UNAMID. Nepalese authorities have scheduled an official UNAMID pre-deployment visit in May, [...]
2009-03-13 13:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM357NCP PASSES A PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE INGO
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament Atem Garang (SPLM) on March 13th to discuss the March 12th emergency session of the Parliament, as well as gather his views on national elections. Garang informed poloff that during the Parliamentary session, the National Congress [...]
2009-03-16 04:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM358EXPAT FUR INTELLECTUAL URGES ROOM FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Darfuris can solve the crisis in their homeland if the international community presses the GOS to allow Darfuri civil society to operate there, according to Dr. El Tigani Sesei, one of Darfur's preeminent expatriate intellectuals. El Tigani characterized Abdul Wahid as "catastro [...]
2009-03-16 12:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM365BASHIR CONTINUES TIRADE AGAINST THE WEST AND PROMISES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a fiery speech March 16, President Bashir announced that all international aid organizations would be forced to leave Sudan within a year. For now, moderate NCP officials appear to be backing the President, and we have heard a surprising number of moderate NCP official say th [...]
2009-03-16 15:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM367GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...]
2009-03-16 17:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM371GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...]
2009-03-17 07:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM372SLA/UNITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH GOS IN DOHA
[...] (SBU) Summary: SLA/Unity and four smaller Darfur rebel factions have agreed to attend negotiations with the GOS in Doha, signing a deal in Tripoli on March 15 with Qatari FM Ali Mahmoud looking on. Talks in Doha with the "Unity Plus" group should begin in two weeks, as Joint Mediator Djibril Ba [...]
2009-03-17 09:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM375MALAKAL REMAINS UNSTABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to UN and JIU sources, the situation in Malakal (Upper Nile State, southern Sudan) is still very unpredictable, and the recent attacks on the Muerle community in Pibor have contributed to the splintering of the Malakal SAF JIU. The latter has now split into four faction [...]
2009-03-17 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM377UN, DONORS, NGOS SCRAMBLE TO KEEP UP WITH SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (D/SRSG) Ameerah Haq and members of the INGO Steering Committee (INGO-SC) briefed donors over the past two days on the status of INGO expulsions and efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This wa [...]
2009-03-18 06:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM382ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR BASHIR IS A GAME-CHANGER FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir will certainly have a bearing on the process of democratic transformation in Sudan, and the national elections in particular. As a result, the USG needs to be prepared politically [...]
2009-03-18 13:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM383TWIN CRISES IN DARFUR'S ZAM ZAM IDP CAMP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over 36,000 new arrivals in Zam Zam IDP camp are living in extremely precarious conditions, with little or no access to water, food, health care, shelter, or education, according to what IDPs told CDA Fernandez and Embassy staff on a March 16 visit to Zam Zam. Several persons who [...]
2009-03-18 15:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM384EMBASSY RAISES WITH MFA AMCIT HARASSMENT AND CHILDREN'S
[...] (SBU) On March 18, DCM Asquino and conoff met with Ambassador Ahmed El Tijani, Director General of the Aliens and Borders Department and members of his staff. The Mission requested the meeting, which took the MFA eight days to arrange, to discuss the harassment by Government of Sudan (GOS) off [...]
2009-03-18 16:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM386SPLM LEADERS TRY TO PROTECT AID TO THREE AREAS
[...] Summary. Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Riek Machar, and SPLM representatives from Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states and the Abyei Administration traveled to Khartoum on March 15 to participate in a meeting with Government of National Unity (GNU) Vice President [...]
2009-03-19 09:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM390EMBASSY TRIP TO EL FASHER MARCH 15-17
[...] (SBU) Summary: The expulsion of 13 INGOs has led to a deterioration of services in IDP camps that local NGOs have neither the capacity nor inclination to fill, representatives of Al Salaam, Abu Shouk and Zam Zam (reftel) IDP Camps told CDA Fernandez on a March 15-17 trip to El Fasher. They also [...]
2009-03-19 14:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM393NEC OFFICIAL SUPPORTS STAGGERED ELECTIONS, SHUNS A
[...] Summary: One of the nine National Electoral Commission (NEC) members, Mukhtar Assam, stated that the NEC would very soon inform the GNU that full-scale elections by the CPA-intended elections date of July are not technically feasible. Assam said that elections in November-December 2009 or Jan [...]
2009-03-20 10:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM400SPLM INSIDER ON SNAP ELECTIONS, CPA IMPLEMENTATION, AND
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with ConGen Juba on March 19, GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng indicated that the SPLM would boycott any snap national Presidential elections intended to legitimize GNU President Omar al Bashir [...]
2009-03-22 11:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM405COMBATTING THE MENINGITIS OUTBREAK IN DARFUR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. As international donors and humanitarian agencies continue to seek ways to address the humanitarian gaps created by the Sudanese government's March 4 and 5 expulsions of 13 international organizations and dissolution of three Sudanese organizations, cases of meningitis are increasi [...]
2009-03-23 06:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM408PRESIDENT BASHIR RETHINKING ATTENDANCE AT ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (SBU) The GoS appears to be setting the stage for President Bashir to gracefully withdraw his participation at the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha. Bashir earlier had stated publically that he planned to attend. However, pro-government press recently has been filled with commentary, urgi [...]
2009-03-23 08:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU QA
09KHARTOUM409UN AND DONORS MEET ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN
[...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 20, in a specially called meeting, UN humanitarian officials briefed donor principals on the current situation and UN efforts to facilitate addressing the humanitarian gaps and current crisis fueled by the Government of National Unity's (GNU) expulsion of 13 interna [...]
2009-03-23 09:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM410SUSPICIOUS SOUTH DARFUR IDPS CONVINCED OF GOS PLAN TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most contentious political issue in South Darfur remains the presence of 90,000 plus residents in Kalma camp. Suspicious tribal leaders and IDP representatives speaking with poloff in Nyala expressed fear that the GOS intends to evacuate the camp to force its residents back [...]
2009-03-23 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM414UN DUCKS TOUGH QUESTIONS ON SUDANESE ELECTIONS
[...] Summary: During the first Electoral Assistance Group (EAG) meeting after the ICC's March 4 arrest warrant for Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir, the UN spoke at length about meager and unimpressive electoral preparations made by the National Electoral Commission (NEC),but [...]
2009-03-23 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM418KALMA IDP LEADERS CONTINUE TO REFUSE HUMANTIARIAN SERVICES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Humanitarian efforts in volatile Kalma IDP camp have ground to a halt as IDP leaders there have responded to the INGO expulsions by rebuffing UN efforts since March 21 to resume services. Unrealistically demanding the return of the expelled NGOs, along with refusing any Sudanese [...]
2009-03-24 14:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM420SUDANESE CIVIL SOCIETY DETERMINED TO STAY IN THE FIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Key independent civil society actors, who have been implementing USG-supported civic and voter education and human rights activities in northern Sudan, affirmed that they are committed to stay in the fight to maintain space for civic participation. They intend to do so despite [...]
2009-03-25 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM421THE UN UNVEILS THE RESULTS OF THE JOINT UN-GNU ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 24, the UN released a statement on the joint UN-Government of National Unity (GNU) assessment of humanitarian needs in Darfur following the early March expulsions of non-governmental organizations (NGO). According to the UN, the expulsions resulted in significant [...]
2009-03-25 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM425SOUTH DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE, MARCH 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudanese authorities have arrested three men in connection with the March 17 ambush and killing of one Nigerian UNAMID peacekeeper in Nyala. A spate of daylight attacks within the city has alarmed UN security, while at the same time it copes with reduced visibility in the resti [...]
2009-03-26 05:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM427ANGRY NCP "MODERATE" SIGNALS AN UNBENDING REGIME:
[...] (C) Summary: In a contentious meeting with CDA on March 26, the usually moderate NCP former General Yahia Babiker dismissed US policy in Sudan as "not wise" and accused the U.S. of giving his country nothing substantive in exchange for the NCP's years of bilateral cooperation on the CPA and an [...]
2009-03-26 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM428ADDING INSULT TO INJURY - GNU DEMANDS EXORBITANT SEVERANCE
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 22, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Labor issued a "ministerial decree," arguing that expelled non-governmental organizations (NGOs) had infringed on laws and regulations regarding the humanitarian work in Sudan (an accusation used by the Humani [...]
2009-03-26 15:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM429SEARCHING FOR "TRACK THREE" ON DARFUR HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) This is an action message, please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for Humanitarian Affairs Ameerah Haq met with a core group of major donors on late on March 25 to inaugurate a weekly ad hoc coordination mechanism in Khartoum between [...]
2009-03-26 15:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM436 THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 23-24, U.S. Embassy and USAID staff met with staff from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in El Fasher and attended the state-level Interagency Management Group (IAMG) meeting in North Darfur chaired by OCHA to discuss the current s [...]
2009-03-30 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM439ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR TRAVELS TO KHARTOUM TO RESOLVE FUNDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Abyei Administrator Arop Mayok is in Khartoum to try to secure the release of GNU revenues for his Administration. The annual Misseriya cattle migration has gone fairly smoothly, but both the Dinka and Misseriya continue to be worried about security as they remain respectively [...]
2009-03-30 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM440GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN TURNS UP THE HEAT ON INGO SEVERANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As expelled non-governmental organizations (NGOs) continue to close-out Sudan programs, the Government of National Unity (GNU) continues to harass and intimidate the already traumatized humanitarian staff remaining in Khartoum. According to information from several meetings bet [...]
2009-03-30 14:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM446UNMIS FEARS FOR THE STABILITY OF SOUTH SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 27 with ConGen Juba, Lise Grande, UNMIS Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, expressed the view that the recent tribal fighting in Pibor County in Jonglei State and the "Wounded Soldiers" protests over back pay that shut down major trade corridors t [...]
2009-03-31 12:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EFIN SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM447UNAMID REPORTS 2008 DARFUR CASUALTY FIGURES, PROPOSES NEXT
[...] (SBU) There were 1,540 total violence-related deaths in Darfur in 2008, including those related to banditry, and 640 of these deaths were the result of Arab-Arab inter-tribal violence, according to UNAMID polchief Abdul Mohammed. Mohammed told polchief on March 31 that UNAMID will soon release [...]
2009-03-31 12:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM449UNAMID UPDATE, MARCH 31
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID is preparing for Nepalese contingent-owned equipment (COE) to arrive in Sudan. The COE will get here before the contingent of Nepalese troops, which UNAMID is pushing to be on the ground by July 2009. In April and May, an Egyptian battalion will deploy to two camps in t [...]
2009-03-31 13:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM451USAID EXPLORES NEW APPROACH FOR GOS-USAID COOPERATION IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 26, USAID Mission Director and USAID Legal Advisor met with Government of National Unity (GNU) Undersecretary of the Ministry of International Cooperation (MIC),Elfatih Ali Siddig to resume dialogue between USAID and MIC regarding programs on which the two agencies can c [...]
2009-04-01 08:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KDEM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC
09KHARTOUM466UN AND DONORS MEET TO DISCUSS TRACK 3 AND NEW ROLES
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On April 1, USAID Mission Director attended, on behalf of the CDA, a small donors- group meeting with Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Ameerah Haq, to discuss UN thinking and planning on Track 3, as well as steps that donors could take to sup [...]
2009-04-02 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM468SE GRATION VISIT BEGINS: MFA'S SIDDIQ SAYS "WE ARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration began his visit to Sudan with a meeting the morning of April 2 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Undersecretary (and NCP insider) Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq expressed the Government of Sudan's willingness to improve U [...]
2009-04-02 17:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM469SE GRATION VISIT: NISS CHIEF GHOSH LOSES HIS COOL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President's Special Envoy Gration met with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director Salah Ghosh on the morning of April 2. Ghosh rejected the possibility of the 13 expelled international NGOs being allowed back into Sudan but when pressed accepted a formula to m [...]
2009-04-02 17:33:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM474Mbeki Meets with Khartoum Dip Corps to Solicit Suggestions
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a Khartoum meeting on April 2, Former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki surprised an unprepared Khartoum diplomatic corps by soliciting suggestions from them on how the African Union might best help resolve the Darfur crisis. The diplomats thought Mbeki had called the ga [...]
2009-04-05 06:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM476ANOTHER MURKY HOSTAGE "CRISIS" UNFOLDS IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) On the evening of April 4, 2009, 10-20 Arabic- speaking men in pick-up trucks invaded the Southwest Darfur compound of a small French NGO, Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI),and abducted two female AMI employees: a French nurse and a Canadian Administrator, and two Sudanese employees who [...]
2009-04-06 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM477SE GRATION MEETS WITH THE UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN
[...] (SBU) On April 2 the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration met Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary General, Ameerah Haq and other UN staff in Khartoum to discuss current humanitarian gaps and UN efforts to mitigate the current crisis here. The latter stems from the Gov [...]
2009-04-07 05:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM478SHURA COUNCIL REITERATES PLEDGE TO UNITE THE FUR, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with SE Gration, Shura ('Consultative') Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur and Birgid tribes expressed frustration with the refusal of leader-in-exile Abdul Wahid to participate in peace talks. They posited that the Fur could instead be represented [...]
2009-04-07 06:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM481RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE GRATION IN JEBEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]
2009-04-08 06:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM482UNAMID PEACEKEEPERS NEED A PEACE TO KEEP, JSR ADADA TELLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID, the joint AU/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, "needs a peace to keep," Joint Special Representative (JSR) Adada told Presidential Special Envoy Gration in a meeting at UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur on April 4. UNAMID has now deployed 67 percent of its [...]
2009-04-08 06:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM484BASSOLE SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN KEEPING THE DOHA TALKS ALIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN/AU Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole noted that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) refused further dialogue with the Government of Sudan (GoS) because of the INGO expulsion, and proposed that JEM might participate in the Doha talks if the opportunity to discuss humanit [...]
2009-04-09 07:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM485SE GRATION VISIT: NCP PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHOWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan, General Gration, met with GOS Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail at National Congress Party Headquarters on April 8, 2009. Proclaiming that Sudan is willing to make a deal, Ismail hinted that the NCP would likely offer SE Gration som [...]
2009-04-09 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM486CORRECTED COPY: UNAMID PEACEKEEPERS NEED A PEACE TO KEEP,
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID, the joint AU/UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, "needs a peace to keep," Joint Special Representative (JSR) Adada told Presidential Special Envoy Gration in a meeting at UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur on April 4. UNAMID has now deployed 67 percent of its [...]
2009-04-09 10:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM487CORRECTED COPY: RECLUSIVE SLA/AW COMMANDERS WELCOME SE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 5 rebel commanders from SLA/Abdul Wahid and an enthusiastic local population warmly welcomed Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and his delegation to Darfur's most inaccessible area, the mountainous rebel enclave of Jebel Marra. Praising the US and hoping for stron [...]
2009-04-09 10:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM489SLA/AW REBEL COMMANDERS' LETTER TO POTUS
[...] (SBU) During the visit of Special Envoy Gration to Deribat, Jebel Marra on April 5, 2009 (reftel),senior commanders in the Sudan Liberation Movement/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) submitted a hand-written letter in Arabic to President Barack Obama. 2. (SBU) The translated text of the letter is as fol [...]
2009-04-09 11:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM49TURABI ARRESTED AFTER CALLING BASHIR "CULPABLE" FOR DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Hassan Abdalla al-Turabi, a founding father of the current Sudanese regime but now the leader of the opposition Peoples' Congress Party (PCP) and bitter opponent to the regime, was arrested at his home on the evening of January 14, following remarks calling on Sudanese Presid [...]
2009-01-15 12:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM500SE GRATION'S VISIT TO ABYEI: INSECURITY, BUDGET, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Abyei and Agok on April 7, SE Gration heard a consistent message from residents and officials, who said that the failure to fully implement the CPA and the Abyei Roadmap left the IDPs in Agok fearful of returning home and dependent on international NGOs for all basic services [...]
2009-04-13 08:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM501SE GRATION MEETING WITH UN RC DAVID GRESSLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator for Southern Sudan told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration that with 20 months left until the 2011 Referendum, the international community, and particularly partners to the CPA, must re-focus their energies on achieving implementation of only t [...]
2009-04-13 08:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MCAPS EFIN EAID ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM506SE GRATION MEETS WITH INGOs WORKING IN THE THREE AREAS
[...] (SBU) On the morning of April 6 in Juba, Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration met with seven INGOs working in the "Three Areas" on the border between northern and northern Sudan. PADCO, Mercy Corps, NDI, IRI, Save the Children and Goal all complained of constant bureaucratic obstac [...]
2009-04-14 05:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO EAID SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM507SE GRATION IN EL FASHER: A PESSIMISTIC MINNAWI, A MYOPIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher on Saturday, April 4, meeting with the Wali of North Darfur, who strongly denied serious humanitarian gaps but still desires bilateral cooperation, telling the delegation "We put our hand in your hand t [...]
2009-04-14 05:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM508SE GRATION MEETING WITH SPLA LEADERSHIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister for SPLA Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial briefed SE Gration on the status of SPLA transformation and the importance of this process for the Southern military to continue to be a credible, and respected, guarantor of the CPA. He underscored SPLM and SPLA willingness to assist [...]
2009-04-14 05:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MCAP KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM51JEM CLASHES WITH SLM/MM IN MUHAJIRIYA, BUT SCALE OF
[...] (SBU) Multiple rebel and UN sources confirmed the fighting between JEM and SLM/Minnawi forces in the Minnawi stronghold of Muhajiriya the morning of January 15 (Ref A),but details remain scarce and the scope of the fighting remains in question. According to UN sources, clashes apparently star [...]
2009-01-15 14:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM510SAF GENERALS USE FIRST MEETING WITH US ENVOY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration held the first high-level USG meeting in recent years with high-ranking SAF officials. The SAF noted its redeployment of forces from the South and integration of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) (as confirmed by UNMIS) while lambastin [...]
2009-04-14 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM511SE GRATION TELLS FM ALOR URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Foreign Minister Deng Alor, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration said that it is urgent to address security, humanitarian, and political problems in Darfur. Gration also promised that the U.S. will offer its full support to good-faith initiatives [...]
2009-04-14 09:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM514SE GRATION'S MEETING WITH MISSERIYA ARAB LEADERS:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Khartoum on April 10, the President's Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration heard Misseriya grievances related to their lack of representation in CPA negotiations and the June 2008 Abyei road map and the likely Misseriya rejection of the results of the ongoing arbitration over [...]
2009-04-14 10:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM523A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR THE SPLM NUBA AS ABDEL AZIZ AL-HELOU
[...] (U) On April 14, Nuba mountains native and respected SPLM national figure Abdel Aziz Al-Helou was sworn in by the President of the Government of National Unity (GNU) as the Deputy Governor for Southern Kordofan State (SKS). Abdel Aziz's appointment to this position comes after the SPLM Nuba ex [...]
2009-04-15 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM524EXECUTION OF FORMER EMBASSY GUARD AND MEMBER OF THE FUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13, 2009, former Embassy guard Adam Ibrahim El-Haj was executed by hanging for conspiracy to commit murder along with eight other members of Khartoum's Fur community. The accused were charged with the September 6 2006 beheading of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Ta [...]
2009-04-15 14:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC APER AMGT PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM535USG-GNU SIGNED IMPLEMENTATION PROTOCOL FOR IFES ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19 CDA Fernandez, Minister of International Cooperation Fidail, Chairman of the National Election Commission Alier, USAID Director Hammink and IFES Country Director Leyraud signed an Implementation Protocol for the Sudan Election Administration Support Program, thus prov [...]
2009-04-21 06:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM536SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH UNMIS SRSG QAZI AND AEC CHAIRMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chairman and former UK Ambassador to Egypt Sir Derek Plumbly and UNMIS Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi told Senator John Kerry that the USG should continue its course of positive engagement and its lev [...]
2009-04-21 07:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM537SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH NGOs
[...] (SBU) During an April 16 meeting with Senator John Kerry, representatives from six major non-governmental organizations (NGOs) conveyed concern regarding continuing gaps in assistance following the NGO expulsions, shrinking humanitarian space, and bureaucratic impediments to program implementa [...]
2009-04-21 08:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM539CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Senator Kerry told Presidential Advisor Nafie that the change of administrations in Washington opens an opportunity for the United States and Sudan to begin a new dialogue, and he identified the provision of humanitarian assistance following the expulsion of 13 NGOs [...]
2009-04-21 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM542MEDIA REACTION: CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO SUDAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The state-influenced Khartoum press corps reacted very positively to the visit of Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, echoing sentiments for better U.S.-Sudanese relations seen after the visit of U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration [...]
2009-04-22 05:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM544UNAMID UPDATE APRIL 21
[...] (SBU) The night of April 19, a fire broke out at UNAMID Headquarters in El Fasher causing millions of dollars worth of damage, UNAMID officials told poloff on April 21. UNAMID Public Information Chief Kemal Saiki told poloff that at approximately 22:30 on April 10, a fire was detected at the UN [...]
2009-04-22 09:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM546CDA'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SALAHEDDIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin welcomed the proposed return visit by Special Envoy Gration and offered to try to reduce tensions with NGOs in Sudan by meeting with them and assuring them of the GoS, readiness to work with them, as long as they do not cross the regime,s red [...]
2009-04-22 10:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM548CODEL KERRY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DENG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, FM Deng Alor welcomed Senator Kerry,s assurances that the United States is anxious to reengage with Sudan and he urged that the U.S. take the lead in seeking a solution to the Darfur conflict. They agreed that a fully-implemented CPA could serve as the foundation fo [...]
2009-04-22 10:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM553SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO DARFUR, APRIL 17, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 17, Senator John F. Kerry and delegation traveled to El Fasher, Darfur for several hours amid much fanfare from local officials. Following an overly ceremonious greeting with dancers representing many of Darfur's tribes, North Darfur's Wali (Governor) Osman Kibir played [...]
2009-04-23 06:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM555UNMIS PRINCIPAL DONOR MEETING - DARFUR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, CDA Fernandez and Embassy staff attended the Donor Principals Meeting at UNMIS to review the humanitarian situation in Darfur following the expulsion of INGOs in March. According to the UN's assessment, gaps in humanitarian service delivery continue but are na [...]
2009-04-23 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM562USG SHOULD EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE OF CONSENSUS ON SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to Government of National Unity (GNU) State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol, there has been minimal progress on legislative reform over the past several months, particularly with regard to the National Security Law and the Southern Sudan Referendum Bill. The sticki [...]
2009-04-26 10:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM565SPLM POLITBURO FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC CRISIS; HOPES THAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidential Advisor Dr. Mansour Khalid (a prominent SPLM northerner) said that the southern Sudan economic crisis was the hot topic at the SPLM's April Political Bureau (PB) Meeting. He noted that an SPLM team is working with the World Bank o [...]
2009-04-27 19:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON ASEC AU KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM571MALIK AGAR PRESSES HARD FOR TRUTH TO BE TOLD IN THREE AREAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Governor of Blue Nile State Malik Agar is fighting for the truth to be reflected in an INGO expulsion report for the Three Areas. According to Malik, the Three Areas joint UN-GOS assessment after the National Congress Party's (NCP's) INGO expulsions on March 4 revealed that ING [...]
2009-04-28 11:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM573ABDEL AZIZ HELOU ON SPLM DARFUR INITIATIVE AND NCP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High-ranking SPLM official Abdel Helou Helou told CDA Fernandez that the SPLM is seeking to unite the Darfur rebel factions, because as long as they remain weak and divided, the NCP will be able to avoid serious peace negotiations. He named security as his chief priority in his [...]
2009-04-28 13:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM577SUDANESE GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE U.S.
[...] (SBU) Following Special Envoy Gration's negotiations with the National Congress Party (NCP) in early April, the Sudanese government appears to have taken several positive steps toward improving the environment for humanitarian operations in Sudan. In an April 16 ministerial decree, the govern [...]
2009-04-29 11:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM578UNMIS ELECTIONS CHIEF: FEBRUARY 2010 ELECTIONS "VERY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan's National Electoral Commission (NEC) has decided that elections will take place in February 2010 and has issued a planning calendar to reflect preparation that must occur in order to achieve that date. UNMIS Electoral Affairs Chief Ray Kennedy said that meeting that date [...]
2009-04-29 13:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM581SOUTHERN SUDAN - FLOOD MITIGATION ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) From April 20 to 26, a four-person USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster (USAID/OFDA) flood mitigation assessment team traveled to Juba, the capital of Southern Sudan, and Aweil and Malualkon towns in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The team met with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) o [...]
2009-04-30 13:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM583JEM AND SLA/U ALLEGEDLY SKIRMISH AS JEM OVERHAULS ITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amid several high-profile defections from SLA/U to JEM, a minor skirmish in North Darfur earlier this week between rival SLA/Unity commanders has not yet spread to direct conflict between JEM and SLA/U, contrary to some early reports. JEM's political wing evolved further this we [...]
2009-04-30 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM589SUDANESE GOVERNMENT BREAKS FROM HOSTILE STANCE TOWARDS NGOS
[...] (SBU) On April 30, Sudanese Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin convened a rare meeting between international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and senior Government of National Unity (GNU) officials to raise mutual concerns and identify ways to strengthen coordination be [...]
2009-05-04 07:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM591CHADIAN REBELS STILL FEAR ARMY OFFENSIVE, PLEDGE NOT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 meeting in Khartoum, RFC Chadian Rebel Commander (and close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi) Mahamat Hanno claimed that the Chadian Army remains poised to attack the Chadian rebels along the nebulous border region. Hanno backtracked on earlier assertions that [...]
2009-05-05 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM592UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDS CENSUS ROLL-OUT, FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Kuol Mawien, a member of the Population Census Council (PCC) and a key GoSS advisor on the census, counseled GoSS President and Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President Salva Kiir to completely reject the 2008 ce [...]
2009-05-05 14:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM593GOS CONTINUES TO PUSH FORWARD ON NGO FRAMEWORK
[...] (SBU) On May 4, USAID field staff met with Ahmed Adam, the Director of the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) NGO Section, to discuss progress on the early April framework achieved by U.S. Special Envoy Gration. According to Adam, the government has taken add [...]
2009-05-05 14:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM594IDPS COMPLAIN OF WATER SHORTAGES, DETERIORATING HEALTH AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the March 4 expulsion of thirteen INGOs continues to be felt in Abu Shouk camp, which is facing a water shortage and poor health and sanitation conditions, camp umdas (community leaders) reported to poloff on April 28 in El Fasher. In the health and sanitation rea [...]
2009-05-05 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM596HOSTAGES RELEASED, MANY FRENCH NGO WORKERS LEAVE DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 10:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM597DARFUR REBEL UPDATE, SPRING 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although holding no territory in Darfur, JEM continues to pick up detritus from other Darfur rebel movements. Its incursion into the SLA/Minnawi stronghold of Dar Zaghawa on May 4-5 in far north Darfur indicates that it will continue to flex its muscles as it seeks to position it [...]
2009-05-06 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM604HOSTAGES RELEASED, MANY FRENCH NGO WORKERS LEAVE DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After being held for 26 days in western Darfur, two Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI) aid workers (one Canadian, one French) were released by their abductors on April 29. As the French Embassy believes that its nationals and NGOs may be targeted for kidnapping, they have asked a [...]
2009-05-10 06:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM605A/S BOSWELL VISIT TO EL FASHER, APRIL 29
[...] (SBU) Summary: The security situation in Darfur is relatively calm, but remains fluid and unpredictable, with ambushes, abductions, armed robbery and carjackings posing the most danger to Westerners according to what UN and international non-government organization (INGO) representatives told [...]
2009-05-10 09:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM607CHARGE DISCUSSES ABYEI BOUNDARY ARBITRATION DECISION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CDA Fernandez and AEC Chairman Plumbly compared reports on the oral arguments before the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Abyei boundary dispute and discussed the outlines of a possible political agreement between the NCP and SPLM that might avert another crisis when the c [...]
2009-05-10 14:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM609Confronting Challenges to Humanitarian Operations in West
[...] (SBU) From April 15 to 17, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) field officers visited El Geneina, West Darfur, for the first time since July 2008. There they discussed the impact of the early March non-governmental organization (NGO) expulsions on humanitarian prog [...]
2009-05-10 15:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM610Confronting Challenges to Humanitarian Operations in West
[...] (SBU) From April 15 to 17, USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) field officers visited El Geneina, West Darfur, for the first time since July 2008. There they discussed the impact of the early March non-governmental organization (NGO) expulsions on humanitarian progr [...]
2009-05-10 15:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL PREF ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM611SPLM SG AMUM URGES THE USG NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Pagan Amum emphasized the importance of critical items within the CPA being implemented in a credible way, in particular the elections and the referendum, by 2011 in order to keep peace alive in Sudan. He laid out [...]
2009-05-11 07:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM613UN AND GNU CONVENE THE FIRST EXPANDED HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On May 7, the newly reconstituted High-Level Committee (HLC) met in Khartoum to discuss humanitarian operations and the current situation in Darfur. The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Haroun Lual Ruun and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian [...]
2009-05-11 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM621DARFUR ROUNDUP: FIGHTING IN DAR ZAGHAWA; JANJAWEED RUN WILD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces clashed with those of SLA/Minnawi near Umm Barro on May 9, according to rebel and UNAMID sources. Independent verification was not available, and both sides offered competing claims to victory. According to an SLA/M rep, five of his mo [...]
2009-05-12 10:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM625 FORMER "BUTCHER OF THE NUBA" NAMED SOUTHERN KORDOFAN
[...] (SBU) In a Government of National Unity (GNU) cabinet reshuffle on May 7, President Omar Al-Bashir appointed alleged Janjaweed financier and International Criminal Court-indictee Ahmed Mohamed Haroun Governor of Southern Kordofan. Haroun, a Northern Kordofan state native and lawyer by professi [...]
2009-05-12 13:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM62643rd AEC PLENARY MEETING, MAY 5 2009: VIOLENCE IN JONGLEI
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the 43rd Assessment and Evaluation (AEC) Plenary Meeting on May 5, western donors came out in strong agreement that despite logistical complications and technical shortcomings of the recently-completed census, both the NCP and SPLM should quickly accept its results. Donors no [...]
2009-05-12 13:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM63UNMIS DONOR PRINCIPALS' MEETING, JANUARY 15
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Humanitarian officials told donor principals that they hope to focus less on relief and more on early recovery efforts in Darfur in 2009, though relief efforts will remain predominant and access and insecurity continue to be major concerns, they said. In the South, cuts in the [...]
2009-01-20 11:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM631SUDAN - DONORS MEET WITH UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GERNERAL
[...] (SBU) On May 10, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes met with international donors, including U.S. Embassy and USAID/Sudan staff, to discuss the humanitarian situation in northern Sudan following the early March expulsion of non-gove [...]
2009-05-13 11:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM634SPLM DRAFT REFERENDUM ACT FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) ministers maintain that the SPLM is open to outside assistance in crafting pre- and post-2011 referendum scenarios, but the responsibility for organizing such an endeavor must fall to Secretary General Pagan Amum. In the view of the GOSS, the [...]
2009-05-13 14:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM636"DON'T HOLD BILATERAL RELATIONS HOSTAGE TO THE NGO
[...] (C) Summary: The lifting of sanctions on Sudan and removal of Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list remain the highest priorities for the Government of Sudan, Assistant to the President Nafie Ali Nafie told SE Gration on May 7, accusing the U.S. of holding these more essential issues [...]
2009-05-14 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM637SPLM URGES SE GRATION TO WORK CPA AND DARFUR
[...] Summary. Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman and Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Cabinet Affairs Kosti Manibe (SPLM) urged Special Envoy Gration to work concurrently on CPA implementation and Darfur. The [...]
2009-05-14 06:44:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC SOCI KPKO KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM638FM DENG ALOR TELLS SE GRATION THAT DARFUR REQUIRES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 7, FM Alor counseled Special Envoy Gration that the Darfur conflict can only be resolved within a broader international context, engaging Chad, Egypt, and Libya. The Special Envoy said that he sees an opportunity now to stop the fighting and begin a political process that [...]
2009-05-14 06:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM641 EMBASSSY RECEIVES APPARENT FALSE REPORT OF PLANE CRASH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Khartoum, in cooperation with CA/OCS/ACS/AF, received an apparently false report of a plane crash initially made to the office of Representative Jay Inslee (D-Wash). Post believes that the report could be part of a larger fraud scheme or hoax. The Department may wish to i [...]
2009-05-14 09:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM642 CHALLENGES TO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN THE FORMER WESTERN
[...] (U) During the 21-year long north-south civil war, Southern Kordofan State experienced high levels of destruction and displacement. Four years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),which ended the conflict, populations in Muglad and Lagawa localities in western Souther [...]
2009-05-14 09:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM644GOS INTENDS TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
[...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan intends to move cautiously in its engagement with the U.S. and the international community, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin told CDA Fernandez during their final meeting May 14. While the ruling National Congress Party is eager to move forward with the Da [...]
2009-05-17 04:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM649SLA/AW COMMANDER CONSENTS TO CEASEFIRE, BUT STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: SLA/Abdul Wahid General Commander Gaddura said his movement would agree to a formal 90-day ceasefire with the GOS and other Darfur rebel movements, but will not travel to Doha or any other Arab country for peace negotiations. With his territory in urgent need of additional human [...]
2009-05-17 10:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM650ROGUE SAF COLONEL ON DARFUR CEASEFIRE, JEM AGGRESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Well-known Sudanese Liberation Army-Unity (SLA/U) rebel leader and former Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Colonel Abu Bakr Kado recently abandoned SLA/U to join Sudanese Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). He is now living in the SLA/AW stronghold of Jebel Marra with approximately [...]
2009-05-17 11:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM651UNAMID LEADERSHIP WARY OF JEM'S RISE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) Doha-talks monopoly has created a peace process that guarantees war, as JEM seeks to destroy or co-opt all rival factions, UNAMID JSR Rodolphe Adada and Political Affairs Chief Abdul Mohammed told CDA Fernandez on May 13. They noted that [...]
2009-05-17 13:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU CD
09KHARTOUM652A BREAK IN THE QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: GOC FORCES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: There was conflict in Darfur on two fronts during May 14-17. On May 14, Government of Chad (GOC) forces pursued Chadian rebels into West Darfur, and unidentified aircraft bombed Chadian rebel encampments on May 15-16 near the Sudanese village of Sarow, 25 kilometers south of Mukj [...]
2009-05-17 14:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM660 SOUTHERN SUDAN - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN LRA-AFFECTED
[...] Between May 7 and 14, humanitarian officers from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) reviewed the ongoing emergency in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-affected areas in Eas [...]
2009-05-18 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM661JEM TAKES KARNOI FROM GOS, SLA/MM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has taken Karnoi, North Darfur, from the Government of Sudan (GOS),and unconfirmed reports from SLA/Minni Minnawi cite fifty dead in the fighting over the last week near the Chadian border. Two years to the month after the signing of the [...]
2009-05-18 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM665AMNA DIRAR FORMS EASTERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LAMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has effectively dissolved after electoral officials denied requests to register it as a political party, Dr. Amna Dirar told poloffs in a May 17 meeting. In response to this setback, Dirar formed the Eastern Democratic Party to provide an alternative to the tri [...]
2009-05-20 04:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PINR KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM666SLA/MM ALLEGES CHADIAN MILITARY ASSISTANCE IN JEM ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: No new fighting occurred on the Chad-Sudan border in North Darfur on May 19, but SLA/MM alleged that Chadian military officers assisted in the May 16 assault on Karnoi and previous attacks on SLA/MM positions in Sudanese territory. UNAMID has not been able to corroborate these a [...]
2009-05-20 04:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM669BEJA CONGRESS, FREE LIONS ACKNOWLEDGE COLLAPSE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has fallen apart, representatives of the Free Lions and Beja Congress conceded to poloffs separately on May 18-19. Implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) was the only hope for keeping it together, they said, but the peace dividend promised u [...]
2009-05-20 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU ER CM
09KHARTOUM678NORTH DARFUR REMAINS CALM FOLLOWING CLASHES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The situation in North Darfur has remained calm since May 17 clashes between JEM and the GOS at Karnoi, according to UN and rebel sources. Meanwhile, the extent of JEM's presence in Darfur remains unclear. A UNDSS officer told poloff that JEM has retreated into Chad, but UNAMID h [...]
2009-05-22 12:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM684JEM ASSAULTS GOS IN UMM BARRO, MINNAWI ON STANDBY
[...] (SBU) Summary: JEM forces clashed with GOS forces on May 24 in Umm Barro, North Darfur, forcing Sudanese soldiers to seek refuge at the UNAMID team site there, with JEM subsequently retreating back behind the Chadian border. Up to 300 civilians have sought refuge at the team site as well. Min [...]
2009-05-25 19:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM686SOUTHERN SUDAN'S JONGLEI STATE - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
[...] (U) Relief organizations are responding to the estimated 22,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Jonglei with emergency assistance; however, the logistical challenges of the approaching rainy season, lack of roads, insecurity caused by numerous ethnic rivalries and armed groups, and the [...]
2009-05-26 09:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM687DDR IN SOUTHERN SUDAN: READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) in southern Sudan, which begins June 10, is expected to reduce the payroll of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). The joint United Nations-Government of Southern Sudan DDR program is unlikely, however, to ensure that a [...]
2009-05-26 09:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID UNSC KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM693DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE MAY 27
[...] (SBU) Summary: Backed by the forces of SLA/Minnawi, the SAF remains in firm control of Um Barro following its May 24 battle with JEM, according to UNAMID sources. Though both sides suffered casualties in the fighting, several JEM commanders are rumored to have been killed, and the rebel force a [...]
2009-05-27 16:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM695SUDAN - NGOS AND GOS DELIVER OPPOSING MESSAGES IN
[...] (SBU) On May 25, Senators Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) and Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) met with representatives from four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs (MHA) officials to discuss the humanitarian situation in Sudan. N [...]
2009-05-28 12:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM696CREDIBILITY OF ELECTIONS AT RISK WITH SLIPPING ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite the hope of election preparations moving forward rapidly with the formation of the National Election Commission (NEC),such preparation continues to be delayed. The NEC is already behind the election timeline that was announced on April 2, 2009 when an election date wa [...]
2009-05-28 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM697CODEL ISAKSON VISIT TO EL FASHER, DARFUR, MAY 24, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Johnny Isakson, Senator Bob Corker, Mrs. Dianne Isakson, CDA a.i. Mark Asquino and accompanying emboffs traveled to El Fasher, Darfur on May 24 to meet with internally-displaced persons (IDPs),humanitarian representatives and officials at UNAMID. Osman Kibir, the Wali ( [...]
2009-05-28 14:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM700USG-GOSS MEETING ON SOUTHERN SUDAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On Monday, May 25, USAID provided a presentation to Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials regarding a USAID assessment and recommendations for possible interventions in the agricultural sector. The audience included officials from a number of the GOSS Ministries, as well a [...]
2009-05-28 16:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM701MEDIA REACTION TO U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY TO SUDAN EAST-WEST
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The current East-West tour to China, Qatar, United Kingdom and France by U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration has dominated most of the local news in Sudan. While a handful of pro-government newspapers remain optimistic and describe the visits as "encouraging" and "a [...]
2009-05-29 07:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC KPAO OIIP SU
09KHARTOUM703DONORS, UN DISCUSS HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On May 26, donors and UN officials met to discuss the May 7 High-Level Committee (HLC) meeting and UN proposals for a new HLC terms of reference (TOR) and monitoring mechanism. During the meeting, UN Deputy Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for northern Sudan Toby Lanzer [...]
2009-05-31 09:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM713CODEL ISKASON MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Bob Corker (R-TN) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accompanied by CDA a.i. Asquino and emboffs, met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin at the Ministry of Federal Rule in Khartoum on May 25. Later that afternoon, they met wit [...]
2009-06-01 10:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM714SUDAN'S NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO MISS ITS SECOND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 2010 election timeframe announced by Sudan's National Electoral Commission (NEC) in April remains unchanged, but voter registration that was supposed to begin on June 2 in conjunction with that announcement is not even close to starting, according to UNMIS Electoral [...]
2009-06-01 13:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM715GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Kiir has changed ten of the 24 positions in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) Council of Ministers. Most notably, SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng has been named Minister of Regional Cooperation and Kuol Athian Mawein was dismissed as Finance Minister, the third [...]
2009-06-02 06:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM719UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, JUNE 1, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID deployment stands at approximately 69 percent, with 13,485 mission staff already deployed to Darfur. UNAMID officials predict, however, that the mission may not reach full deployment until early 2010. With the rainy season approaching, progress on deployment will slow ove [...]
2009-06-03 07:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM720CDA'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor said that the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) is keen to attend the June 23rd CPA Forum in Washington, DC, and is willing to meet with the President's Special Envoy to Sudan General Gration in [...]
2009-06-03 07:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV SOCI AU UNSC SU KPKO PREL
09KHARTOUM726NCP OFFERS ELECTION STRATEGIES AND STRESSES POST-REFERENDUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, CDA Whitehead made introductory calls on Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah Eddin as well as NCP strategists Yahya Babiker and Sayed Al-Khateeb. The NCP praised the Obama Administration's "new approach" to U.S.-Sudanese relations, provided some insight into NCP election [...]
2009-06-04 12:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM727RISING OIL PRICES, REPAID ARREARS PROVIDE GOSS TEMPORARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With world oil prices on the rebound and arrears in revenue-transfers from Khartoum reduced, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) revenues are gradually reaching levels projected in its 2009 budget, after an extremely lean first quarter. GoSS spending priorities are salary [...]
2009-06-07 04:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC
09KHARTOUM729DARFUR UPDATE: PROXY REBELS RETREAT TO LICK THEIR WOUNDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: JEM forces have reportedly returned to Chad. There is no confirmation that Sudanese warplanes have attacked JEM positions in Chad. JEM appears to have been significantly weakened following its May offensive in Sudan. Chadian rebels have returned to Sudan. While they claim to [...]
2009-06-07 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM730NGO AFFILIATES UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Since mid-May, European affiliates of three expelled U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have begun official procedures to commence (or expand, in the case of one of the affiliates) humanitarian operations in Sudan in line with agreements reached with the USG. On June 4, U.S. Emb [...]
2009-06-08 07:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM735CDA'S COURTESY CALL ON DUP LEADER AL MIRGHANI
[...] SUMMARY. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Mohammed Osman al Mirghani complained to Charge Whitehead that the two CPA partners are ignoring the concerns of Sudan's other political groups. Despite this, Mirgahani seemed unable to articulate a clear strategy of how the DUP might compete in [...]
2009-06-09 13:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM736DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: AS GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rape and gender-based violence (GBV) have increased in Darfur according to UN agencies and NGOs. Following the March 4-5 expulsion of 13 international NGOs, no mechanism exists to monitor such crimes in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and rural areas. The increase in th [...]
2009-06-10 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM739 NEC BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON STATUS OF ELECTORAL PROCESS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Elections Commission (NEC) Chair Dr. Abel Alier Alier briefed the diplomatic corps on the status of the electoral process, elaborated on the complexity of this historic election, explained delays in the demarcation of geographic constituencies and voter registration, a [...]
2009-06-11 05:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM742DDR IN DARFUR: A TANTALIZING POSSIBILITY FOR PEACE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID is preparing its plan for a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DRR) program in Darfur. With a budget of $3 million USD for 18 months, UNAMID DDR staff will expand up to 30 officers and operate in all three Darfur states. UNAMID DDR will develop its plan in co [...]
2009-06-11 13:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM743YASIR ARMAN: NCP/SPLM RELATIONS WORSE THAN EVER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a courtesy call with Charge d'Affaires Whitehead on June 10, Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)'s Northern Sector Yasir Arman discussed his party's deteriorating relationship with the National Congress Party (NCP) and outlined the biggest c [...]
2009-06-11 14:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM746DARFUR - HUMANITAREAN SITUATION IN KALMA IDP CAMP CRITICAL
[...] (U) Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, near Nyala, South Darfur, remains one of the most significant humanitarian-gap areas following the early March expulsions of international non-governmental organizations by the Government of Sudan (GoS). According to field reports, the humanita [...]
2009-06-14 06:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM75THE CHANGING DYNAMIC IN DARFUR: ZAGHAWA MOVEMENTS TURN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) now controls the key South Darfur villages of Labado and Muhajarriya after attacking SLM/Minnawi positions. One UNAMID source claimed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) started bombing both JEM and SLM/MM on the periph [...]
2009-01-21 10:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM751MEETING WITH MFA AMERICAS DIRECTOR TOUCHES OF
[...] (U) In a June 11 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Americas' desk chief Ambassador Nasreldin Wali raised several points with Charge d'affaires, the majority of these focused upon the upcoming June 23 trilateral talks between the National Congress Party (NCP),the Sudan People's Libe [...]
2009-06-15 11:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU CD SU
09KHARTOUM752THREE AREAS JOINT COMMUNIQUE NOT OUT OF THE GATES
[...] (U) This is an action request - See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, Emboffs met with Clarke Soriano, head of the UN Resident Coordinator's Office, to discuss the Three Areas assessment and establishment of Joint Communiques (JCs),as well as an associated High-Level Committee, for [...]
2009-06-15 12:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM753WFP BARGE CONVOY DESTROYED IN AMBUSH IN JONGLEI
[...] (SBU) Jikany Nuer militia armed with weapons as heavy as RPGs ambushed a poorly conceived WFP barge convoy in the border area of eastern Jonglei-southern Upper Nile states the evening of June 13, as it ferried vital food aid to Southern Sudanese IDPs displaced by March and April ethnic clashes. [...]
2009-06-15 13:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EAID SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM759QATARI AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS PRAISE USG DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) During courtesy calls by Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Whitehead June 16, the Qatari and Chinese Ambassadors both expressed strong support for current U.S. diplomatic efforts in Sudan. Qatari Ambassador to Sudan Ali Bin Hassan Al-Hammadi told CDA that USG initiatives s to solve the problem of [...]
2009-06-17 13:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM760DARFURI FEMALE STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM BEATEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Men dressed in black abayas (Note: an Islamic dress, common in Saudi Arabia but less so here, that covers a woman's entire body. End Note) reportedly raided a women's dormitory at the University of Khartoum in the early morning of June 11 and assaulted 15 Darfuri women. The foll [...]
2009-06-17 13:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM764GOS INFORMED OF RELEASE OF 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Poloffs met with Government of Sudan (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Director of the Americas Desk Ambassador Yassir Mohammed Ali on June 17 to inform him of the release of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Receiving the copies of the TIP Report for Sudan, Amba [...]
2009-06-18 13:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM768THREE AREAS UPDATE - NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND OLD CHALLENGES
[...] (U) On June 16, the Three Areas Donor Steering Group discussed developments in the operating environment in Southern Kordofan and Abyei. The group also discussed Steering Group participation in the June 22-23 Forum for Supporters of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) hosted by Special En [...]
2009-06-21 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM774MEDIA REACTION: SUDANESE MEDIA RESPONDS TO SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Khartoum's state-influenced media "selectively" portrayed U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Gration's June 17 remarks in Washington to U.S. and international press as strongly supportive of the policies of the ruling National Congress Party. Pro-government media spun the Special [...]
2009-06-23 07:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC KPAO OIIP AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM775USAID-GOSS PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY. On Monday, June 15, officials from USG and the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) held their first Partnership Conference. This conference brought together representatives from USAID and the State Department based in Juba, Khartoum and Washington, along with more than [...]
2009-06-24 05:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM781USAID AND AECOM SIGN IMPLEMENTATION PROTOCOL WITH MIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. USAID and implementing partner AECOM (formerly operating in Sudan as PADCO) signed an Implementation Protocol (IP) with the Government of Sudan's Ministry of International Cooperation (MIC) on June 8, 2009. The new relationship with MIC restores the programming of the USAID Off [...]
2009-06-24 09:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM785SUDANESE ELECTIONS DATE TO SLIDE TO APRIL 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM786JMST SHIFTS FOCUS TO TRIPOLI GROUP, CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: With peace talks in Doha suspended due to the impasse between the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Government of Sudan (GOS),the UN/AU Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) is shifting its immediate focus to the so-called "Tripoli Group" of rebel factions. JMST is als [...]
2009-06-25 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM788GOS RESUMES BOMBING IN DAR ZAGHAWA AMID RUMORS OF JEM
[...] (SBU) Summary: GOS aircraft bombed several remote areas around Furawiya on June 23-24 amid rumors that JEM is regrouping for another offensive, according to the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS). UNDSS Officer Frazer King told poloff that the GOS aircraft sporadically bombed four to [...]
2009-06-28 05:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM789USAID ENABLES GOSS WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE POLICY
[...] SUMMARY. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and facilities in southern Sudan remain abysmal with only 9% of the population having sustained access to both safe water and sanitation facilities. USAID has made this a priority for improved service delivery. Through the Building Re [...]
2009-06-28 05:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM794GOS MINISTER MICHAEL MAKUEI OFFERS PESSIMISTIC UPDATE ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24, Michael Makuei Lueth, the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Minister of Legal Affairs and Constitutional Development, gave a pessimistic update to the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) on the stalled negotiations to adopt and revise legislation needed to i [...]
2009-06-29 08:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM802PARTING THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN DARFUR FROM THE
[...] (SBU) On his last day on the job after five years with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan, two of those years as the OCHA/Sudan Chief, Mike McDonagh (protect) provided USAID officers with a candid tour d'horizon of the humanitarian situation in Darfur. [...]
2009-07-01 08:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM804GOS REPORTEDLY ATTACKS JEM PRESENCE IN HASHABA, NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: GOS forces targeting former SLA/Unity rebels now allied with JEM attacked the village of Hashaba on June 27-28, according to UN and rebel sources. The attacks consisted of Antonov bombing followed by a ground assault. The indigenous rebel force, comprised of two commanders, 36 [...]
2009-07-01 14:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM806GOSS RECEIVING FULL SHARE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with CDA Whitehead, GNU State Minister of Finance Dr. Luol Deng explained that contentions on the dual banking system between the NCP and SPLM arose due to mistakes made by the South in drafting the implementation annex of the CPA. He further asserted that co [...]
2009-07-02 05:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM807NCP AND SPLM NEGOTIATE REFORM LEGISLATION; CONSENSUS ON A
[...] (SBU) Summary. National Congress Party (NCP) parliamentarian and political heavyweight Ibrahim Ghandour and Government of National Unity (GNU) State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol (of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement) told poloffs that while the National Constitutional Review Commiss [...]
2009-07-02 13:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM810USAID/FFP DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S TRIP TO DARFUR
[...] From June 20-24, a USAID team comprising the visiting Deputy Director of the Office of Food For Peace (FFP),Washington and Sudan-based FFP Officers and a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Field Officer visited Darfur to meet with officials from the UN World Food Program ( [...]
2009-07-06 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL PREF ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM811DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The number of security incidents involving the UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Darfur has remained stable, with no increases reported in recent weeks. Nevertheless, the situation on the ground is unpredictable, with security remaining a primary concern for agencies. [...]
2009-07-06 14:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM814 UN ELECTIONS CHIEF CALLS DELAY OF ELECTIONS TO APRIL 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, poloffs attended the monthly meeting of the Electoral Assistance Group (EAG) in Khartoum. UNMIS Chief Electoral Affairs Officer Ray Kennedy noted that the National Electoral Commission (NEC) would imminently release a new electoral calendar, which calls for voter reg [...]
2009-07-07 06:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM816CHARGE DISCUSSES TRIALERAL TALKS, ABYEI, AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Whitehead met with MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Sadiq on July 5 to discuss, inter alia, the upcoming visit of Special Envoy Gration. Mutriff spoke at some length on efforts to assure a peaceful reaction to the anticipated July 22 arbitration decision on Abyei by The Internat [...]
2009-07-07 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM819SRSG QAZI WARNS UNMIS UNABLE TO QUELL A MAJOR
[...] (C) Summary. UNMIS will be able to quell localized incidents of unrest in Abyei, but it cannot guarantee the maintenance of order and the protection of all civilians if a major outbreak of violence occurs following the decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA),UN SRSG Ashraf Qazi [...]
2009-07-08 15:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM820IRISH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS CDA ON NGO KIDNAPPING
[...] (C) Gerard Corr, Ireland's Ambassador to Cairo, met with CDA Whitehead on July 8 to discuss the kidnapping of two female staff of the Irish NGO GOAL that occurred on July 3 in Kutum. Corr is in Khartoum accompanied by a military officer, as well as a small police and military team currently in [...]
2009-07-08 15:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EAID KPKO UNSC AU SU EI
09KHARTOUM829CHIEFS OF MISSION TOLD GOS IS COMMITTED TO DOHA TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS is committed to continuing the stalled Doha peace talks with the so-called "Tripoli Group" of Darfuri rebel factions, as well as increased participation from civil society groups, GOS lead negotiator Dr. Amin Hassan Omer. This message was delivered in Arabic and English [...]
2009-07-12 04:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM834VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF SOUTH SUDAN AIRS HIS
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with CDA Whitehead, the Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Mr. Kornelio Koriom Mayik, who also serves as head of the Bank of Southern Sudan (BOSS),described his contentions with northern officials over fiscal policy, especially with regard to [...]
2009-07-13 11:57:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU
09KHARTOUM84SLM/MM ALLEGES JEM MANIPULATED BY GOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The SLA/MM commanders who defected to JEM last month are in fact government agents who instigated JEM's attack on Minnawi forces in Muhajiriya to sow discord amongst the rival Zaghawa movements at the behest of the government, SLM/MM reps told poloffs in a meeting on January 22. [...]
2009-01-23 09:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM844SUDAN - INITIAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INCREASED
[...] (SBU) Protection concerns--particularly incidents of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)--persist throughout conflict-affected areas of Sudan. Nearly six years after conflict erupted in Sudan's Darfur region, SGBV continues to negatively affect Darfuri communities; however, reliable statis [...]
2009-07-15 12:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL EAID SOCI KWMN KOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM851DARFUR - LIMITED STAFFING UNDECUTS UNDSS EFFECTIVENESS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Nearly three years after the U.S. Government funded Saving Lives Together Initiative began in Darfur, the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) program continues to be insufficiently staffed to achieve its intended objec [...]
2009-07-19 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM857 SE GRATION VISITS KALMA CAMP AND MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (U) During July 17-18, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration traveled to South Darfur to review the humanitarian situation in Kalma and Kass internally-displaced person (IDP) camps and meet with Darfuri civil society and ethnic leaders. A report of Gration's trip to Kass will be provided v [...]
2009-07-21 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM858SE GRATION URGES BASSOLE TO PURSUE PEACE PROCESS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN/AU Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) will continue its work with the so-called "Tripoli Group" of rebel factions and plans to hold a civil society conference in September to broaden participation in the peace process, Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole told SE Gration [...]
2009-07-21 11:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM859 SE GRATION VISITS KASS IDP CAMPS AND IDP RETURN VILLAGE
[...] (U) On July 18, U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan J. Scott Gration and his delegation traveled to Kass to assess remaining expulsion-related gaps in Kass town's internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and to visit a village of reported returns. During meetings with Kass's largely Fur tribe IDP [...]
2009-07-21 13:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM862PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION DECISION CHANGES ABYEI
[...] (SBU) 1. (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Gration, Charge Whitehead, as well as representatives from the EU, UN and Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),went to Abyei on July 22 for the announcement of The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) decision on the province's border demarc [...]
2009-07-23 06:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM866SPLA: Deterring External Threats While Addressing Internal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 23 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's Minister of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial and the SPLA Chairman of the General Staff James Hoth Mai provided their assessment of the security threa [...]
2009-07-27 04:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM867SPLA: Deterring External Threats While Addressing Internal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 23 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's Minister of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial and the SPLA Chairman of the General Staff James Hoth Mai provided their assessment of the security threa [...]
2009-07-27 04:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM868SUBJECT: Special Envoy Gration's July 22 Visit to Abyei
[...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration traveled to Abyei on July 22 to observe, on the ground, the announcement of the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague on the delimitation of the borders of Abyei. During the course of the day the SE: met with the comman [...]
2009-07-27 04:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM869Sudan: Special Envoy Gration and CDA Whitehead visit Heglig
[...] (U) On July 21 Special Envoy (SE) Gration and Charge (CDA) Whitehead visited Heglig oilfield, the field headquarters of the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC). Taking off from the regional capital of Kadugli, SE and his delegation were transported by helicopter over the lush rainy [...]
2009-07-27 04:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM881GOK/GOSS AGREE ON TIMETABLE FOR SECOND TANK
[...] (C) GOSS xxxxxxxxxxxx has admitted that, on the margins of the Washington "Forum for CPA Partners," he pressed Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula on the need to expedite delivery to South Sudan of tanks off-loaded from the MV Faina. Three months had passed since Nairobi initially agreed -- alb [...]
2009-07-29 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PREL PINR EFIN KE MARR SU UNSC UG
09KHARTOUM883SECOND TRADE/INVESTMENT DELEGATION YIELDS GAINS IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 2009 Trade and Investment Delegation (TradeDel),focused on investment opportunities the agricultural sector has generated interest by American investors in at least nine potentially viable agricultural projects, and garnered political capital for the US Government in the [...]
2009-07-30 09:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR ETRD AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM89UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, JANUARY 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: The big news in UNAMID deployment for January 2009 was the successful movement, with strong Embassy support especially from the Defense Liaison Office (DLO),of Rwandan troops and equipment by the U.S. Air Force. The movements went flawlessly with full cooperation by the GoS and [...]
2009-01-25 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM890CHADIAN REBELS WITHDRAW BUT MILITARY TENSIONS REMAIN ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 29 meeting in Khartoum, United des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) Chadian rebel commander Mahamat Hanno claimed that UFR President Timane Erdimi and the UFR commanders have returned to Khartoum. UFR combatants have reportedly withdrawn from the border but have not disar [...]
2009-08-02 12:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM8932009 ELECTIONS BUDGET PROPOSAL RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Elections Commission (NEC) announced its 2009 budget of approximately $153 million USD on July 27, 2009, down from an earlier request of more than one billion USD. The GNU would commit approximately $72 million to 2009 elections preparations and seek over $79 millio [...]
2009-08-04 05:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM905DEFENDANT IN TROUSERS CASE WOULD ACCEPT LASHING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese security forces on August 4 fired tear gas to disperse protesters at the trial of Lubna Hussein, a journalist currently working as a Public Affairs Officer at the United Nations. Ms. Hussein was arrested in Khartoum on July 3 and charged with "indecent dress" along with [...]
2009-08-05 15:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM908HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SOUTH DARFUR AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 28 and 29, the High Level Committee (HLC) made a joint assessment mission to Shattaia, Gereida, Donkey Abai, and Donkey Dereisa, South Darfur. The 40-person delegation included representatives from the Office of the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator (HC),Arab League, UK De [...]
2009-08-05 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM91ABYEI ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE DUE TO LACK OF
[...] (SBU) According to Administrator Arop Mayok, the Abyei Interim Administration (AIA) has made little progress in securing funding since Mayok's meeting with CDA Fernandez in early December (ref A). Four months after it was established, the Government of National Unity (GNU) still has provided th [...]
2009-01-25 13:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM911 UAE CONCESSIONS THREATENS BOMA-JONGLEI BIODIVERSITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite stiff requirements for consultation with and preapproval of projects by the Government of Southern Sudan's Ministry of Wildlife (MOW),the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ecotourism company, Al Ain National Wildlife Establishment has, without authorization, built a two-kilometer [...]
2009-08-06 12:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM92WIDESPREAD SAF BOMBING REPORTED IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from UNAMID, Darfur rebel movements, and cival society reported wideqpread Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bombing in both North and South Darfur on January 24-25. Sources reported that the bombing was not restricted to JEM positions in Muhajarriya, South Darfur, but inclu [...]
2009-01-25 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM922JEM RETURNS TO WADI HAWAR FOLLOWING CLASHES WITH THE GOS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Government of Sudan (GOS) force comprised of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Arab militia clashed with Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces in the area of Mellit in North Darfur on August 5, according to UN and rebel sources. The clashes resulted in four dead and 19 inj [...]
2009-08-10 14:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV PREL MOPS AU UNSC CH SU
09KHARTOUM924GNU REIMBURSES GOSS $52 MILLION FOR UNAUTHORIZED DEDUCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of National Unity (GNU) has reimbursed the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) the equivalent of USD 52 million for unauthorized deductions from its share of oil revenues, as agreed to at the July 21 Trilateral talks in Washington. GOSS Petroleum Commission Direct [...]
2009-08-11 07:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET EFIN ECON UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM926PROTOCOL FOR USG ELECTIONS SUPPORT SIGNED WITH GNU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. and GNU officials signed a Protocol implementing USD 21 million in voter education and domestic observation programs for Sudan's 2010 national elections to be implemented by the National Democratic Institute. The protocol is the third in a series which also provides assist [...]
2009-08-11 13:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM928 Security, Access Continue to Limit Aid Efforts and Returns
[...] (U) Health and sanitation are stable in the old North Darfur Zam Zam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp. However, the new camp has poor sanitation and high rates of child malnutrition. Security in North Darfur remains tenuous. UNAMID does no night patrols, and only one or two patrols ou [...]
2009-08-11 16:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM929JEM RETURNS TO WADI HAWAR FOLLOWING CLASHES WITH THE GOS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Government of Sudan (GOS) force comprised of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Arab militia clashed with Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces in the area of Mellit in North Darfur on August 5, according to UN and rebel sources. The clashes resulted in four dead and 19 inj [...]
2009-08-11 16:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV PREL MOPS AU UNSC CH SU
09KHARTOUM93SPLM DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL ANNE ITTO ON BASHIR, THE ICC,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a SPLM Political Bureau meeting to discuss impending ICC indictments against GNU President Omar Bashir, Consul General met with SPLM Deputy Secretary General Anne Itto on January 22 to discuss the results of the party's deliberations. In the course of the meeting, Itto [...]
2009-01-26 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM930 SECURITY, ACCESS CONTINUE TO LIMIT AID EFFORTS AND RETURNS
[...] (U) Health and sanitation are stable in the old North Darfur Zam Zam internally displaced persons (IDP) camp. However, the new camp has poor sanitation and high rates of child malnutrition. Security in North Darfur remains tenuous. UNAMID does no night patrols, and only one or two patrols ou [...]
2009-08-11 16:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM931TECHNICAL BORDER COMMITTEE MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ad Hoc Technical Border Committee, mandated in the Comprehensive Peace Committee (CPA) to divide the border between North and South Sudan along the January 1, 1956 border, is unlikely to complete work by the upcoming September 30, 2009 deadline. Only one of three sectors is [...]
2009-08-12 07:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM94NCP ALLEGEDLY ARMING ITS DARFUR ALLIES AS ICC LOOMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for potential unrest in Darfur, several sources reported that the NCP has begun a large-scale arms distribution program in all three states of Darfur. In Nyala, an SPLM official alleged that the NCP is paying families to accept Kalashnikovs. Meanwhile, Fur IDP le [...]
2009-01-26 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM944SOUTH KORDOFAN'S ICC-INDICTED GOVERNOR SEEKS TO ENSURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Kordofan's ICC-indicted Governor, Ahmed Mohamed Haroun (NCP) and his SPLM deputy, Abdel Aziz Al Helou, asked international donors on August 8 for humanitarian and development assistance in delivering a peace dividend to the people of their state. They described a newly c [...]
2009-08-16 08:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM949REP. ELLISON FINDS CONCERN ON CPA PROGRESS, STRONG SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his August 7-8 visit to Juba, Rep. Keith Ellison's senior interlocutors in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) stressed the incomplete state of CPA implementation, particularly concerning border demarcation and prepar [...]
2009-08-17 07:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KDEM UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM95GOS/JEM CLASHES, AERIAL BOMBING SOUTH OF EL FASHER
[...] (SBU) Apparently in an effort to r%pel JEM vEhicles, GOS airplanes conducted aerial bombings January 26 in areas south of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state. The bombing occurred in close proximity to Zam Zam IDP camp, approximately 20 km from the North Darfur capital. UN and NGO source [...]
2009-01-26 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM951REP. ELLISON FINDS CONCERN ON CPA PROGRESS, STRONG SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his August 7-8 visit to Juba, Rep. Keith Ellison's senior interlocutors in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) stressed the incomplete state of CPA implementation, particularly concerning border demarcation and prepar [...]
2009-08-18 04:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER KDEM UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM952NCRC "FINISHES" REFERENDUM LAW, BUT FIVE BIG ISSUES REMAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Professor Abdulla Idris, co-chairman of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) told Poloff August 11 that the NCRC has finished its work on the Referendum Law, but he noted that disputed provisions related to the electoral system, eligible voters, voting process, re [...]
2009-08-18 04:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM957IOM STILL UNABLE TO WORK IN DARFUR; PLANNING FOR RETURNS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of August 10, USAID Mission Director and staff met with the heads of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) to discuss potential returns in Darfur, IOM's role in verifying returns, [...]
2009-08-18 04:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM965YASSIR ARMAN: REFERENDUM LAW IMPASSE AND POPULAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 10 meeting, Deputy Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)'s Northern Sector and SPLM National Assembly Caucus Chairman, Yassir Arman, said SPLM believes national legislation is necessary to conduct popular consultations in Blue Nile and So [...]
2009-08-23 07:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID PHUM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM967SUDAN: STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE SHALLABI DENIES
[...] (C) Summary: State Minister of Finance, Dr. Tarig Shallabi, denies that the Government of Sudan (GOS) owes any arrears to the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in contrast to GOSS and media reporting to the contrary. During a meeting with poloff on August 17, Shallabi said that the GOSS lacks [...]
2009-08-23 08:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET PGOV PREL UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM968UNAMID CONVENES ROUNDTABLE FORUM ON DPA IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 19 UNAMID convened a roundtable meeting on implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in El Fasher. Though billed as a discussion of DPA implementation and challenges, the meeting served primarily as a forum for representatives of SLA/Minni Minnawi (MM) to air t [...]
2009-08-23 15:11:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV PREL MOPS AU UNSC CH SU
09KHARTOUM969UNAMID CONVENES ROUNDTABLE FORUM ON DPA IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 19 UNAMID convened a roundtable meeting on implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in El Fasher. Though billed as a discussion of DPA implementation and challenges, the meeting served primarily as a forum for representatives of SLA/Minni Minnawi (MM) to air t [...]
2009-08-23 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PGOV PREL MOPS AU UNSC CH SU
09KHARTOUM979SOUTH DARFUR HUMANITARIAN SITUATION STABLE, BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of August 10, USAID staff traveled to South Darfur to assess the humanitarian situation. Although the overall humanitarian situation is currently stable and emergency gaps are filled following the March 2009 expulsions of non-governmental organizations (NGOs),rel [...]
2009-08-25 08:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PHUM KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM990CDA DISCUSSES DARFUR WITH UNAMID COMMANDER
[...] (SBU) Summary. General Martin Luther Agwai, outgoing Force Commander for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),told Charge on August 26 that Darfuris know little about democracy, and view the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) as a southern party, while the Arab [...]
2009-08-27 11:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF KDEM EAID UNSC SU
09KIGALI279SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]
2009-05-08 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI287RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 10:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI292RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI409RWANDA: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 11:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC KTFN UNSC RW
09KIGALI54GOR WILL PRESENT FOUR NAMES TO UNSC SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 15:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER UNSC RW
09KINGSTON503 OAS-CARICOM UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP
[...] Washington interagency representatives participated in the Domestic Export Controls and Maritime Security Workshop in Support of the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540) in Kingston June 15-17. This workshop was the result of regional response to UNSC resolutions [...]
2009-06-25 18:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
09KINSHASA1004DRC EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY
[...] Post conveyed reftel invitation and non-paper on October 6 to Banza Ngoy Katumwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Post followed up to meet Ngoy on November 3 following his return from the UNGA. Ngoy said the DRC was very interested in participating in the workshop. [...]
2009-11-10 18:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC CG
09KINSHASA1105AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba on December 17 to discuss MONUC's mandate renewal, fighting in the Dongo area of Equateur Province, and DRC-Angolan relations. Septel reports on discussions regarding finding a site to build a new embassy, as well as GD [...]
2009-12-17 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG AG
09KINSHASA195URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER
[...] (SBU) In response reftel, Ambassador met March 3 with Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito. Meeting with President Joseph Kabila, as instructed reftel, was not possible as Kabila is away from Kinshasa and is not expected to return until next week. 2. (S) Prior to meeting with Muzito, Ambassador [...]
2009-03-03 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC IN CG
09KINSHASA254DRC, INDIA LOCKED IN A HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER
[...] (C) India's decision to withdraw its contingent from MONUC (reftels) has exposed a bitter row between the country that hosts the UN's largest peace-keeping operation and the country that is MONUC's largest troop contributor. A close look at the DRC-India feud reveals a complex mosaic of real [...]
2009-03-19 13:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC IN CG
09KINSHASA374INTERIM RESPONSE: DEMARCHE TO AVERT INDIAN TROOP
[...] (C) Ambassador has requested a meeting with President Kabila to discuss reftel objectives. The Presidency informed post that a meeting on April 16 or 17 was likely. Post has also contacted counterparts at the UK, French, Chinese, Belgian, and South African Embassies to inquire about possibl [...]
2009-04-15 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC CG IN
09KINSHASA455SCENESETTER FOR MAY 18-19 VISIT OF U.S. PERMANENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),with the assistance of Great Lakes neighbors and the international community, achieved tangible progress in efforts to resolve persistent conflict and insecurity in its eastern provinces in late 2008 and early 2009. However, despite DRC [...]
2009-05-08 10:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA509AMBASSADOR RICE, UNSC PERMREPS MEET WITH MONUC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18 Ambassador Susan Rice and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Representatives (permreps) met with North Kivu provincial officials, MONUC leadership, and victims of sexual violence in Goma and visited Kiwanja, a village in North Kivu, where rebel groups [...]
2009-06-01 14:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALUNSC MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA636DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 2 to Banza Ngoy Katumwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy said that North Korean efforts to acquire a nuclear capability pose a threat to international peace, noting that a country with a "sick" leader could be unpredic [...]
2009-07-06 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE UNSC CG
09KINSHASA639 SRSG MEETS WITH SENIOR DIPLOMATS ON EVE OF TRIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following are notes on July 5 meeting between Alan Doss with representatives (ambassadors or DCM's) of Belgium, France and the U.S. just prior to his departure for New York to attend the Security Council's July 10 on MONUC. UK rep was unable to attend. Ambassador will meet th [...]
2009-07-06 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC MARR RW CG
09KINSHASA855MOVEMENT ON THE FARDC FIVE
[...] (C) Polcouns met on September 18 with Todd Howland, head of the UN's Joint Human Rights Office in Kinshasa, to discuss the cases of five FARDC officers under investigation for rape, singled out to President Kabila for action by visiting UNSC ambassadors in May. Howland claimed that none of th [...]
2009-09-21 16:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UNSC CG
09KUALALUMPUR16GAZA: PM ABDULLAH CONVOKES UNSC AMBASSADORS, CALLS
[...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi convoked Ambassador Keith and other chiefs of mission from UNSC member countries on January 12 and personally conveyed his written message on the Gaza crisis, which is addressed to respective heads of state. PM Abdullah, flanked by Foreign Minister [...]
2009-01-12 08:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR23GAZA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO CONDEMN ISRAEL, SEEKS
[...] (SBU) In a special session of the Malaysian Parliament convened on January 12, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi delivered a blistering condemnation of Israel, while also lambasting the United States for supporting Tel Aviv. After seven hours of speeches, Parliament unanimously endorsed a resolu [...]
2009-01-13 10:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR409MALAYSIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT DPRK NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak expressed "concern" about the DPRK nuclear tests to reporters on May 26, saying that "North Korea's display of nuclear capability will further heighten the tension in the Korean peninsula and affect the whole East Asian region." Najib hoped that the issue [...]
2009-05-27 09:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP KNNP UNSC KN MY
09LIBREVILLE58GABON LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 16:06:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AORC UNSC KV GB
09LISBON583PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU DESIGNATION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 08:40:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM KN ETTC EUN UNSC PO
09LONDON1230SOUTH AFRICA: IAEA CANDIDATE MINTY OFFERS VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Discussing what South Africa had learned from its rotation on the United States Security Council (UNSC),South Africa Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Special Representative on Disarmament and NEPAD Ambassador Abdul Minty -- also Africa's candidate for the IAEA [...]
2009-05-22 15:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNSC PARM TRGY SF ZU UK
09LONDON124DRC/SANCTIONS: UK PREFERS PREVIOUS APPROACH AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 15:54:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF UK
09LONDON155ZIMBABWE: UK SEEKS TO CURB DIAMOND EXPORTS
[...] (C) FCO Minister for Africa Mark Malloch-Brown has instructed the Foreign Office to push the Kimberley Process (KP) to investigate Zimbabwe's KP eligibility and issue a statement about Zimbabwe's trafficking of conflict diamonds (reftels). In the interim because KP "is so slow," Malloch-Brown [...]
2009-01-21 14:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EMIN UNSC ZU ZI UK
09LONDON157SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON ICC INDICTMENT
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 13 round of UK-France-U.S. (P-3) talks in London, Senior P-3 representatives held a shared assessment of the Darfur peace process: Darfur was at a stalemate and the situation on the ground deteriorated in 2008. The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) as well as the Qata [...]
2009-01-21 16:06:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK
09LONDON266HMG BUDGET CRUNCH THREATENS TO LIMIT UK'S GLOBAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Ballooning UN assessed costs, an HMG budget crunch, and the falling Pound have all contributed to an internal budgeting crisis for HMG's tri-departmental conflict prevention spending, which includes UN assessed costs, discretionary spending on peacekeeping operations, election [...]
2009-01-29 15:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID MASS UNSC KPKO UK
09LONDON2678UK HOSTS P5 UN DEPUTY DIRECTORS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: IO PDAS Gerald Anderson participated in a P5 UN Deputy Directors meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on November 23. The Deputy Director-level meeting was the first of its kind and covered Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding reform, Afghanistan and Paki [...]
2009-12-02 13:49:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KWMN CH FR RS
09LONDON2743MONUC/RWANDA: UK HOLDING TO SIX-MONTH RENEWAL, THOUGHTS ON RWANDA IN THE COMMONWEALTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 16:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KPKO PINR RW CG ZF FR UK
09LONDON301UK OPPOSES ABKHAZ INVITATION TO FORMAL UNSC
[...] (C) HMG concurs with the U.S. position (ref) strongly opposing Abkhaz leadership participation in UN Security Council meetings under Rule 39. According to FCO Director for Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Michael Davenport and Head of Georgia Section Jonathan Dart the UK, like France, [...]
2009-02-03 17:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG UK
09LONDON434THE UK'S APPROACH TO PEACEKEEPING REFORM
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Following the January 23 UNSC debate (reftel A),the UK has made more effective UN peacekeeping a policy priority, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown may plan to raise it during the visit to Washington which he has requested. HMG plans to negotiate a PRST or UNSCR to address the [...]
2009-02-19 11:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPKO UNSC PHUM UK
09LONDON435AFRICA: HMG'S PRIORITIES TO DISCUSS WITH THE OBAMA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. UK officials have highlighted Prime Minister Gordon Brown's priorities in Africa and previewed the core messages which the Prime Minister plans to bring to discussions with U.S. officials. Zimbabwe, Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain HMG's top p [...]
2009-02-19 13:28:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID UNSC KPKO PHUM ECON XA SO SU ZI
09LONDON452UK STUDYING RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR 1267 SANCTIONS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The UK is actively considering a wide range of options for the upcoming 1267 Review, from doing nothing and allowing last year's changes from UNSCR 1822 to fully come into effect, to studying the proposal for an independent review body. A challenge for the UK and the U.S., FCO [...]
2009-02-20 14:16:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN KTFN ETTC UNSC UK
09LONDON552DRC/INDIA: UK WORKS TO KEEP INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 09:56:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO PHUM UNSC CG IN UK
09LONDON553SUDAN/DARFUR: UK SUPPORTS LOW-KEY RESPONSE TO ICC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 09:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC PHUM SU XA XW UK
09LONDON568DRC/INDIA: UK WORKS TO KEEP INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO PHUM UNSC CG IN UK
09LONDON773SUDAN/UNMIS: UK THINKS MANDATE FUNDAMENTALLY
[...] (SBU) The mandate for the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) is "fundamentally sound," but should be revised to focus on the border/disputed areas, elections, DDR, and the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs),Foreign Office Peacekeeping Officer Chris Hunter told poloff March 27. Given the curre [...]
2009-03-27 18:50:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU UK
09LONDON848UK 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 14:12:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID MASS UNSC KPKO UK
09MANILA1467REVIEW OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 1 AND 2 NAMES
[...] Post discussed reftel points with Mr. Winston Almeda, Special Assistant for Counterterrorism to the Undersecretary for Special Concerns in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Mr. Almeda conveyed the DFA's appreciation for our notifying them of the key findings of the USG review, and sai [...]
2009-07-13 08:08:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER RP UNSC
09MANILA1723REVIEW OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 3 NAMES
[...] Post conveyed reftel points to Ms. Lizel Alcantara, assistant to the Undersecretary for Special Concerns in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Emboff underscored that USG views each case under review as unique, and that we will consider a variety of factors in reaching a decision on wh [...]
2009-08-14 05:46:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09MEXICO1021MEXICO ON RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2
[...] (C) Poloff conveyed points in response to North Korea's launch of a long-range missile (reftel) to Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs. Gonzalez said the Government of Mexico (GOM) was concerned by North Korea's launch and considered it a threat to [...]
2009-04-08 18:43:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNUNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX
09MEXICO353THE U.S.-MEXICAN RELATIONSHIP: MEETING CHALLENGES,
[...] (U) Action request for Department -- AF, IO, NEA, SCA. See paras. 2, 3, and 5. 2. (C) Summary. Mexico's successful bid to secure a seat on the UN Security Council (2009-2010) should be viewed through the prism of President Calderon's desire to raise Mexico's international profile. In [...]
2009-02-08 02:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM MARR PINS PTER UNSC XA XF MX
09MEXICO740COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JEFFREY DELAURENTIS TO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Minister Counselor, to travel to Mexico (March 12-14, 2009). The purpose of the visit is for consultations with Mexican Government officials on United Nations Security Council isues. 2. Your point of contact for this visi [...]
2009-03-12 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC OTRA UNSC MX
09MEXICO822U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO823U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO827U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 21:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO981DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE
[...] (C) Political Counselor contacted Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs, to convey points in reftel. Gonzalez said the Mexico was following events closely and shared our concern with North Korea,s announced plans to launch a rocket between April 4 and [...]
2009-04-03 22:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNUNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX
09MONROVIA188PRO-TAYLOR ELEMENTS STILL A FORCE TO BE RECKONED
[...] (C) Summary: The recent remarks by Special Court for Sierra Leone prosecutor Stephen Rapp suggesting Charles Taylor may go free because of budgetary reasons caused alarm within the GOL and has emboldened Taylor supporters. Communication inside the Taylor camp remains intact, and those in leadership [...]
2009-03-10 12:51:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PHUM KCRM LI
09MONROVIA318SCENESETTER ON UN ISSUES FOR LIBERIA VISIT OF UN
[...] (U) America has always had a special place in the hearts of Liberians and that esteem has grown since the end of the civil war. Thousands of Liberians found refuge in the United States during the war, and around 400,000 Liberians, from a population of fewer than four million, now call America [...]
2009-05-08 13:11:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PGOV ECON OVIP LI
09MONROVIA390 UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the UN Security Council during their May 19-20 visit to Liberia, President Sirleaf expressed strong support for a continued UNMIL presence until Liberia can take over its own security. On several occasions, she called the peace "fragile" and easily able to be rever [...]
2009-06-02 16:39:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO LI PGOV PREL UNSC
09MONROVIA540UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REPSONSE
[...] In response to our request, the MFA provided the following information on Martin George: Name: Martin O. N. George Date of Birth: August 3, 1947 Place of Birth: Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Passport No.: Not available Parents: Rev. Coker A. J. George, Sr. (Deceased) Mrs. Etta Russel [...]
2009-07-24 10:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI
09MONTEVIDEO525URUGUAY: INTERESTED IN MORE INPUT ON HAITI
[...] (U) Charge passed reftel invitation to the planned Haiti Key Players meeting September 15 to MFA Acting Director of Political Affairs Patricio Silva. Silva was unable to say whether Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz or another member of the Uruguayan delegation to UNGA would be able to attend, as Va [...]
2009-09-15 13:34:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA UY
09MOSCOW1108WAITING AND WATCHING: NORTH KOREA AFTER CURRENCY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 15, EAP DAS David Shear and ConGen staff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a major player here in Chinese-North Korean economic exchanges. XXXXXXXXXXXX attributed the DPRK,s recent currency reform to several factors: controlling rampant inflation, preventing 'hot money' flows, [...]
2009-04-29 13:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL RU UNSC KNNP KN
09MOSCOW1113MFA ON THE PEACE PROCESS, ISRAEL, IRAN AND SUDAN
[...] (Summary): MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Sergey Vershinin told us on April 28 that the GOR envisioned the proposed May 11 UNSC ministerial on the Middle East as a general discussion of the situation in the region and a chance to reiterate the Security Council's support f [...]
2009-04-29 14:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC IS IR SU RS
09MOSCOW1333DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 12:29:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC BM RS
09MOSCOW1354GOR MAKES STRONG STATEMENTS ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of North Korea's nuclear and short-range missile tests, the Russian government has issued strong statements condemning the actions and declaring Pyongyang to be in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718. While supporting the need for a new UNSC resolution [...]
2009-05-26 14:11:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW1402DPRK: GOR LOOKING FOR SANCTIONS BALANCED WITH
[...] (SBU) Russian MFA Spokesperson Andrey Nesterenko's May 28 statement that "we do not need a language of sanctions" has received wide coverage and called into question Moscow's support for sending North Korea a strong message through a new UNSC resolution. The statement, however, should be vi [...]
2009-05-29 12:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1431DPRK: GOR SUPPORTS STRONG SANCTIONS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Ambassador Beyrle on May 30 discussed with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin in detail the ref points regarding a UNSC resolution on North Korea. Borodavkin agreed fully that, given Pyongyang's capacity for dangerous actions, the Security Council needed to send a strong [...]
2009-06-01 12:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1508RUSSIA SUPPORTS DRPK UNSCR TEXT, SEEKS CLARITY ON
[...] (C) Russian DFM Aleksandr Borodavkin called in Ambassador Beyrle late June 8 (Moscow time) to discuss the current draft UNSCR under consideration in New York condemning North Korea for its recent nuclear tests and missile launches. Borodavkin opened by noting that, in principle, Russia is read [...]
2009-06-09 14:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV NK RS
09MOSCOW1772DPRK SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA HOPES TO HAVE RESPONSE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered the demarche on DPRK sanctions designations to Russian MFA International Organization Department's North Korea action officer Anna Yevstegneyeva. Our Bri [...]
2009-07-09 13:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KN RS
09MOSCOW1926DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: MFA DVBR Deputy Director Mashkov told us Russia wanted the upcoming UNSCR 1540 Comprehensive Review to address serious issues, and was concerned that allowing participation of international organizations such as the Australia Group, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie [...]
2009-07-28 12:17:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RS RU CM
09MOSCOW2045DELIVERY TO RUSSIA OF UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 10:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09MOSCOW2053AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Foreign Ministry and financial officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin, assured Ambassador Philip Goldberg and his delegation that Russia fully supports United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 and was already taking measures regardin [...]
2009-08-11 11:44:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC RU KN
09MOSCOW2065DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (C) On August 12, CDA conveyed to Igor Neverov, Director North America Department and Acting Deputy Minister, reftel points urging GOR cooperation on a UN Security Council Presidential Statement. Neverov stated that the U.S. and Russian delegations would likely discuss the issue in New York. [...]
2009-08-12 14:54:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM RS CH
09MOSCOW2205DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 05:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP RS
09MOSCOW2930NON-PAPERS DELIVERED FOR UNSCR 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND
[...] We delivered reftel non-paper, draft letter and experts' input in English to MFA DVBR Department Third Secretary Leonid Kozlov on December 2. Kozlov informed us that the higher-ranked MFA officials responsible for this issue were currently in Vienna, but they would return next week and revie [...]
2009-12-02 14:39:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN RS
09MOSCOW501FOLLOW-UP TO UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26 we followed up ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Export Control Section Chief Aleksandr Deyneko, who told us the GOR's main priority for the 1540 Committee was to conduct a comprehensive review of the Committee's work. He said Russia was prepared to accept almost all of [...]
2009-03-02 04:36:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09MOSCOW544RUSSIA SYMPATHIZES WITH PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON
[...] The Russian government has criticized the ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, which the GOR contends could negatively impact the chances for reaching a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Darfur. According to a MFA statement, Russia "understands" the position [...]
2009-03-05 14:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC SU RS
09MOSCOW619RUSSIA'S LOW-KEY RESPONSE ON SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Russia maintains its opposition to the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, but will not actively pursue the warrant's deferral at the UNSC, according to the MFA. Russian officials met recently with African ambassadors who sought to maintain GOR opposition to the ICC [...]
2009-03-13 13:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON UNSC SU RS
09MOSCOW986NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA PLEDGES TO
[...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to MFA's International Organizations Department. Second Secretary Anna Ignatieva, after consulting with her superiors, responded that the sanctions issue was currently under interagency consideration, but the Russian UN mission will have a response t [...]
2009-04-17 13:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALUNSC PARM KN RU
09NAIROBI2465 PREPARATIONS FOR AFRICA REGIONAL UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 09:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE
09NAIROBI2521PREPARATIONS FOR AFRICA REGIONAL UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP ON
[...] This is an action message. Please see paras. 14 and 15. 2. Summary: Officials from the Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) visited Nairobi November 16-19 to perform a site survey in preparation for the Afr [...]
2009-12-21 20:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE
09NDJAMENA520CHAD: MINURCAT AND PERM-5 AMBASSADORS SHARE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: See Para 16. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo told Perm-5 Ambassadors accredited to Chad on November 4 that he was deeply concerned about rising criminality in Eastern Chad, which was beyond the current ability of internatio [...]
2009-11-06 11:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF PHUM CASC UNSC ASEC SU CD
09NDJAMENA588CHAD: MINURCAT MAKING BIG PUSH ON SECURITY IN EAST
[...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo met December 7 with representatives of UN member states resident in N'Djamena to describe the PKO's "big push" over the past month to enhance security in Eastern Chad, in the wake of recent kidnappings and a general increase in criminal activity directed agai [...]
2009-12-08 11:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID PREF EU FR UNSC CA CD
09NEWDELHI754FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON SAYS KABILA LETTER
[...] (C) In an April 15 meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Menon, Ambassador Burleigh urged that the GOI reconsider its intention to withdraw Indian forces from UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC),pointing to recent letter from President Kabila as evidence that the Congo [...]
2009-04-16 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC CG IN
09NEWDELHI808FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON CONFIRMS INDIA WILL KEEP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC CG IN
09NICOSIA726CYPRUS: WILL CONSULT WITH EU STATES ON ADDING
[...] (SBU) On November 13, Poloff delivered ref points and accompanying non-paper to Alkis Ieromonachou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. Ieromonachou said Cyprus would review the information and consult with othe [...]
2009-11-13 10:58:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM ETTC EUN UNSC CY
09OSLO769NORWEGIANS POSITIVE TO 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section about our proposal for a UN Security Council Resolution 1540 voluntary fund. Skjonsberg said that although the GON did not yet have an official position on [...]
2009-12-11 14:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN NO
09OTTAWA621CANADA ON SOMALIA SANCTIONS: NO INFO TO SHARE YET
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 19:02:00Embassy OttawaSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC CA
09OTTAWA630UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 16:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PTER UNSC KTFN CA
09OTTAWA718CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 25 HAITI KEY
[...] (SBU) Canada expressed thanks for its inclusion in the September 25 Haiti Key Players Meeting in New York, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Haiti Task Force Director Denis Robert. He noted that Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon will be in New York on September [...]
2009-09-15 18:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA CA
09OTTAWA731CANADIAN MINISTERS AT SEPTEMBER 25 HAITI KEY
[...] (U) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed on September 17 that both Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and Minister of State (Americas) Peter Kent, likely along with Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean Alexandra Bugaili [...]
2009-09-17 19:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO EAID UNSC UNGA HA CA
09OTTAWA769CANADA CONFIRMS LIKE-MINDED MEETING DELEGATES
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Middle East and Maghreb Director General John Holmes will lead the Canadian delegation to the October 7 Like-Minded Meeting in Washington, DC (ref b),according to DFAIT's Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar Deputy Director Gallit Dob [...]
2009-10-02 20:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC ETTC IR CA
09OTTAWA816Canada Appreciates Learning Results of U.S. Review of
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 14:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CA
09OTTAWA885Promoting Support for UNSCR 1540 Voluntary Fund: Canadian
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canada is concerned that the creation of a UN-based 1540 fund might deplete other nonproliferation resources and be subject to additional administrative costs. Canada supports a G-8 led, states-based approach in which donors would provide support on a bilateral basis. A ne [...]
2009-12-21 18:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN CA
09OTTAWA901CANADA'S CANDIDACY FOR THE 2011-2012 UNSC
[...] (SBU) In a letter that Embassy received on December 22, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon laid out to Ambassador Jacobson some of Canada's goals if it wins a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2011-2012 term, highlighting Canada's "strong track record at the UN." (Full text in para 4.) [...]
2009-12-22 22:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC CA
09OUAGADOUGOU138BURKINA FASO's MANDATE ON THE UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: During the first year of its mandate on the UN Security Council (UNSC),Burkina Faso has produced a voting record that has been a balancing act between support for U.S. initiatives, tempered by respect for the country's traditional friends and allies. On several occasions, such a [...]
2009-03-05 08:25:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC AF UV
09OUAGADOUGOU259DEMARCHE TO BURKINA FASO ON NORTH KOREAN
[...] (C) On April 13, Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Der Kogda, Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pol/Mil officer explained that the USG was seeking the support of Burkina Faso and of its UN Mission for a draft presidential statement (PRST) abo [...]
2009-04-13 09:33:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPARM NK PREL KNNP UNSC UV
09OUAGADOUGOU394DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 15:02:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BM UV
09OUAGADOUGOU606BURKINA FASO: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 13:37:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC PREL PTER UNSC UV
09PARIS1084UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS: GOF SAYS IT WILL SEARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 12:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC FR
09PARIS1342OCTOBER 7 MEETING OF LIKE-MINDED STATES ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 15:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNSC IR FR
09PARIS1552SOMALIA SANCTIONS: FRENCH IN GENERAL AGREEMENT
[...] (C) MFA IO desk officer Teymouraz Gorjestani on November 20 said that the GOF was in general agreement with the USG approach to Somalia sanctions outlined in reftel. He said that France supported sanctions Against those individuals listed by the UN Sanctions Committee's Monitoring Group. ( [...]
2009-11-23 16:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER XW UNSC FR
09PARIS1654FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF VOLUNTARY FUND FOR UNSCR 1540
[...] (SBU) During a December 7 meeting, MFA UNSCR 1540 Officer Paul Furia said France is strongly in favor of the U.S. proposal to establish a Voluntary Fund, as detailed in reftel, to provide resources to the UN's 1540 Committee to be used for technical assistance to UN member states in fulfilling [...]
2009-12-07 15:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER AORC UNSC KPAO FR
09PARIS1669MONUC RENEWAL: FRENCH STILL PREFER 6-MONTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French continue to prefer a 6-month extension of the MONUC mandate and do not think either a 12-month mandate with an initial 4-month review process or a 4-month mandate to be followed by a 12-month mandate are practical. The French are willing to continue discussion of th [...]
2009-12-09 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPKP KPKO UNSC PREL CG FR
09PARIS1686FRENCH SUPPORT UN SANCTIONS ON ERITREA
[...] (C) MFA IO desk officer Teymouraz Gorjestani on December 11 told us that the GOF had agreed to support the Ugandan draft UNSC resolution that contained provisions for imposing targeted sanctions on Eritrea (reftel). He mentioned that the GOF preferred that one individual, whom he described as [...]
2009-12-14 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV ER FR
09PARIS204P-3 SHARE UNSC, UNESCO, HRC AND DURBAN CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: Acting IO A/S Jim Warlick joined French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann and UK IO Director Paul Johnston, along with MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini, IO DAS-Equivalent Fabien Penone, and Pol M/C for a P-3 exchange of views on February 6. Among topics of note, France led t [...]
2009-02-10 15:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC SO FR
09PARIS238PRUDENCE RULES IN ADVANCE OF ICC ACTION ON BASHIR
[...] (C) Summary: Impending ICC action against Sudanese President Bashir dominated U.S., UK, and French consultations on February 11 as well as consultations with a broader informal group including Presidential Envoy for Sudan Mikhail V. Margelov. In a pre-meeting, U.S., UK and French officials [...]
2009-02-17 11:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC RU SU FR
09PARIS298INDIA/MONUC: FRANCE STUDYING WAYS TO TAKE ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 12:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN FR
09PARIS57DRC/RWANDA: FRANCE SUPPORTS USG APPROACH ON UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 14:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC FR
09PARIS681NO NEW BIO-INFO ON PIRATES, BUT FRANCE WANTS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 09:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC FR
09PARIS982UNSC LIBERIA AND DRC SANCTIONS: FRENCH HAVE NO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 14:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CG LI FR
09PARTO10901(U) Secretary Rice's Participation in the January 6,
[...] SUMMARY. The Security Council, with participation from the President of the Palestinian Authority, the Israel Permanent Representative, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Norway, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Qatar, met in an open session on Jan [...]
2009-01-09 23:54:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL UNSC IS
09PORTAUPRINCE245SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S MARCH 11-14
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as democratic consolidation and economic progress have stalled, as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. Although President Preval alloc [...]
2009-03-04 17:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE320HAITI: U.S. UN PERMREP AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: President Preval emphasized to visiting U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Susan Rice his government's commitment to reform. Reduced tax revenues caused by last year's storm damage had forced Haiti to cut its budget, but it was still left with a large gap that Ha [...]
2009-03-23 15:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE827DEMARCHE ON CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEETING AND HAITI
[...] (U) Post extended invitations for the Caribbean Leaders meeting and the Haiti Key Players meeting to the appropriate members of the Haitian Delegation who plan to attend the UNGA. President Preval will be attending both meetings, according to the Secretary General at the National Palace, Frit [...]
2009-09-22 16:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA UNAUS SNAR XL KPKO UNSC HA
09PRAGUE25CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 13:46:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER EZ EUN UNSC LE SY
09PRAGUE408CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UN 1267
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on July 8 to Finance Ministry Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) Director Milan Cicer and on July 9 to MFA UN Department Official David Frous. Cicer replied that the FAU welcomes U.S. efforts to meaningfully review the first two tranches of the UN 1267 Consolida [...]
2009-07-14 14:09:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PREL PTER UNSC EZ
09PRAGUE413CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UN 1267
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on July 8 to Finance Ministry Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) Director Milan Cicer and on July 9 to MFA UN Department Official David Frous. Cicer replied that the FAU welcomes U.S. efforts to meaningfully review the first two tranches of the UN 1267 Consolida [...]
2009-07-15 08:49:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PREL PTER UNSC EZ
09PRETORIA2228SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 10:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC KE SF
09PRETORIA432URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 10:32:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL UNSC CG IN SF
09RABAT179MOROCCO HAS CONFIDENCE IN NEW UN WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General,s Personal Envoy Christopher Ross appears to have had a positive visit to Morocco, February 17-21. At a roundtable hosted by Charge, Ross outlined a flexible approach, as reported by Algiers (Ref. A) that seeks to build confidence between Morocco and the Polisa [...]
2009-02-27 18:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS UNSC AG WI MO
09RABAT195MOROCCO'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 18:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO
09RABAT249RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM MOROCCO'S KING ON SAHARA
[...] (C) We understand that Moroccan Ambassador Mekouar has passed a request in Washington for PM Abbas El Fassi immediately to see POTUS to deliver an urgent letter from King Mohammed VI, but that there are serious scheduling issues. MFA Secretary General (number 2) Youssef Amrani told Charge Mar [...]
2009-03-27 19:15:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNSC WI SP UK FR MO
09RABAT356GOM CONCERNED ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGE TO UNSC
[...] (C) On April 28, MFA Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Affairs Nasser Bourita raised with PolCouns GOM concerns about the evolving Western Sahara UNSC Resolution in New York. With only three non-permanent members not supporting basis draft circulated by the Friends, he saw [...]
2009-04-28 12:53:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UNSC WI MO
09RABAT363GOM REMARKS ABOUT LATEST UNSCR DRAFT
[...] (C) MFA Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Affairs Nasser Bourita convoked P5 plus Spain Heads of Mission April 29 on instructions of his Minister, for an urgent demarche on the text of the Western Sahara Resolution. Polcouns represented CDA, who was traveling. 2. (C) Bou [...]
2009-04-29 17:10:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UNSC WI MO
09RABAT541MOROCCO:WESTERN SAHARA/ALGERIA - NEW PRIORITIES,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: One June 23, before the visit of UNSYG Personal Envoy (PE) Christopher Ross, Morocco's top foreign policy officials told Charge and PolCouns they expected little progress on Western Sahara or better relations with Algeria, which now was their higher near-term priority. Foreign M [...]
2009-06-25 09:31:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PBTS UNSC WI AG MO
09RABAT589WESTERN SAHARA UN ENVOY ROSS IN RABAT: PUBLIC
[...] (S) Summary: UNSYG Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross left Morocco after his second visit June 30, without final agreement on proposed informal talks. Despite positive statements in public, neither place nor date has been agreed for the informals, designed to re-launch UN-sp [...]
2009-07-10 14:07:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PBTS WI AG UNSC NO MO
09RABAT593MOROCCO SUPPORTS USG PROPOSALS PURSUANT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco supports the USG position on the review of the UN 1267 Consolidated List, Driss Ben Fares, Plenipotentiary Minister at the Bureau of Legal Affairs and Treaties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told EconOff on July 13 after receiving reftel demarche. Providing copies [...]
2009-07-13 17:51:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC
09RABAT6MOROCCAN FM STAYING IN NEW YORK TO GET GAZA
[...] (C) MFA COS Bourita (protect) told Polcouns this afternoon that FM Fassi Fihri was in New York with the Arab FM delegation, led by Saudi FM el Faisal. They were about to go into a meeting with the SYG. Bourita said the Arab Group was seeking an UNSC resolution which would produce an immedia [...]
2009-01-05 18:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL KWBG UNSC MO
09RABAT690UN 1267 REVIEW TRANCHE 3 NAMES PASSED TO MOROCCO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 13:34:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC MO
09RABAT693WESTERN SAHARA INFORMALS AND FRUSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge and A/PolCouns met August 13 with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nasser Bourita, who had just returned from Vienna where he participated in the August 10 and 11 informal talks on the Western [...]
2009-08-13 17:56:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UNSC AG MR WI MO
09RABAT917MOROCCO RESPONDS TO USG PROPOSALS PURSUANT TO
[...] (SBU) EconOff delivered names of interest (reftel) to the Deputy President of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Abdelhamid Afi on November 13. Afi reiterated the seriousness with which Morocco treats questions about terrorism finance, and undertook to share the names with the President o [...]
2009-11-17 14:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC
09RIGA546LATVIA WILL CONSIDER ADDING NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 12:05:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EFIN KNNP KN ETTC EUN UNSC LG
09RIODEJANEIRO363A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH MRE POLITICAL UNDERSECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (SBU) On October 22, 2009, WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon met with Ambassador Vera Machado, Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs from the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) in Salvador, Bahia, on the margins of the Third Steering Group Meeting for the Joint Action Plan to Elimi [...]
2009-11-09 10:57:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC UNSC IR BR
09RIYADH662SAUDI INFORMATION MINISTER ON LEBANESE ELECTIONS
[...] KEY POINTS: --(C) Former Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon continues to be actively involved in attempts to orchestrate a victory for the March 14 alliance, and paid an under-the-radar visit in mid-April to mediate between the constantly bickering allies. --(C) The Saudis are alarmed by the possibil [...]
2009-05-15 12:52:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09RIYADH896SAUDI KING WILL TRAVEL TO DAMASCUS WHEN HARIRI IS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Saudi Information Minister Khoja confirmed to Charge that King Abdullah's planned July 6 visit to Damascus had been postponed to allow Saad Hariri the time he needed to form an inclusive government that did not giv [...]
2009-07-07 17:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09ROME12ITALY OPPOSES DE-LISTING BAAZAOUI
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI initially supported the de-listing of Tunisian Mondher Baazaoui at the 1267 Committee, but reversed its position in mid-December as new information came to light that some of Mr. Baazaoui's previous criminal convictions for dealing in stolen property were linked to fina [...]
2009-01-08 07:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09ROME1240G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) The last Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting of Italy's G8 Presidency was held October 28 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Rome. Chaired by Minister Filippo Formica, deputy director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Political Affairs, the agenda covered regional i [...]
2009-11-10 16:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09ROME1271ITALY TO SUPPORT PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Post conveyed subject list of designated North Korean entities and individuals (reftel) to officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF). Both responded favorably and stated that the GOI would support EU designation of the enti [...]
2009-11-17 15:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KNNP EUN KN PARM UNSC IT
09ROME1344GOI RESPONSE TO USG REQUEST TO DELIST TRANCHE 3
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOI agreed to delist eight of the eighteen individuals identified in the Italy section of the Tranche 3 Names list and have requested more time to gather information on the remaining ten individuals. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On November 2, ECONOFF conveyed the Tranche 3 list [...]
2009-12-04 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC IT
09ROME1405GOI OPPOSES DELISTING SEVEN TRANCHE 3 NAMES
[...] (C) Summary. Upon further review by Italian police and intelligence agencies (reftel Rome 1344 and State 109494),Italy opposes delisting seven Tranche 3 names. However, the GOI supports delisting two Tranche 3 names and asks the USG for support in expediting the delisting of one individual. E [...]
2009-12-23 15:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09ROME145ITALY HOSTS UNSC REFORM MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) Representatives of 77 countries, 21 of them at the ministerial level, convened in Rome February 5 for an MFA-hosted meeting on reform of the UN Security Council. Although contacts at the MFA insisted the meeting was not a Uniting for Consensus (UFC) event, the guest list and discussion p [...]
2009-02-06 14:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IT
09ROME652ITALY AGAIN SEEKS INFO ON TERRORISM LISTINGS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Echoing the request made by the Italian delegation to USUN in New York May 5 (ref A),MFA terror finance officer Lorenzo Tomassoni on May 28 requested Embassy assistance in helping Italy fulfill its reporting obligat [...]
2009-06-09 12:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID UNSC IT
09SANAA1899DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ROYG RESPONSE ON IRAN AND
[...] (S) On October 13, PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Ali al-Kaf, the Chief of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on the subjects of Iran, its covert uranium enrichment facility, and meetings being held by the international community to [...]
2009-10-13 14:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM KNNP MNUC AORC UNSC IAEA PREL IR ETTC YM
09SANJOSE148DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR
[...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on March 3 to Adriana Murillo, the MFA's UNSC Desk Officer. On March 4, Murillo responded that Costa Rica had always been opposed to applying Article 16, especially in a case such as this, wherein the UNSC had referred the matter to the ICC. She told us that i [...]
2009-03-05 17:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM CS
09SANJOSE167COSTA RICA: MFA PUBLICLY APPLAUDS ICC ARREST
[...] (U) Further to reftel demarche and official response, on March 5, the MFA issued a press release "categorically supporting" the March 4 ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir for what the GOCR called "war crimes and crimes against humanity." The release went on to say [...]
2009-03-11 23:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM CS
09SANJOSE257GUIDANCE REQUESTED: BRITS SEEK U.S. RESPONSE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Costa Rican MFA issued a press release on March 10 highlighting a GOCR proposal for UNSC reform. The MFA did not push anything new in terms of UNSC enlargement, its desire for greater access of non-permanent members, especially for small states, and its f [...]
2009-03-31 14:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UN CS
09SANJOSE281DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: COSTA RICA TENTATIVELY
[...] (C) We delivered reftel on April 3 to outgoing Costa Rican Deputy UN Permrep Jairo Hernandez, MFA UN Desk Officer Adriana Murillo and MFA Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero. Murillo stated that the GOCR agreed that the launch of any North Korean rocket would indeed constitute a violation of UNSC [...]
2009-04-06 14:58:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL KNNP CS
09SANJOSE301COSTA RICA SUPPORTS UN PRST ON NORTH KOREAN
[...] (C) After alerting our vacationing MFA counterparts on Easter Sunday, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Desk Officer Adriana Murillo and Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero the morning of April 13. Murillo stated that Costa Rica initially would have preferred a stronger response, including [...]
2009-04-13 21:31:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALUNSC NK CS
09SANJOSE489DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE DPRK
[...] (SBU) On June 12 we met with Costa Rican MFA Coordinator of U.N. Security Council issues Adriana Murillo and Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero to discuss reftel talking points. In parallel we also contacted Elaine White, COS to FM Bruno Stagno. Murillo thanked us for the information, and expr [...]
2009-06-12 22:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM UNSC CS
09SANJOSE738INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 UNSC SUMMIT DEMARCHE
[...] (U) On August 26 we delivered reftel to Elaine White, MFA Chief of Staff, to pass on to President Oscar Arias. White thanked us for the invitation, and said that the GOCR is very pleased to be invited and that President Arias looks forward to making some brief remarks at the summit. Any furth [...]
2009-08-26 16:23:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM KNNP PREL PARM UNSC MNUC
09SANJOSE93DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Costa Rica's UNSC team told us that it had not studied the 1540 Program of Work at the MFA level since recently relinquishing the chairmanship of the 1540 Committee. The MFA would review the U.S. draft edits with close attention to improving mechanisms for [...]
2009-02-13 19:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC CS
09SANSALVADOR556MFA CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA; KOSOVO TBD
[...] (U) DPRK: Poloffs met June 16 with new Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Castaneda on a courtesy call and to deliver reftel details about Resolution 1874. Castaneda raised the issue of the North Korean nuclear tests before we did. He called it a very delicate and complex subject, but s [...]
2009-06-17 20:28:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KN KV ES
09SANTIAGO853Chile attendance at UNGA Haiti meeting not yet decided
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 21:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO AORC UNSC UNGA HA CI
09SANTODOMINGO1069UNGA: INVITATION FOR HOST COUNTRY ATTENDANCE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 16:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KPKO UNSC HA DR
09SARAJEVO76BOSNIA - BIDDING FOR 2010-2011 UNSC SEAT
[...] (U) We received the following diplomatic note from the Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Bosnia's interest in being elected to the UN Security Council, and have added our comment on this request below: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina presents its compliment [...]
2009-01-16 16:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC BK
09SEOUL1570IRAN - ROKG RESPONSE TO URANIUM ENRICHMENT
[...] (S) POL M/C delivered reftel demarche on September 30 to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General of MOFAT's International Organizations Bureau, informing the ROKG of Iran,s covert uranium enrichment facility in Qom and updating them on the October 7 meeting of Like-minded States on Iran to be held in W [...]
2009-09-30 08:50:00Embassy SeoulSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR UNSC KN KS ETTC
09SEOUL545ROK FM YU: STRONG UNSC RESPONSE KEY TO 6PT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador during a meeting April 5 shortly after the North Korean Taepo-Dong-2 (TD-2) launch that a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the launch was key to eventual resumption of the Six-Party Talks. A "lukewarm, mild att [...]
2009-04-05 07:14:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC
09SEOUL569ROKG WANTS UNSC RESOLUTION, NOT STATEMENT;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK chief Six-Party Talks negotiator Wi Sunglac emphasized to the Ambassador April 8 that the ROKG wanted nothing short of a UNSC resolution in response to North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong 2. Substituting a strongly worded Presidential Statement for even a relatively [...]
2009-04-08 07:40:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC
09SINGAPORE760UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SINGAPORE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 09:02:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC SN
09STATE100145UNAMA: GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 29 SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to draw from the points in paragraph 3 below during consultations following the quarterly UN Security Council briefing on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) scheduled for September 29, 2009. 2. (U) Objectives: -- Acknowledg [...]
2009-09-25 18:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC AF
09STATE100148UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...]
2009-09-25 18:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE102322UNSC SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: GUIDANCE FOR
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to share the draft resolution in para 2 with other members of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan, which would extend the mandate of the Committee's Panel of Experts for one year. ---------------- DR [...]
2009-10-01 17:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL XW UNSC
09STATE103127COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2, 7-9. 2. (C) Summary: Consideration of the stalled Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) is expected to resume during upcoming UN Sixth Committee meetings in October. USUN should maintain USG redlines in ensuring that [...]
2009-10-02 21:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCT PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE103664UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 bel [...]
2009-10-05 23:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE103665SUDAN ELECTIONS: UNSC DRAFT PRESS STATEMENT
[...] Action Request: Department requests that USUN seek a UN Security Council Press Statement regarding preparations for elections in Sudan at the earliest opportunity. USUN should refer any substantive changes to the draft press statement in paragraph two to the Department prior to adoption. [...]
2009-10-05 23:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE103983SUDAN ELECTIONS: DRAFT UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
[...] Action Request: Department requests that USUN seek a UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) regarding preparations for elections in Sudan at the earliest opportunity. USUN should refer any substantive changes to the draft PRST in paragraph two to the Department prior to adoption. [...]
2009-10-06 15:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE10420SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 9 UNSC
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 for the February 9 UN Security Council debate on Sierra Leone. It is separately requested that USUN meet with the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone(UNIPSIL) Executive Representative Michael von Schulenberg (who will [...]
2009-02-04 22:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY
09STATE104334MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR PEACEBUILDING
[...] Mission clearance is requested for S/CRS Deputy Coordinator Jon Benton, S/CRS/Strategic Communications Director Michael Greenwald, and Strategic Communications Officers Richard Ponzio and Sarah Pierson, as well as IO/PSC Foreign Affairs Officer Tanaz Khambatta. See specific requests below. [...]
2009-10-07 13:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
09STATE104391STATEMENT FOR SIXTH COMMITTEE ON UN
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. 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 libe [...]
2009-10-07 14:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CT UNSC
09STATE104737SOMALIA: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR OCTOBER 8 BRIEFING
[...] Action Request: USUN should draw from the building blocks in paragraph 2 below in drafting the statement for the UN Security Council briefing on Somalia on October 8, 2009. End action. 2. Begin building blocks: Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to begin by thanking Spec [...]
2009-10-07 22:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE104740VOTING INSTRUCTION: ISAF RENEWAL RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 regarding the International Assistance Force in Afghanistan on October 8, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolution. Post should [...]
2009-10-07 23:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL NATO AF
09STATE105820UNSC SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: VOTING
[...] This is an action request. USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the draft resolution, text included in para 3 below, renewing the UNSC Sudan Sanctions Committee's Panel of Experts' mandate for one year. If there are additional substantive changes to this text, please consult Washington for [...]
2009-10-10 00:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL XW UNSC
09STATE105941UN SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENSION OF MINUSTAH
[...] This is an action request. USUN should vote in favor of the resolution below, extending the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) until October 15, 2010. Begin text. The Security Council, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on Haiti, in particular its resolution [...]
2009-10-11 21:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO HA
09STATE106424Guidance: Middle East Consultations, October 14
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during the Middle East debate in the Security Council on October 14. The Department may send follow-on instructions revising these elements in order to capture the nuance of the evolving situatio [...]
2009-10-14 05:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE10774DEMARCHE TO SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR 1540 -
[...] (U) This is an action request. Bearing in mind para 3 objectives, USUN and other action addressees are asked to deploy para 6 suggested text in combination with REFS C and D to delegations and host governments as appropriate in order to permit a robust Program of Work (POW) for the UNSCR 1540 [...]
2009-02-05 20:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09STATE108614UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: MONITORING
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) the text found in para 3 below in response to the MG's inquiry [...]
2009-10-21 00:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE108880DISCUSSIONS ON SYG REPORT ON SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) Consultations are taking place in New York in advance of the October 26 Council meeting to discuss the report of the Secretary General on Support to African Union Peacekeeping Operations, and to consider a draft PRST on the issue. The draft PRST text shared by Uganda includes language [...]
2009-10-21 18:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC
09STATE109013GUIDANCE: UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON KUWAITI PROPERTY
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the following building blocks during October 22 consultations regarding repatriation by Iraq of missing Kuwaitis and Kuwaiti property, including the Kuwaiti national archives. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: -- I would like to begin tod [...]
2009-10-21 20:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE109017DEMARCHE REQUEST: DFI/IAMB ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (U) In Article 26 of the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement, the United States pledged to support Iraq,s efforts to extend, temporarily, UN-mandated arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq ( [...]
2009-10-21 20:57:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE109027UNMIT UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE REMARKS, OCTOBER
[...] This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. Summary and action request: On October 23, 2009, the UN Security Council will hold a debate on the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for UNMIT, Atul Khare, will brief [...]
2009-10-22 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO TT
09STATE109494UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. All action addressees, please see paragraphs 5-7. Paragraphs 8-17 contain instructions or further background information for specific posts. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government is in th [...]
2009-10-22 22:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE109501SECURITY COUNCIL: US STATEMENT ON SYG REPORT ON
[...] (U) On October 26, 2009 the Security Council will discuss the Secretary General's September 18, 2009 report on Support to African Union peacekeeping operations authorized by the United Nations. USUN should draw on the building blocks in paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin building blocks: -- The U [...]
2009-10-22 23:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC
09STATE109989ENFORCING THE WEAPONS-FREE ZONE IN SOUTH LEBANON
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs three and four. Summary ------- 2. (C) Incidents like the July 14 explosion of a Hizballah weapons depot in Khirbat Selim, September 11 rocket attacks on northern Israel, and the events of October 12 in Tayr Falsayh further undermi [...]
2009-10-23 22:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KPKO UNSC LE IS
09STATE110414GUIDANCE: CONSULTATIONS ON UNSCR 1559, OCT 27
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission may draw on the building blocks at paragraph three for the October 27 Security Council consultation on the tenth semi-annual report of the Secretary General on the implementation of UNSC resolution 1559 (2004). 3. (SB [...]
2009-10-26 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE IS SY
09STATE110438USUN INSTRUCTION: COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will renew the UNSC Cote d'Ivoire sanctions regime and extend the mandate of the Group of Experts for an additional 12 months. Delegations are not expected to make statements [...]
2009-10-26 23:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KTFN PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE110970GUINEA: UNSC ADOPTION OF PRST
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Guinea to be adopted on October 28 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Secu [...]
2009-10-27 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE110980UN MISSION IN SUDAN: USUN TALKING POINTS FOR
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in paragraph 2 during consultations before the Security Council on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) scheduled for October 28, 2009. 2. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report and SRSG Qazi for his briefing. The U [...]
2009-10-27 22:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU
09STATE11134MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] (U) The United States continues to be involved at all levels in coordinating support activities for various 1540 Committee implementation activities. This involvement has deepened through our strategic interest in full implementation of UNSCR 1540 -- which recently included bilateral assista [...]
2009-02-06 18:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC OTRA
09STATE111379DRAFT STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
[...] Action request: Department requests that USUN deliver the following statement at the October 29 Security Council briefing on the International Court of Justice. 2. Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. President. President Owada, let me begin by welcoming you to the Council. Thank you for this [...]
2009-10-28 19:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
09STATE113010GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS NOVEMBER 5
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau November 5. 2. Begin points: --Key Objective: Reiterate our position that security sector reform (SSR) and counternarcotics work are paramount to [...]
2009-11-02 23:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE11320SOMALIA: LETTER TO THE SECRETARIAT ON USG EFFORTS
[...] USUN is instructed to deliver the following letter to the Department of Political Affairs in response to their inquiry of January 28 asking for additional information concerning USG anti-piracy activities off the coast of Somalia. The Department understands an earlier letter containing the c [...]
2009-02-06 23:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE113587UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: OBJECT TO FOCAL
[...] This is an action request. Prior to the No Objection Deadline of 10 November, USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting request for Ignace Murwanashyaka (DOB: 14 May 1963; POB: Ngoma, Butare, Rwanda; citizen of Rwanda; resident of Germany). USUN may inform the UK and French Mi [...]
2009-11-03 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE113591GUIDANCE: NOVEMBER 6 UNMIN CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to draw from the points in paragraph 2 below during consultations following the UN Security Council briefing on the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) scheduled for November 6, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: I would like to thank Representative Land [...]
2009-11-03 21:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC NP
09STATE114026GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT FOR
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to join consensus in the Security Council on a Presidential Statement on Guinea-Bissau in paragraph 2. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Presidential Statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2 [...]
2009-11-05 00:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE114032DEMARCHE ON UN ENGAGEMENT IN GEORGIA AND SRSG
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Department requests that Post, in close coordination with Quad missions in New York, approach UN officials at the appropriate level regarding the continuation of high-level UN leadership on Georgia with the objectives below in mind. Overall, we want to preserve [...]
2009-11-05 00:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GG
09STATE114033REQUEST FOR MISSION CLEARANCE FOR EEB/ESC/TFS
[...] (SBU) Department requests mission clearance for Thomas Delare, Director of EEB's Office of Terrorism Finance and Economic Sanctions Policy, for meetings scheduled with USUN counterterrorism (CT) and sanctions experts, UN 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) sanctions experts from the UK, France and Austria [...]
2009-11-05 00:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE114035GREAT LAKES: TALKING POINTS FOR NOVEMBER 9 UNSC
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in paragraph 2 below for the Great Lakes UN Security Council (UNSC) consultations on November 9. 2. Begin talking points: -- We appreciate the efforts over the past year of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Gr [...]
2009-11-05 00:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNSC AF
09STATE114489AFGHANISTAN: TALKING POINTS FOR SYG BAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 00:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC AF
09STATE115229DRAFT UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SOMALI
[...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to share the draft resolution in paragraph 2 with the members of the Security Council, and to report reactions to the Department. End request. 2. Begin text of draft UN Security Council 1846/1851 renewal resolution: -- The Security Council, -- i. R [...]
2009-11-06 22:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE115240PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR EU DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 23:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC EUN KN KNNP PARM UNSC
09STATE115674UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FOCAL POINT
[...] This is an action request. At the 10 November informal meeting of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml),if no other delegation objects, USUN should place [...]
2009-11-10 00:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE115929GUIDANCE: 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 16:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE116119VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department requests USUN to co-sponsor and vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 regarding the Protection of Civilians scheduled for Council adoption on November 11, 2009. Post should seek additional guidance from the Departmen [...]
2009-11-10 20:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE116271BUILDING BLOCKS FOR NOVEMBER 16 UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-11 00:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE116273USUN INSTRUCTION: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to submit the U.S. implementation report found in para 4 below to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. The strategic o [...]
2009-11-11 00:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE117020UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw upon the talking points in para 2 below in the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) consultations on 16 November. [...]
2009-11-13 01:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE117021GUIDANCE FOR USUN FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL JOINT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On Friday, 13 November, the Chairman of the 1267 (Al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee (Austrian PermRep Thomas Mayr-Harting),the Chairman of the Security Council Committee establish [...]
2009-11-13 01:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE117724SOMALI PIRACY: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR UNSC NOVEMBER
[...] Action Request: USUN should draw from the building blocks in paragraph 2 below in drafting the statement for the UN Security Council open debate on piracy off the coast of Somalia on November 18, 2009. End action. 2. Begin building blocks: Humanitarian -- It is clear that piracy o [...]
2009-11-14 01:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE118318LRA: TALKING POINTS FOR NOVEMBER 17 UNSC
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in paragraph 4 below for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) UN Security Council (UNSC) consultations on November 17, with a goal of setting the scene for additional consultations about the upcoming renewal of the MONUC mandate. [...]
2009-11-17 11:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNSC AF
09STATE118371SOMALIA DESIGNATIONS: RESPONSE TO USUN REQUEST TO
[...] (U) This is an action request for USUN (see para 3) and for Embassies London and Paris (see para 9 and 10). ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) The Somalia Sanctions Committee's Monitoring Group (MG) has provided the Committee with a list of targets it believes meet the listing criter [...]
2009-11-17 13:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKPMO MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE118956BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: VOTING INSTRUCTION ON
[...] This is an action request: The Department requests USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 regarding the EUFOR Chapter VII mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina scheduled for Council adoption on November 18, 2009. Post should seek additional guidance from the [...]
2009-11-18 14:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL BK
09STATE11914USUN INSTRUCTION: OBJECT TO LIBERIA FOCAL POINT
[...] This is an action request. As soon as possible, and prior to the No Objection Deadline of 13 April, USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting request for: - Richard Chichakli (DOB: 29 March 1959; POB: Syria; Citizenship: U.S.) - Airbas Transportation FZE - Chichakli & Assoc [...]
2009-02-10 00:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE11916GEORGIA - GUIDANCE FOR FEBRUARY 10 SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council consultations on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia scheduled for February 10, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank the Secretary General for his [...]
2009-02-10 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL GG
09STATE119325GUIDANCE FOR RESPONDING TO THE DPRK SANCTIONS
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 3 to respond to the 1718 (DPRK sanctions) Committee Panel of Experts Interim Report and Chairman's 90-day report on November 19 to the Security Council. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Pursuant to paragraph 12 of resolution 1718 (2006 [...]
2009-11-19 00:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKN PARM PREL UNSC
09STATE119650BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina scheduled for November 23, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: Thank you, Mr. President, I would like to welcome back to the Council Prime Minister Sp [...]
2009-11-19 20:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL BK
09STATE119800NOVEMBER 20, 2009-UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DATE ON THE
[...] This is an action request. USUN should draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 below, as appropriate, during the UN General Assembly debate on the Report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) on its third session. This debate provides an opportunity for the USG to comment on PBC's achiev [...]
2009-11-19 23:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO BY CT PU SL
09STATE120323Guidance: Middle East Consultations, November
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during the upcoming Middle East consultations in the Security Council on November 24. 2. (SBU) Begin elements: I thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe for his report. Advancing the cause of [...]
2009-11-21 03:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE120796NOVEMBER 25, 2009-UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DATE ON THE
[...] This is an action request. USUN should draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 below, as appropriate, during the UN General Assembly debate on the Annual Report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). 2. Begin talking points: -- We thank Ambassador Munoz for his dedication to the Pea [...]
2009-11-24 00:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO BY CT PU SL
09STATE121303UNSC DRC SANCTIONS CONSULTATIONS
[...] USUN may draw from the points in para 3 below during the consultations on 25 November, regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime, which includes an arms embargo and an asset freeze and travel ban for individuals and entities designated by the Security Council Commit [...]
2009-11-24 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE121333GUIDANCE: ADOPTION OF UNSC RESOLUTION RENEWING
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the U.S. drafted UN Security Council Resolution renewing UNSC resolutions 1846 and 1851 to be adopted on November 30 (para 2). USUN should also seek out co-sponsors for the resolution. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution [...]
2009-11-24 23:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM KPIR SO XA XW
09STATE121854GEORGIA - ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON SUCCESSOR TO
[...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. In response to reftel A, the Department authorizes Post to convey U.S. positions below regarding suggested replacements for the current UN Representative for Georgia, Johan Verbeke, notwithstanding prior guidance in reftel B. A Department instruction with add [...]
2009-11-25 23:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL GG
09STATE121855USUN VOTING INSTRUCTION: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS AND
[...] This is an action request. USUN may vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) to renew the UN Security Council sanctions regime on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the mandate of the Group of Experts for one year. The UNSC DRC sanctions regime includes an [...]
2009-11-25 23:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE122227GUIDANCE FOR USUN FOR 30 NOVEMBER ARRIA-STYLE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On November 30, the Mexican Permanent Representative to the United Nations will host an Arria-style meeting (in which members of the Security Council gather informally to be briefed by independent experts about matters of international [...]
2009-11-27 22:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE122724GUIDANCE: ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNGA
[...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) Mission should call for the vote and vote "no" on resolutions put up for adoption on December 1 and 2 dealing with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat, [...]
2009-12-01 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC KPAL IS
09STATE122725PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND
[...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow, P3 Embassies (London and Paris),the European Union Council and Commission, which participate in the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG),as well as Norway -- see paras 7 and 10 to be left as non-papers. For USUN, see para 12, for Ottawa, see [...]
2009-12-01 00:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN RS CA UK FR NO
09STATE123216GUIDANCE: DECEMBER 3 UNSC DEBATE ON ICTR/ICTY
[...] (U) The Department requests that USUN draw on the points in paragraph 2 for use during the Security Council's December 3 debate on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United St [...]
2009-12-02 00:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA ZF ZL RW
09STATE12334USUN INSTRUCTION: OBJECT TO LIBERIA FOCAL POINT
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is requested to block the Ukrainian request to delist Valeriy Naydo. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) Valeriy Naydo, a Ukrainian national, has been described as Viktor Bout's number two man in South Africa. He was a former pilot for Bout and one [...]
2009-02-11 00:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE123528SUDAN: TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 4 BRIEFING BY
[...] (U) USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points and questions in paragraph three for the December 4 Security Council Briefing by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. The U.S. objective for this briefing is to: (1) emphasize that the Governme [...]
2009-12-02 18:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE125021BURUNDI: GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 10 UNSC
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 3 during the December 10 UN Security Council consultations on the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB). 2. (U) Objectives: Express our support for the ongoing disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration [...]
2009-12-07 18:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE125208UN SECURITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 8 THEMATIC DEBATE ON
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the statement in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council thematic debate on Drug Trafficking in West Africa on December 8. USUN is also instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Drug Trafficking to be [...]
2009-12-07 23:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR
09STATE125212CYPRUS: GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 9 SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Cyprus scheduled for December 9, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: I would like to thank Special Advisor Downer and Special Representative Zerihoun for your briefings and [...]
2009-12-07 23:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE126217TALKING POINTS FOR UNDOF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
[...] USUN may draw on the talking points in paragraph 2 during December 14 Security Council consultations on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). 2. Begin talking points -- Mr. President, we are pleased the UNDOF area of operation has remained generally quiet during this p [...]
2009-12-09 23:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO SY IS
09STATE126708GUIDANCE: DFI-IAMB CONSULTATIONS, DECEMBER 17
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the following building blocks (para 2) during December 17 UNSC consultations on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The U.S. Government objectives in supporting an extension of the DFI/IAMB and in making a S [...]
2009-12-11 00:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE127336CYPRUS - VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNFICYP MANDATE
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding the mandate renewal of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on December 14, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolutio [...]
2009-12-12 00:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE127434GUIDANCE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON UNSCR 1540
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. USUN may also leave para 6 points as a non-paper. 2. (U) Background: Security Council member Mexico, in its capacity as Vice Chairman of the 1540 Committee, is leading the Committee Working Group currently focused on finalizing an outcome docum [...]
2009-12-13 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09STATE127702UNSC SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS 15
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw upon the points in para 4 in the Council consultations regarding the UNSC Sudan sanctions regime on 15 December. ---------------------- BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE ---------------------- 2. On 15 December, the Chairman of the Security Council Committee [...]
2009-12-14 20:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL XW UNSC
09STATE127817GUIDANCE: U.S. SUPPORT FOR P5 OIL-FOR-FOOD LETTER
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) In pursuing a resolution renewing arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) for one year, USUN is authorized to agree to Russian desire for a letter from the UN Security Council autho [...]
2009-12-14 23:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE127868GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, DECEMBER 17
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during Middle East consultations in the Security Council on December 17. 2. (SBU) Begin elements: I thank Special Coordinator Serry for his report. Advancing the cause of comprehensive peac [...]
2009-12-15 03:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE128274USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to lift the USG hold on the Focal Point delisting request for Ali Kleilat, who was listed by the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia. Kleilat should not remain subject to the travel ban [...]
2009-12-15 23:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE128278BURUNDI: USUN GUIDANCE FOR ADOPTION OF BINUB
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. End act [...]
2009-12-16 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE128281INSTRUCTIONS FOR ICTY/ICTR EXTENSION RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) The Department authorizes USUN to vote for adoption of the resolutions contained in paragraphs 2 and 3, for consideration December 16, 2009, regarding extensions of the terms of judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tr [...]
2009-12-16 00:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR ZF ZL RW
09STATE128289VOTING INSTRUCTION: EXTENSION OF DFI/IAMB
[...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution renewing arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) for one year. USUN is authorized to provide U [...]
2009-12-16 00:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE128782PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE
[...] (S) This is an action request. USUN should vote for Peru during the UN General Assembly election for a seat on the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). The other candidate country is Jamaica. Please see background in paragraphs 2 and 3 below. BACKGROUND 2. ( [...]
2009-12-17 01:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL UNSC KPKO PE
09STATE12900SUDAN: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON POTENTIAL ARTICLE 16
[...] (U)Posts are instructed to demarche host countries at an appropriate level regarding the United States Government's strong desire not to see an Article 16 resolution tabled in the Security Council that would defer the probable International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for Sudanese Pre [...]
2009-02-12 01:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE129239SUDAN: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR DECEMBER 21 DEBATE ON
[...] (SBU) USUN may draw from the points and questions in paragraph three for the December 21 Security Council briefing and debate on the Mbeki Report. The U.S. aims to support the objectives of the Mbeki report, but also point out that some of the Mbeki Report's recommendations may not advanc [...]
2009-12-18 02:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE130342DEMARCHE REQUEST - WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2-4. 2. (S/REL) Embassy Baghdad is requested, at the ambassadorial level, to demarche the Government of Iraq (GOI) at the highest appropriate level to convey U.S. intention to take action before the end of the year to help Iraq lift the Cha [...]
2009-12-22 23:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE130359USUN VOTING INSTRUCTION: ERITREA SANCTIONS UNSCR
[...] This is an action request. USUN may vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will create a new UN Security Council sanctions regime on Eritrea. A new sanctions committee and a new expert panel will not be created, and the sanctions regime will be monitored by th [...]
2009-12-23 01:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE13267SUDAN/ICC: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 12 MEETING
[...] USUN may draw from the following talking points as needed for the February 12 meeting on the probable indictment of Sudanese President Bashir by the ICC. Begin points: -- President Obama has long made clear his deep interest in seeing an end to the horrors in Darfur and an end to the cul [...]
2009-02-12 19:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM AA
09STATE13273FEBRUARY 12, 2009 UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 19:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO SOWGC KE
09STATE13453GEORGIA - VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNOMIG MANDATE
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG),to be considered by the Council on Friday, February 13, 2009. The United States will co-sponsor the resolution [...]
2009-02-13 03:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL GG
09STATE13976SOUTH 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 22:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CE UNSC KPAO PTER
09STATE14022MISSION CLEARANCE FOR TECHNICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH
[...] Mission clearance is requested for IO Bureau, Office of Peacekeeping, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism officer Tanaz Khambatta, L Bureau, Attorney Adviser Christina Sanford, and Africa Bureau, Office of Regional Security Affairs contractor Chris Tringale, Senior Contract Analyst Jimmy Savino and [...]
2009-02-14 00:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KE
09STATE14176GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2-4 below as a basis for its participation in Security Council consultations on the Middle East scheduled for February 18, and for its public statements on the consultation. 2. (U) Talking points. -- Thank [...]
2009-02-16 17:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS KPAL
09STATE14578FEBRUARY 19, 2009 SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 00:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO TT
09STATE14899APPROVED BUILDING BLOCKS FOR CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the building blocks in para 2 during consultations on Burma in the Security Council on Feburary 20 and with the Group of Friends on February 23. 2. (SBU) Following are Department and NSC-approved building blocks. BEGIN BUILDING BLOCKS -- A year and half has pa [...]
2009-02-18 18:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09STATE15086MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST
[...] (U) The United States continues to be involved at all levels in coordinating support activities for various 1540 Committee implementation activities. This involvement has deepened through our strategic interest in full implementation of UNSCR 1540 -- which recently included bilateral assista [...]
2009-02-18 21:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC OTRA
09STATE15253APPROVED BUILDING BLOCKS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION AT
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the building blocks in para 2 during U.S. intervention in the debate on UN Security Council reform in the General Assembly on February 19, 2009. Department requests that post re-clear the final statement if it is significantly and substantively different from the bui [...]
2009-02-19 14:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC
09STATE16194UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE - DESIGNATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 3 and 4. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States wishes to join the UK, France, and Belgium on Monday, 23 February 2009 in submitting the request to the UN Security Council Committee established [...]
2009-02-21 00:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE17235UNMIT ADOPTION, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
[...] Decides to extend the mandate of UNMIT until 26 February 2010 at the current authorized levels; 2. Urges all parties in Timor-Leste, in particular political leaders, to continue to work together and engage in political dialogue and consolidate peace, democracy, rule of law, sustainable soci [...]
2009-02-25 00:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO TT
09STATE17394DEMARCHE TO SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR 1540 --
[...] (U) This is an action request for USUN, see para 3. USUN may also leave para 6 points as a non-paper. Other Posts as info only. 2. (U) Background: New Security Council member Mexico, in its capacity as Vice Chairman on the 1540 Committee, is leading a UN Working Group focused on condu [...]
2009-02-25 13:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09STATE17766POINTS FOR OPEN DEBATE ON UNSCR 1830 (UNAMI)
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the open debate on UNSCR 1830 (UNAMI) in the Security Council on February 26. 2. (SBU) Begin points: ------- General ------- -- The end of the MNF-I mandate on December 31 of last year marked a new beginning for Iraq and its rela [...]
2009-02-26 02:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE18258GUIDANCE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT
[...] Department appreciates USUN's work on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Management Committee (STL-MC) and provides the following guidance for use in the next STL-MC meeting, currently scheduled for February 27. 2. After reviewing REF A and B regarding a possible change in Prosecutor Bellemar [...]
2009-02-27 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE
09STATE18259GUIDANCE FOR OSCE BRIEFING TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the OSCE briefing to the UN Security Council scheduled for February 27, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: I would like to welcome the Chairwoman-in-Office and thank her for her comprehensive overview of the p [...]
2009-02-27 00:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL GG
09STATE18279UNMIT ADOPTION, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
[...] This is an action request. USUN should vote in favor of the resolution text below, extending the mandate of the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) until February 26, 2010. Begin text. The Security Council, Reaffirming all its previous resolutions and statements on the situat [...]
2009-02-27 02:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO TT
09STATE18863URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER
[...] (SBU) The Department requests Embassy Kinshasa seek a meeting as soon as possible with President Kabila to urge him to issue a statement in support of the Indian peacekeeping contingent in the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC). The Department similarly requests Embassies Brussels, London and Pari [...]
2009-02-27 23:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETKPKO PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN
09STATE18884USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. Prior to the No Objection Deadline of 4:00 PM, 2 March 2009, USUN is requested to object to Liberian Senator Jewel Howard Taylor's travel ban exemption request, as it does not meet the criteria for a travel ban exemption. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. S [...]
2009-02-28 01:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE19213SUDAN: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR
[...] (SBU) As they deem appropriate and useful, action addressees are instructed to approach host countries at an appropriate level regarding the International Criminal Court's (ICC) likely announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday, March 4. Libya is likel [...]
2009-03-03 00:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE19922USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733 (1992). 2. BEGIN LETTER In accordance with paragraph [...]
2009-03-04 13:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE2008GUIDANCE: GA SPECIAL SESSION ON THE HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) At the request of the Non-Aligned Movement, the UN General Assembly may hold on January 8 or 9 a resumption of its Emergency Special Session on "Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory." This emergency session last convened o [...]
2009-01-08 21:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA UNSC PREL IS SY KPAL
09STATE21098GUIDANCE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) Department provides the following guidance for Agenda Item 3 of the 35th meeting of the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL): ----------------- Tax Reimbursement ----------------- 2. (SBU) USUN may support the proposal put forward to reimburse STL judges fo [...]
2009-03-06 15:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE
09STATE21422SUDAN: TALKING POINTS FOR MARCH 6 OCHA
[...] USUN may draw from the following talking points for their March 6 briefing in the Security Council by Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes. Begin talking points: -- The United States condemns the decision by the Government of Sudan to expel from its borders [...]
2009-03-06 22:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE21863LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO SYG BAN ON
[...] This is an action request. Please deliver the following message from Secretary Clinton to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Secretary General: Thank you for your letter noting the status of efforts to locate the missing Kuwaiti a [...]
2009-03-09 17:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL UNSC IZ KU
09STATE21922GUIDANCE: POINTS FOR USE IN UNSCR 1701
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the U.S. intervention in UNSCR 1701 consultations on March 10, 2009. Department requests that USUN seek further guidance if the final statement differs significantly and substantively from the points below. 2. (SBU) Begin points: - [...]
2009-03-09 18:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE SY IS
09STATE22006USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733 (1992). 2. BEGIN LETTER In accordance with paragraph [...]
2009-03-09 20:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE22315CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: TALKING POINTS FOR
[...] USUN may draw from the following points for the March 10 Security Council briefing with the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for the Central African Republic (CAR) Francois Fall. Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank SRSG Fall for his briefing today [...]
2009-03-10 15:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CA XA ZF
09STATE22576GUIDANCE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) Department provides the following guidance regarding compensation for judges employed by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). This guidance modifies that previously sent in REF A. 2. (SBU) USUN may support the British compromise proposal which provides for a one-time adjustment of t [...]
2009-03-10 23:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE
09STATE23139USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. Prior to the No Objection Deadlines USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting requests for Tupee Taylor, Mohamed Salame, and Irbis Air Company. 2. Prior to 22 March 2009, USUN is requested to object to the Focal Point delisting request for Tupee T [...]
2009-03-11 22:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE23810USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to inform the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia that the equipment for which the United States received an advanced arms embargo exemption (reftel A) on 13 August 2008 was delivered to Roberts International [...]
2009-03-12 21:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE23815USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMM ARMS
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia an advance approval in connection with the arms embargo on Liberia established by the Security Council. 2. BEGIN LETTER TO THE CHAIR OF THE 1521 (LIBERIA [...]
2009-03-12 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE26180GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON UNAMA MANDATE
[...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the following points below for its participation in the March 19 UNSC debate on the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). 2. Begin points: -- The United States supports the renewal of UNAMA's mandate in Afghanistan for 12 months beginning on / about [...]
2009-03-19 02:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA UNSC PREL PGOV UN
09STATE26297OCHA BRIEFING MARCH 20 ON SUDAN HUMANITARIAN
[...] USUN may draw from the following talking points as needed for the March 20 briefing by OCHA on the humanitarian situation in Sudan. Begin points: -- The United States reiterates its condemnation of the Government of Sudan's expulsion of 13 international humanitarian aid organizations fro [...]
2009-03-19 13:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM AA
09STATE26339SEEKING VIEWS ON IAEA PROPOSAL (WMD TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) This cable requests London and Paris obtain views regarding a proposal by Gustavo Zlauvunin, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) New York Representative, to integrate efforts of the various counterterrorism and nonproliferation Committees to focus on weapons of mass destruction (W [...]
2009-03-19 14:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC FR IAEA KPAO PARM PREL PTER UK UNSC
09STATE26517SOMALIA CONSULTATIONS, MARCH 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 17:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO KE
09STATE26631INVITATION 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 19:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO EUE PREL PTER UNSC EUN SAARC
09STATE26720SOMALIA: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Somalia to be adopted on March 20 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin statement: The mem [...]
2009-03-19 21:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL SO XA XW
09STATE26983USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to object to the delisting request for Kai Farley, who continues to pose an ongoing threat to the peace and stability in Liberia and the subregion. Given his ongoing associations with former MODEL elements, we need further independently verified [...]
2009-03-20 14:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE27309SRI LANKA: INSTRUCTIONS TO SEEK A MORE ACTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 21:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCE PREL UNSC
09STATE27831(C) Secretary Clinton's March 19, 2009 Meeting
[...] (C) Classified by: Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State - Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) March 19, 2009, 2:30 p.m., Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, AF Acting Assi [...]
2009-03-23 22:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SF
09STATE27842USUN INSTRUCTIONS: ELEMENTS FOR DPRK LAUNCH
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests USUN use the elements of the draft Security Council resolution in paragraph 3 as a starting point to negotiate a Security Council resolution in the event of a missile launch by the DPRK. 3. (S) Some of the elemen [...]
2009-03-24 00:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETUNSC KNNP JA KN
09STATE27993USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (U) USUN is requested to inform the French UN Mission that we intend to submit the delisting petition found in para 3 below on behalf of Talal El'Dine. Following agreement from the French, USUN sh [...]
2009-03-24 13:56:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE28313SUDAN: MARCH 26 UNSC BRIEFING BY THE AU-UN CHIEF
[...] USUN may draw from the following points for its March 26 briefings by the AU-UN Chief Negotiator for Darfur Djibril Bassole (and UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes.) Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank AU/UN [...]
2009-03-24 23:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE28773WELCOMING THE DESIGNATION OF MR. VALENTIN INZKO
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department requests USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution welcoming the designation of Mr. Valentin Inzko as High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina which is to be considered by the Council on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. [...]
2009-03-25 19:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDBK PREL XG XH ZL UNSC
09STATE28850GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, MARCH 25
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the elements in paras 2 and 4 below as a basis for its participation in Security Council consultations on the Middle East scheduled for March 25, and for its public statements on the consultation. 2. (U) Elements for presenta [...]
2009-03-25 20:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE SY KPAL
09STATE29254DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAQ TO NEGOTIATE WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; see paragraphs 4 and 5. Background ---------- 2. (U) The UNCC was established in 1991 to process and pay claims for damages resulting from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The UNCC issued awards (entitlements for claims payments) totaling more [...]
2009-03-26 17:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ KU UNCC UNSC EFIN ECIN ECON PREL
09STATE29981THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ECONOMY OF IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary: This cable provides background, analysis, and status on the programs and activities of the United Nations (UN),UN agencies and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) as they relate to the economy of Iraq. This review is provided in support of the ongoing activities of USUN and [...]
2009-03-27 20:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ KU USUN PREL ECIN EFIN ECON UNSC
09STATE30114USUN INSTRUCTION: IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Washington concurs with USUN's proposed approach (reftel) for next steps in the Iran Sanctions Committee with regard to the M/V Monchegorsk incident. 3. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Mission is instructed to engage the UK and France on possible next steps in [...]
2009-03-29 20:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP SY CY
09STATE30123DEMARCHE REQUEST: PRESSING MOSCOW AND BEIJING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 2. 2. (S/NF) ACTION REQUEST: Posts are requested to press Russia and China to support meaningful UN Security Council action in response to a DPRK rocket launch, which North Korea has announced will occur between April 4-8, 2009. Drawing on the points [...]
2009-03-30 00:47:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNUNSC PREL CM RU KNNP KN
09STATE31093MADAGASCAR: UNSC BRIEFING UNDER OTHER MATTERS
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 for the April 2 UNSC briefing under "other matters" on Madagascar. 2. Begin points: -- The United States condemns the process through which Marc Ravalomanana was forced to resign as President of the Republic of Madagascar and Andry Rajoeli [...]
2009-03-31 23:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM XA XY
09STATE31292BURMA: INSTRUCTION TO MEET WITH SYG BAN'S OFFICE
[...] (C) USUN is requested to meet with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's staff, at the highest appropriate level, to relay U.S. views on his possible travel to Burma in conjunction with the April 12 UN-ASEAN Summit in Bangkok. USUN should draw on the points in para 2 at this meeting. 2. (SBU) [...]
2009-04-01 13:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09STATE31670(U) Secretary Clinton's March 23, 2009
[...] (U) Participants: Department of State Secretary Clinton U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Speckhard EUR DAS Matthew Bryza Special Assistant Andrew Shapiro Greece Desk Officer Ilan Goodman (Notetaker) Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios Father Alex Karloutsos Andr [...]
2009-04-01 22:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC CY
09STATE32283GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS APRIL 2
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau April 8. 2. Begin Statement: -- First, the United States welcomes the successful transition in Guinea-Bissau to Parliament Speaker Raimundo Pereir [...]
2009-04-02 23:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE3273DJIBOUT-ERITREA: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRENCH
[...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the following French resolution on the Djibouti-Eritrea crisis. Begin text The Security Council Affirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity of both Djibouti and Eritrea, and recalling the impor [...]
2009-01-13 16:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL DJ ER ET XA XW
09STATE33393APRIL 6 UN SECURITY COUNCIL MINUSTAH OPEN
[...] USUN may draw upon the following points during the April 6 UN Security Council open debate. Begin points. -The United States would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Hedi Annabi for his briefing today. We welcome the March 6 report of the Secretary-Genera [...]
2009-04-06 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO HA
09STATE33405USUN INSTRUCTION: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to submit the U.S. implementation report found in para 2 below to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia. ------ REPORT ------ 2. COVER NOTE: The Permanent Mission of the United Stat [...]
2009-04-06 18:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE33544 NAMES TO BE ADDED TO UNSC DRC SANCTIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States wishes to lift our holds on a Government of Rwanda request to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerni [...]
2009-01-13 19:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE33583GEORGIA - GUIDANCE ON U.S. RESPONSE TO UN
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. In response to reftel A, the Department has reviewed the March 26, 2009 UN-drafted paper on the future presence of the UN in Georgia. While interagency discussions regarding U.S. policy towards the UN's presence in Georgia have not concluded, Post should inform [...]
2009-04-07 00:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE34127GUINEA-BISSAU: INSTRUCTION FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on the Guinea-Bissau to be adopted on April 8 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Sec [...]
2009-04-07 23:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE34653USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733 (1992). 2. BEGIN LETTER In accordance with paragraph [...]
2009-04-08 22:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE3498GREAT LAKES - TALKING POINTS FOR THE JANUARY 15
[...] This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the January 15 UN Security Council (UNSC) consultations with Great Lakes Special Envoy Obasanjo. 2. (U) Begin points: -- We remain seriously concerned about the present situation in eastern Congo, in particula [...]
2009-01-13 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE35897DEMARCHE TO NON-PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Night Action precedence required due to action requested in advance of scheduled United Nations Security Council meeting at 1500 EDT Monday, April 13. 2. (SBU) Addressees are requested to make an urgent demarche in their capitals, at the highest appropriate level, drawing on the infor [...]
2009-04-12 03:04:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM UNSC NK
09STATE36831GUIDANCE: UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON KUWAITI PROPERTY
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the following building blocks during April 16 consultations regarding repatriation by Iraq of missing Kuwaitis and Kuwaiti property, including the Kuwaiti national archives. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: -- I would like to begin toda [...]
2009-04-14 21:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ KU
09STATE36864(C) DEMARCHE TO CHINA CONCERNING DESIGNATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Encourage China to work together with us to facilitate U.S.-proposed designations in the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") of entities and goods tied to the DPRK's proscribed WMD and missile-relat [...]
2009-04-15 00:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETUNSC PARM KN CH KNNP
09STATE37154USUN INSTRUCTION: MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] This is an action request, see paragraph two. 2. ACTION REQUEST: USUN is requested to circulate to the Group of Friends and the UN Security Council, at such times and sequences deemed appropriate, the resolution included in paragraph two, renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Refe [...]
2009-04-15 17:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC
09STATE37297GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, APRIL 20
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below as a basis for its participation in Security Council consultations on the Middle East scheduled for April 20, and for its public statements on the consultation. 2. (U) Talking points: -- It is th [...]
2009-04-15 20:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE KPAL
09STATE37354GUIDANCE: DFI-IAMB CONSULTATIONS, APRIL 16
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the following building blocks during April 16 UNSC consultations on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory Management Board (IAMB). 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: -- UN Security Council Resolution 1859 (2008) carried forward for one [...]
2009-04-15 21:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE3778GUIDANCE: 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 18:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE37840USUN INSTRUCTION: UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON MINURSO
[...] As requested by the UN Security Council in Resolution 1813 (2008),the Secretary-General issued a report on April 14, 2009, on the situation concerning the Western Sahara. The report covers developments since the Secretary-General's last report, issued April 14, 2008. The Secretary-General's [...]
2009-04-16 18:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SIPDIS
09STATE38033USUN INSTRUCTIONS: UN MISSION IN SUDAN MANDATE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to circulate to the Security Council for discussion the draft resolution set forth in paragraph 2, authorizing extension of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS),at such times and sequences as deemed appropriate to ensure timely adoption of a resolutio [...]
2009-04-16 22:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC CD SU
09STATE380361267/TERRORISM: GUIDANCE REGARDING YEMENI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Per reftel, Yemeni Perm Rep Abdullah Alsaidi on April 2 told USUN Ambassador DiCarlo that Yemen is prepared to submit a travel ban exemption request to the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) Committee to [...]
2009-04-16 23:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA
09STATE38039(C) DEMARCHE TO RUSSIA CONCERNING GOODS AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Encourage Russia to work together with us to gain agreement on U.S.-proposed designations in the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") of entities and goods tied to the DPRK's proscribed WMD and mis [...]
2009-04-16 23:52:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PARM KN RU
09STATE38601DEMARCHE TO VIETNAM CONCERNING GOODS AND ENTITIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to encourage Vietnam to work together with us to reach agreement on U.S.-proposed designations in the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") of entities and goods tied to the DPRK's proscribed WMD and missile [...]
2009-04-17 22:06:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM UNSC KN VM KNNP
09STATE38608DPRK: URGENT DEMARCHE TO LIBYA ON 1718 SANCTIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Encourage Libya to work together with us to gain agreement on U.S.-proposed designations in the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") of entities and goods tied to the DPRK's proscribed WMD and miss [...]
2009-04-17 22:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM UNSC KN LY KNNP
09STATE39134GEORGIA - ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON REVISED UN
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Department requests USUN share the attached non-paper (see para 3) outlining language for a new mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) with UN SRSG Verbeke, UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy, and UN Under Secretary-General [...]
2009-04-20 19:29:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE3916NEPAL: INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNMIN MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the following points for use during the discussion of the Secretary General's report on the UN Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) scheduled to take place on Friday, January 16. 2. Begin points: -- I would like to welcome SRSG Martin back to the Council a [...]
2009-01-14 21:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC UNMIN PGOV NP
09STATE3955GUIDANCE: PRST ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS,
[...] This is an action request. USUN may join consensus on a PRST on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, associated with the January 14 open debate regarding the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, with text as in para 2. Suggested remarks for the open debate have been sent sep [...]
2009-01-15 00:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE39754INFO REQUEST FOR UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...]
2009-04-21 21:19:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE39760UNMIS CONSULTATIONS TALKING POINTS
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in paragraph 2 during consultations in the Security Council on the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) scheduled for April 23, 2009. 2. Begin Points We would like to thank SRSG Ashraf Qazi for his work and the efforts of his team [...]
2009-04-21 21:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF KPKO SU UNSC
09STATE40403GUIDANCE 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 20:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC GG PHUM PREL
09STATE41838GUIDANCE: RUSSIAN DRAFT PRST ON THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to recommend changes to the Russian draft PRST provided reftel, so that the text matches that provided at para 2 below (note: a copy of this text showing tracked changes will be provided via e-mail). Mission should ensure that Russian counte [...]
2009-04-27 13:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS RS KWBG KPAL
09STATE43041CYPRUS - GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 30 SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Cyprus scheduled for April 30, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- Thank you Mr. President. I would like to welcome Special Advisor Downer to the Council and thank you f [...]
2009-04-28 21:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE43056SECURITY COUNCIL WORKING GROUP -- APRIL 29
[...] (SBU) Context: In January 2009 the French and UK circulated a non-paper on the challenges facing UN peacekeeping, with a focus on strategic oversight, matching mandates and resources, setting clear political objectives and establishing benchmarks for progress. The paper was discussed in an [...]
2009-04-28 23:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC
09STATE43262CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT - GUIDANCE ON PRST
[...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to join consensus on the following PRST on Children and Armed Conflict scheduled to be adopted by the Security Council on April 29, 2009. 2. (U) Begin text: Â [...]
2009-04-29 14:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC GG PHUM PREL
09STATE4356USUN INSTRUCTION: LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia two advance approvals in connection with the arms embargo on Liberia established by the Security Council in connection with a program that would provide eq [...]
2009-01-15 22:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE4361USUN INSTRUCTION: NO OBJECTION TO SNOWE'S LIBERIA
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to immediately inform UKUN that we do not intend to object to Edwin Snowe's second request for a travel ban exemption. We consider this request to meet the criteria described in paragraph 4(c) of UNSC resolution 1521 (2003),where the Council deci [...]
2009-01-15 22:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN LI PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE43657MISSION CLEARANCE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON SUDAN
[...] Mission clearance is requested for Robert E. Whitehead, incoming Charg d'Affaires (CDA),U.S. Embassy Khartoum, for Tuesday, May 5, 2009. 2. CDA Whitehead is currently conducting pre-deployment consultations in Washington, D.C., prior to assuming his position at U.S. Embassy Khartoum in mid [...]
2009-04-29 21:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL KE
09STATE43692CYPRUS - GUIDANCE ON APRIL 30 PRST
[...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to join consensus on the following PRST on Cyprus scheduled to be approved by the Security Council on April 30, 2009. 2. (U) Begin text: The Security Council commends the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders for the poli [...]
2009-04-29 23:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE43701USUN INSTRUCTION: UNMIS RESOLUTION RENEWAL
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to sponsor before the Security Council and vote for the resolution set forth in paragraph 2 extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Sudan. If necessary, to avoid the introduction of references to the ICC, USUN may accept substitute language pr [...]
2009-04-29 23:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU
09STATE43723USUN INSTRUCTION: UNMIS RESOLUTION RENEWAL
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to sponsor before the Security Council and vote for the resolution set forth in paragraph 2 extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Sudan. If necessary, to avoid the introduction of references to the ICC, USUN may accept substitute language pr [...]
2009-04-30 02:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU
09STATE43724WESTERN SAHARA: USUN VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND EOV
[...] This is an action request, see paragraph two. 2. ACTION REQUEST: On April 30, 2009, the UN Security Council will vote on a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). USUN is authorized to vote in support of the resolution, included in [...]
2009-04-30 02:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM KPKO AG MO WI XA XY
09STATE44662GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIN
[...] The Department requests USUN to draw on the following points for use during the UN Security Council's debate on the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),scheduled to take place on May 5. 2. Begin points: -- We are pleased to welcome SRSG Landgrin to the Council for the first time and thank her fo [...]
2009-05-01 20:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC UNMIN PREL NP
09STATE45217GUIDANCE: UNSC CONSULTATION ON LEBANON (UNSCR
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission may draw on the building blocks in paragraph 3 for the May 7 Security Council consultations on the ninth semi-annual report of the Secretary General on the implementation of UNSC resolution 1559 (2004). 3. (SBU) Begin [...]
2009-05-04 21:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC LE SY IS
09STATE45829(C) The Secretary's April 20, 2009 Meeting with
[...] (U) Classified by: Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary, EUR, Department of State. Reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) April 20, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Executive Assistant to the Secretary Joe MacManus NSC Director for [...]
2009-05-06 00:33:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC CY
09STATE4659UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution that will provide a logistics support package to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),and expresses the UN Security Councils intent to hold a separate vote no later than June 1, 2009 [...]
2009-01-16 17:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
09STATE46591GUIDANCE: UNSC MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, MAY 11, 2009
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below as a basis for its participation in the Security Council debate on the Middle East scheduled for May 11, and for its public statements about the debate. 2. (U) Talking points: -- Thank the Secret [...]
2009-05-07 16:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE KPAL
09STATE47033GUIDANCE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON REGISTRAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Department understands per REFTEL that AmCit David Tolbert plans to submit a formal application for the position of Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the coming days. There is no other AmCit candidate and Tolbert appears well-qualified [...]
2009-05-08 14:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER UNSC LE
09STATE47188CHAD: TALKING POINTS AND VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR
[...] USUN is instructed to seek the changes in paragraph 2 to the French drafted PRST (paragraph 3) on the Chadian rebel incursion from Sudan into Chad. USUN may delivery the statement in paragraph 4, if the May 8 "emergency session" is open. USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 5, [...]
2009-05-08 17:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU CD XA ZF
09STATE48527SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE CABLE ON UN ASSISTANCE
[...] This is an action request see paragraph 2. 2. ACTION REQUEST: USUN is requested to demarche the UN Secretariat at the appropriate level to obtain the objectives in paragraph 3. USUN may draw from the background listed in paragraph 4-7 to achieve these objectives. USUN should inform the [...]
2009-05-13 00:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XY
09STATE48669MAY 13 UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] USUN may draw upon the elements below during UN Security Council consultations on Somalia. - The United States strongly supports the efforts of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, and others in the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to devel [...]
2009-05-13 13:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO ET KE
09STATE48881GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: GUIDANCE FOR UNSC
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below as a basis for its participation in the discussion of the Gaza Board of Inquiry during Security Council consultations on May 13, 2009. USUN is also authorized at its discretion, either in the consulta [...]
2009-05-13 16:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS KPAL KWBG LY PREL UNSC
09STATE49027GEORGIA - ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON SECRETARY
[...] (C) This is an action request. In response to reftel, the Department requests USUN to continue to engage the UN at the appropriate levels (UN Secretary-General Deputy Chief of Staff, Kim Won-soo, UN SRSG Johan Verbeke, UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy, and UN Under Sec [...]
2009-05-13 20:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE49092UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: FRENCH TARGETS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objectives are to: -- Express U.S. appreciation and willingness to work with France on sanctions issues; -- Request enhanced information sharing w [...]
2009-05-13 22:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE49691SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO EXEMPTION LETTER
[...] USUN is requested to deliver the referenced letter to the Chair of the Somalia Sanctions Committee at the earliest opportunity. CLINTON [...]
2009-05-15 00:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE50384DEMARCHE REQUEST: UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2 and 3. 2. (U) Embassy Beijing and Embassy Hanoi are requested to demarche host governments at the highest possible level to press for UN Security Council action on Burma in the wake of the decision by the Burmese regime to bring new char [...]
2009-05-17 18:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC BM
09STATE51396CYPRUS: GUIDANCE FOR MAY 22 SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Cyprus scheduled for May 22, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: The United States welcomes the report of the Secretary-General. We echo his full support for the current C [...]
2009-05-19 22:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE52510UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: BIOIDENTIFIERS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objective is to reaffirm to France that the United States can only support UN sanctions against those targets for which we have sufficient unclassified bio [...]
2009-05-21 21:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE52684UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: BIOIDENTIFIERS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objective is to reaffirm to France that the United States can only support UN sanctions against those targets for which we have sufficient unclassified bio [...]
2009-05-22 13:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE52944UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: TRUNCATED
[...] This is an urgent action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733(1992) by 5 PM Tuesday, 26 May. Recognizing that su [...]
2009-05-22 19:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE52985GEORGIA - GUIDANCE FOR MAY 27 SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Georgia scheduled for May 27, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United States takes note of the Secretary General,s latest report on the situation in Georgia. -- T [...]
2009-05-22 20:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL GG
09STATE53211USUN INSTRUCTIONS: SEEK PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
[...] Mission is requested to seek, at the emergency session of the Security Council that has been scheduled for the afternoon of May 25, adoption of a Presidential Statement or press statement condemning North Korea's claimed nuclear test conducted May 25. 2. Begin text. The Security Council [...]
2009-05-25 19:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM UNSC KN
09STATE53811UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS MAY 28
[...] USUN may draw on the following points in the May 28 consultations of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): -- The United States thanks the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sanctions Committee's Gro [...]
2009-05-26 23:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE54256GUIDANCE FOR 5/28 UNSC DEBATE ON BOSNIA AND
[...] This is an action request. USUN should draw on the following points for use during the May 28 UN Security Council discussion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2. Begin points: Mr. President: I would like to welcome Ambassador Inzko to the Council for the first time in his capacity as High Re [...]
2009-05-27 18:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL BK
09STATE5430SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATION ON GAZA, JANUARY
[...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below in consultations on the Middle East scheduled for January 21, 2009. 2. (U) Talking points. -- I thank the Secretary General for his insightful briefing on the situation in Gaza and wish to register the [...]
2009-01-21 20:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE KPAL
09STATE54410U.S. STATEMENT AT UNSC BRIEFING ON SUDAN
[...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below following the UNSC Briefing by U/SYG John Holmes on the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan. 2. (U) I thank Under-Secretary General Holmes for his insightful briefing on the current humanitarian situation in S [...]
2009-05-27 23:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SU UNSC
09STATE54958COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
[...] (U) USUN may support adoption of the French-drafted Presidential Statement on Cote d'Ivoire. The text is in paragraph 2 below. 2. (U) Begin text: (1) The Security Council welcomes the communique dated 18 May 2009 of the Permanent Consultative Framework of the Ouagadougou Political Agre [...]
2009-05-29 00:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IC
09STATE54959CYPRUS - VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNFICYP RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution regarding the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on May 29, 2009. Post should seek additional guidance from the Department if there are any additional substant [...]
2009-05-29 00:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO PBTS GR TU CY UK
09STATE5506GUIDANCE FOR UNMIN RENEWAL VOTE
[...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) by six months, scheduled for consideration by the UN Security Council on Friday, January 23. Please refer to the Department for guidance regarding further substantive chang [...]
2009-01-21 21:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL UNMIN NP
09STATE56222GEORGIA - GUIDANCE FOR UNOMIG RESOLUTION
[...] (C) This is an action request: USUN should work with the Quad,Croatia, Austria and Turkey as necessary to reach and maintain consensus on a draft resolution to revise the current security regime and mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) according to the objectives, goals, and [...]
2009-06-01 21:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE56261GUIDANCE: IRAQ RESOLUTION RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (C/REL to UN, GB, FR, CN, RU) Washington requests USUN to draw from the following U.S. policy positions as background in discussions with the UN Secretariat and P5 members. The Department will email post a separate non-paper providing facts to share with the UN and the P5. Per UN Resolution 1 [...]
2009-06-02 01:52:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU
09STATE57091SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR JUNE 8 UNSC
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para. 2 for the June 8 UN Security Council debate on Sierra Leone. End action request. 2. Begin points: -- The United States thanks the Secretary General for his report and commends UNIPSIL for its continued work to su [...]
2009-06-03 16:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY
09STATE57094UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: IRAN ARMS
[...] Department appreciates that USUN joined France and the UK in informing the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia that the advance arms embargo exemption request from the Islamic Republic of Iran was inconsistent with the letter and spirit [...]
2009-06-03 16:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE57281UNSC CONSULTATION ON ICTR/ICTY -- JUNE 4
[...] (U) The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the Security Council,s June 4 consultations on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). Begin Points: 2. (U) The United States [...]
2009-06-03 20:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA ZF ZL RW
09STATE57309DEMARCHE ON UNOMIG FOR DFM KARASIN
[...] (C) This is an action request. Post is requested to demarche Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Grigoriy Karasin, or in his absence, a suitably high-level Russian official, to seek Russian engagement in New York on the draft resolution agreed by the Quad to extend the United Nations Observ [...]
2009-06-03 22:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL RS GG
09STATE57600BURUNDI: TALKING POINTS FOR JUNE 9 UNSC DEBATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Burundi June 9. End Action Request. 2. Begin Points: -- The United States thanks (the UN Department of Political Affairs) for briefing the Council on the situation in [...]
2009-06-04 16:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE57899GUIDANCE 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 22:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PHUM PREL MOPS CE
09STATE57905SUDAN: TALKING POINTS FOR JUNE 5 BRIEFING BY ICC
[...] USUN may draw from the following talking points and questions for the June 5 Security Council Briefing by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. -- We would like to thank Chief Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo for his informative briefing today related to Securit [...]
2009-06-04 23:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE58107DPRK: CIRCULATE DRAFT RESOLUTION
[...] This is an action request. USUN is authorized to circulate the draft resolution in paragraph 2 to all members of the UN Security Council. If other members of the P-5 2 break silence on this text, USUN should consult with the Department before taking further action. 2. Begin text of dr [...]
2009-06-05 15:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM UNSC KN
09STATE58766BURUNDI: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT FOR JUNE 9 UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Burundi to be adopted on June 9 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The members of [...]
2009-06-08 17:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE58769BURUNDI: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT FOR JUNE 9 UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Burundi to be adopted on June 9 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The members of [...]
2009-06-08 17:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE59128GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT FOR JUNE 9
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau to be adopted on June 9 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The memb [...]
2009-06-09 14:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE59714INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO NOMINATE 3 PAKISTAN-BASED
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU). Summary: The U.S. prenotified (Ref A) its intention to request on June 9, 2009, that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of three individuals, Arif Qasmani, Muhammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-a-Tul Shaykh Abu Muhammad [...]
2009-06-10 15:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PT KTFN UNSC
09STATE59890GEORGIA - ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON UNOMIG
[...] (C) This is an action request. In response to reftel B, the Department provides this additional guidance to USUN for use during negotiations on the resolution to renew the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). This instruction does not supersede the guidance previously provided in reftel [...]
2009-06-10 20:00:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE59966TALKING POINTS FOR BRIEFING OF UN SECURITY
[...] USUN should draw on the talking points in para 3 during the June 11 briefing to the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the progress of the Counterterrorism Committee's (CTC) Counterterrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) work. BACKGROUND 2. The briefing will be made pursuant to UNSCR 1805, wh [...]
2009-06-10 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL UNSC KTFM EFIN
09STATE60616DEMARCHE TO ELECTED SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN
[...] (U) Chiefs of Mission are requested to make a demarche, drawing on the points in paragraph 2 below, at the highest appropriate level, to seek host countries, support for a draft resolution in the UN Security Council that would impose a series of measures in North Korea in response to its decl [...]
2009-06-12 00:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM UNSC KN
09STATE60825GEORGIA: INSTRUCTION ON UNOMIG
[...] (C) This is an action request: In light of the lack of progress on negotiations in New York on the German draft resolution reported in reftel B and Quad discussions reported in reftel D, the Department requests that USUN, in close coordination with the Quad, pursue the course of action below, [...]
2009-06-12 13:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE60907USUN VOTING INSTRUCTIONS ON DPRK RESOLUTION
[...] Mission is authorized to vote for or join consensus on the following resolution text in the Security Council on or after June 12, 2009. 2. Begin Text. The Security Council, Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 825 (1993),resolution 1540 (2004),resolut [...]
2009-06-12 15:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM UNSC KN
09STATE61061GUIDANCE: P3 MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY IBRAHIM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Department requests USUN deploy the para 6 talking points during the June 12 P3 meeting with UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari. 2. (SBU) Background: Department understands that SYG Ban has been offered July 3-4 to visit Burma and that Special Envoy Ibrahim Ga [...]
2009-06-12 18:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC BM
09STATE61197GUIDANCE FOR 6/17 UNSC DEBATE ON KOSOVO
[...] The Department Requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the June 17 UN Security Council discussion of Kosovo. 2. Begin points: Mr. President, -- I would like to welcome Special Representative Zannier and thank him for his leadership of the UN Mission in Kosovo (U [...]
2009-06-12 22:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PGOV KO
09STATE61231UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1874 ON NORTH
[...] The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1874 on June 12. This resolution unequivocally condemns North Korea's May 25 claimed nuclear test, imposes unprecedented new sanctions measures to address the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile proliferation acti [...]
2009-06-13 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM UNSC KN
09STATE61762GEORGIA - UNOMIG ROLLOVER RESOLUTION VOTING
[...] (U) This is an action request. On June 15, 2009, the UN Security Council will vote on a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). We understand that Russia will likely veto this resolution. USUN is requested to vote in support of the resolution, include [...]
2009-06-15 20:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL GG
09STATE62134POINTS FOR JUNE 18 UNSC DEBATE ON UNAMI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 17:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE62409AMBASSADOR RICE TO CHAIR JUNE 18 UNAMI UNSC
[...] (U) This is an action request (see para 2 and 3). 2. (C) Reftel conveyed a Turkish request for the Secretary?s attendance at the June 18 UNSC quarterly debate on UNAMI and requested guidance. The Department requests USUN to inform the Turkish Mission in New York that Ambassador Rice will c [...]
2009-06-16 22:41:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE62888UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733(1992). Text of the e [...]
2009-06-17 21:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE62908GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS JUNE 23
[...] (U)This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau June 23. 2. Begin points: -- Thank SRSG Mutaboba for his briefing. -- The United States emphasizes the importance of transparent, free and fai [...]
2009-06-17 23:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE63088USUN INSTRUCTION FOR JUNE 18 PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on UNAMI to be adopted on June 18 (para 2). The U.S. shared points with the Turkish Mission in New York that are largely incorporated in para 2. USUN should refer any further [...]
2009-06-18 13:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE63263UNSC CDI SANCTIONS COMMITTEE GROUP OF EXPERTS'
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send, through David Biggs in the Secretariat, a letter to the Group of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1842 of October 29, 2008 concerning Cote d'Ivoire. Resolution 1842 renewed the measures overseen by the Committee established pursua [...]
2009-06-18 16:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EMIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC
09STATE63544INSTRUCTIONS ON JUNE 22 CONSULTATIONS ON BONUCA
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from talking points in paragraph 2 during June 22 consultations on the UN Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA). End action request. 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United States would like to join the Secretary [...]
2009-06-18 22:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCT PHUM PREL XA ZF UNSC
09STATE63545SUDAN SANCTIONS: GUIDANCE FOR USUN REGARDING
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. On June 19, the Chairman of the 1591 Committee concerning the Sudan will brief the UN Security Council on the work of the Sudan Sanctions Committee, covering the period March 11 to June 19. The briefi [...]
2009-06-18 22:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL UNSC
09STATE63546GUIDANCE FOR 6/19 UNSC BRIEFING ON UNRCCA
[...] The Department Requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the May 28 UN Security Council discussion of the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia. 2. Begin points: Mr. President, -- We are pleased to welcome back Special Representative Jenca back to the [...]
2009-06-18 22:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PGOV UNRCCA
09STATE64048LRA: TALKING POINTS FOR SPECIAL ENVOY'S
[...] USUN may draw from the following talking points for the June 25 briefing by the Special Envoy for the Secretary General to Areas Affected by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA): -- We would like to thank Special Envoy Chissano for his briefing today and for his dedication and efforts to end LRA [...]
2009-06-19 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CG UG SU XA XW
09STATE64642GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, JUNE 23
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the following building blocks for remarks during June 23 consultations on the Middle East. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: It is the policy of the United States to move quickly and actively to seek a lasting peace between Israel and it [...]
2009-06-23 01:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE
09STATE64812USUN VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNDOF
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will renew UNDOF and extend the mandate for an additional 6 months. ------------------ TEXT OF RESOLUTION ------------------ 2. The Security Council, Having considered [...]
2009-06-23 13:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL UNSC USUN SY IS
09STATE66001UN SECURITY COUNCIL: THEMATIC DEBATE ON UN
[...] (U) The past six months have been a time of renewed energy and attention to the challenges facing UN peacekeeping operations. Ambassador Rice told the C-34 on February 24 that peacekeeping was a priority for the United States. Over the past few months, the French/UK initiative, supported by [...]
2009-06-25 16:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR UNSC
09STATE66244MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR PETER GUTHERIE AND
[...] (SBU) Peter Gutherie, Attorney-Adviser, and Clifton Johnson, Assistant Legal Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, request mission clearance to participate in sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996. The Ad Hoc Committee [...]
2009-06-25 22:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE66557GUIDANCE: 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 18:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE66680GUINEA-BISSAU: INSTRUCTION CABLE FOR DRAFT
[...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the draft resolution on Guinea-Bissau that would establish the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office of Guinea-Bissau, included in its entirety in paragraph 2. If the text should change substantially before the vote, USUN should seek immediate guidance fro [...]
2009-06-26 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE66733UNAMA - GUIDANCE FOR JUNE 30 SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) scheduled for June 30, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: Mr. President, -- The United States would like to thank Specia [...]
2009-06-26 22:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAA PGOV PREL UNAUS UNGA UNSC AF
09STATE66735UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...]
2009-06-26 22:29:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE67910UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...]
2009-06-30 23:04:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC
09STATE68248GUIDANCE: ENGAGING THE GOI ON UNSC RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Action request and summary: Department requests Embassy Baghdad to deliver the non-paper in paragraph 3 and engage with the Government of Iraq (GOI) to learn its views and priorities regarding the suggested recommendations below for working toward achieving the international standing equal [...]
2009-07-01 16:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIZ PREL UNSC KU
09STATE69720FM BANGURA MEETING WITH A-S CARSON
[...] (SBU) On June 9, Zainab Bangura, the Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone, met with A/S Johnnie Carson to discuss problems in the West Africa region, the threat of instability in Guinea to Sierra Leone and domestic issues, particularly, narcotics and the need for both of Sierra Leone's major poli [...]
2009-07-06 18:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGH GV IV LI NI PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PU SG SL UNSC
09STATE69804UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee") an advance approval for an exemption to the arms embargo on Liberia established by the Security Council in order to pro [...]
2009-07-06 21:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE69805INSTRUCTIONS 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 21:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR
09STATE69808GUIDANCE: LEBANON 1701 CONSULTATIONS, JULY 8
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below as a basis for its participation in Security Council consultations on the Secretary-General's report on implementation of UNSC Resolution 1701 (Lebanon) scheduled for July 8, 2009, and for its public s [...]
2009-07-06 21:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS SY LE
09STATE69813KOSOVO - REDUCING THE FREQUENCY OF UNMIK REPORTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES AND ACTION REQUEST ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Department requests that USUN work with the Secretariat and UNSC members to reduce the frequency of SYG reports to the UNSC on the situation in Kosovo und [...]
2009-07-06 22:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL KV
09STATE69814UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-20. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government is in the final stages of reviewing the first two tranches of names circulated by the UN (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) Commi [...]
2009-07-06 22:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE69816SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC JULY 9 DEBATE
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council's July 9 debate on Somalia. 2. Begin talking points: -- The United States remains committed to: supporting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in its battle against al-Shabaab and other violent [...]
2009-07-06 23:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE7018SOMALIA: TRANSMITTING PIRACY CONTACT GROUP
[...] USUN is instructed to transmit the attached letter in paragraph 2 announcing the formation of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS)to the Security Council President. USUN should also transmit to the Security Council President the Communiqu (para 3) referenced in the let [...]
2009-01-26 23:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE70206BURMA: TALKING POINTS FOR GROUP OF FRIENDS
[...] This is an action cable. Please see para 2. 2. USUN may draw on the points in para 3 when making an intervention at the Group of Friends of Burma meeting scheduled for July 8, 2009, at which Special Envoy Gambari will brief on Secretary-General Ban's travel to Burma on July 3 - 4. 3. [...]
2009-07-07 20:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BU
09STATE7024PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE - TALKING POINTS FOR UN
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in para 3 during the January 27 informal briefing at the French Mission with United Nations Special Adviser Francis Deng for the Prevention of Genocide. 2. (C) Background: Special Adviser Francis Deng was appointed in May 2007 [...]
2009-01-27 00:11:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE7040JAN 27 US STATEMENT AT UNSC BRIEFING ON GAZA
[...] (U)This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below following the UNSC Briefing by USG/ECR John Holmes on the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza. 2. (U) I thank Under-Secretary General Holmes and Commissioner-General AbuZayd for their recent trip and for their i [...]
2009-01-27 03:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM IS KPAL
09STATE70831UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...]
2009-07-08 23:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE72110BURMA: TALKING POINTS FOR SYG BAN'S BRIEF TO THE
[...] This is an action memo. USUN may draw on the points in para 2 when making an intervention at UN Secretary-General Ban's July 13 briefing to the UN Security Council on his July 3 -4 trip to Burma. 2. Begin talking points: -- The United States joins other Council members in reiterating [...]
2009-07-10 22:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC BU
09STATE72656UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: ENGAGING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) In December 2001, the U.S. proposed that an individual named Mohammed Tufail be designated by the 1267 Sanctions Committee, and he was subsequently added to the Committee,s Consolidated Li [...]
2009-07-13 22:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE72667GUIDANCE: IRAQ/KUWAIT RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This is an action request(paras 2 and 3). 2. (C/REL UN, GB, FR) Per reftel (para 3),Washington requests USUN to share the following UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) text with P3 members and seek their support. Once P3 agreement is reached, USUN is instructed to share the text wi [...]
2009-07-14 00:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ KU
09STATE731USUN INSTRUCTION: 4 NAMES TO BE ADDED TO UNSC DRC
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States wishes to join the UK and France in lifting our holds on a Government of Rwanda request to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to re [...]
2009-01-05 23:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09STATE73230GUIDANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN PRST
[...] The Department authorizes USUN to join consensus in adopting a Presidential Statement on Afghanistan, scheduled to be considered by the UN Security Council on July 15, included in para 2. 2. Begin statement: - The Security Council welcomes the Afghan-led preparation for the upcoming [...]
2009-07-15 00:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC
09STATE73235SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR JULY 16 UNSC
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in para 3 for the July 16 UN Security Council private meeting on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. End action request. 2. Background: Since 2002, the USG has been the largest financial contributor to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Including t [...]
2009-07-15 00:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY
09STATE737GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST SESSION, JANUARY 6
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from points in para 2 below during an open session of the Security Council on the Middle East likely to be scheduled for January 6. 2. (U) Talking points. -- Mr. President, the United States has been working around the clock to [...]
2009-01-06 00:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL MOPS IS KPAL
09STATE73968JOINT DEMARCHE TO RUSSIA -- COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 13:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09STATE74376MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR PEACEBUILDING
[...] Mission clearance is requested for State/IO/PSC Foreign Affairs Officer Tanaz Khambatta, as well as USAID/DCHA/CMM Director Neil Levine, Senior Conflict Advisor Mark Hannafin, and Conflict Advisor Rachel Locke. See specific requests below. 2. USAID/DCHA/CMM will be traveling to NY on July [...]
2009-07-16 23:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
09STATE74378JULY 22 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON POST-CONFLICT
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph three. 2. On June 11, 2009, the UN Secretary-General issued his report on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of a conflict. On July 22, Uganda will convene a meeting of the UN Security Council on the report and post-conflict peacebuilid [...]
2009-07-16 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
09STATE74379UN MISSION IN SUDAN: TALKING POINTS FOR
[...] The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold consultations on the Secretary-General's report on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) on July 17. USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 2, as appropriate. 2. Begin Points: I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the Un [...]
2009-07-16 23:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU
09STATE74380GUIDANCE FOR 7/22 UNSC DEBATE ON NEPAL
[...] The Department Requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the July 22 UN Security Council discussion of Nepal.. 2. Begin points: Mr. President, I welcome Representative Landgren back to the Council and thank her for her briefing. I would also like to thank her and [...]
2009-07-17 00:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL MARR KDEM NP
09STATE74975DEMARCHE REQUEST: POINTS FOR BAN/MALIKI JULY 21
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2 and 3. 2. (U) USUN is requested to demarche the UN Secretariat at the highest level in anticipation of Secretary-General Ban's expected meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki on July 21 in New York. 3. (U) USUN may draw on the follo [...]
2009-07-17 21:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE75015SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF
[...] This is an action request. Post is requested to seek from the Government of Liberia any information on the individual listed in para 5 and transmit response via a standalone UNCLASSIFIED cable. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. The strategic objective is for [...]
2009-07-17 23:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE75017MISSION CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD PONZIO AND SARAH
[...] Mission clearance is requested for S/CRS Senior Strategy and Policy Officer Richard Ponzio and S/CRS Strategic Communications Officer Sarah Pierson. See specific request below. 2. Per reftel, on July 21, USAID/DCHA/CMM Director Neil Levine, Senior Conflict Advisor Mark Hannafin, Conflict [...]
2009-07-17 23:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
09STATE75018DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council's July 21 debate on Djibouti and Eritrea. 2. Begin talking points: -- The U.S. calls on Eritrea and Djibouti to move forward to resolve their border issues peacefully, in accordan [...]
2009-07-17 23:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE75020GUIDANCE: PASS P3 TEXT TO DE MISTURA
[...] (U) This is an action request(paras 2 and 3). 2. (SBU) USUN is instructed to share the following draft UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) text (para 3)and list of possible technical and other implementation arrangements (of possible relevance for inclusion in a accompanying Iraqi side l [...]
2009-07-17 23:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE75607JOINT DEMARCHE TO RUSSIA -- COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
[...] (U) This is an action cable for USUN. Other posts as info. See paras 3 and 4 below. 2. (U) Summary/Action Request: The UN Security Council Resolution 1540 Committee is in the process of issuing invitations to Member States and relevant international organizations (IGOs) to the Septembe [...]
2009-07-20 23:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RU
09STATE76133GUIDANCE FOR UNGA DEBATE ON RESPONSIBILITY TO
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department requests that USUN draw from the points below during the UN General Assembly debate on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) scheduled for July 23, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: Thank you, Mr. President. Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-Ge [...]
2009-07-21 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE76473USUN INSTRUCTION: PRST ON PEACEBUILDING
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraphs two and three below. 2. ACTION REQUEST: On July 22, Uganda will convene a meeting of the UN Security Council on the Secretary General's report on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of a conflict. Uganda will also put forward a Presiden [...]
2009-07-22 16:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
09STATE76508GUIDANCE: UNAMI MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Washington requests USUN to share the following UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) text with the P5, and then with the full Council as appropriate, to seek their support in renewing the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq's (UNAMI) mandate for [...]
2009-07-22 17:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE76723DEMARCHE TO RUSSIA -- COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
[...] (U) This is an action cable for Moscow and Beijing. See paras 5 and 6 below for Moscow and para 7 for Beijing. 2. (SBU) Summary/Action Request: Russia's UN delegation has been resisting efforts by USUN and friendly delegations to include the G8 Global Partnership, Australia Group and Org [...]
2009-07-22 22:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RU CM
09STATE76730GUIDANCE FOR UNMIN MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] The Department authorizes USUN to join consensus in adopting the resolution to renew the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),provided in para 2, scheduled for consideration in the UN Security Council on July 23. 2. Begin text: Recalling its resolutions 1864 (2009),1825 (2008),17 [...]
2009-07-22 23:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC UNMIN PREL NP
09STATE77250UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: POINTS FOR 29
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw on the points in para 2 during the 29 July consultations regarding the Council's Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee"). 2. BEGIN POINTS -- In resolutions 1853 and 1844, this [...]
2009-07-23 22:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE77694UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1994) concerning Sierra Leone ("the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee") with the information found in para 2 below in connection with the arms embargo on Sierra Leone establi [...]
2009-07-24 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE78768SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC JULY 29 BRIEFING
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council's July 29 briefing and consultations on Somalia. 2. Begin talking points: -- Thank you, Mr. President. Let me thank Special Representative Ould-Abdallah for his briefing, and Omaar of Somalia for his inf [...]
2009-07-28 23:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE79316UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DELISTING PROPOSAL
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to ensure the United States is in compliance with its UN obligation to freeze assets on U.S. territory of individuals and entities designated by the U [...]
2009-07-29 22:07:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE79541Secretary Clinton's July 24, 2009 Conversation
[...] (U) July 24, 2009; 2:30 PM; Washington, DC. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Jim Steinberg Ambassador Chris Hill Public Affairs Assistant Secretary P.J. Crowley NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman Executive Assistant Joseph MacManus NEA Senior [...]
2009-07-30 15:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV EPET SOCI UNSC PREF OVIP
09STATE80200GUIDANCE: UNAMI RENEWAL BUILDING BLOCKS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the following points (para 3) in making its August 4 statement in the Security Council supporting adoption of the UNSC resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI). 3. BEGIN POINTS: - [...]
2009-07-31 21:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE80204DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FURTHER EVIDENCE ABOUT HANI
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Department appreciates Embassy Cairo's engagement with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on the UK's proposed de-listing of Hani al-Sabai from the UN 1267 Consolidated List (reftel). In response to the Embassy's request for feedback on the Egyptian information, the interagen [...]
2009-07-31 21:42:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC EG UK
09STATE80210RESPONSE TO OLA REGARDING UN ROLE IN COUNTER
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 with the objective of strongly discouraging UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) proposals regarding the UN role in counter piracy efforts. 2. Begin talking points: -- As reflected in its prior written communications, the United States s [...]
2009-07-31 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XY
09STATE80742CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT: VOTING GUIDANCE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department requests USUN to co-sponsor and vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 regarding Children and Armed Conflict and scheduled for Council adoption on August 4, 2009. Post should seek additional guidance from the Departmen [...]
2009-08-03 21:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC GG PHUM PREL
09STATE80765UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS: INFO REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. -------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES -------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is to propose to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Com [...]
2009-08-03 23:34:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE81194SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE ON UN
[...] The Security Council will hold a thematic debate on UN peacekeeping on August 5. This is the culmination of six months of discussion of how to better inform the Council's decisions on UN peacekeeping mandates, including through better and earlier discussions with troop- and police-contributi [...]
2009-08-04 22:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC
09STATE81736UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 23:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE81744UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE82146VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: UNAMI MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution (para 3) extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for an additional twelve months. Post should seek additional guidance [...]
2009-08-06 22:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE82570UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ("the DRC Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1533/index.shtml) with the info [...]
2009-08-07 21:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE83024UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia ("the Somalia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml) with the information found in para 2 bel [...]
2009-08-10 23:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE83026UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: USG
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-6. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In May 2009, legal representatives for 1267-listed entity Jamaat-ud-Dawah (identified by the UN 1267 Committee as an alias for Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, permanent refe [...]
2009-08-10 23:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE83335GUIDANCE: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR USE POST CONVICTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the following building blocks during August 11 consultations regarding the conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi or during any subsequent open debate on that subject as appropriate. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: Mr. President, we are saddened [...]
2009-08-11 16:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09STATE83593GUIDANCE: PRST FOLLOWING AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Using the following language, USUN may negotiate and table during Security Council consultations on August 11 a PRST concerning the conviction and sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi. 2. (SBU) Begin draft PRST text: The Security Council condemns the conviction a [...]
2009-08-11 23:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09STATE83603DEMARCHE REQUEST: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to demarche at the highest appropriate level regarding host country objections to a draft UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) dealing with the Aung San Suu Kyi verdict in Burma. (PRST text in REFTEL) Embassies Beijing and Mosco [...]
2009-08-12 01:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM RS CH
09STATE84137UNSC SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ARMS
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1994) concerning Sierra Leone ("the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee") with the information found in para 2 below in connection with the arms embargo on Sierra Leone establi [...]
2009-08-12 22:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE84997TALKING POINTS FOR AUGUST 20 CONSULTATIONS ON SYG
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the August 20 consultations on the SYG Report on Elections in Sudan. 2. Begin talking points: -- We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and incisive report detailing the preparations for national elect [...]
2009-08-14 17:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE86082GUIDANCE: CONCEPT PAPER FOR UNSC SUMMIT ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is authorized to share the nonpaper in para 2 with Security Council members, as appropriate. A copy of the nonpaper has been transmitted to USUN via email. 2. (SBU) Begin nonpaper: UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Di [...]
2009-08-18 19:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KSUM KNNP
09STATE86157GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, AUGUST 19
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para. 2 building blocks when making its intervention during the upcoming Middle East consultations in the Security Council on August 19. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: I thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his report [...]
2009-08-18 23:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPAL AR BA EG IS JO LE SY
09STATE86626CONSULTATIONS ON SUDAN ELECTIONS - BUDGETARY
[...] This is an addendum to State 84997, and USUN may draw upon the points below during consultations on elections preparations in Sudan scheduled before the Security Council on August 20, 2009. 2. Begin points: --The United States continues to be a staunch supporter of holding fair and cre [...]
2009-08-19 22:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU
09STATE86627GUIDANCE FOR RESPONDING TO DPRK SANCTIONS
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 3 to respond to the 1718 briefing on August 20 in the Security Council. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Pursuant to paragraph 12 of resolution 1718 (2006),the Chairman (Fazli Corman, Turkey, Acting Chairman) of the Security Council [...]
2009-08-19 22:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKN PARM PREL UNSC
09STATE87065ELEMENTS FOR A UNSC PRODUCT ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KSUM KNNP
09STATE87528MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/CT COORDINATOR
[...] (SBU) Department requests mission clearance for AMB Daniel Benjamin and S/CT multilateral affairs officer Zachary Bernstein for meetings scheduled August 25 with U.S. Deputy Permrep Wolff, Croatia's Deputy Permrep Ranko Vilovic, Counterterrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) head Jean Paul [...]
2009-08-21 22:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE8790UNSC PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. Mission is requested to seek adoption of a UNSC press statement welcoming the provincial elections scheduled to take place in Iraq on Saturday, January 31. USUN should introduce the text at para 2 as the basis for the press statement, drawing on talking point [...]
2009-01-31 00:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IZ
09STATE88798DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver President Obama's invitation to UN Security Council (UNSC) Member State heads of state/government to participate in the September 24 UNSC summit meeting to discuss nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. Invitations [...]
2009-08-26 02:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP
09STATE89304GUIDANCE: DFI-IAMB CONSULTATIONS, AUGUST 27
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the following building blocks (para 2) during August 27 UNSC consultations on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory Management Board (IAMB). 2. (U) Begin building blocks: -- The United States welcomes the first report of the Secretar [...]
2009-08-26 23:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE89310UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 b [...]
2009-08-27 00:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE90069SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UN ROLE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 17:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE90813UNSC COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE GROUP OF
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter through the UN Secretariat to the Group of Experts for the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Cote d'Ivoire ("the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1572/ [...]
2009-09-01 00:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE91300MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DOJ OFFICIALS TO
[...] (SBU) Department requests mission clearance for Department of Justice officials to meet on September 3 with Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) Executive Director Mike Smith to discuss potential areas of cooperation between CTED and DOJ on counterterrorism technical assistance and tr [...]
2009-09-01 23:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE93368UN SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON HAITI,
[...] This is an action request. USUN should draw from the talking points in paragraph 2, as appropriate, during the UN Security Council open debate on Haiti, scheduled for September 9, 2009. This debate provides an opportunity to urge support for the renewal of MINUSTAH,s mandate, and to undersco [...]
2009-09-09 02:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO HA
09STATE93378GEORGIA - VOTING INSTRUCTION ON UNGA IDP
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN General Assembly resolution regarding internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Georgia scheduled for vote on September 9, 2009. The U.S. will not make a statement during the session. USUN should [...]
2009-09-09 02:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL GG
09STATE9388SOMALIA: PRESS STATEMENT ON SELECTING A PRESIDENT
[...] Action Request: Department requests that USUN seek a UN Security Council Press Statement welcoming the election of a new President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia at the earliest opportunity. USUN has the discretion to either circulate the statement in paragraph 2 to the Co [...]
2009-02-03 00:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL SO XA XW
09STATE9400GEORGIA - URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. On January 29, 2009, during a meeting with USUN, Russian Permrep Churkin explained that Russia will likely call for an invitation by the Security Council to Abkhaz separatist leaders to participate in a formal Council meeting regarding the UN Observer Mission in [...]
2009-02-03 01:02:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE94738UNSC SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: GUIDANCE FOR 15
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. On September 15, the Chairman of the 1591 Committee concerning the Sudan will brief the UN Security Council on the work of the Sudan Sanctions Committee, covering the period June 20 to September 15. T [...]
2009-09-11 18:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL XW UNSC
09STATE94916USUN INSTRUCTION: UNSC SESSION ON DPRK/UNSC
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: The UN Security Council is scheduled to discuss DPRK/UNSC Resolution 1874 in closed consultations on Monday, September 14, 2009. Originally, this session was intended for the Council to review an int [...]
2009-09-11 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKN PARM PREL UNSC
09STATE94919UNSC: UN MISSION IN LIBERIA: MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (U) USUN is authorized to vote in favor of a Security Council resolution extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until September 30, 2010, and authorizing UNMIL to support the 2011 Liberian presidential elections. The vote is scheduled for September 15. USUN should consult [...]
2009-09-11 22:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC LI
09STATE94943SIERRA LEONE: UNIPSIL MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Resolution on Sierra Leone to be adopted on September 15 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Security [...]
2009-09-11 23:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY
09STATE95932Guidance: Middle East Consultations, September
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para 2 elements when making its intervention during the upcoming Middle East consultations in the Security Council on September 17. The Department may send follow- on instructions revising these elements, in order to capture the nuance of the [...]
2009-09-15 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE96017UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: ARMS EMBARGO
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to send a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia ("the Liberia Sanctions Committee" - www.un.org/sc/committees/1521/index.shtml) with the information found in para 3 b [...]
2009-09-15 23:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XY
09STATE96413PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] This is an action request. All addressees please see para 3; and USUN please see para 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. UNSCR 1540 obligates all UN Member States to develop and maintain "appropriate, effective" measures to improve their indigenous capacities to counter prolifera [...]
2009-09-16 20:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE
09STATE96937UNSC SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TARGETS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (S/NF) The strategic objective is for the United States to begin discussions on potential targets for listing in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Somalia Sanctions Committee [...]
2009-09-18 00:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE97953MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: 1540 COMPREHENSIVE
[...] Department requests mission clearance and assistance with obtaining appropriate UN credentials for the following individuals, all of whom will participate in the 1540 Comprehensive Review Meeting to be held from September 30 through October 2, 2009, at UN Headquarters. Department also request [...]
2009-09-21 22:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC AORC
09STOCKHOLM409SWEDES VERY PLEASED WITH PROPOSED DE-LISTINGS OF
[...] (SBU) On July 8, Acting Economic Counselor shared reftel points with Ambassador Per Saland, Sanctions Coordinator, and Sofie Hillbom, Counter-Terrorism Unit Desk Officer, at the MFA's Department for Security Policy. Saland thanked post for what he called the "very good news" that the U.S. woul [...]
2009-07-08 13:29:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER UNSC SW
09STOCKHOLM442SWEDES PREFER TO LET U.S. TAKE LEAD ON 1267
[...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish MFA Sanctions Coordinator Ambassador Per Saland told Emboff on July 21 that Sweden is pleased with the U.S. decision to review the 1267 list, and that Sweden looks forward to a constructive dialogue on this issue. Regarding the delisting of Al-Barakaat and Moumou, he sa [...]
2009-07-21 12:47:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PTER UNSC SW
09TALLINN364Estonia Considering Adding North Korean Entities to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 09:10:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PARM ETTC KNNP UNSC KN EN
09TASHKENT208UZBEK WORKSHOP FOR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 -- A REGIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: On February 10-11 a workshop on implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 was jointly sponsored in Tashkent by the Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) program and the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This cable addresses broader region [...]
2009-02-24 08:27:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KNNP AORC OSCE UNSC UZ
09TBILISI1073GEORGIA: FM VASHADZE DISCUSSES UNOMIG WITH A/S
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 10 meeting focused almost exclusively on the UN negotiations, Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze made clear that Georgia would stick to its redlines, even if it meant ultimately killing a UN mission in Georgia. EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon pushed back h [...]
2009-06-11 09:21:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KBTS UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09TBILISI1078GEORGIA: DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS DISCUSS UNOMIG WITH
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 11 meeting with European ambassadors and heads of the three monitoring missions, EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon reviewed the state of UNOMIG renewal negotiations and possible ways forward. Everyone agreed that losing UNOMIG had potentially serious disadvantages f [...]
2009-06-11 14:50:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KBTS UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09TBILISI1096GEORGIA: UNOMIG MONITORS IN SUKHUMI AND ZUGDIDI ON
[...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG military monitoring officers (MMOs) in Zugdidi and Sukhumi are frustrated with the application of the current UNOMIG mandate and strongly feel that another full technical rollover would be futile. The two main problems they face, according to the MMOs themselves, are lack [...]
2009-06-15 15:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KBTS UNSC UNOMIG GG
09TBILISI1772GEORGIA: VISAS FOR DE FACTOS - THE CASE AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. According to ref A, Russia has indicated it intends to seek U.S. visas for Abkhaz and South Ossetian de facto officials to travel to New York for discussions at the UN. In post's view, the issuance of such visas could undermine U.S. policy on the status of the regions; legitim [...]
2009-09-25 14:11:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC UNGA CVIS RS GG
09TBILISI1880GEORGIA: UN REP VERBEKE RAISES QUESTIONS ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. In an October 7 meeting with the Charge, UN Representative Johan Verbeke asked about the U.S. commitment to the Geneva talks -- in particular whether A/S Gordon would be attending the November 11 round. He said Russia was looking for an excuse to downgrade the pro [...]
2009-10-09 14:44:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09TBILISI511GEORGIA: UNOMIG BEGINS EVALUATING RESPECT FOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment. UNOMIG personnel have begun evaluating the degree to which the various sides respect UNSCR 1866. UNOMIG's position is that 1866 re-imposes on all sides the conditions of paragraph 2a of the 1994 Moscow Agreement, which defines a security zone that excludes all milita [...]
2009-03-17 13:56:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KBTS UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09TBILISI560GEORGIA: IRAN FEELING INSECURE IN CAUCASUS
[...] (C) Summary and comment. In a readout to the Ambassador of his recent visit to Iran, Reintegration Minister Temuri Yakobashvili suggested that the Iranians seemed paranoid about potential threats and rivals for regional influence. Russia had effectively fueled that paranoia with allegations o [...]
2009-03-23 12:54:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KBTS UNOMIG UNSC RS IR IS GG
09TBILISI625GEORGIA: TIME TO MOBILIZE ON NEW UN MISSION
[...] (C) Summary and comment. UN Special Representative Johan Verbeke offered the U.S., French and German ambassadors additional details on his ideas for a new UN mission in Georgia, as well as a readout of recent trips to Washington, London, Moscow and Prague. He urged western countries to weigh [...]
2009-03-27 14:52:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UNSC UNOMIG KBTS RS GG
09TBILISI980GEORGIA: UK FCO DIRECTOR ON ABKHAZIA TRIP, NEED
[...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Tbilisi, Michael Davenport, Director of the Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Directorate at the British FCO, urged the United States to set a clear example for the international community on how to move forward on Georgia, in particular with regard to Rus [...]
2009-05-29 12:39:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09TBILISI984GEORGIA: FM VASHADZE UNDERLINES REDLINES ON UN
[...] (C/NF) On May 29, Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze called in the Ambassador to ensure the United States understood Georgia's redlines regarding a new UN mandate. Referring to his May 22 letter to the Secretary, Vashadze emphasized Georgia's absolute commitment to the following minimum requir [...]
2009-05-29 14:36:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09THEHAGUE263CWC: UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP IN THE HAGUE
[...] (U) On March 26-27, 2009, the Dutch Foreign Ministry, Clingendael Institute for International Relations and VERTIC co-hosted a workshop on UN Security Council Resolution 1540 in The Hague. Participants included representatives from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPC [...]
2009-04-22 13:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EUN PARM PREL PTER CWC KPAO UNSC
09THEHAGUE485NETHERLANDS/UN 1267 SANCTIONS: DUTCH REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 09:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC NL
09TOKYO1143JAPANESE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DAW AUNG SAN SUU
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo delivered the Ref A demarche to MOFA Deputy Directors Ken Ota, First Southeast Asia Division, and Kazumi Yamada, United Nations Policy Division. Mr. Ota stated that Japan is in agreement on the need to drop the charges on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and release her from detention. [...]
2009-05-20 01:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC BM JA
09TOKYO1995AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S INTER-AGENCY MEETING WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 25, GOJ officials led by MOFA Asia DG Akitaka Saiki and Ambassador Philip Goldberg discussed UNSCR 1874 implementation and issues related to the DPRK's nuclear and missile programs. JapaQe officials said they are happy with the current level of coordination between the [...]
2009-08-31 02:51:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL JA KN PARM KNSD UNSC
09TOKYO1996AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR GENERAL UMEMOTO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 03:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM UNSC KN JA
09TOKYO2028IRAQI CHARGE URGES AUGUST 19 BOMBING INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) During a September 2 meeting with Embassy Poloff, Iraqi Embassy Charge William Odisho strongly urged the creation of a UN Security Council-sanctioned commission -- similar to the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) in Lebanon -- to investigate the August 19 Baghd [...]
2009-09-02 21:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC IZ SY JA
09TOKYO2190JAPANESE REQUEST FOR CHANGE TO/COMMENTS ON DRAFT
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) Summary: The GOJ is concerned there is an inconsistency in one paragraph of the draft UNSC Resolution on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament, and would like to propose alternate wording to resolve Japan's concern [...]
2009-09-18 05:45:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPARM KNNP UNSC IAEA JA
09TOKYO2191JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSC CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 06:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKTIP PHUM UNSC JA
09TOKYO2386GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 03:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNSC JA
09TOKYO2526JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG REVIEW OF UNSCR
[...] (C) On October 28, Embassy Tokyo delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division Deputy Director Miyako Ishimura, and to Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Bureau Legal Research Office Deputy Director Junji Kuyama, Special [...]
2009-11-02 03:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC JA
09TOKYO925DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE G8 EXPERT LEVEL MEETING ON
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the demarche contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Nonproliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officials responsible for UNSCR 1540 and the G8 Non-Proliferation Director's Group (NPDG) April 20. Nonproliferation Division official Naoto Ito [...]
2009-04-22 03:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EUN KPAO PREL PTER UNSC JA
09TRIPOLI150LIBYA: UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-16 12:44:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC LY
09TRIPOLI267LIBYA SEES MAURITANIA CRISIS OVER, SANCTIONS UNWELCOME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:02:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL AU UNSC MR LY
09TRIPOLI279DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO NORTH KOREA MISSILE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 07:11:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC KNNP KN LY
09TRIPOLI302LIBYA WILL SUPPORT PRST ON NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 07:58:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC NK LY
09TRIPOLI321LIBYA: UPDATE ON DPRK SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 14:21:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM UNSC KN LY KNNP
09TRIPOLI361LIBYA WILL NOT OPPOSE LETTERS TO IRAN, SYRIA; WILL CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador, after coordinating with the French ambassador (UK COM was out with Tony Blair all day),raised reftel points with Mohammed Siala, Secretary for Arab Affairs of the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent) on April 30. Siala [...]
2009-04-30 16:42:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IR CY SY LY
09TRIPOLI5LIBYAN REACTIONS TO GAZA: PUBLIC OUTRAGE, PRIVATE PRAGMATISM REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 988, B) TRIPOLI 984
[...] (C) Public and press reaction in Libya to events in Gaza has largely tracked wider Arab responses, with growing coverage in local media decrying "Zionist aggression". Authorities have authorized several demonstrations in the past week, including protests in front of the Palestinian, Jordanian, and [...]
2009-01-05 07:02:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UN ASEC KPAO KPAL LY
09TRIPOLI751DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 UNSC SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) NEA A/S Feltman delivered reftel invitation orally during a September 9 meeting with Foreign Minister-equivalent Musa Kusa (ref b). The FM expressed appreciation for POTUS's invitation and indicated that Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi would attend the September 24 UNSC summit meeting. [...]
2009-09-17 13:29:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP LY
09TRIPOLI754DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1820 FOLLOW-UP
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation on September 16. We will report any substantive response septel. CRETZ [...]
2009-09-17 17:24:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PHUM PREL UNSC LY KWMN
09TRIPOLI816FM KUSA DEFENDS LIBYAN ACTIONS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT AS "OPENING THE DOOR" FOR DEBATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-12 16:11:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPAL IS LY
09TUNIS713PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICAN BIO-SAFETY WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 13:50:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC TS XA
09TUNIS838GOT NOTIFIED OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 3 NAMES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 14:50:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PETR UNSC TS
09TUNIS842GOT NOTIFIED OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 3 NAMES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 15:42:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PETR UNSC TS
09UNVIEVIENNA160CTITF: IAEA HQ ON PROPOSED WMD TERRORIST ATTACK
[...] (U) Upon receipt of reftel Mission queried the IAEA office of External Relations and Policy Coordination (EXPO) about the post-incident response exercise proposed in New York and draft paper on "preventing and responding to WMD terrorist attacks." We asked how the initiative relates to the IA [...]
2009-04-10 06:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PTER PARM PREL UNSC IAEA
09USUNNEWYORK100MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: As requested by the United States, A/SYG Mulet briefed the Security Council on February 3 for the second time in less than a week on escalating violence in Darfur. Mulet reported that JEM forces had withdrawn from the vicinity of Muhajeriya, scene of much of the recent violenc [...]
2009-02-10 02:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK1005IRAN: COUNCIL CONSIDERS ISRAELI SEIZURE OF ARMS
[...] SUMMARY: In November 6 Security Council consultations, Ambassador DiCarlo drew the Council's attention to a letter from Israel reporting that Israel had found arms being shipped from Iran to Syria in violation of UNSCR 1747. She noted with concern that this was the third reported sanctions v [...]
2009-11-09 15:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK101UN REQUESTS 607 AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT AMISOM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On February 5, USUN received a letter from the UN Secretariat on logistical support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). The letter, which has been transmitted by email to the Department, requests agreement in pr [...]
2009-02-10 02:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK1012GEORGIA: U/SYG LEROY TELLS QUAD RUSSIA AND UN
[...] (C) A high level Quad delegation underlined with UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy the need to preserve a strong and effective high-level UN envoy to replace Johan Verbeke when he steps down from the position of UN Representative to the Geneva Talks and the [...]
2009-11-12 01:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GG RU
09USUNNEWYORK1016CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In various UN and USUN meetings recently on Guinea-Bissau, UN officials have discussed the challenges facing both the country and the follow-on UN mission there. In the Security Council on November 5, UN Peacebuilding Su [...]
2009-11-12 15:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA
09USUNNEWYORK1017AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on November 3 met with Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, to discuss the status of American citizens detained in Iran, Iran's internal political dynamics, and Iran's nuclear file. Leu said she visited the three detained American hikers before she left [...]
2009-11-12 16:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC IR
09USUNNEWYORK1018AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on November 3 met with Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, to discuss the status of American citizens detained in Iran, Iran's internal political dynamics, and Iran's nuclear file. Leu said she visited the three detained American hikers before she left [...]
2009-11-12 16:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC IR
09USUNNEWYORK1019NEW LIBERIAN PERMREP ASKS U.S. THOUGHTS ON A
[...] (SBU) During her courtesy call on Ambassador Rice on November 2, new Liberian Permanent Representative Marjon Kamara expressed anxiety at the potential for an accelerated UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) drawdown. Kamara said she was concerned with Liberia's security sector, noting that rule of [...]
2009-11-12 16:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY LI
09USUNNEWYORK102ACTION REQUEST: DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Per Reftel instructions, Ambassador Rice along with Ambassadors of Croatia, France, Germany, and Russia ("Group of Friends") have achieved "ad referendum" agreement on the text of a Security Council resolution that would extend the mandate of the UN mission f [...]
2009-02-10 02:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK1022INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On Thursday, October 29, President Owada of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) addressed the Security Council. (The President of the ICJ has addressed the Council annually since 2000.) Owada provided an overview of the work of the Court over the past year. All members [...]
2009-11-12 20:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS UNSC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1025UNSC: COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams and Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council in consultations on November 10 on the implementation of UNSCR 1701 over the last quarter. Both Williams and Mulet and the majority of member state [...]
2009-11-13 00:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK1026AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH UN
[...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams told Ambassador Wolff on November 10 that he favorably views the January 2010 transition in UNIFIL Force Commanders. Williams said he thought Spain would do a good job and its holding of the EU Presidency from January to June 2010 could [...]
2009-11-13 00:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK103IRAN/CYPRUS: NEXT STEPS ON MONCHEGORSK
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: USUN seeks to continue to shape the UN response to the discovery of Iranian arms-related material on the M/V Monchegorsk in violation of UN sanctions on Iran. Such a response should motivate Cyprus to responsibly dispose of the proscribed cargo and ensure the UN Security Counci [...]
2009-02-10 10:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP CY
09USUNNEWYORK1035OBASANJO ON THE DRC, NIGERIA, AND AFRICAN ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-14 00:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC CG RW NI XA
09USUNNEWYORK1038PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS: SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC
[...] SUMMARY. The Security Council adopted a thematic resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at a high-level open debate on November 11, with the participation of 60 member states, the Secretary-General, U/SYG Holmes and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kang. The debat [...]
2009-11-16 20:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK105AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN CHARGE
[...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting Ambassador Rice and Libyan Charge d'Affairs Ibrahim Dabbashi discussed Libya's goals as the head of the African Union, Muammar Qadhafi's desire to establish a "United States of Africa," and the Security Council's role in addressing the situations in S [...]
2009-02-10 13:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF UNSC LY SO AU
09USUNNEWYORK1051SRSG MELKERT BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNAMI
[...] (U) Summary: On November 16 Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ad Melkert briefed the Security Council regarding UNAMI activities during the last quarter, emphasizing the recent successful passage of an election law while highlighting the work remaining to hold credible el [...]
2009-11-18 15:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV UNSC IZ SY TY
09USUNNEWYORK1053UNGA DISCUSSES UNSC REPORT: MEMBER STATES CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General assembly met on November 12 - 13 for a joint plenary debate on the annual Report of the Security Council (SC) as well as Security Council expansion (septel). The United States and more than 70 delegations delivered statements, with some noting improvements in the re [...]
2009-11-18 17:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNSC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1054SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS CONTINUED UN ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) During Security Council consultations on November 17, UN Mediator Tiebile Drame welcomed the decision of all four major parties to form a transitional Madagascar government during a meeting in Addis Ababa on November 6-7. He noted that only three of the 31 government ministries had yet t [...]
2009-11-19 00:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC MA XO XW
09USUNNEWYORK1055UNGA: UNSURPRISING PLENARY DEBATE ON UNSC REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly held its annual plenary debate on November 12-13 to discuss Security Council reform, as well as the annual report of the Security Council (reported reftel). Seventy-five delegations spoke and largely reiterated positions expressed during intergovernmental [...]
2009-11-19 00:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK1058GEORGIA: RUSSIA READY TO ACCEPT CONTINUING UN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Following Ref A discussion with Undersecretary-General (U/SYG) LeRoy and Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Mulet, Quad Ambassadors have sounded out Russian views on a replacement for UN Representative to the Geneva Talks an [...]
2009-11-19 23:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK1059SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCREASED COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs U/SYG Pascoe briefed the Security Council on November 17 in closed consultations on the UN's efforts to address the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). He said that the UN was improving its inter-mission cooperation and information sharing, and that the UN M [...]
2009-11-20 00:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XA CG UG SU CT CD
09USUNNEWYORK1061UN STRESSES NEED FOR MONUC TO SUPPORT KIMIA II;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO A/SYG Mulet requested continued Security Council support for MONUC's assistance to DRC army's (FARDC) "Kimia II" operation against the FLDR. He said both military and political pressure were needed to address the FDLR threat, and outlined MONUC's plan to clear out the FDLR [...]
2009-11-21 00:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC XY CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK1065DPRK: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON SANCTIONS EXPERT PANEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The chair of the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, in particular noting its actions to respond to alleged sanctions violations and support the establishment of the Pa [...]
2009-11-23 20:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1067UNSC LAUDS COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION, CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the status of the piracy problem off the coast of Somalia, emphasizing that the international community must build regional capacity and address root causes in conjunction with its s [...]
2009-11-23 23:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO
09USUNNEWYORK1068SOMALIA: FRIENDS GROUP TOLD CREDIBILITY OF UNSC AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah met with the Friends of Somalia on November 20 at the Norwegian Mission. (NOTE: The Friends group includes Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Germany, Iceland, I [...]
2009-11-24 15:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UNSC SO ER ET AU XA XW
09USUNNEWYORK1072BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES
[...] SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko told the Security Council that BiH had made very limited progress in its effort to complete the agenda necessary for the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),citing actions by Republika Srpska that unde [...]
2009-11-25 19:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BK
09USUNNEWYORK1073UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING - LIBYA KEEN FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat's briefing to the Security Council at its monthly meeting on the Middle East on November 24 focused on the current impasse in re-launching bilateral negotiations, given continuing Israeli settlement activity. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains troubli [...]
2009-11-25 23:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1084MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI
[...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J. Rapp, Deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large, Diane Orentlicher, Special Advisor Todd Anderson, and Special Assistant Heather Samuelson to attend the ICTY and ICTR President's and Prosecutor's briefings to the UN [...]
2009-12-02 17:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KJUS UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK1094PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKS
[...] SUMMARY. During its annual debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),Chairman Heraldo Munoz told the Security Council that the PBC had consolidated its core advisory role and had increased its support for countries on its agenda. Council members affirmed the need for earlier [...]
2009-12-03 17:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK110REPORTING TO SECURITY COUNCIL AFTER SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: French and UK Mission legal officers, together with Legoff, met with Under Secretary-General Patricia O,Brien, Assistant Secretary-General Peter Taksoe-Jensen and other staff of the U.N. Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) on February 4 to discuss whether the Secretary-General will con [...]
2009-02-10 16:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER UNSC PREL SY LE
09USUNNEWYORK1102DPKO-UNIFIL JOINT TECHNICAL REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: On December 1, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) hosted a meeting with Security Council Lebanon experts to share initial findings concerning the ongoing joint technical review of UNIFIL. DPKO's initial findings recommend the creation of a southern sector in UNIF [...]
2009-12-08 01:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1105ISRAELI MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL BRIEFS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met on December 7 with Israeli Military Advocate General Major General Mandelblit to discuss the Israeli government's investigation of allegations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations, as set forth in the Goldstone report and other sources [...]
2009-12-08 22:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK1106MEETING OF USUN LEGAL ADVISER WITH ICTR PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMMARY: On Friday, December 4, USUN Legal Adviser Mary McLeod (filling in for Ambassador DiCarlo) met with International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) President Byron. Byron addressed three issues: witness protection, ICTR fugitive Felicien Kabuga, and the deadline for 11bis [...]
2009-12-08 22:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS UNSC XA RW
09USUNNEWYORK1108ICTR/ICTY JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS BRIEF SECURITY
[...] Summary: The Security Council met December 3 for its biannual briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made statements, as did all Council members a [...]
2009-12-09 14:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1109CHAIRMEN OF 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Chairs of the 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, the 1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and the 1540 (Nonproliferation) Committee jointly briefed the UN Security Council on November 13. The Chair of the CTC issued a joint statement emphasizing the need for co [...]
2009-12-09 17:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNGA UNSC PREL
09USUNNEWYORK1113POLICE IN UN PEACEKEEPING: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2, 4, and 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Police Division officials asked member states on December 4 to assist in developing national follow-up plans to the Singapore Ministerial meeting on international pol [...]
2009-12-11 21:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC KPKO KCRM SOCI CVIS SN
09USUNNEWYORK1118AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 1, Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Patrick Robinson, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the ICTY's Chef de Cabinet, Gabrielle McIntyre. Robinson addressed several issues including retention of the I [...]
2009-12-14 17:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1120UNGA: NO SURPRISES IN FOURTH ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on December 7 and 8 for the first meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 52 delegations spoke on "all the positions and proposals by Member States." Most of the discussio [...]
2009-12-14 19:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK1123UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Council met on December 14 in consultations to discuss the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) since its mandate expires at the end of the month. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council on the Secretary-General's six-month repor [...]
2009-12-15 21:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK11301267: COUNCIL SETS OUT BOLD REFORMS FOR AL QAEDA /
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1904 on December 17, setting out bold reforms of the sanctions regime concerning al-Qaida and the Taliban and extending the mandate of the 1267 Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team ("the Monitoring Team") for an add [...]
2009-12-18 14:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1136AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S PRESIDENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 1, Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Patrick Robinson, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the ICTY's Chef de Cabinet, Gabrielle McIntyre. Robinson addressed several issues including retention of the I [...]
2009-12-19 00:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK114SYG 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 01:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK
09USUNNEWYORK1143UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 22:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS UNSC ICTY ICTR
09USUNNEWYORK1147AMBASSADOR RICE'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH UK PERM
[...] (U) Action request for Department in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador Rice met on December 16 with UK Perm Rep Mark Lyall-Grant, at his request, to discuss Middle East peace efforts. Lyall-Grant asked about current U.S. thinking on the Middle East. He said that Foreign Secretary Miliband [...]
2009-12-22 16:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK115AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH VIETNAMESE PERMREP LE
[...] (C) During an initial meeting with Vietnamese PermRep Le on February 5, Ambassador Rice reviewed U.S. priorities and said we wished to try to amplify bilateral cooperation, especially on development and climate change. Le agreed, adding that the positive relationship between the U.S. and Viet [...]
2009-02-11 01:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC VM
09USUNNEWYORK1150UNSC: COUNCIL'S DECEMBER MEETING ON THE MIDDLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Serry briefed the Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on December 17. He highlighted the lack of progress in seeking the two parties' return to the negotiating table. While noting that Israeli Prime Minister Netan [...]
2009-12-23 19:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1152CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER ASSESSES SOLID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Advisor Downer told the Security Council on December 9 that there had been "solid progress" in reunification negotiations, which was mainly due to the "clear commitment" of Greek Cypriot President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Talat to the process. Turkey called [...]
2009-12-23 20:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK1153RICE AND KOUCHNER DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, GUINEA,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told Ambassador Rice that France would not send additional troops to Afghanistan in the near term, but would take another look at its troop contributions following the outcome of the January 2010 London conference on Afghanistan. Kouchner [...]
2009-12-23 20:29:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC AF CG GV ER
09USUNNEWYORK1154IRAN: CONCERN OVER IAEA REPORT, SANCTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: On June 15, the chair of the Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee ("1737 Committee") briefed the Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, highlighting the response to two reported sanctions violations and noting "with grave concern an apparent patte [...]
2009-12-23 21:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1156NORWAY PREVIEWS PM,S TOPICS FOR POTUS MEETING;
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Larsen previewed the topics that Prime Minister Stoltenberg will raise with President Obama during his upcoming visit to Oslo - an action plan for UN Millennium Development Goals Four and [...]
2009-12-23 21:49:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UN AF CG SU
09USUNNEWYORK1157SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES DRUG TRAFFICKING AS A
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council held an open debate on December 8 to discuss, for the first time, international drug trafficking as a threat to international peace and security with a focus on West Africa. UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa highl [...]
2009-12-23 21:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNCND UNIDCP KTIA KCOR KCRM SNAR XA
09USUNNEWYORK1159MONUC EXTENDED 5 MONTHS; MANDATE CALLS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously renewed MONUC's mandate on December 23 for 5 months, with the intention to further extend it an additional 12 months. During Council consultations on December 16, SRSG Doss said the "Kimia II" operations against the FDLR would end in December, an [...]
2009-12-24 17:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM XA UNSC CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK116UNIPSIL BRIEFING: CORRUPTION, DRUGS, AND YOUTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone's (UNIPSIL) ERSG Schulenburg told the Security Council that drug trafficking, corruption, and youth unemployment are the greatest threats to Sierra Leone's post-conflict recovery. He said the "Joint Vision" plan, agreed by all [...]
2009-02-11 01:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC SL XY
09USUNNEWYORK117GEORGIA: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In closed consultations on February 10, all Security Council members except the Russian Federation identified a continuing need for a UN presence in Georgia, at least on an interim basis, which would ensure security and stability pending consultations on a comprehensive security [...]
2009-02-11 01:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK1170BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: FM ALKALAJ SEEKS EARLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj told Ambassador Rice on December 16 that early bilateral consultations on key Security Council matters would ensure that the Foreign Ministry has sufficient time to gain consensus among BiH's tri-presidency for Council acti [...]
2009-12-30 22:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC BK
09USUNNEWYORK119IRAN: CYPRIOT NEXT MOVES ON MONCHEGORSK
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The UN Perm Rep of Cyprus told Amb. Wolff that Cyprus had finished examining the cargo on the M/V Monchegorsk and would likely soon report to the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee the results of this inspection and Cyprus' final plan for disposing of the cargo. C [...]
2009-02-11 10:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK122U/SYG MALCORRA ON STAFFING, SUDAN, SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice paid a courtesy call on UN Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra on Wednesday, February 11. U/SYG Malcorra, who heads the UN's Department of Field Support (DFS),told the Ambassador that Amcit Tony Banbury was on a "one man shortlist" for the position of Assista [...]
2009-02-11 23:23:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SU SO AF
09USUNNEWYORK123GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Subsequent to USUN's Ref A Action Request, USUN has engaged in further negotiations with the Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, Croatia and Germany ("Group of Friends") on the text of a Security Council resolution that would extend the UN Observer Mi [...]
2009-02-12 14:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK125AMBASSADOR RICE COURTESY MEETING WITH GERMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. German PermRep Matussek told Ambassador Rice in their first meeting on February 3 that Berlin and the international community have high expectations about a U.S. policy of engagement with the Iranian leadership without precondition. Rice asked Matussek to help ensure that German [...]
2009-02-12 17:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AF IR GM
09USUNNEWYORK126AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PERMREP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 19:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PARM AU XI
09USUNNEWYORK127GEORGIA: AMBASSADORS RICE AND DICARLO URGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian PermRep Alexander Lomaia expressed appreciation for the extension of UNOMIG, but warned that Georgia might not view another UNOMIG extension as worthwhile in June 2009. He complained that Russia had already begun to spin the draft resolution as a victory. Ambassadors Ric [...]
2009-02-12 19:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK13UN PREVIEWS PLANNED SUPPORT TO AMISOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two meetings on January 6, UN Under Secretary-General Malcorra and Department of Field Support (DFS) staff briefed USUN on the status of UN planning to implement the Secretary-General's proposed measures to strengthen the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). DFS is coor [...]
2009-01-09 20:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK130UNGA: UNSC REFORM - INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Action request in paragraph ten. 2. (C) Summary: The President of the General Assembly will launch intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion in an informal plenary of the General Assembly on February 19, 2009. He will introduce a work plan with a schedule of meet [...]
2009-02-12 21:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK132UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: 1718 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: On February 12, following a routine briefing of the 1718 Democratic People,s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee (an essentially inactive committee),the Russian delegation highlighted the Six Party Talks as a means by which to continue diplomatic negotiations on North Korean [...]
2009-02-12 23:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK137GENERAL SUPPORT FROM UNSC MEMBERS FOR 1540 WORKING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-14 00:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK138SOMALIA: UN BRIEFS ON SECURITY SUPPORT, POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Malcorra briefed the Security Council on February 12 on UN plans to implement resolution 1863. Malcorra mentioned the need for a bridging arrangement with the contractor already on the ground and said that the UN planned to conclude its own lo [...]
2009-02-14 00:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
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