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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
04THEHAGUE2711	ICTY: DEMARCHE ON BEHALF OF MERON CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 11:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY

04THEHAGUE2723	NETHERLANDS/EU/RUSSIA: SLOUCHING TOWARD THE SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Dutch EU Presidency, the October 19 EU-Russia troika made only limited progress toward finalizing agreements in the four "common spaces" preparation for the November 11 EU-Russia summit. Outstanding differences remain in the areas of external security (where the R [...]	2004-10-21 14:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER PGOV ECON NL RU
04THEHAGUE2728	NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH TALK THE TALK, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's refusal to allow entry to two Dutch MPs and one Spanish MP on October 15 focused public attention sharply on Cuba's human rights record and the EU's Cuba's policies, with many MP's weighing in in favor of a stronger EU approach. FM Bot called in the Cuban Ambassador to co [...]	2004-10-22 11:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2733	EU/COHOM: WORKING FOR EU SUPPORT FOR US HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and EU Troika met October 15 to discuss human rights issues in the context of the semi-annual "COHOM" troika meeting. The EU confirmed that they still value the human rights dialogue process with China and want to coordinate with us on ways to refocus all [...]	2004-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC PREL CH NL
04THEHAGUE2736	ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?" [...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...]	2004-10-22 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2741	DUTCH MID-TERM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: This is the interim accounting of Dutch efforts to combat human trafficking following the catalyst of G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 presentation of suggested USG benchmarks to Dutch officials. In response to Ambassador Miller's challenge to Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Ministe [...]	2004-10-25 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE2758	CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH HOPE EU WILL PRESERVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch support retaining the EU's June 2003 measures to pressure Cuba on human rights, but as EU president they feel bound to seek a "consensus" position. As the EU is currently split on the issue, according to Dutch contacts, a consensus to change the current measures may not [...]	2004-10-27 11:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2764	UNGA 59/BELARUS - SPONSORING RESOLUTION ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 13:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM BO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2776	NETHERLANDS/EU/AFRICA: DUTCH SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are fully invested in the November 19-20 Great Lakes Conference (GLC),having contributed 500,000 euros (and reportedly considering doubling that amount). The Dutch will table by the end of December a draft EU strategy for the Great Lakes region, based on the long-term [...]	2004-10-29 08:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RW CG BY NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2783	NETHERLANDS/ASHRAF REPATRIATIONS: STILL UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-29 13:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PTER IZ IR NL
04THEHAGUE2789	TURKEY/EU - FM GUL TO EU: GIVE US OUR DATE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a low-key visit to The Hague on October 25, Turkish FM Gul reportedly complained about provisions of the EC's October 6 report that highlighted Turkey's "unique" situation. He worried it was still uncertain that the European Council would set a date in December to begin acce [...]	2004-11-01 09:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2792	ICTY - MILOSEVIC REGAINS SOME CONTROL OVER DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was recessed again because of a lack of witnesses during the week of October 24, but that did not stop the case from making news. In particular, Steven Kay, imposed defense [...]	2004-11-01 13:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2793	ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...]	2004-11-01 17:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2868	UNGA 59 HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Please see guidance request in paragraph 3. 2. Poloff shared reftel points with Guillaume Teerling (Senior Advisor, Human Rights office, MFA) on November 5. As the EU and the USG are cooperating closely in the Third Committee, Teerling required no convincing. Teerling said that the Nethe [...]	2004-11-05 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NL EUN UNGA
04THEHAGUE2869	ICTY - APPEALS CHAMBER RETURNS LEAD IN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the Milosevic trial chamber,s decision to impose counsel on the accused but reversed the trial chamber,s decision to give assigned counsel a lead role in the case. [...]	2004-11-05 15:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE287	Dutch policy on Burma [...] Summary: In a January 28 response to questions from Parliament, Foreign Minister Bot outlined Dutch policy on Burma. For reasons of effectiveness, the GoNL believes that the EU as a whole, and not bilateral Dutch efforts, should take the lead in advancing the improvement of the political and h [...]	2004-02-04 16:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EU BM NL
04THEHAGUE2879	UNGA 59/BELARUS/HUMAN RIGHTS: FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 12:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE2905	ICTY: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR MERON RE-ELECTION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) Post received the Diplomatic Note in para three from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the Netherlands' support for the U.S. Candidate and current ICTY President Judge Theodor Meron at the UN elections on November 18, 2004. The [...]	2004-11-10 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BK HR NL PHUM ICTY USUN
04THEHAGUE2909	MEASURABLE PROGRESS ON DUTCH TIP EFFORTS [...] MR. SECRETARY: FIVE MONTHS OF FOCUSED ATTENTION AND INTENSIVE G/TIP, EMBASSY AND DUTCH EFFORTS HAVE PRODUCED TANGIBLE RESULTS (REFTEL). THE RECORD DEMONSTRATES DUTCH COMMITMENT AND CONCRETE ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIGHTING THE TRAFFICKING PROBLEM IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE EXTENT OF THE DUTCH TIP EFFOR [...]	2004-11-10 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE2932	ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER FOCUSES ON APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial chamber in the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continued to deal with defense counsel issues during the week of November 8. Its three days of hearings -- a full schedule for this case -- were [...]	2004-11-12 17:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2989	DUTCH STUDYING REQUEST TO SUPPORT IST [...] (SBU) Embassy political counselor passed reftel demarche to MFA Director for Gulf Affairs Adri van Loopik on November 10. Van Loopik was noncommittal and suggested that he and his colleagues in the MFA Legal Division would need to study the request. In a follow-up conversation with Olivia S [...]	2004-11-17 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2992	NETHERLANDS: BELARUS PARTICIPATION IN CEI SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SI BO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3006	CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: NO CONSENSUS (YET) TO CHANGE EU POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-19 08:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EUN NL PGOV PHUM PREL
04THEHAGUE3041	NETHERLANDS/EU/MIDDLE EAST: DUTCH HOPING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch hope to use the remaining weeks of their presidency to refocus the EU on the Middle East in order to take advantage of new opportunities. According to FM Bot and the head of the MFA's Middle East section, providing support for the Palestinian elections it their top pr [...]	2004-11-19 17:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KPAL NL MEPI
04THEHAGUE3067	NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: POLDIR ON NOV [...] (C) Ambassador Sobel discussed the EU China arms embargo with MFA PolDir Hugo Siblesz on November 22; specifically the reference to the EU's intention to send a "positive signal" to China. Siblesz said the PRC had requested reference be made to the embargo in the EU-China Summit Communique. A [...]	2004-11-23 17:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3210	ICTY - PROSPER WARNS THAT TRIBUNAL MAY CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper met with officials from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). During the meeting, and later with the press, Prosper emphasized that a l [...]	2004-12-08 16:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC PHUM ICTY PREL SR
04THEHAGUE3243	NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH GRAPPLE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch will chair the December 14 EU working party meeting on Latin America (COLAT),at which they expect to discuss four or five Member State proposals for amending current EU policy toward Cuba. There is consensus that the present policy is unsustainable. The Dutch emphasiz [...]	2004-12-13 15:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL CU EUN
04THEHAGUE3255	ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...]	2004-12-14 16:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3273	DEMARCHE TO EU TO LOBBY FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	NL PHUM PREL
04THEHAGUE3285	NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH PREVENT INVITATIONS TO CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch confirmed on December 15 that the EU COLAT Working Group agreed on December 14 to recommend a temporary suspension of the June 2003 measures for increased engagement with the Cuban opposition. A Dutch MFA contact described the COLAT's recommendation as intended to [...]	2004-12-16 16:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL CU EUN
04THEHAGUE3323	ICTY: TRIBUNAL RESISTS UN/GC EFFORT THAT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) told Embassy legal officers on December 21 that the UN Secretariat is resisting his efforts to appoint two ad litem judges to trials in dire need of immediate appointments. Meron shared [...]	2004-12-22 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3330	NETHERLANDS/EU/CAMBODIA: DEMARCHE ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Poloffs discussed reftel points December 21 with Eric Verwaal, Head of MFA's Southeast Asia and Oceania Department, and Hein Copper, desk officer. Verwaal clarified that the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok covers Cambodian issues since the Dutch have no Embassy in Phnom Penh. Verwaal was [...]	2004-12-23 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	CB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL NL
04THEHAGUE3332	NETHERLANDS/EU/BANGLADESH: BAN OF AHMADIYA [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-23 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINS BG NL
04THEHAGUE347	ICTY: KRAJISNIK TRIAL OPENS SMOOTHLY [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Momcilo Krajisnik before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened smoothly for the prosecution on Feb. 3. Krajisnik, who is being tried on eight counts including charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, held many prominen [...]	2004-02-10 16:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE47	DUTCH WILL SUPPORT BOYD FOR CERD [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-09 10:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NL UN
04THEHAGUE490	ICTY: OTP REQUEST 298 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Sobel, joined by Deputy Legal Counselor, delivered reftel letter and points February 25 to Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Carla Del Ponte. While arguing that her actions did not amount to a "breach" of the USG's [...]	2004-02-26 09:32:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE498	ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION LIMPS TO CLOSE ITS CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Milosevic Prosecution team of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closed its case in the anti-climactic form of a motion to Trial Chamber III on February 25. The recent melodrama of the Milosevic prosecution -- the rancorous internal debates [...]	2004-02-26 17:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE521	ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE NETHERLANDS [...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]	2004-03-02 06:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04THEHAGUE537	DUTCH WILL NOT MAKE FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) Embassy legal officer delivered reftel demarches to Pieter Ramaer, Head of the Political and Judicial Division within the MFA's UN and IFI Department. Ramaer stated the Dutch were one of the top donors of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and that they were not considering making any addi [...]	2004-03-03 12:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINS KWCI UNSC
04THEHAGUE544	DUTCH/EU THOUGHTS: 60TH SESSION OF UN CHR [...] (C) PolOff met with Hans Docter, MFA Commission on Human Rights (CHR) action officer, to discuss reftel. The Dutch are fully engaged with their EU partners in advance of the GoNL return to the CHR this spring. In addition to resolutions noted reftel, the EU will sponsor resolutions on Russia [...]	2004-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH NL UNHRC
04THEHAGUE596	HAITI HUMANITARIAN AID: DUTCH CONSIDERING APPEALS [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID HA NL PHUM PREF PREL
04THEHAGUE615	HAITI HUMANITARIAN AID: DUTCH WILL SUPPORT ICRC [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 13:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID HA NL PHUM PREF PREL
04THEHAGUE677	DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT THE CHAD CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 08:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM NO SU CD NL
04THEHAGUE781	ENCOURGING CHR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION [...] Country Clearance is granted for xxx for travel to The Netherlands XXX. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must provide proof of at least a secret clearance. If level of cleara [...]	2004-03-25 14:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
04THEHAGUE783	ICTY: MILOSEVIC REFUSES TO GIVE CONSENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, convened a special hearing on March 25 in order to determine whether Slobodan Milosevic would consent to the continuation of the trial with a new judge, an as-yet appointe [...]	2004-03-25 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE787	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on March 24. They discussed Iraq, Afghanistan, the Greater Middle East, the March 22-23 EU GAERC meetings and China human rights issues. Siblesz said a new UNSCR would help the government secure broad support [...]	2004-03-26 05:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM IZ AF IR CH NL
04THEHAGUE813	ICTY: OTP PAPER SAYS BELGRADE FAILING TO COOPERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a paper circulated among key diplomatic representatives in The Hague and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) late on March 26, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserts that Belgrade's cooperation with [...]	2004-03-30 10:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE876	DUTCH OPPOSE NO-ACTION MOTIONS AT CHR [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 13:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
04THEHAGUE943	DUTCH ON SUDAN RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-14 13:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SU NL
04THEHAGUE973	TIP: SHOWING OF LILYA 4-EVER IN THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-19 12:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OPRC OIIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE975	ICTY: DEL PONTE DEFENDS POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),vigorously defended her positive assessment to EU officials of Croatia,s cooperation with the Tribunal. She based her decision on Croatia,s cooperation in recent weeks wit [...]	2004-04-19 15:47:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE980	TIP: SHOWING OF LILYA 4-EVER IN THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 12:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OPRC OIIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE985	ICTY: SENIOR FORMER USG OFFICIALS ON MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Slobodan Milosevic -- in one of his first filings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) -- submitted to the trial chamber on April 13 a confidential document describing the witnesses he may call during his upcoming defense case. While the list [...]	2004-04-20 15:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04TRIPOLI27	(C) BULGARIAN MEDICS UPDATE [...] (C) Status of Medics: The five Bulgarian medics sentenced to death for infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV-tainted blood in a Benghazi hospital are being kept relatively secluded, the Bulgarian Embassy's Dimitar Dimitrov told us December 7. Dimitrov personally speculates this is becaus [...]	2004-12-13 00:10:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BU LY XA XF XI
04VATICAN101	POPE'S VISION IN LINE WITH U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ, [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-13 07:01:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT
04VATICAN1164	VATICAN OPEN TO TURKEY'S EU BID [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR TURKEY JAN PAWLOWSKI REAFFIRMED MARCH 5 THE VATICAN'S OPENNESS TO TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, DESPITE THE IMPRESSION OF OPPOSITION GENERATED BY THE HOLY SEE'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO INTERJECT A REFERENCE TO EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN ROOTS IN THE EU CONSTITUTION. NEVERTHELES [...]	2004-03-23 17:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
04VATICAN1171	HOLY SEE TAKING SMALL STEPS IN RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Holy See official responsible for relations with the Orthodox Church, judged his February trip to Moscow to meet with Russian Orthodoxy's highest officials "not easy, but helpful." Kasper told the Ambassador that Patriarch Alexei II and Metropolitan Kirill, th [...]	2004-03-24 08:58:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL RS SOCI VT
04VATICAN1299	TOP JESUIT: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UNDER PRESSURE IN [...] (SBU) DURING A MARCH 31 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SOCIETY OF JESUS (JESUIT) SUPERIOR GENERAL HANS-PETER KOLVENBACH EXPRESSED HIS MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR CHRISTIANS IN INDIA. KOLVENBACH, WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO INDIA, SAID THAT HINDU FUNDAMENTALISM SEE [...]	2004-04-02 04:41:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT XD
04VATICAN1300	HOLY SEE RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CONCERNS ON CHINA AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 04:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH CU KIRF PHUM VT UNHRC
04VATICAN1302	RELATIONS WITH JEWS AND ANTI-SEMITISM HIGH ON [...] (SBU) The Holy See has placed its dialogue with Judaism and efforts to combat anti-Semitism high on its agenda, as reflected in recent Papal statements, high profile meetings, and an increasingly active inter-religious dialogue. Vatican relations with Judaism have been steadily improving sin [...]	2004-04-02 07:57:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI IS VT
04VATICAN140	HOLY SEE TALKS TOUGH TO ISLAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-14 14:28:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM VT
04VATICAN1445	HOLY SEE REQUESTS U.S. APPROACH ISRAEL ON VISAS [...] (C) Vatican Foreign Minister equivalent Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo told the Ambassador April 6 of the Holy See's mounting frustration with Israel's unwillingness to address visa and residency problems for religious workers in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The obstacles faced by Cath [...]	2004-04-13 15:34:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PHUM PREL VT PLO
04VATICAN1471	OSCE ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: HOLY SEE WANTS [...] (c) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Monsignor Pietro Parolin told the DCM April 8 that the Holy See was committed to a successful OSCE Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin, and agreed with the U.S. on the importance of achieving concrete results. To this end, the Holy See will be sending a hig [...]	2004-04-14 15:39:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI VT OSCE
04VATICAN1988	VATICAN DELEGATION SEES PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Vatican representatives who visited Vietnam April 27 - May 2 were pleased by their surprisingly cordial reception by Vietnamese officials. Authorities allowed the delegation to visit the diocese of Xuan Loc for the first time, as well as Ban Me Thuot, where there were clashes in April [...]	2004-05-21 12:44:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT VM PGOV SOCI
04VATICAN239	VATICAN SEES PROGRESS IN SUDAN, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR SUDAN LUCIO SEMBRANO TOLD US JANUARY 15 THAT HE HAD RECENTLY SEEN PROGRESS IN "SMALL STEPS" IN SUDAN. HE NOTED THAT THE GOS HAD BEGUN TO ISSUE A FEW MORE VISAS TO CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES FROM ABROAD, AND HAD RECENTLY APPROVED PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NE [...]	2004-01-23 12:16:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT
04VATICAN2518	TIP CONFERENCE ENERGIZES, EDUCATES ON FAITH-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-30 04:38:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI VT
04VATICAN252	The Pope's Europe: Whole, Free and Faithful [...] (U) From the start of his Pontificate, Pope John Paul II has had a clear vision of Europe as a continent united, free, and faithful. As an inspirational symbol for the Polish nation and a formidable voice for freedom, the Pope played an essential role in overcoming Europe's political division [...]	2004-01-23 16:33:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EU VT
04VATICAN2671	POPE SEEKS TO SPEED UP UNITY WITH ORTHODOX [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 04:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT
04VATICAN2712	VATICAN SEES NO CAMPAIGN AGAINST NICARAGUAN CHURCH [...] (C) Vatican Country Director for Nicaragua Lucio Sembrano said July 8 that he did not regard current Church-State tensions (reftels) as a result of any government campaign against the Church. While not entirely excusing government offenses against Catholic hierarchy, Sembrano (protect throug [...]	2004-07-13 04:40:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	NU PHUM PREL SOCI VT
04VATICAN2764	VATICAN TO DISPATCH AID CHIEF TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us July 8 that the Pope was sending the President of the Vatican's aid coordination agency to Darfur to assess the situation on the ground. Sembrano praised U.S. leadership on Sudan and took on ref (a) points with interes [...]	2004-07-15 15:11:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF SU VT
04VATICAN2767	HAITI: HOLY SEE AWAITS NEW NUNCIO [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Haiti Monsignor Giorgio Lingua told us July 15 the Vatican was eager for new Papal Nuncio (Ambassador) Mario Giordano to take the reins in Port au Prince. Giordano was just ordained an archbishop and is due to begin work in Haiti "any day now." Lingua was [...]	2004-07-16 04:38:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU EAID EFIN ETRD EU HA PHUM PREL VT
04VATICAN2817	VATICAN TRAFFICKING DVC PRODUCES BIG RESULTS [...] A June 30 Trafficking in Persons Digital Video Conference (DVC) linked key Holy See contacts and media with G/TIP's Ambassador John Miller. In conjunction with Embassy Rome, Embassy Vatican brought together three key elements in the fight against human trafficking: Vatican officials and rel [...]	2004-07-21 04:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG VT
04VATICAN2890	NORTH KOREA: CATHOLIC RELIEF AGENCY BUILDING [...] (C) The Holy See's North Korea Country Director told us July 9 that Caritas has reinforced its traditional emergency food aid programs with training programs for local North Korean officials. The Vatican is cautiously optimistic that this focus on relationship building will create a greater [...]	2004-07-26 13:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV KN VT KS KIRF
04VATICAN2989	POPE CONDEMNS IRAQ CHURCH BOMBINGS; CHALDEAN [...] (U) The Pope reacted strongly to Sunday's Iraq church bombings in an August 2 message to Emmanuel III, Patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church. The Pope said that he "firmly deplored the unjust aggressions against those whose only aim is to collaborate for peace and reconciliation in t [...]	2004-08-03 04:39:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT
04VATICAN3057	DVC PROMOTES HIV/AIDS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN USG AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-06 15:56:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT
04VATICAN3196	VATICAN STILL OPEN TO TURKEYâ€™S EU BID [...] (C) Acting Holy See Foreign Minister Parolin reaffirmed August 18 that the Holy See remained open to Turkish EU membership, notwithstanding recent critical comments by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Parolin emphasized that the Holy See's position on Turkish membership in the EU had not changed from the [...]	2004-08-18 16:27:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT
04VATICAN3197	HOLY SEE CLARIFIES POSITION ON NAJAF MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See's Acting Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told Charge August 18 that the Holy See would be willing to help mediate the standoff in Najaf if all parties to the conflict requested it, but had indicated this willingness only in response to a public request made by an al- [...]	2004-08-18 16:27:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF PHUM IZ VT
04VATICAN3212	VATICAN LOOKING FORWARD TO OSCE CONFERENCE [...] Charge delivered reftel points to acting Vatican Foreign Minister equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin August 18. Parolin had seen the composition of the U.S. delegation in previous communication from the OSCE, and noted with interest the participation of Cardinal Keeler of Baltimore. Parolin [...]	2004-08-20 06:17:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VT OSCE
04VATICAN3213	HOLY SEE BACKS U.S. UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C) Holy See Acting Foreign Minister equivalent Parolin told Charge August 18 that the Holy See was on the same page with the U.S. on most UNGA initiatives. On cloning, Charge emphasized the Holy See's potential to influence Catholic countries to support a ban on human cloning. Parolin emphasized t [...]	2004-08-20 06:19:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECON KDEM PHUM PREL VT UNGA
04VATICAN337	IRF: CARDINAL SEES OBSTACLES, PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (C) AMERICAN CARDINAL BERNARD LAW REVIEWED WITH POLOFF JANUARY 28 HIS MID-DECEMBER TRIP TO VIETNAM AT THE INVITATION OF VIETNAM'S NEW CARDINAL, JEAN-BAPTISTE PHAM MINH MAN. LAW SAID HE SAW NO SIGNS THAT THE GVN WAS EVEN INCHING TOWARDS ALLOWING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A ROLE IN CIVIL SOCIETY [...]	2004-01-30 12:07:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT VM PGOV SOCI
04VATICAN3564	CARITAS OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE IN IRAQ DESPITE [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-16 12:34:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID IZ VT
04VATICAN3581	Sant'Egidio Inter-Religious Conference Calls for [...] (U) The Sant'Egidio Community brought together over 7,000 religious and political leaders September 5-7 in Milan to promote inter-religious dialogue and understanding as a means to combat terrorism and build peace. The shadow of the Beslan massacre hung over the annual gathering, reinforcing [...]	2004-09-17 13:31:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
04VATICAN3810	MOVING THE VATICAN ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: EMBASSY [...] (U) To build support within the Holy See and overcome opposition within the Catholic Church, Embassy brought together scientists, ethicists, and developing nation farmers to address a one-day conference on the moral imperative of using biotechnology to feed the world's hungry. Scientists from [...]	2004-10-01 15:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT
04VATICAN4205	VATICAN, SANT'EGIDIO PROMOTE JEWISH-CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) The Holy See and the Vatican-affiliated lay community Sant'Egidio are actively promoting Christian- Jewish dialogue and initiatives to combat anti-Semitism. In October, delegations from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews met [...]	2004-11-02 10:55:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF IS VT
04VATICAN4441	VATICAN URGES OSCE REP TO FOCUS ON CHRISTIAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Vatican Foreign Ministry,s director for the OSCE urged the U.S. November 18 to support the appointment of an OSCE Special Representative whose title would indicate a responsibilit [...]	2004-11-19 16:21:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NL PHUM PREL VT OSCE
04VATICAN4517	VATICAN HOLDS FIRM ON ADDING CHRISTIAN REFERENCE [...] (SBU) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told the Ambassador November 26 that the Vatican intended to continue pressing to add a reference to Christianity in the title of the proposed OSCE Special Representative on Tolerance and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination. [...]	2004-11-29 14:34:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF IS NL VT OSCE VTPREL
04VATICAN4572	WORLD AIDS DAY: VATICAN CALLS FOR TOTAL CARE [...] The Vatican has called for total care and services for persons with HIV/AIDS in its 2004 message for World AIDS Day. The message, from the head of the Vatican's Council for Health Care issues, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, reports that the Catholic Church provides almost 27 percent of care [...]	2004-12-02 08:44:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT
04VATICAN4735	IRAQI FM PROMISES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR CHRISTIANS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 05:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IZ VT
04VATICAN4778	VATICAN REJECTS PACIFISM, BUT DEBATE SIMMERS [...] (U) Contrary to the popular perception of a pacifist Vatican generated by the Holy See's opposition to the Iraq war, senior Vatican officials have consistently acknowledged the legitimacy of war as a last resort and have recently gone out of their way to make clear that the Holy See is not pac [...]	2004-12-17 10:21:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT
04VATICAN4838	EMBASSY CONFERENCE PROMOTES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 15:29:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF VT
04VATICAN4839	NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR TIGHTER BORDERS, [...] (C) Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Edward Ismail Yelda called for tighter controls on his country's borders in a December 16 meeting with the Ambassador. He urged particular attention to the Jordanian border, which he cited as a source of foreign fighters and weapons. Yelda said the situat [...]	2004-12-21 15:32:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT
04VATICAN4882	"OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD:" POPE URGES GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 13:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON EAID VT VTPREL
04VATICAN4911	Pope in Meeting with Anti-Defamation League Calls [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 16:10:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI VT
04VATICAN5	POPE: MIGRATION ISSUES CRUCIAL TO CULTURE OF PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-02 12:59:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF SMIG VT
04VATICAN564	POPE CALLS FOR "FORGIVENESS, NOT REVENGE" IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-13 16:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM WE IS VT
04VATICAN594	VATICAN: BISHOPS MUST BE MORE INVOLVED IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) In a meeting requested by the Holy See, Vatican Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo told the Ambassador the Sudanese Catholic bishops were in a position to play an important role in the North-South peace process. In fact, according to Lajolo, their participation in reconciliation efforts a [...]	2004-02-18 06:43:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT
04VATICAN733	HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TRAINING PROGRAM UP [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 16:36:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM VT
04VATICAN737	IRAQ: VATICAN SEES NO NEED TO RUSH ELECTIONS [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ FRANCO COPPOLA TOLD US FEBRUARY 23 THAT THE VATICAN WAS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE RECENTLY-ANNOUNCED DECISION THAT IRAQI ELECTIONS WOULD NOT BE HELD BY JUNE 30. HE SAID THE U.S. AND THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA) SHOULD "TAKE ALL THE TIME TH [...]	2004-02-27 05:54:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PREL VT
04VATICAN774	SOMALIA: HOLY SEE URGES NGO PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) The Holy See requested U.S. support in encouraging the Government of Italy and other interested parties to support the inclusion of the Italy-Somalia Forum for Peace and Reconstruction in the Somali peace negotiations. In a February 25 meeting with poloff, Vatican Country Director for [...]	2004-03-01 06:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SO VT

04VATICAN788	VATICAN BULLISH ON BISHOPS' PARTICIPATION IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR SUDAN LUCIO SEMBRANO TOLD US FEBRUARY 25 THAT WIDER PARTICIPATION IN THE DARFUR TALKS WOULD BE A KEY TO THEIR LONG-TERM SUCCESS. HE DESCRIBED REPORTS OF ATROCITIES IN THE REGION, AND OUTLINED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S CAPACITY TO AID REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT. ON TH [...]	2004-03-01 16:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL SU VT
04VATICAN882	HOLY SEE COMMITTED TO STABILITY FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING ARISTIDE'S RESIGNATION AND DEPARTURE FROM HAITI, THE HOLY SEE TOLD US THAT THE HAITIAN BISHOPS WERE READY TO WORK ACTIVELY WITH A PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION TO HELP ENSURE A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER. THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE HAITIAN BISHOP [...]	2004-03-05 15:49:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM HA VT
04VATICAN886	VATICAN OPPOSED TO BRAZILIAN SEXUAL ORIENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 16:47:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI VT UN
04VILNIUS1065	AMERICAN RABBI CONTENDS LITHUANIAN PROPERTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Escalating discord within Lithuania's Jewish community has surpassed the bounds of a religious dispute and threatens to become a fight over community property. At the center of the dispute is Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, an American citizen, who publicly contends that Jewish commu [...]	2004-09-02 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI CASC LH
04VILNIUS1190	LITHUANIA FIRMLY OPPOSED TO LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) The Charge delivered ref A points concerning the European Union China arms embargo to Zygimantas Pavilionis, MFA Political Director and Director of the EU Department, on September 29. The Charge highlighted the key reasons for the maintaining the embargo and high level of concern for this [...]	2004-09-30 12:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH LH
04VILNIUS1292	LITHUANIAN POLITICAL LEADERS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings we facilitated between American Jewish Committee official Andrew Baker and key Lithuanian political leaders October 13-17 resulted in a reaffirmed commitment to restitute communal Jewish property. On the eve of round two of parliamentary elections, President Valdas Adamk [...]	2004-10-19 11:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KNAR PHUM LH
04VILNIUS1402	AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAAR FOR LITHUANIA'S MUSLIM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull celebrated Ramadan on November 5 with 20 leading figures from Lithuania's Muslim community, hosting an Iftaar dinner. The Ambassador highlighted the importance of diversity and tolerance during the event, and Lithuania's chief Islamic religious figure praised the [...]	2004-11-12 15:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PHUM LH
04VILNIUS1477	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Post warmly welcomes Ambassador Michael Kozak and is pleased to grant country clearance for the period of December 3-6, 2004 to attend the "Advancing Europe Whole and Free: Challenges and Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation" conference. 2. Embassy point of contact for your visit is [...]	2004-12-03 07:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT PGOV PHUM KDEM LI LH
04VILNIUS1577	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS EU-IMIE COOPERATION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 12:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL PHUM IZ LH
04VILNIUS395	LITHUANIA EXPRESSES INTEREST IN THE CD INITIATIVE [...] (U) WE DELIVERED TO LAURYNAS JONUSAUKAS, FIRST SECRETARY OF MFA'S AMERICA'S DIVISION, ON APRIL 7, 2004, REFTEL POINTS AND A COPY OF CHILEAN AMBASSADOR BIANCHI'S LETTER ON THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACY'S INITIATIVE IN EAST TIMOR. JONUSAUKAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE INITIATIVE, AND SAID THAT T [...]	2004-04-09 06:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PHUM LH
04WELLINGTON563	NEW ZEALAND TIP REPORT: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (SBU/NF) Following the turbulent June 14 release of the 2004 TIP report, which named New Zealand for the first time (ref a),Embassy Wellington would like to add its strong support to the recommendations contained in Embassy Singapore's recent excellent cable (ref b). While the GNZ is hyperse [...]	2004-07-02 05:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL ELAB AMGT NZ TIP
04WELLINGTON600	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Rachel Bennett, United Nations Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Bennett offered to circulate the information within MFAT for comment, but noted that the GoNZ is unlikely to provide additional proposals or a list or pri [...]	2004-07-15 04:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON601	NEW ZEALAND'S NEWLY FORMED MAORI PARTY TAKES FIRST [...] (SBU) Maori activist Tariana Turia used her decisive win in a July 10 by-election to launch the Maori Party, with herself as its first MP. Turia easily regained her seat in Parliament after resigning her Labour Party Government seat in May protest over the government's stance on Maori claims [...]	2004-07-15 04:30:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON769	NEW ZEALAND TO TABLE AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT [...] The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on August 31 unveiled changes to the draft declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that it intends to propose to the UN Working Group in Geneva. The Ministry, which will table the amended text the week of September 13, said it aim [...]	2004-09-09 01:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREL NZ
04WELLINGTON876	NEW ZEALAND: ICTY CANDIDATE MERON [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-18 03:38:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KAWC PHUM NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON880	WEOG ROTATION: NEW ZEALAND FM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post delivered the letter (reftels) on WEOG rotation in the UN Commission of Human Rights (CHR) from Secretary Powell to New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff on August 16. On October 12 the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) provided the Ambassador a copy of Gof [...]	2004-10-20 01:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PHUM PREL PGOV NZ
04WELLINGTON889	NEW ZEALAND POLITICAL SCANDAL MAY LOSE THE [...] (C) Summary: Recent allegations concerning New Zealand Labour Government Minister John Tamihere's relationship to his former place of employment could result in a by-election, whose loss would end Labour's single-vote Parliamentary majority. This would force the Government to revise its polit [...]	2004-10-22 02:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON899	NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO CO-SPONSOR RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel resolution to Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Meyer responded that, while there was no objection to the text as written, the GoNZ would not co-sponsor the resolution. Meyer cited re [...]	2004-10-27 23:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON909	NEW ZEALAND'S NEW MAORI PARTY GAINS TRACTION [...] (U) Summary: Approximately four months after its creation, the Maori Party has achieved more success than some observers may have initially expected, due largely to anger in Maori communities over the GoNZ's handling of proposed foreshore and seabed legislation. For now, Labour seems to ha [...]	2004-11-01 02:41:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON916	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KIMBERLY F. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Social Security Administration Official Kimberly F. Irwin, Tribal Affairs Specialist, to travel to Hawke's Bay, New Zealand from November 10-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International 6th Indigenous Women' [...]	2004-11-02 23:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PHUM CFED NZ
04WELLINGTON917	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KIMBERLY F. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Social Security Administration Official Kimberly F. Irwin, Tribal Affairs Specialist, to travel to Aotearoa, New Zealand from November 10-17, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the International 6th Indigenous Women's H [...]	2004-11-02 23:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PHUM CFED NZ
04WELLINGTON950	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) On November 12, POL/ECON Couns discussed Reftel B resolutions with Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Meyer was joined by Tamsin Royson, MFAT's policy officer for Africa. 2. (C) Meyer said that New Zealand woul [...]	2004-11-15 17:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NZ UNGA
04WELLINGTON997	NEW ZEALAND SPY "SCANDAL" - SECURITY INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Helen Clark has assented to a request by the Inspector-General of Security to conduct an investigation into allegations reported by the New Zealand media that New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has been spying on members of the newly formed Maori Party [...]	2004-11-30 23:22:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM NZ
04YEREVAN1010	PARLIAMENT ADOPTS LAW ON RALLIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Armenian National Assembly passed the controversial "Law on the Procedure of Staging Meetings, Rallies, Marches and Demonstrations" (Law on Rallies) in its third and final reading April 2 [...]	2004-04-30 10:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1088	ARMENIAN OPPOSITION HALTS PROTESTS, AWAITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Armenian opposition announced a 10-day suspension in its protests against the presidency of Robert Kocharian to give the government time to comply with PACE Resolution 1374. Opposition le [...]	2004-05-05 13:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1107	POLICE AND EDUCATORS JOIN FORCES IN ARMENIAN [...] SUMMARY. Project Harmony implemented an INL funded legal socialization project that has helped to build bridges between Armenian students, educators and law enforcement officials. The "ZANG" project brought together secondary teachers and policemen to create off- line and on-line curricula o [...]	2004-05-07 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM EAID AM
04YEREVAN1148	TWO MEN DETAINED ON CHARGES OF ATTACKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Office of the Procurator General (PG) announced May 12 that they had identified and officially charged two men for attacking journalists during an opposition rally on April 5. An assaulted journa [...]	2004-05-14 12:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN1178	NOMINATION FOR HRDF: CIVIC ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post nominates the program "Police and Regional Prison Monitoring" for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund, FY04. This program capitalizes on a stated GOAM willingness to allow monitoring of [...]	2004-05-20 01:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM AM
04YEREVAN1190	PREVENTIVE DETENTIONS A MAJOR SETBACK ON THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian police rounded up and questioned more than 25 opposition activists around the country on the eve of the planned May 21 opposition rally in Yerevan. According to opposition sources and media re [...]	2004-05-21 10:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN1194	MCA: THE VIEW FROM YEREVAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------------------------ PROGRESS IN RECENT YEARS ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Over the past 12 years since independence Armenia has moved from a state of open conflict with one of its neighbors to a stable, if occasionally [...]	2004-05-21 12:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN1207	MAY 21 OPPOSITION RALLY CALM, NO NEW [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. --------------------- LARGE RALLY, BUT CALM --------------------- 2. (SBU) Despite concerns raised by the May 20 preventive detentions (reftel),the May 21 opposition rally attracted roughly 12,000-15,000 participants, proceede [...]	2004-05-25 06:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN1268	ARMENIA'S ALTERNATIVE MILITARY SERVICE LAW: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The GOAM has not drafted implementating regulations for its alternative military service legislation, which went into effect June 1. The GOAM delayed creating the regulations because the law [...]	2004-06-03 12:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1341	FURTHER DELAYS FOR AMENDMENTS TO ALTERNATIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) This message updates reftel. A National Assembly committee expert who worked on Armenia's alternative military service law previously informed Post that amendments to the law on alternative military service would be com [...]	2004-06-15 11:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1344	ARMENIA: 2004 - 2005 ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While the formation of the Government's Interagency Commission to Address Issues related to Human Trafficking was encouraging, lack of a Commission Head for several months last year significantly slowed down the Government's response to TIP. As reported reftel, the Commission [...]	2004-06-15 12:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL UZ AM
04YEREVAN1411	PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PUTS GOAM ON THE HUNT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) President Kocharian signed a decree June 1, stating the GOAM's intent to free five million dollars from the GOAM budget over the next two years for refugee housing assistance and authorizing t [...]	2004-06-24 09:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID AM PMR
04YEREVAN143	ARMENIA CONFIRMS STRONG SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 07:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN158	GOAM UNVEILS ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY WITH [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian unveiled the GOAM's first anti-corruption strategy Jaunary 16 during a public hearing that included an impressive array of ministers, legislators and [...]	2004-01-16 12:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID AM
04YEREVAN1589	ARMENIA: ACTION REQUEST ON CUBA TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-16 10:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU AM UNGA
04YEREVAN1639	59TH UNGA -- ARMENIA'S MOSTLY FAVORABLE RESPONSE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on USG initiatives at the 59th UNGA to MFA International Organizations Acting Division Chief Artak Apitonian July 20. Apitonian predicted that the GOAM would supp [...]	2004-07-23 12:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC UNGA UN
04YEREVAN165	MFA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ISTANBUL-YEREVAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) MFA officials told us recently that they consider the weekly Yerevan-Istanbul flights an important part of efforts to improve relations between the two countries. MFA Turkey Desk Officer Anahi [...]	2004-01-20 12:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU AM
04YEREVAN1665	LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ----------------------- TEXT OF LETTER FROM MOJ ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The Minister of Justice Davit Harytyunyan's staff transmitted the following letter to the Embassy July 28, noting that it had also been sent to th [...]	2004-07-29 12:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN1792	CIVIL MONITORING BOARD BEGINS PRISON VISITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In 2002, Armenia's National Assembly passed legislation creating a civilian board to monitor prison and police detention facilities and to subsequently issue a public report annually. The Civ [...]	2004-08-13 10:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1837	LETTER FROM THE MFA ON ARMENIA'S CANDIDACY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ----------------------- TEXT OF LETTER FROM MFA ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted the following letter to the Embassy. The English- language text of the letter follows. Begin Text: [...]	2004-08-18 13:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM UN
04YEREVAN1838	ARMENIA CHILD LABOR REPORT: EXPLOITIVE CHILD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's constitution prohibits child labor, and the use of children in the workforce is very rare. The high demand for jobs, especially for unskilled workers, and the cultural premium on fa [...]	2004-08-18 13:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ECON ELAB AM
04YEREVAN1878	INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ----------------------------- JOURNALIST ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) On August 24, two investigative journalists alleged that they had been threatened and one of them roughed up by unidentified me [...]	2004-08-25 12:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN1925	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR JOINS JOURNALIST TO MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOAM took the high road in response to a physical attack on an investigative journalist on August 24 (reftel). The alleged attacker was arrested while Armenia's Prosecutor General pressed charges. A senior advisor to President Kocharian joined journalists in a "protest" o [...]	2004-08-31 12:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AM
04YEREVAN1938	LOCAL RESULTS NULLIFIED IN ELECTORAL DEJA VU [...] (SBU) Territorial Election Commission (TEC) officials declared the results from an August 29 parliamentary by-election invalid August 31 following widespread reports of violations and an unreliably thin margin of only 32 votes between the two candidates. Analysts viewed the election as an impo [...]	2004-09-02 06:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN212	PM APPOINTS ETHNIC MINORITIES AND RELIGIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Andranik Margarian appointed Hranush Kharatian as Head of the Department on Ethnic Minorities and Religious Issues within the Cabinet. Kharatian will supervise GOAM programs tar [...]	2004-01-23 11:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU AM
04YEREVAN2165	GOAM TAKING ACTION TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Although much work remains to be done, the Armenian government has made considerable efforts over the past three years and, despite being a country of origin for trafficking, has graduated from Tier 3 to Tier 2 (Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2004). Government actions have had the fol [...]	2004-10-01 06:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM AM KTIP
04YEREVAN2257	GOAM REGISTERS JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (SBU) The Armenian Ministry of Justice registered the Jehovah's Witnesses as a legal entity on October 8. Registration confers the right for religious groups to rent meeting space, broadcast on radio and television, publish magazines and newspapers, and it gives members of the Jehovah's Witnes [...]	2004-10-12 12:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN2324	LOCAL STATION DROPS RFE/RL NEWS SHOW [...] (SBU) An independent TV news broadcast produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was cancelled on October 13 after airing a single episode. The director of the station denied government pressure. We believe, however, that this incident was an act of self- censorship to avoid conflict with [...]	2004-10-19 12:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AM
04YEREVAN2325	COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES JOURNALIST'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 12:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AM
04YEREVAN2326	GENDER AND SALARY DISCRIMINATION IN YEREVAN [...] (SBU) According to a new survey, equally qualified men and women in Yerevan receive wildly disparate salaries: on average, women in Yerevan receive 40 percent less than men. While the survey was too small to be entirely reliable, the trends it demonstrated are strongly supported by anecdotal [...]	2004-10-19 12:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AM
04YEREVAN2349	GOAM REFUGEE HOUSING PLAN FAILS TO ATTRACT [...] (SBU) The GOAM hopes to announce a solution to its refugee housing problem next year, but current plans depend on international donations that are unlikely to materialize. Local implementers have concluded the government plan is unlikely to be financed because it does not address the housing [...]	2004-10-22 09:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID AM PRM
04YEREVAN2374	OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS ONLY LUKEWARM [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. -------------------------- SMALL RALLY, NO EXCITEMENT -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Roughly 1500 opposition supporters gathered October 26 in Opera Square for an authorized rally timed to coincide with commemorative even [...]	2004-10-27 09:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AM
04YEREVAN2417	ARMENIA: SMALL KURDISH DEMONSTRATION FOR ABDULAH [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On 29 October, approximately 25 Armenian-Kurds staged a 30-minute demonstration outside of the Yerevan office of the European Commission. The demonstration was peaceful and covered by the local press. Knayz Hasanov, [...]	2004-11-02 13:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM AM
04YEREVAN245	DEMARCHE PRESENTED ON ARMENIA'S CHR [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-29 09:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN
04YEREVAN2456	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches to Artak Apitonian, Head of the UN Division at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ------- BELARUS ------- 2. (SBU) Regarding Belarus, Apitonian stated that Armenia is wavering between abstaining and voting against the resolution. Armenia woul [...]	2004-11-09 02:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AM UNGA
04YEREVAN2458	ARMENIA WILL SUPPORT MERON FOR ICTY JUDGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 07:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KAWC PHUM AM UNGA
04YEREVAN2537	OPPOSITION EDITOR'S CAR TORCHED, BLAMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) November 22 at 20:40 (local time) the car of Nikol Pashinyan, Editor-in-Chief of the opposition newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak, burst into flame in front of his office. Pashinyan is convinced th [...]	2004-11-24 14:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO AM
04YEREVAN2545	ARMENIA COMPLETES LAW ON ALTERNATIVES TO [...] (SBU) On November 23, Armenia's National Assembly amended legislation that provides draftees with a mechanism to apply for an alternative to military service. These amendments clear the way for full implementation of the alternative military service law that was passed in November 2003 as par [...]	2004-11-26 13:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN2546	ARMENIAN HIGH COURT APPROVES OPTIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-26 13:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KOCI AM
04YEREVAN2647	JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2004 DATA ON TIP PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) According to data on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for the period between January 1, 2004 and November 1, 2004, there have been 15 cases of trafficking in Armenia involving 26 defendants. While most of those people were sentenced to priso [...]	2004-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM AM KTIP
04YEREVAN2663	IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED IN ARMENIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) A recent report sponsored by the UN Development Program confirms that Armenia's Human Rights Ombudsman's office suffers from internal disorganization and an externally perceived lack of independence. During its first year of operation, the ombudsman's office has sent mixed messages and [...]	2004-12-10 13:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN2693	UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-14 14:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN2804	ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS ALTERNATIVE MILITARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) President Robert Kocharian signed legislation December 28 that establishes a system of alternatives to military service in Armenia. The National Assembly began work on this legislation at the end of 2003 at the urging o [...]	2004-12-29 13:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN282	ARMENIAN POLITICIANS POSTURE AFTER "WIDER EUROPE" PRONOUNCEMENTS IN TBLISI, EU VISIT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Recent statements by EU officials in Tblisi suggesting a more concrete role for the South Caucasus countries in the "Wider Europe" initiative incited an unusual surge of Euro-friendly political [...]	2004-02-03 13:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ZJ TU AM EUN
04YEREVAN313	ARMENIA'S NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Larisa Alaverdian, Human Rights Ombudsman- designee, told us that she plans to create a lasting and strong institution that will have a respected place within the Armenian state structure. A [...]	2004-02-06 12:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN314	MEETING WITH ARMENIAN DEPUTY FONMIN ON TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tatoul Margarian, who oversees the GOAM Interagency Commission to Address Issues Related to Human Trafficking (TIP Commission),to discuss concerns that the GOAM has been slow to take visible, concrete steps to combat trafficking in persons [...]	2004-02-06 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL UZ AM
04YEREVAN347	TOUGH DASHNAK TALK ON N-K, TURKEY AT PARTY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Dashnak Party Chairman Hrand Margarayan's February 6 comments on relations with Turkey, N-K, and Georgia's Armenian population sparked renewed controversy among Armenia's political elite. Marga [...]	2004-02-12 10:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU AJ AM
04YEREVAN399	CORRUPTION LEVIES HEAVY TOLL ON ARMENIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Widespread corruption in the Armenian university system has severely tarnished the reputation of once prestigious institutions and degraded the quality of education provided to Armenian studen [...]	2004-02-18 13:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN489	STUDENT PROTEST OVER NEW DRAFT LAW ENTERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Nearly one thousand university students in Yerevan continued to boycott their classes in protest of the proposed "Law on Military Service" currently before the National Assembly. The controve [...]	2004-02-26 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OEXC AM
04YEREVAN507	GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL LAW; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Andranik Margarian announced February 26 that the government would formally withdraw from parliament the controversial "Law on Military Service." Margarian blamed other ministe [...]	2004-02-27 13:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OEXC AM
04YEREVAN562	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN ARMENIA: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) Through an Advisor to the Minister of Justice, we have obtained a copy of a report on trafficking in perons (TIP) in Armenia prepared by the Office of the Procurator General. The detail and scope of the report's findings, along with recent Embassy demarches on Armenia's shaky Tier II sta [...]	2004-03-09 09:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AM KCRM PHUM PINR SMIG SNAR
04YEREVAN62	ARMENIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-12 09:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AM UNUS
04YEREVAN660	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO USG PRIORITIES FOR UNCHR-60 [...] (C) Ambassador raised USG priorities for UNCHR-60 with FM Oskanian March 15 per instructions in reftel A. Oskanian was generally non-committal, but promised to review the USG proposals on China and Cuba with Armenia's missions in Geneva, New York and Washington. Oskanian hinted that Armenia' [...]	2004-03-18 14:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM AM UN
04YEREVAN699	GOAM ON CHR 60 CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) We delivered demarche and talking points to the MFA Chief of International Organizations Department Valery Mkrtumian March 22 and Head of Americas Department Lilit Toutkhalian March 23 per instructions in reftel A. Both Mkrtumian and Toutkhalian reiterated comments made by FM Oskanian dur [...]	2004-03-25 03:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH CU AM UNHCR
04YEREVAN72	ARMENIA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR COMMISSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note dated January 8 requesting U.S. support for Armenia's candidacy for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. 3. (SBU) Begin text of MFA diplomatic note: The [...]	2004-01-13 08:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AM UNUS
04YEREVAN813	INL PROGRAM SUCCESSES [...] Several recently implemented INL-funded programs are already reaping benefits. This cable details highlights of program progress. ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAMS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ OSCE Anti-TIP Legislative Strengthening Program +++++++++++++++++++++++ [...]	2004-04-05 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP KCRM PHUM AM
04YEREVAN842	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST LEAVES HOSPITAL; ALLEGES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Prominent human rights activist Mikhail Danielyan discharged himself from the hospital April 4, and remains at home recovering from the March 30 beating by unknown assailants. Danielyan offer [...]	2004-04-08 12:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN844	A NOT-SO-HOT SPRING? WHAT IF WE'RE WRONG... [...] (SBU) We continue to believe that the current round of opposition protests across Armenia is unlikely to develop into a revolution, rose, velvet or otherwise (reftel). The Ambassador has urged restraint in the strongest possible terms during meetings this week with both senior government offi [...]	2004-04-08 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN879	KOCHARIAN LOOKING FOR A WAY FORWARD, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Following the forceful break-up of the opposition demonstration at roughly 2:00 a.m. April 13 (septel) and the subsequent detentions, Kocharian convoked the Ambassador, saying, "I invited you in order to consult with you on the internal political situation." Although Kocharian did not app [...]	2004-04-13 14:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN880	RIOT POLICE BREAK UP DEMONSTRATION IN EARLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) At approximately 2:00 a.m. April 13, Armenian riot police dispersed a crowd of about one thousand opposition supporters that had remained in front of the National Assembly since 6:00 p.m. the [...]	2004-04-13 14:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN884	UNCHR 60: ARMENIA TO ABSTAIN ON CHINA, VOTE 'YES' [...] (C) Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told the Ambassador April 14 that Armenia would abstain on both the vote to take 'no action' on the China resolution and on the resolution itself. He said that Armenia would vote to approve the Cuba resolution, as requested by the United States. Oskanian [...]	2004-04-14 13:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AM
04YEREVAN885	DEFENSE MINISTER ON DOMESTIC SITUATION [...] (C) Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian joined the Ambassador in opening a EUCOM-funded hospital renovation on April 14. During the course of the event, the Ambassador had a 30-minute one-on-one conversation with him. On the issue of the dispersal of the anti-Kocharian demonstration on April 1 [...]	2004-04-14 13:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN893	PARLIAMENTARIANS, MANY OTHER DETAINEES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian opposition leaders Stepan Demirchian and Artashes Geghamian brushed off calls for dialogue with the government, instead calling for a new rally against President Kocharian in central [...]	2004-04-15 13:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN901	APP SPOKESWOMAN DESCRIBES RAID ON PARTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) We met with Ruzanna Khachatryan, Spokeswoman for the opposition Armenian People's Party (APP) to discuss the April 13 police raid on APP Headquarters and her 36-hour police detention. Khachat [...]	2004-04-16 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN917	ARMENIA WITH U.S. ON GUANTANAMO CHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 06:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU AM
04YEREVAN945	NO LEGAL GROUNDS FOR OPPOSITION REFERENDUM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Opposition leaders have made a national referendum of confidence on President Kocharian one of their key demands during their anti-government demonstrations of the past month. The Constitutio [...]	2004-04-22 10:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN947	WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THE ARMENIAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Now that the dust has settled, the government has released most opposition activists, and subsequent rallies have proceeded without incident, the lack of genuine opposition unity or a realistic [...]	2004-04-22 11:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN960	WESTERN OBSERVER CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT OF [...] (SBU) Vram Galstyan, serving a life sentence for his role in the October 1999 National Assembly killings, committed suicide in a Yerevan prison April 16. The Justice Ministry announced that Galstyan hanged himself shortly after prison guards granted his request to be transferred to solitary c [...]	2004-04-23 07:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN973	GOAM WARNING THE OPPOSITION: OSKANIAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On April 26, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian convoked the diplomatic corps ahead of planned opposition rallies for April 27. Reading from a non paper (text below) Oskanian indicated that if t [...]	2004-04-26 11:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN975	OPPOSITION OPENS A SMALL WINDOW FOR [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Against the backdrop of the opposition call for "the last stand" on April 27, National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasaryan has called a meeting with the opposition to discuss the current politic [...]	2004-04-26 13:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04YEREVAN997	LACKLUSTER OPPOSITION RALLY AND A [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Following two days of meetings between the opposition and the governing coalition, the opposition's April 27 rally of about 5000 participants went off without incident but with 15 people taken [...]	2004-04-28 12:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
04ZAGREB1335	CROATIA HALTS VAT EXEMPTIONS FOR MOST NGOS [...] (SBU) A recent change to taxation law means Croatian NGOs will again be required to pay VAT on purchases financed with foreign donations. Though some NGOs have raised alarms over alleged unfairness and lack of transparency, GoC efforts to clean up its tax policy are welcome steps. Although the [...]	2004-07-22 07:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM EFIN PREL HR
04ZAGREB1351	CROATIA TAKES SMALL STEP TOWARDS INCREASED MEDIA [...] (U) In a marathon session on July 15, Croatia's Parliament approved amendments to the Penal Code concerning media slander. The burden of proving the intent to slander and the actual offense now falls on the prosecution, not the defendant, and responsibility can no longer be transferred from a [...]	2004-07-23 14:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1527	CROATIA: UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] This cable responds to reftel questions on Croatia's efforts to prevent the worst forms of child labor. 2. Croatia has taken solid steps to counter the worst forms of child labor, enacting legislation proscribing the problem and ensuring the implementation and enforcement of existing legisl [...]	2004-08-27 15:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI HR
04ZAGREB1571	PUMPING UP -- OPPOSITION REVIVING COALITIONS FOR LOCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's current opposition parties learned the hard way when they lost power in the 2003 parliamentary elections - coalitions are the key to electoral victory against the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). With that lesson in mind, opposition leaders see local elec [...]	2004-09-06 13:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1592	CROATIA'S UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C): We followed up on reftel A with Ranko Vilovic, Director of the Office for UN Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vilovic said that Prime Minister Ivo Sanader would lead the Croatian delegation to UNGA, although the final composition had not been approved. He said Croatia would f [...]	2004-09-09 06:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1595	PROSECUTOR,S COOPERATION PLAN DRAWS ICTY SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Patrick Lopez-Terres, Chief of Investigations in the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor, has expressed enthusiastic support for Croatian Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic,s initiative to pursue bilateral cooperation agreements between the state prosecutors of the countrie [...]	2004-09-09 15:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR

04ZAGREB1624	ICTY Indictees' Children Supported on Humanitarian [...] (SBU) State Secretary Tomislav Ivic of the Ministry of Veterans and Family told Embassy officers on September 13 that the Government's May 12 decision to give school allowances to the children of Croats indicted by The Hague-based War Crime Tribunal (ICTY) was based on "humanitarian considerat [...]	2004-09-14 10:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1661	ARMY TO DROP ICTY FUGITIVE'S WIFE FROM PAYROLL [...] (C) Clearly surprised and embarrassed by press revelations that fugitive war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina's wife had been granted a new position within the Croatian Armed Forces Joint Staff, Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on September 16 that the Ministry of Defense will "s [...]	2004-09-17 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1675	ICTY: SURPRISE OVER CERMAK/MARKAC, NO FANFARE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian government officials and political leaders expressed surprise and disappointment at the ICTY trial chamber's September 14 decision against provisional release of Generals Mladen Markac and Ivan Cermak, particularly in the wake of their voluntary surrender to t [...]	2004-09-20 16:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR
04ZAGREB179	FASCISM FALLS OUT OF FASHION IN CROATIA [...] (SBU) Until relatively recently, expressions of extreme nationalism were considered acceptable in Croatia's political and social dialogue. That seems to be changing. Croatians have gotten the message that extreme nationalism is incompatible with their ambitions of accession to Euro-Atlantic [...]	2004-01-29 15:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV HR
04ZAGREB1801	GOC COMMITTED TO CLOSING REFUGEE PORTFOLIO; RECENT [...] (U) During his 29 SEP ) 2 OCT trip to Croatia, Assistant Secretary for PRM Arthur Dewey visited several refugee return SIPDIS sites - both trouble spots and successes - and heard that the barriers to additional returns include a lack of economic opportunity in the war-affected areas, bureauc [...]	2004-10-15 06:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF
04ZAGREB1842	CROATIA SUPPORTS MERON RE-ELECTION TO ICTY [...] (U) The GOC has announced that it will support the re-election of Theodor Meron to the post of permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). When Poloff delivered reftel points October 14, MFA's director of UN affairs Ranko Vilovic highlighted the GO [...]	2004-10-22 07:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KAWC PHUM HR
04ZAGREB2044	INTELLIGENCE SERVICE UNDER FIRE FOR INTIMIDATION [...] (C) In recent weeks, the Counterintelligence Agency (POA) has been the focus of both media and parliamentary scrutiny because of its alleged intimidation of a journalist. Helen Puljiz alleges that the POA tried to blackmail her in an attempt to persuade her to collaborate with them and provide [...]	2004-11-26 15:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR HR
04ZAGREB208	CROATIA HEARS US ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) On January 30, the Ambassador reviewed with Jadranka Kosor, Deputy Prime Minister, Croatia's record on trafficking in persons (TIP). Kosor acknowledged that Croatia will need to address the issue better, but otherwise offered little in substance other than to declare that she will be our [...]	2004-02-04 08:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV HR
04ZAGREB2083	Minority Agreement Formalizes Protections [...] (SBU) During his historic visit to Belgrade on 15 November (Refs),PM Sanader and SAM PM Tadic signed an agreement on the protection of minorities in the two countries. Focused on the ethnic Croat and ethnic Serb minorities in each country, the agreement does not set out new protections, but [...]	2004-12-08 14:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL HR
04ZAGREB2171	HIV/AIDS IN CROATIA: LOW PREVALENCE AND LOW [...] Croatia's few registered cases of HIV/AIDS and low knowledge about the disease and how it spreads translate into an HIV/AIDS strategy focused on prevention and education. Stigmatization continues be an obstacle, as alarmist press accounts beat out a small cadre of dedicated health professiona [...]	2004-12-22 07:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PHUM PGOV HR
04ZAGREB279	AMBASSADOR MEETS MARITIME, TOURISM,TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT MINISTER [...] Bozidar Kalmeta, Croatia's Minister of Maritime, Tourism, Transport and Development, said in his February 9 introductory meeting with the Ambassador that reconstruction of returning Serbs' homes and road building would be his two top priorities. The government would consider giving Bechtel a [...]	2004-02-13 13:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON HR
04ZAGREB409	UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On March 2 Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Croatia and met with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul. The Under Secretary discussed Croatia's participation in the Community of Democracies, the UN Commis [...]	2004-03-10 13:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF KDEM HR NATO
04ZAGREB410	SURVEY ON REFUGEE RETURN TO CROATIA [...] (C) Results of an extensive survey, financed jointly by USAID and the OSCE, show that only five percent of ethnic Serb refugees -- approximately 10,500 out of the estimated 210,000 ethnic Serbs from Croatia who are now in Serbia or Bosnia -- plan to return to Croatia in the next five years, an [...]	2004-03-11 05:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL HR
04ZAGREB436	CROATIA'S UNCHR PRIORITIES [...] On February 25, we delivered reftel non-paper to Dubravka Simonovic, MFA Head of Department for Human Rights. In return, Simonovic provided us on March 12 with Croatia's priorities for the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (full text follows in para 3). She offered no specifi [...]	2004-03-12 14:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL HR UNHCR
04ZAGREB516	CHR-60: CROATIA ON CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) ON MARCH 23, THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TALKING POINTS WITH BACKGROUND ON THE CHINA AND CUBA RESOLUTIONS (REFS A,C) AT THE CHR TO MFA STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER EQUIVALENT) BISCEVIC. AMBASSADOR STRESSED THE GREAT IMPORTANCE THE U.S. PLACES IN BOTH RESOLUTIONS AND SOUGHT CROATIAN SUPPO [...]	2004-03-25 12:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH CU HR UNCHR
04ZAGREB554	SERBS PLAYING POLITICAL HARDBALL ON RETURN ISSUES [...] (C) Disappointed with GOC implementation of promises to address refugee return issues, Serb politicians threatened on March 23 to withdraw their informal support for PM Sanader's government. Sanader responded immediately and met with Milorad Pupovac, one of three MPs representing the Serb min [...]	2004-04-01 09:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL HR
05ABIDJAN1871	TOGO NOT READY FOR REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RefCoord met UN and government agencies in Lome and Accra from November 8-10 to discuss the Government of Togo's proposed National Repatriation Plan (NRP) and the UN's 2006 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for Togo. UN and EU representatives stated security conditions in Togo were not [...]	2005-11-16 07:44:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TO GH BE
05ABIDJAN695	COTE D'IVOIRE: ADDRESSING PROTECTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is conducting training sessions for militia groups, as well as the National Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) and the Armed Forces of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and the Geneva Conventions. [...]	2005-04-27 08:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF IV LI PHUM WFP
05ABUDHABI1005	UAE PREPARING ACTIVELY FOR FTA FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG continues its preparations for negotiating an FTA with the USG. UAE negotiators have reached out to the private sector, including banks, textile manufactures, and insurance companies to solicit input in advance of the March 6 launch of the first round of FTA negotiations [...]	2005-03-02 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI1091	UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...]	2005-03-08 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC
05ABUDHABI1153	CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE UAE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-13 11:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI1155	UAE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON POLITICAL REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan told Ambassador March 12 that Abu Dhabi will begin consultations with leaders in the western part of the emirate about broadening political participation through representative municipal councils. When the Ambas [...]	2005-03-14 02:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI1167	UAE ANNOUNCES CAMEL JOCKEY LAW IN EFFECT BY MARCH [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of lobbying by the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) issued a statement March 13 announcing that a law will be on the books by April 16, 2005 banning jockeys under age 16 from participating in camel [...]	2005-03-14 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI1274	UAEG OFFICIALS: "WE WILL SOLVE THE CAMEL JOCKEY [...] (C) Summary: Senior UAEG officials have publicly and privately committed to ending the problem of underage camel jockeys. In response to reftel demarche, they have told Charge that their priority is to identify, rescue and repatriate the children, and not drive the problem underground. To [...]	2005-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TC
05ABUDHABI1333	LABOR UNION RIGHTS A LENGTHY AND COMPLICATED TASK [...] (U) This is a joint Abu Dhabi and Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary: DoL D/US Levine held labor consultations March 19-21 with a wide range of senior UAE officials, professional associations, and businesspeople. The labor delegation discussed current labor laws and practices and workers right [...]	2005-03-26 03:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI1523	UAE MINISTER OF CABINET AFFAIRS ON CAMEL JOCKEYS, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Saeed Al Ghaith told Ambassador April 5 that he expects federal cabinet approval of a new law banning underage camel jockeys at its next meeting on Monday, April 11. Although formal approval is pending, the UAEG has implemented it effective [...]	2005-04-05 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI1551	UPTICK IN UNDERAGE CAMEL JOCKEY REPATRIATION [...] (U) Summary: In the three weeks since the UAEG announced that a new law banning underage camel jockeys would take effect March 31, a small but growing number of children from TIP source countries (especially Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sudan) have been "rescued" from their captors and are now ei [...]	2005-04-06 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI1604	UAE CAMEL JOCKEY SOLUTION: ROBOTS [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed told Ambassador April 10 that the UAE was working to resolve the camel jockey/trafficking in persons (TIP) problem. Sheikh Hamdan, who is also Chairman of the Camel Racing Federation, said the UAE has alr [...]	2005-04-11 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI1712	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON U.S. - UAE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 16, Ambassador called on long-time presidential advisor Mohammed Habroush Al-Suwaidi to review our bilateral agenda (FTA, MLAT, and Camel Jockey Trafficking). On FTA, Al-Suwaidi opined that there was no reason the process would not move ahead. The concerns of some busin [...]	2005-04-17 11:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM ELAB ETRD SA TC
05ABUDHABI1873	UNICEF MOBILIZING TO HELP UNDERAGE CAMEL JOCKEYS [...] (C) UNICEF is firmly committed to helping the UAE Government develop a master plan for registering and safely repatriating underage camel jockeys. In a telephone conversation from her office in Muscat, UNICEF Gulf Area Office acting representative, June Kunugi, told Pol Chief April 26 that he [...]	2005-04-27 23:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETRD ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI1874	ILO VISITS UAE, WILL REVIEW DRAFT LABOR LAWS [...] (C) Summary: During his April 23-25 visit, the UAE Ministry of Labor presented ILO regional Middle East director Dr. Taleb Al Rafai with its draft revised labor law and draft labor union law for formal ILO review and comment in bringing UAE labor laws in line with international standards. Alt [...]	2005-04-27 23:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI2090	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met May 8 to review developments in Iraq and U.S.-UAE relations. At our urging, the UAE issued a statement May 9 welcoming the newly formed Iraqi government. HbZ agreed th [...]	2005-05-10 09:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CJAN KNNP PK GZ IZ WEU TC
05ABUDHABI2143	RESPONDING TO CROWN PRINCE'S LETTER ON CAMEL [...] (C) Summary: The UAE has taken several positive actions since March 31 to address Trafficking in Persons related to child camel jockeys. These achievements generally track with those noted in Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's (MbZ) April 28 letter to the Secretary, Deputy Sec [...]	2005-05-11 12:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2178	MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN [...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...]	2005-05-16 09:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC
05ABUDHABI2365	UAE HOLDS CAMEL RACE WITHOUT BOY JOCKEYS [...] (SBU) On May 19, Emirates TV station carried a live broadcast of a camel race featuring jockeys whose age and weight appeared to conform with camel racing guidelines adopted by the UAE Government in mid-March (ref B). Embassy officers who watched the race on television noted that the jockeys [...]	2005-05-25 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2437	REACTION TO TIP REPORT: UAEG EXPECTED TIER 3 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi June 1 to deliver the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, ranking the UAE at Tier 3, and the companion mini-action plan. Ambassador also discussed the TIP report and action plan with director for internationa [...]	2005-06-01 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM ELAB KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI2495	UAE LEADERS COMMITTED TO TIP PLAN FOLLOW THROUGH [...] (C) Summary. The UAE leadership has reacted calmly to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 3 designation and action plan. UAE leaders designated Presidential Affairs Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed to oversee the plan's implementation and have asked two specific questions about the action [...]	2005-06-06 04:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2500	RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS QU'RAN DESECRATION [...] (SBU) DURING A MEETING MAY 24 WITH UAE RELIGIOUS ADVISOR, DR. ALI AL HASHEMI, AND A MEETING MAY 31 WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE UNDER SECRETARY FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS, DR. MOHAMED JUMA AL MEHAIRI, POL CHIEF DISCUSSED THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE DESECRATION OF THE HOLY QU'RAN AT THE DETENTION FACIL [...]	2005-06-06 06:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF KISL TC
05ABUDHABI2759	FGM ON THE DECLINE IN UAE [...] SUMMARY: THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) HAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED AMONG UAE NATIONALS DUE TO THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION, GREATER AWARENESS OF THE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FGM, AND GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS TO HOSPITALS AND CLINICS PROHIBITING THE PRACTICE, ACCORDING TO [...]	2005-06-20 07:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KOCI KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI2781	SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CHENEY'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: We look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UAE leadership will be very interested in hearing your perspectives on the latest developments in Iraq and on the Mideast peace process, as well as listening to your views on reform in the region. We have requested mee [...]	2005-06-20 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KMPI PTER ETRD PHUM MASS IZ AF TC
05ABUDHABI2833	UAE PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Since receiving the TIP report and mini-action plan from us on June 1, the UAE Government has made steady progress in addressing the suggested steps in the plan. Ministry of Interior police continue to identify and rescue underage camel jockeys. Government social workers working [...]	2005-06-22 11:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI2945	PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting June 26 with NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan offered his assessment of the situation in Iraq, commented on the Iranian elections and discussed Syria's involvement in the region, reform in the UAE, and effo [...]	2005-07-01 09:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI KPAL PHUM IZ IR SY WE GZ TC
05ABUDHABI2947	PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, TIP AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: During NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney's visit to the UAE June 26-27, she had an SIPDIS opportunity to speak to different audiences about political reform, trafficking in persons, and economic issues. Cheney emphasized that to fully empower its citizens, the UAE [...]	2005-07-01 09:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI296	USG EMPHASIZES NEED FOR LABOR LAW REVISIONS IN [...] (U) Summary: The UAEG told A/USTR Clatanoff a revised labor law and trade union law should be issued by summer 2005. The original 1980 labor law will be revised to bring it into compliance with ILO standards and address needed labor market reform. The trade union law will allow expatriate [...]	2005-01-18 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI3002	UAE CAMEL JOCKEY LAW ON THE BOOKS [...] (U) UAE President Khalifa issued a federal law July 5 that prohibits persons below 18 years of age from taking part in camel races, and subjects traffickers to jail sentences and/or fines. The new law received prominent coverage in both the Arabic and English press, which touted it as the fir [...]	2005-07-06 10:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI3074	TIP ACTION UPDATE: LABOR [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has taken a number of proactive steps since June 1 in response to the TIP Mini-Action Plan (reftel) that requires the UAE to establish shelters for trafficking victims, articulate how the UAEG will extend formal protection to domestic workers and other l [...]	2005-07-12 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM ETRD PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3144	LABOR: SPONSORSHIP TRANSFER REGULATIONS LOOSENED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE Cabinet formally approved new sponsorship transfer regulations on July 12, 2005 which grant the Ministry of Labor's 2.1 million workers more freedom of movement in the labor market. The new laws allow a worker to change sponsorship after 1, 2 or 3 years of employment (d [...]	2005-07-17 09:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ETRD PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3160	NEW UAE FAMILY LAW [...] (U) ON JULY 11, THE FEDERAL CABINET APPROVED A PERSONAL STATUS LAW COVERING MARRIAGE, LEGAL COMPETENCE, GUARDIANSHIP, WILLS, INHERITANCE, AND ENDOWMENT. SIGNIFICANTLY, THE NEW DRAFT LAW GRANTS UAE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO DIVORCE THEIR HUSBANDS. CURRENTLY A WOMAN CAN SEEK DIVORCE THROUGH COURTS, BUT [...]	2005-07-18 07:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI3194	UAE PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: With two weeks to go before the end of the 60-day TIP action plan, the UAE continues to make progress in addressing the suggested steps in the action plan (ref C). The following is a review of progress made to date on the mini-action plan, keyed to the six points provided by G/TIP. [...]	2005-07-19 09:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI3272	SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...]	2005-07-26 09:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA
05ABUDHABI3297	UAE TIP ACTION PLAN UPDATE: PROSECUTIONS [...] Summary: With one week to go before the end of the 60-day TIP action plan assessment period, the UAE continues to make progress in addressing the suggested steps in the action plan (ref A). The UAEG has provided data on 19 investigations and prosecutions of persons of different nationalities [...]	2005-07-27 10:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB ETRD KJAN TC
05ABUDHABI3437	REPORT OF MORE TIP PROSECUTIONS, CAMEL JOCKEY [...] Summary: UAEG progress on addressing the human trafficking problem has continued right through the August 2 60-day TIP action plan assessment period deadline (ref A). At the request of the Consul General, the Dubai Justice Department provided information on three new sex trafficking prosecuti [...]	2005-08-08 07:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM KJAN TC
05ABUDHABI353	USTR VISIT REINFORCES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Labor William Clatanoff met with representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Labor, and Foreign Affairs on January 17-19 to discuss a number of labor issues related to upcoming free trade negotiations. One subject Clatanoff [...]	2005-01-24 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI3877	UAE LABOR: EXPANDING EXPAT WORKER RIGHTS TARGETS [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has been proactive in changing many of the most restrictive laws and regulations governing the expatriate labor market over the past two months, Labor Minister Dr. Al Ka'abi told Ambassador September 10. These changes -- including changing the sponsors [...]	2005-09-12 12:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI4175	UAE LABOR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Labor laws and practices in the United Arab Emirates are in a state of flux; the young Minister of Labor, Dr. Ali Al Ka'abi, is a technocrat appointed in the November 2004 Cabinet reshuffle for his energetic plans for reform rather than for family connections. In the [...]	2005-10-03 14:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI4283	UAE RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Summary: With Pakistanis being the second largest ethnic group in the UAE, the impact from, and the response to, the earthquake disaster in Pakistan has been both immediate and significant. President Khalifa approved the disbursement of USD 100 million to Pakistan to provide immediate rel [...]	2005-10-11 14:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID PK TC
05ABUDHABI4713	UAEG BOOSTS PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] During the November 19 Pakistan Earthquake Relief Donors' Conference in Islamabad, the UAE announced an increase in its aid pledge to Pakistan from $100 million to $200 million. 2. UAE Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Dr. Ali Al-Kaabi announced that the UAE is committed to "channel" [...]	2005-11-20 14:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM SENV AE
05ABUDHABI4737	TIP: INTERIM ASSESMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since being placed on the Tier 2 Special Watch List, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and children in the camel racing industry. The answers in paragraphs 2-5 below are keyed to the four qu [...]	2005-11-21 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
05ABUDHABI4881	UAEG BACKS AWAY FROM THREAT TO IMPOSE HORMONE [...] (U) As widely reported in the local and international media, on November 23 the Abu Dhabi Police arrested 26 allegedly gay men who had gathered at an Abu Dhabi hotel for a party. The men were arrested on a tip by UAE nationals to police, according to the press. For several days the local med [...]	2005-11-29 15:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KISL AE
05ABUDHABI4901	MDA AND PRCS AGREE ON MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 14:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRS AE
05ABUDHABI4903	CAMEL JOCKEY REPATRIATIONS RECOMMENCE [...] (U) On November 24, the UAEG recommenced repatriations of camel jockeys to their countries of origin, sending 64 boys back to Pakistan. Repatriations were temporarily suspended in October due to the earthquake in Pakistan and the subsequent social upheaval (ref A). The repatriation of this l [...]	2005-11-30 14:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB AE
05ABUDHABI4951	26 ALLEGEDLY GAY MEN IN DETENTION AWAITING TRIAL [...] (SBU) THE 26 ALLEGEDLY GAY MEN ARRESTED BY ABU DHABI POLICE DURING A PARTY ON NOVEMBER 23 REMAIN IN POLICE CUSTODY AWAITING TRIAL, ACCORDING TO AN ABU DHABI POLICE CAPTAIN WORKING IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT. THE MEN WILL BE CHARGED WITH "OFFENSES AGAINST RULES OF DECENCY," THE POLICE CA [...]	2005-12-07 14:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM AE
05ABUDHABI4979	RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALLEGES CAMEL JOCKEYS TRAIN AT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney alleges that underage camel jockeys continue to train after dark in several camel racetracks in at least three of the country's seven emirates. Burney, who plans to be in Washington to meet with G/TIP later this month, told us that he [...]	2005-12-12 04:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PREL PK AE
05ABUDHABI5025	CHARGE CALL ON HBZ: HURRICANE KATRINA, IRAN NUKE [...] (C) Summary. In call today by CDA to present House of Representatives resolution on Hurricane Katrina foreign donors, UAEG Deputy PM/Min State Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed raised concern over Haaretz report that Iran could be three months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. See [...]	2005-12-13 15:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PTER PREL PHUM PNUC ASEC KNNP LE AF IR
05ABUDHABI507	UAE INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITTED TO CAMEL JOCKEY [...] (C) Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan told the Ambassador on February 1 that he is committed to solving the problem of underage foreign boys being trafficked to the UAE as camel jockeys. He said that the October HBO report on child camel jockeys in the UAE had affected him gre [...]	2005-02-02 13:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI5153	DETAINED GAYS RELEASED; NO CHARGES FILED [...] THE 26 GAY MALES ARRESTED BY ABU DHABI POLICE DURING AN ALLEGED "GAY WEDDING" NOVEMBER 23 WERE RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY THIS WEEK AND WERE NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME, AN ABU DHABI POLICE CAPTAIN WORKING IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT TOLD EMBASSY FSN EMPLOYEE. THIS IS THE OUTCOME THAT A [...]	2005-12-21 14:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM AE
05ABUDHABI5231	CALL BY NEPAL CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN UAE [...] (C) Nepalese Charge in Abu Dhabi Madhuban Prasad Paudel paid courtesy call on CDA today (December 28). He talked mostly about problems faced by upwards of 70,000 Nepalese workers in the UAE, non-payment of salaries, visa overstays and deportations, and trafficking issues (including some cas [...]	2005-12-28 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
05ABUDHABI663	ABU DHABI LEADERSHIP REITERATES COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MbZ aide Yousef al Otaiba told Ambassador Sison that the smaller emirates would suffer a financial penalty from Abu Dhabi if they do not cut the trafficking of underage camel jockeys. MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misen [...]	2005-02-14 08:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI833	G/TIP VISIT TO UAE INFORMATIVE BUT DISAPPOINTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor visited the UAE February 5-8 to update information for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. High ranking UAEG officials assured him of their ongoing commitment to combating all forms of human trafficking. (Note: On February 1 [...]	2005-02-22 12:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUJA1034	CHEEKY JIHADIST QUIVERS AS SACK FEVER GRIPS [...] On Friday, June 3, Governor Adamu Aliero of Kebbi State announced the removal of the Emir of Gwandu, one of the most senior traditional rulers in northern Nigeria, Mustapha Haruna Jokolo. Jokolo was quickly replaced by General Muhammadu Jega, a retired two-star general who twice served as mi [...]	2005-06-10 14:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF NI
05ABUJA1119	NIGERIAN LEGISLATORS THREATEN PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (U) On May 3, members of Nigeria's lower house initiated steps to impeach President Olusegun Obasanjo, listing 19 impeachable offenses against the president, generally related to the Obasanjo's altering or ignoring decisions of the National Assembly. The impeachment's prime movers say about [...]	2005-06-23 09:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA1121	ALLEGED AL-QA'IDA THREAT PARALYZES ACTIVITIES IN [...] Fear and anxiety gripped the citizens of crisis-ridden Plateau State in Nigeria's Middle Belt following an alleged plan by the Al-Qa'ida terrorist group to unleash terror attacks on some parts of the state. Trepidation over the possibility of another religious conflict also became rife follo [...]	2005-06-23 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINR PTER KDEM KIRF NI MILITANTS
05ABUJA1129	SUPREME COURT SET TO DECIDE 2003 ELECTIONS CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The two-year saga of Nigeria's 2003 elections is due to close its final legal chapter on or about July 1 when the Supreme Court is slated to announce its decision in the case brought by ANPP candidate Buhari against PDP's President Obasanjo over abuse of security forces, lapses [...]	2005-06-24 11:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1132	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP, JUNE 2005 [...] This cable is a roundup of various incidents that impacted human rights in Nigeria, organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. --------------------------------------------- -- [...]	2005-06-24 13:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KIRF ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA1140	LAWYERS ACCUSE POLICE AUTHORITIES OF HUMAN [...] Summary: The uneasy relationship between the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Nigerian Police continues in Kogi State and Abuja. In late March in Kogi State, the NBA accused the police force of committing "gross" Human Rights abuses, while the police responded that the lawyers were he [...]	2005-06-27 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA1142	STOP THE PRESSES: KOGI STATE POLICE REACT [...] Summary: Following the publication of an article in three Nigerian newspapers that reported a Kogi State police commissioner's humiliation by armed bandits, Kogi State police occupied the headquarters of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state capital. There, they harassed, in [...]	2005-06-27 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA1152	POLICE KILL 6 TRADERS, ATTEMPTED COVER-UP [...] The killing of six Igbo youths by police in an Abuja satellite town sparked anger among local residents, but the attempt by police to cover up the crime attracted nationwide attention. In the early morning hours of June 7, police shot and killed six auto parts traders, then attempted to disp [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCOR KIRF KCRM NI
05ABUJA1153	HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN "PUBLIC ORDER ACT" [...] Summary: An Abuja High Court struck down the 1990 Public Order Act that had required a police permit to be issued for all public rallies and processions. Security forces have regularly used the Act to suppress opposition rallies, refusing to issue police permits for "security reasons." Alt [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA1155	JUNE 12 ANNIVERSARY UNITES NIGERIAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Despite a torrential rainstorm in Lagos on June 12, prominent opposition politicians and human rights activists gathered to mark the twelfth anniversary of the annulment of the 1993 presidential elections won by Chief MKO Abiola, politician and business icon who later died in detention in [...]	2005-06-29 16:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI
05ABUJA1172	ON DAY OF SUPREME COURT DECISION ON 2003 [...] With the Supreme Court due to deliver its judgment today, July 1, in the suit filed by 2003 ANPP presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari against the April 2003 re-election of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command warned yesterday that it woul [...]	2005-07-01 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1181	SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES OUTCOME OF [...] (SBU) On the morning of July 1, the Supreme Court unanimously and strongly rejected the challenge to the 2003 election filed by All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari. The Court found that the election was in "substantial compliance" with the election law [...]	2005-07-01 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1184	ON THE EVE OF THE DECISION ON THE 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Intrigue, politics, and mudslinging have taken center stage at Nigerian Supreme Court. On June 21, a few days before delivering a judgment on the conduct of 2003 Nigerian presidential elections, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Muhammadu Uwais was accused of receiving bribes from a par [...]	2005-07-05 06:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1209	PRESIDENT OBASANJO ANNOUNCES NEW MINISTERS, [...] On July 5, President Obasanjo sent a list of 11 ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval, indicating that he plans to drop some of the current Cabinet, possibly to give those with political ambitions the opportunity to focus on 2007 rather than policy making and implementation. The li [...]	2005-07-05 17:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NI
05ABUJA1217	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sudan, the Sudan Liberation Movement, and Justice and Equality Movement signed a Declaration of Principles for the Resolution of the Sudanese Conflict in Darfur (DOP) on July 5. This evolved after more than three weeks of African Union (AU) mediation assiste [...]	2005-07-06 14:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF NI SU CD DARFUR
05ABUJA1339	NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORM CONFERENCE ENDS. NOW [...] (C) Summary: Unable to reach consensus on key issues of resource control, presidential term limits, and whether former military leaders should be precluded from contesting future elections, the National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) ended deliberations July 12. Conference chairmen plan [...]	2005-07-22 16:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA14	OGBEH KEPT AS PDP CHAIRMAN, NGIGE AND UBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo's effort (Ref A) to fire the ruling PDP's National Chairman, Audu Ogbeh, failed at least temporarily January 4 with the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) keeping Ogbeh, an ally of VP Atiku, but suspending Governor Chris Ngige and his self-styled godfather C [...]	2005-01-06 11:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA1479	OBASANJO TASKS NORTHERN GOVERNORS: IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Presidential Villa on August 8, President Obasanjo tasked several northern Governors with improving their states' poor social conditions. In group discussions, attendees agreed that public health services had collapsed, and that local government had failed to deliver [...]	2005-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID NI
05ABUJA1497	SUPREME COURT VERDICT UPHOLDING 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) A month after the Supreme Court judgment upheld President Obasanjo's 2003 election, Nigeria is calm, with no reports of violence related to the verdict. The media provided only modest coverage of the judgment. Ordinary Nigerians have been more interested in discussing other issues suc [...]	2005-08-12 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1532	ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY. During 8-11 August 2005, an African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program team met with officials of the Nigerian Army to jointly plan the future of the ACOTA program in Nigeria. The meetings resulted in decisive progress in terms of a concept and schedule f [...]	2005-08-19 11:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MASS MCAP PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA1635	ATIKU DISCUSSES 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting, a relaxed Vice President Atiku Abubakar expressed little concern about the search of his Potomac, Maryland residence and offered his insights on President Obasanjo and PDP party politics. He also expressed concerns about new INEC chairman Maurice Iwu and [...]	2005-09-01 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1829	NIGERIA'S SOBERING SOCIAL INDICATORS [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID provided technical assistance to analyze and publish data from Nigeria's 2003 Demographic and Health survey. The data analysis from that survey demonstrates two startling facts. In many areas, Nigeria has social indicators significantly worse than its poorer neighbors, [...]	2005-09-26 15:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID SOCI TBIO PHUM NI
05ABUJA1850	Nigeria: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] Summary: Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with roughly an equal number of Muslims and Christians. Despite its prominence as a leading oil producer, the majority of Nigerians eke out a meager existence on less than a dollar a day, as the country finds itself near the bottom of the [...]	2005-09-28 11:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KMPI NI
05ABUJA1856	NIGERIA: CENSUS DELAYED IS CENSUS DENIED [...] (U) As expected, the National Population Commission (NPC) requested a postponement the national census, which had been planned for December, explaining at a September 22 presentation at the Presidential Villa that there were delays in preparations for the long-awaited head count. For exampl [...]	2005-09-29 07:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NI
05ABUJA1900	NIGERIA AGOA SUBMISSION AND RECOOMENDATION [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2004 GNI was $55.9 billion; 2004 GNI per capita was $390. (World Bank 8/2005 Data) Nigeria completed civilian-run national and state elections in 2003 that were m [...]	2005-10-05 07:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM NI AGOA
05ABUJA1987	LONGTIME NIGERIA OBSERVER ON KANO'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Embassy officers met Sept. 1 with Professor Paul Lubeck, who recently visited Kano State. Lubeck formerly lived in Kano and has visited Nigeria for more than 40 years. Lubeck's observations about Kano were: - anti-Americanism there is at its highest point in more than 40 years; - [...]	2005-10-17 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON EAID KIRF NI
05ABUJA2037	INEC'S PROMISES RAISE QUESTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rhetoric-heavy and superficial one-hour presentation to the donor's election support group, Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) chair, Professor Maurice M. Iwu, laid out his strategy to organize a high tech enabled election that would cost $66 Billion Naira, " [...]	2005-10-24 08:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2073	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On 24 October, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. They discussed the Sudan Peace Process, recent Liberian elections, Cote D'Ivoire, the Bakassi dispute with Cameroon, upcoming Nigerian elections, the s [...]	2005-10-27 11:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI XY XW
05ABUJA2075	A/S FRAZER,S MEETING WITH NIGERIAN MFA RE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Nigeria's Foreign Minister Oluyemi Adeniji on 24 October to discuss the Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire (CDI),and other issues. During the meeting, Adeniji was vague on many issues, but spoke generally about the need to push the Southern Sudan [...]	2005-10-28 08:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER MARR PHUM XW XY NI
05ABUJA2079	RULING PARTY'S ILLEGAL ACTIONS CAUSE CONFUSION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The crisis within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) widened after its leadership ignored an Abuja High Court order and organized non-elective congresses on October 15, which excluded non-Obasanjo loyalists and their supporters. The congresses were characterized by [...]	2005-10-31 07:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA2119	LEADERS OF YORUBA MILITIA GROUP ARRESTED [...] Summary: The leaders of two warring factions of the outlawed militant group Odua People's Congress (OPC),Fredrick Fasehun and Gani Adams, were charged by a Lagos Magistrate Court last week. OPC is the Yoruba militia responsible for violent communal clashes in Lagos and other parts of the S [...]	2005-11-04 08:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI MILITANTS

05ABUJA2148	NIGERIA: DEMOCRACY AT THE TIPPING POINT [...] (C) With the shadow of the 2007 elections looming and a democracy scorecard that is mixed at best, Nigeria finds itself at a critical tipping point. There is great concern about whether the GON has the political will to implement the political reforms needed to increase transparency and enhance [...]	2005-11-09 10:20:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2151	DEMARCHE DELIVERED- IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S EXTREMISM [...] (U) On November 7, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Abdul bin Rimdap, Director for International Organizations at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Rimdap was aware of the Iranian President's inflammatory remarks but said that the GON had not yet publicly rea [...]	2005-11-09 15:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM IR NI
05ABUJA2242	LOCAL PRESS REPORTS BUSH-OBASANJO LETTER RE THIRD [...] (U) SUMMARY: A local newspaper reported 17 Novemeber that a letter from President Bush to President Obasanjo had been delivered advising Obasanjo to not seek a third term. While not new, this is the most prominent reporting of the issue. The question came up in a press briefing held during [...]	2005-11-17 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI THIRDTERM
05ABUJA2253	CHARGE CONVOKED OVER PUNCH ARTICLE [...] (C) Acting Under Secretary for Regions and International Organizations in Nigeria's Foreign Ministry (MFA) A. C. Ariyo convoked Charge during the evening of 17 November on instructions of the MFA's Permanent Secretary to relay a message from President Obasanjo. Ariyo was anxious to meet an [...]	2005-11-18 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI
05ABUJA2287	RUMBLINGS INCREASE AGAINST THIRD TERM BID [...] (C) The controversy over possible attempts by President Obasanjo to extend his tenure beyond 2007 continues to dominate current political discussions in Nigeria. Some lawmakers who spoke to POL staff admitted that there "is pressure from the presidency" to endorse a constitutional amendment [...]	2005-11-22 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI THIRDTERM
05ABUJA2289	PRES. OBASANJO CONSOLIDATES HIS GRIP ON RULING [...] (C) President Obasanjo continues to consolidate his grip on the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in preparation for its national convention early next year. The results of the latest regional (zonal) congresses of the PDP confirm Obasanjo's control over party machinery. Success in c [...]	2005-11-23 06:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA676	MOVING FORWARD ON ACOTA [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting USG delegation led by Gen. Wald, Dr. Courville and DASD Whelan on May 2, the GON indicated its agreement to move forward on ACOTA. Intra-GON coordination has been accomplished, at least for now, and Post recommends keeping up momentum by dispatch soone [...]	2005-05-04 14:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA771	NIGERIA - OUTREACH ON NEWSWEEK STORY [...] (SBU) Post has been pursuing the Newsweek story since it surfaced in the Nigerian press on May 9. Most versions, and all in the beginning, were repeats of foreign media reports of demonstrations/riots in Afghanistan. The Nigerian Government is aware that the story could be used to incite vio [...]	2005-05-17 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL NI
05ABUJA792	SHIA-SUNNI CLASHES IN SOKOTO KILL THREE MORE [...] (U) Summary: A two-day conflict between rival Muslim groups in the northwestern city of Sokoto, seat of Nigeria's senior Islamic leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, led to the deaths of at least three people while dozens were injured. Shops, houses and other valuables were torched as Shia and Sunni [...]	2005-05-19 06:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL NI
05ABUJA873	NAVAL CHIEF COMPLICIT IN EXTRAJUDICIAL SHOOTING [...] (U) Two local newspapers reported on March 22 and 23 that a 50-year old female civilian, Gloria Ekeh, was shot by Chief of Naval Staff Afolayan's security detail. The newspapers reported that Ekeh's car collided with one of the Naval Chief's escort vehicles, causing an accidental discharge [...]	2005-05-27 09:21:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KCRM MARR PGOV PINR KDEM NI
05ACCRA1187	GHANA: DEMARCHE ON SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE [...] (C) On June 17, Pol Chief spoke with the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry's Acting Director for International Organizations Edwin Adjei and delivered reftel demarche on the Swiss Circular Note on the Conference for a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. Adjei said the Foreign Minist [...]	2005-06-17 12:35:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC GH IS PHUM PREF PREL SZ
05ACCRA1226	GHANA'S TROKOSI REVISITED [...] (C) Summary: After another investigation of the issue, Post has been unable to find evidence of systematic human rights abuses in the traditional Trokosi practice. Fewer than 50 Trokosis are currently serving in shrines, and Trokosi is a dying practice. Some organizations have used fraudulen [...]	2005-06-23 16:17:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KDEM ELAB SOCI GH
05ACCRA1505	RESULTS OF TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL SURVEY ON [...] (U) Summary: On July 19, the local chapter of Transparency International released a public opinion poll on perceptions of corruption in Ghana. The survey, while limited to three urban areas in the south, indicated that most people view corruption as pervasive and getting worse, although th [...]	2005-07-29 14:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH PGOV PHUM SOCI
05ACCRA1543	UNSC REFORM: GHANA TO DROP VETO TO PRESS FOR SEATS [...] (C) During an Aug. 2 discussion on the proposed Human Rights Council (ref B),MFA official Nana Bema Kumi told PolOff that Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo Addo will join African heads of state and other ministers in Addis Ababa on Aug. 4 for a single-issue summit on UN Security Council [...]	2005-08-03 12:08:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AORC GH KUNR PGOV UNCHR UNGA UNSC
05ACCRA1547	GHANA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] On August 2, PolOff delivered ref A demarche on the proposed Human Rights Council to MFA Supervising Director for Legal, Multilateral and Passports Department Nana Bema Kumi. Kumi reaffirmed the GOG's support for creating a Human Rights Council and said she saw "nothing controversial" in the U [...]	2005-08-03 17:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNCHR UNGA
05ACCRA1969	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GHANA [...] (S) Summary: There is little political or religious extremism in Ghana. The Mission has an active Muslim outreach program and the USG spends about $12 million in programs annually directed largely at Ghana's 20 percent Muslim population. Other Mission activities help promote tolerance, incl [...]	2005-09-27 13:17:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET	EAIR GH KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL PTER
05ACCRA2150	GHANA: DEMOCRACY BUILDING SUCCESSES [...] Summary: In response to reftel A, post offers the following lessons from its efforts to strengthen Ghana's thirteen-year-old democracy. These lessons focus on our efforts to enhance the USG's credibility with political parties and human rights organizations, build capacity of local governments [...]	2005-10-20 16:07:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI GH KDEM PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA2304	GHANA'S DEFENSE MINISTER SEES MILITARY AS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's first official call on Minister of Defense Kwame Addo-Kufuor on November 7, the minister announced his vision to transform Ghana's military into a "development partner" of the Government of Ghana. A presidential hopeful, the minister used the meeting largely [...]	2005-11-09 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GH
05ACCRA2316	GHANA'S INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES NARCOTICS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 2, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Interior Papa Owusu Ankomah. The Minister emphasized Ghana's increasing role as a transit point for narcotics and pressed for further narcotics enforcement assistance. He also acknowledged Ghana's poor prison c [...]	2005-11-11 16:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GH
05ACCRA2327	AMBASSADOR MEETS VICE PRESIDENT OF GHANA ALHAJI [...] Summary: On November 10, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Ghanaian Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama. The Vice President praised our strong bilateral relationship, especially the MCA compact. He said the Northern Region of Ghana is calm and he was proud of the GOG's early submission o [...]	2005-11-14 16:42:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL
05ACCRA2425	CORRUPTION IN GHANA I: PERVASIVE PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Corruption in Ghana is not as bad as in many other African countries but it is pervasive and increasingly sophisticated. That said, The GOG is committed to democracy and rule of law and Ghana has a lively media and civil society. The President faces accusations of conflict of [...]	2005-11-29 07:08:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL
05ACCRA2427	CORRUPTION IN GHANA II: FIGHTING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Reftel looks at corruption in Ghana, and this cable examines efforts to tackle the problem. Since President Kufuor came to office in 2000, Ghana has passed three anti-corruption laws, established an Office of Accountability in the presidency, allowed a more free media environm [...]	2005-11-29 08:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL
05ACCRA2548	POLICE EXCESSES IN CRACKDOWN AT KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, RefCoords from Accra and Abidjan and AF/W Desk Officer for Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire visited Krisan refugee camp in Ghana's Western Region to investigate reports that police had beaten camp residents from November 8 - 11. Emboffs saw first-hand scars on the forehea [...]	2005-12-15 11:33:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM CASC GH
05ACCRA2582	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH IOM CHIEF [...] SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's meeting Davide Terzi, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission, Terzi said the persistent cultural acceptability of child trafficking and the UNHCR's laggard handling of refugee resettlement significantly hamper IOM programs. Terzi al [...]	2005-12-20 17:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF GH
05ACCRA2585	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POLICE ABUSES AND CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of police beatings at Krisan Refugee Camp during her meeting with the Minister of the Interior on December 16. The Minister indicated a willingness to investigate our findings and expressed indignation that UNHCR had not kept him informed. The Mi [...]	2005-12-20 17:28:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM GH
05ACCRA2587	THE AMBASSADOR RAISES MISSION PROFILE IN TAMALE [...] Summary: During an intensive four-day trip to the Northern Region (November 29-December 2),historically plagued by ethnic conflict, but currently poor but peaceful, Ambassador and Mission team engaged in many successful programs that showcased transformational diplomacy at its best. The hi [...]	2005-12-20 17:31:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON GH KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA2619	GHANA'S PRESIDENT REJECTS CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) President Kufuor rejected recent corruption allegations (reftels) and assured his support for press freedom during a December 21 meeting with Ambassador Bridgewater. Ambassador warned Kufuor of the perception that corruption is worsening in Ghana, and noted U.S. concerns with lack of tran [...]	2005-12-30 07:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PHUM PINR PREL PGOV GH
05ACCRA302	DCM MEETS GHANA'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, DISCUSSES [...] Summary: On February 9, DCM Jerry Lanier and PolChief paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Ayikoi Otoo. DCM highlighted our interest in passage of an anti-trafficking law and in negotiating a new extradition treaty, as well as obtaining the extraditio [...]	2005-02-10 12:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CJAN GH KTIA KWMN PHUM
05ACCRA306	DCM MEETS MINISTER-DESIGNATE OF EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH, [...] Summary: DCM and Poloff called on Minister-Designate of Employment, Youth, and Manpower Development Joseph Kofi Adda on February 10 to highlighted our interest in Ghana's passage of an anti-trafficking law. Adda said that Ghana intended to enact the law but it would take some time for the cab [...]	2005-02-11 07:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB GH KTIA KWMN PHUM
05ACCRA364	MEETING WITH GHANA'S NEW MINISTER OF WOMEN AND [...] (U) Summary: On February 16, A/DCM and PolChief paid a courtesy call on Alima Mahama, Ghana's new Minister of Women and Children Affairs, to inform her about USG interest in passage of a trafficking in persons law. She said the ministry had recently submitted its comments on the draft TIP [...]	2005-02-17 16:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB GH KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI
05ACCRA432	GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART ONE [...] (SBU) This is the first of post's two-cable response to reftel which requests information for the fifth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on comba [...]	2005-02-28 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA433	GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART TWO [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-28 18:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA504	POST LOBBIES GOG ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW [...] (U) Summary: Over the past three weeks -- in meetings with the President, the Speaker of Parliament, and others -- post has continued to urge the Government of Ghana to pass a trafficking in persons (TIP) bill. There is a reasonable chance the bill will go to parliament by the end of April. [...]	2005-03-11 13:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KWMN PHUM PREL
05ACCRA519	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S PRESIDENT ON MCA, TIP, [...] (C) Ambassador Yates met March 9 with President Kufuor to recommend urgent action on Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) legislation, and planning for the April G8/NEPAD Agricultural Productivity Conference (Ref A). The President acknowledged the [...]	2005-03-15 17:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KWMN PHUM PREL KMCA GH
05ACCRA549	GHANA'S RESPONSE TO SECRETARY RICE'S ECOWAS MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: D.K. Osei, Secretary to the President, told Emboffs that Ghana would support the U.S. on bringing Charles Taylor to justice, as addressed in Secretary Rice's recent letter to President Kufuor. However, the support "would not be very loud." The GOG is concerned that seeking ju [...]	2005-03-18 12:45:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH LI OPDC PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA550	GHANA: SURVEY RESPONSE ON CHILD MARRIAGE [...] This message is post's response to reftel, which requested information about the prevalence and adverse effects of child marriage in Ghana. Legal Age of Marriage --------------------- 2. Under Ghana's Children's Act, the legal age required to marry is 18 for both girls and boys. There i [...]	2005-03-18 12:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI
05ACCRA566	PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ON GHANA'S TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) On March 17, PolChief and EconChief met with Kwadwo Mpiani, the President's Chief of Staff, to follow up on issues raised by the Ambassador during her March 9 meeting with President Kufuor (reftels). PolChief reiterated the importance of passing a trafficking in persons (TIP) bill by th [...]	2005-03-22 14:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KWMN PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA605	RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This message is keyed to questions raised (ref B) regarding post's draft 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report (ref A). 2. Question: Please state the number of trafficking victims processed through Accra's shelters/children's homes in 2004. Ghana's Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Empl [...]	2005-03-29 16:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB GH KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
05ACCRA626	KEEP GHANA ON TIER 1 [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ghana, at the very highest levels, has conveyed to us its intent to pass anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation. The bill has been delayed because of bureaucratic problems, the national election, and the demands of forming a new government. However, we [...]	2005-03-31 11:52:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KWMN PHUM PREL
05ACCRA652	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF MANPOWER, [...] Summary: In a March 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Ghana's new Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment Joseph Adda said he wants to give labor issues more prominence. His ministry is developing a strategic plan and engaging constructively with labor unions. The Ambassador raised the nee [...]	2005-04-01 14:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PHUM
05ACCRA658	GHANA'S PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE NEXT FOUR [...] (C) Post,s view of Ghana,s prospects over the next four years follows, and is in part based on the President's hour-long tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on March 9 and post-election conversations between Emboffs and key Ghanaian players. The political challenges ahead include increases in [...]	2005-04-04 09:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN GH KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL EINV
05ACCRA661	OUTREACH TO THE MUSLIMS OF GHANA'S NORTHERN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs were generally well received on an intense Muslim outreach trip to Tamale, capital of Northern Region, on March 23-25. Interlocutors raised questions about U.S. foreign policy, USG activities in Ghana, and about how they could benefit from scholarships, USG assistan [...]	2005-04-04 09:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GH
05ACCRA769	TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: On April 20, PolChief met with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra, at PolChief's request. Olympio was optimistic the opposition would win the April 24 election, although the saw the potential for government manipulation of the vote counting. If the oppositi [...]	2005-04-21 15:59:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA791	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF JUSTICE: [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, Ambassador and PolChief met with Ghana's new Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ayikoi Otoo and his new Deputy Minister to discuss extradition matters, pending legislation and several human rights cases. The Ambassador formally asked about the status of th [...]	2005-04-26 18:04:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN GH KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SNAR
05ACCRA809	TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES FOR U.S./CANADA-LED [...] (C) Summary: On April 28 evening, PolChief met with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra. PolChief urged the opposition to publicly state a willingness to dialogue, to pursue legal channels of protest, and to publicly urge calm. Olympio did not see much scope for an opposi [...]	2005-04-29 13:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA845	TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO HEADING [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, PolChief met again with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio, at PolChief's request, to discuss recent developments. Olympio had just met with President Kufuor, who asked him if he would meet with Nigerian President Obasanjo again, and with Ghana's Foreign Min [...]	2005-05-05 15:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA870	AMBASSADOR MEET GHANA'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, PolChief and DATT mt on April 29 with Ghana's Minister of Dfense Kwame Addo-Kufuor (the President's brother),at the Minister's request. The Ambassador highlighted our excellent military-to-military relationship. Kufuor voiced optimism on Togo and Cote d'Ivoire [...]	2005-05-06 14:56:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH IV KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA889	EMBASSY GHANA HOSTS LIVELY HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE [...] Summary: Post recently sponsored a human rights roundtable of 18 Ghanaian human rights contacts to seek feedback on the Human Rights and International Religious Freedom Reports and to explain USG human rights priorities. Participants appreciated the reports but thought they painted an overly [...]	2005-05-10 17:08:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PHUM PREL
05ACCRA892	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANAIAN PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (U) This message has an action request (see para 18). 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Yates had a lengthy, private conversation with Ghanaian President Kufuor on Thursday evening, May 5. They discussed the current situation in Togo, his NPP party,s loss of the first bi-election of his second [...]	2005-05-10 17:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GH PHUM ECON EAID TO EPET EINV
05ACCRA928	REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR TOGOLESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. resettlement program on behalf of Togolese opposition party activist Dr. Kofi Biayewa Okouta and his family of seven, who have taken refuge in Ghana. They have presented credible evidence of persecution based [...]	2005-05-11 15:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TO GH
05ADANA101	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 05:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 05:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA103	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 06:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA104	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 05:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA106	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 05:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA108	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 17, 2005 [...] BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): Ambassadors to Turkey representing Latin American countries were invited to a meeting at Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI) over the weekend. Umit Ozgumus, Chairperson of the ACI, is optimistic about enhancing economic and commercial ties with Latin American countri [...]	2005-05-18 05:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA11	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7, 2005 [...] BOLGE / MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / ZAMAN / EKSPRES: A stormy debate has been going on in many cities (of Turkey),especially in Adana and Gaziantep (Note. The two prominent southeastern cities. End Note.),because the cities were not included within the GoT's recent contentious Incen [...]	2005-01-11 07:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA118	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 31, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / ZAMAN / BOLGE: A commercial delegation came to Adana from Holland to promote commercial ties between Holland and Turkey. The delegation paid a visit to Adana Municipality and then to Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI). ACI Chairperson Ozgumus said that they [...]	2005-06-02 08:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA119	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 02, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE: The heavy rainfall in two days in Ceyhan district of Adana damaged the wheat crop which would be harvested soon. This situation aggravated the hardships endured by producers who had been complaining about the low prices offered for for their produce. [...]	2005-06-03 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA120	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 05:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA121	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 05:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA122	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 9, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA123	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA124	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 12:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA125	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 16, 2005 [...] EKSPRES/BOLGE/SABAH(GUNEY): A group of farmers in Ceyhan district of Adana, in an attempt to protest the agricultural policies of the government, poured 2.5 tons of wheat into the Ceyhan river. Chairperson of the Ceyhan Chamber of Agriculture said that the farmers were not able to sel [...]	2005-06-17 07:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA13	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Adana is going to establish its infrastructure for the inaugration of natural gas use within the city. The EPDK (Energy Market Regulatory Authority) announced yesterday that Adana is included in the list of cities that will benefit from the n [...]	2005-01-14 06:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA132	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA133	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 30, 2005 [...] HURRIYET/EKSPRES/SABAH(GUNEY)/ZAMAN/BOLGE: Water melon producers in Adana's Karatas district of are frustrated about not being able to sell their produce despite water melon's very low price in the market. 2. ZAMAN/BOLGE: The paper reports that despite the recent lifting o [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA134	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: A 60-person group of Syrian businessmen and senior members of Syrian chambers of commerce came to Iskenderun district of Hatay and visited "Istex 2005 Industry and Commerce Fair." The group showed interest in the industrial products section. The group also visited the stand of Alep [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA137	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 07/06, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for 07/06, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUROV [...]	2005-07-13 11:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA138	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 01, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 01, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUR [...]	2005-07-13 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA139	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 12, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: Chris B [...]	2005-07-15 15:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA14	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18, 2005 [...] CUMHURIYET / TERCUMAN / YENI SAFAK / HURRIYET / VAKIT / TURKIYE: PM Erdogan is expected to announce good news to the farmers before the upcoming religious holiday. During his meeting with farmers and volunteers for agricultural development today, PM is expected to announce ways to r [...]	2005-01-24 14:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA140	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2005-07-15 16:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA141	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2005 [...] EKSPRES: CHP (Republican People's Party) Seyhan district's Women Branch Chairperson complained that few women were able to serve as candidates in last weekend's elections, which were held to nominate district delegates and candidates for the district chairpersons of CHP in Adana (se [...]	2005-07-18 10:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA142	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 14, 2005 [...] ZAMAN/RADIKAL/HURRIYET: PKK terrorists reportedly attacked an infantry unit with an RPG in the Digor district Kars at 11.40 p.m. yesterday. The rocket landed on the garden of a house a hundred meters away from the military unit. Following the explosion, the military unit reportedly retur [...]	2005-07-18 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA143	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 18, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: People in Adiyaman's villages, throwing the carcasses of animals infected with brucellosis on open land, instead of burying them, are reportedly aggravating the village brucellosis epidemic. 2. EVRENSEL/OZGUR GUNDEM: The number of people contracting anthrax increa [...]	2005-07-19 06:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA145	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 20, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY)/ BOLGE: Turk Telekom (The newly privatized Turkish Communication Company) workers in Adana refused to attend work for half a day to stage a protest against the company's privatization. The workers are protesting the transfer of some Telekom services to a subcontractor comp [...]	2005-07-22 09:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA146	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 22, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): Turk Telekom (Turkish Communication Company) workers in Antakya did not attend work for an (unspecified) length of time to stage a protest against the company's privatization. 2. SABAH (GUNEY): Valeh Haciyev, a deputy minister from Azerbaijan currently visiting th [...]	2005-07-25 07:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA149	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04. 2005 [...] BOLGE: BAK (Global Peace and Justice Commisssion) invited a group of Iraqi doctors to Turkey. The doctors will attend the August 27 regional meeting of BAK in Adana and tell about the massacres carried out in their country. The doctors will be attending anti-war activities of BAK on Sep [...]	2005-08-08 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA15	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM: [...]	2005-01-25 06:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA150	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 15, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2005-08-16 13:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA154	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] BOLGE: The daily reports that the purpose of U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Nancy McEldowney's visit last week to Turkey's Agricultural Ministry was to pressure Turkey on its recent decision to restrict rice imports from the U.S. in order to prevent material injury to Turkish rice produce [...]	2005-08-23 10:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA155	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 12:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA157	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 14:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA158	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 12:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA159	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA16	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 14, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / [...]	2005-01-25 06:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA160	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 01, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: Farmers Union and Citrus Fruit Producers in Adana formed a delegation, which will be visiting the Ministry of Agriculture in Ankara, to demand an urgent announcement of decisions about products such as citrus fruit, cotton and corn. 2. EVRENSEL: State Minister [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA161	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Land Survey studies and site examinations for the Organized Agricultural Zone project have been completed in Mersin's Tarsus district. REID [...]	2005-09-14 07:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA164	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 [...] BOLGE: Farmers in Adana's Ceyhan district will hold a big demonstration tomorrow to protest the agricultural policies of the GoT (see press summary 09/14). 2. BOLGE: Export volumes to Iraq over the last eight months have reportedly pleased Southeastern exporters. REID [...]	2005-09-19 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA165	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 15:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA166	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that foreign companies would take part for the first time in the third of the annual Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair that will be held in September 26 in Adana. Bas said that 11 companies from Nahcevan (part of Azerbaij [...]	2005-09-22 09:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA167	CATHOLIC BISHOP ANNOUNCES INTENT TO CLOSE ADANA CATHOLIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-23 13:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VT TU ADANA
05ADANA168	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...]	2005-09-26 08:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA169	ANXIOUS SOUTHEAST TURKEY PONDERS EU INTEGRATION IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 14:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV TU ADANA
05ADANA170	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA171	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2005 [...] BOLGE: A delegation of Turkish origin businessmen from Iraq, in order to foster commercial relationships, will come to Gaziantep on September 29 to visit their counterparts there. 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES: Fethi Coskuntuncel, Chairperson of Adan Chamber of Commodity Exchange, [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA172	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / ZAMAN: According to AKP Adana Provincial Chairperson Abdullah Dogru, followers of the former prime minister and president Suleyman Demirel's agricultural policies devastated the agricultural sector in Turkey. 2. SABAH (GUNEY) / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA / BOLGE / EKSPRES [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA

05ADANA173	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Adana's 3rd Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair ended. REID [...]	2005-10-05 13:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA174	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 10:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA177	SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ECONOMY GETTING BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The southeast's economy is not booming but it is getting by. Fuel smuggling across Van's border with Iran has taken on significant proportions. Van's business incubation center provides an example of local business succeeding at doing things on its own, without Ankara's help. [...]	2005-10-07 14:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA179	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-12 11:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA18	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 25, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 25, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / [...]	2005-01-28 12:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA180	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that following the opening of negotiation talks with the EU, investment opportunities and transportation facilities in the Haci Sabanci Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ),will render Cukurova region one of the "shining stars o [...]	2005-10-12 14:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA181	LETTER FROM SYRIAC CHRISTIANS IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 08:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SY TU ADANA
05ADANA182	GOOD NEWS AND BAD: DIYARBAKIR'S PROTESTANTS AND ADANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Diyarbakir's Protestant Church has been issued a license by local government offices designating its building as a "religious site facility," and expects to receive "settlement permission" soon, allowing their building to legally function as a church. At the same time, in the a [...]	2005-10-13 08:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ TU
05ADANA188	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 10:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA19	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 26, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / CUM [...]	2005-01-28 15:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA190	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 06:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA191	CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION CONTINUES IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Two Turkish Christian representatives visited AMCON Adana on October 19 to report on difficulties they have experienced in carrying out their religious practices. Guldane Migi from Adana and Huseyin Yelki from Malatya told ConOffs that they believed they had been treated prejudicially by [...]	2005-10-19 13:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA192	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 05:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA193	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 12:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA194	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA195	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA196	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA197	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA198	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTBOER 28, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 11:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM ADANA
05ADANA199	DIYARBAKIR POLL SHOWS KURDISH ISSUE TURKEY'S BIGGEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Dicle University poll found that the Diyarbakir's residents had mixed feelings about their government's lack of follow-up after PM Erdogan's August 12 speech promising the use of democratic methods to solve the "Kurdish issue." The poll confirmed that almost 90 percent [...]	2005-11-01 07:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA200	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 10:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA201	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 06:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA202	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 06:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA203	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 06:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA207	LOCAL SOUTHEAST REACTION TO SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 8-10 trip to the southeast, the Sirnak office of DEHAP's follow-on party, Democratic Society Party (DTP in Turkish),told AMCON Adana officers about the bombing in Hakkari province's Semdinli township allegedly perpetrated by government security forces. The GOT [...]	2005-11-18 10:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA
05ADANA208	DIYARBAKIR BAR PRESS RELEASE ON SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Diyarbakir Bar Association is one of the few credible NGO's in southeastern Turkey and its voice represents the segment of Kurdish civil society in the region which is less influenced by the PKK. Its press report, translated below, is a call to action for the GoT and an e [...]	2005-11-18 10:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA
05ADANA21	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE: Recent discussions on how to privatize the energy distribution networks seem to focus more on transferring the shares of operational rights, rather than the method of selling the assets to private sector investors. According to authorities at the Privatization Administratio [...]	2005-02-02 11:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA213	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA214	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA216	SOUTHEAST REMAINS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GOT REFORM PROMISES AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reaction in Turkey's heavily-Kurdish southeast to PM Erdogan's November 21 visit to Semdinli, Yuksekova and Hakkari was positive, but skepticism about the government's ability to bring the perpetrators of the Semdinli bombings to justice remains high. Erdogan did no [...]	2005-11-23 06:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ADANA217	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 07:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA221	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 11:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA222	CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN SEMDINLI BOMBING CASE: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the November 9 Semdinli bombing (reftels A and B) and the PM's subsequent visit to the region (reftel C),the parliamentary Human Rights Committee toured the region to investigate the case. Hakkari's governor was re-assigned to another province, a move he attempted to depi [...]	2005-11-30 12:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA223	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA224	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA225	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA227	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 05, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 14:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA228	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA229	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 08, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 13:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: "The customs gate at the port of Iskenderun has been modernized by means of significant automation project", said Metin Yucedal, Chief Director of Customs at Iskenderun Customs Directorate. He spoke during a meeting and awards ceremony celebrating World Customs Day (January 26). [...]	2005-02-03 14:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA232	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 07:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA234	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET: [...]	2005-12-14 09:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA235	VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEAST CONTINUES, WHILE SEMDINLI SETTLES INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: As PKK-related violence continues on a broad scale throughout Turkey's southeast region, developments in the Semdinli case have settled into relatively peaceful investigative and judicial activities (see reftels). Over the past ten days, there have been investigative visits by [...]	2005-12-14 12:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA PKK
05ADANA238	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 09:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA239	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 07:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA24	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] YENI SAFAK: Cantemur Aslan, General Manager of SEKA (Turkish State Pulp and Paper Plant) and Atilla Osmancelebioglu, Governor of Mersin, delivered the good news that SEKA's port in the Tasucu district of Silifke in Mersin will be reopened. It had been idle for ten years. (Note: The S [...]	2005-02-04 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA241	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 12:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA242	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 15:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA243	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 10:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA26	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES: Microsoft Sales Representative Emre Teker visited the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ADSIAD),and promised to provide technical and educational support for the association's Business Development Center (ISGEM). ISGEM's pr [...]	2005-02-11 07:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA27	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL / SABAH (GUNEY): In Mersin, many people demonstrated against the decision to privatize that city's port. Protesting the privatization process, 400 members of Liman-Is (Union of Ports),Mersin Branch, carried banners reading, "We will not let the ports be sold," "Po [...]	2005-02-11 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA28	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Ayhan Barut, Branch Chairperon of th Chambr of Aricultural Engineers, state that drastical low temperatures and the frost experienced in the Cukurova region seriously damaged vegetables and fruit (especially citrus fruit) that has not been harvested yet. [...]	2005-02-15 13:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA29	CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER PRESSURE FROM JANDARMA IN TUNCELI [...] (SBU) On February 7, 2005, former Tunceli Bar President Huseyin Aygun was reportedly threatened by the Tunceli-based Jandarma Commander in a face-to-face meeting called by the Commander. According to press reports, confirmed by Mr. Aygun in a telcon with post, the Commander accused Aygun of [...]	2005-02-16 15:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28, 2004 [...] BOLGE / TURKIYE / EKSPRES / VAKIT / MILLI GAZETE: As compared to the figures of the previous year, the exports from Turkey to the Middle East countries are breaking the records and the volume of exports has increased by 40.9 percent. Mehmet Hadra, President of the Turkish-Arab Businessmen [...]	2005-01-03 09:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA30	DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SIIRT [...] (U) Per reftel (SE Turkey Press Summary 1/25/05),as many as 1000 demonstrators reportedly clashed with security officials in Siirt on January 23, 2005. Reportedly throwing stones and breaking windows, they protested what they claimed was a decision by government and municipal officials to b [...]	2005-02-17 14:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADANA31	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 08:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA32	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-18 08:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA33	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: Diyarbakir and Mardin Chambers of Commerce announced that the cotton producer subsidies are insufficient to cover the losses of the cotton producers. The weather conditions permitted the harvest of only half of the produce and the rest was sold at a loss later. Shortcomings [...]	2005-02-18 14:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA34	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): The First International Economic Cooperation Forum is to be held in Adana today. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and representatives from 400 domestic and international companies are expected to attend the two-day Forum hosted by the Adana Cha [...]	2005-02-23 07:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA35	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / ZAMAN / TURKIYE: Adana Chamber of Commerce will open the East Mediterranean Foreign Trade Center today to foster the international relationships of Cukurova Region's SMEs. Among the undertakings of the Center are providing advisory services to the SMEs with r [...]	2005-02-23 08:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Ali Ihsan Mutlu, Director of the Gaziantep's Authority for Developing and Supporting SMEs, announced that the Authority granted 1 million new Turkish lira ($770,000) to SMEs in 2004 to facilitate their harmonization with EU regulations through increasing productivit [...]	2005-02-25 09:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA4	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30, 2004 [...] VAKIT / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): The EU has accepted the application of the Adana Chamber of Commerce for a project named "Integrated Foreign Trade and Exchange Course" that is worth 80.000 euros. The project aims to educate and enhance the qualifications of foreign [...]	2005-01-03 10:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA40	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / YENI SAFAK / SABAH (GUNEY): Turkey's Aleppo Consul in Syria, Hulusi Kilic, Syria's Gaziantep Consul in Turkey, Bahjat Doughman, and the U.S.'s Adana Consul W. Scott Reid are going to attend the opening ceremony of the third of the five-day GAPSHOES fair which is orga [...]	2005-02-25 09:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA42	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of Industry and Commodity Exchanges will hold Assembly elections around Turkey between March 1 and 3. Locally, the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Industry election will be March 3, and the Gaziantep Commodity Exchange election Ma [...]	2005-03-01 07:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA45	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 3-4, 2005 [...] RADIKAL: According to Radikal, the BTC (Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline) project agreement stipulated that crude oil should begin to flow into tanks in Ceyhan (in Adana province) on May 10, 2005. Turkey is currently experiencing a delay in the construction of its section of the pipelin [...]	2005-03-08 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA46	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6-7, 2005 [...] BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / MILLIYET: Israel's Ambassador to Turkey expressed his country's wishes to carry out investments in Adana province. During his visit to the Adana Chamber of Industry (ACI),Ambassador Avivi announced that Israeli businessmen support ACI's efforts, ongoi [...]	2005-03-08 14:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA47	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 06:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA48	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 10, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 10, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. 2. EVRENSEL / OZGUR GUNDEM: Controversy about th [...]	2005-03-11 15:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA49	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14, 2005 [...] BOLGE: The volume of transactions in Adana Commodity Exchange has reached a record-breaking figure of 1,712,592,491,425,944 Turkish lira ($1,3 billion) in 2004. This increase over 2003's figures is attributed to an abundance of products and price increases since last year. REID [...]	2005-03-15 13:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA5	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FOR JANUARY 3, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: Cotton prices have sharply fallen since last year. The farmers could not harvest the cotton on the fields due to the high costs of fuel oil they need for trucking. Although the cotton produced in Diyarbakir is the highest quality cotton in world markets, the Assembly Presid [...]	2005-01-05 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA50	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): The producers of the Cukurova Plain have been producing organically cultivated lettuce and exporting some of the produce to EU countries. The lettuce is either being consumed in supermarkets and fast food chains in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara, or is being made into salads in [...]	2005-03-15 14:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA55	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-18 13:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA59	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 13:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA60	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 14:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA61	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / BOLGE: Celik-Is (Steel Union),discontent with contract negotiations, decided to go on a stike at the Iskenderun Iron and Steel Factory in Hatay on May 2. REID [...]	2005-03-25 08:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA62	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-25 11:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA64	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 06:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA65	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 06:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA66	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 29,2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Suleyman Onatca, Chairperson of the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association, announced that his visits with Syrian and Jordanian authorities last week were very fruitful in terms of economic relations. Onatca said that his vi [...]	2005-04-01 06:53:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA67	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 14:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA69	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3-4, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Hulusi Kilic, Turkey's consul in Aleppo, Syria, paid a visit to Ali Kavak, Chairperson of the Antakya Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Kilic congratulated Kavak for being re-elected to office. Ambassador Kilic stated that the volume of exports to Syria has [...]	2005-04-05 16:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA70	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / EKSPRES / SABAH (GUNEY) / BOLGE: Moldovan Ambassador to Ankara, Victor Tvircun, paid a visit to Cahit Kirac, Adana Governor; Aytac Durak, Mayor of Adana; and Umit Ozgumus, Chairperson of the Adana Chamber of Industry (ACI). Tvircun drew attention to the trade and investment [...]	2005-04-05 16:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA72	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): MUSIAD (Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association) Executive Board members and Mehmet Aygun, MUSIAD Adana Branch Chairperson, paid visits to the Chairperson of the Adana Chamber of Commerce and Adana Chamber of Industry. Aygun called on the deputies, bureaucrats [...]	2005-04-07 09:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA73	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 6, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-07 09:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA74	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 07:30:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA75	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 12:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA76	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 13:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA77	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 06:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA78	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 12, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / YE [...]	2005-04-12 14:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA8	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Umit Ozgumus, President of the Adana Chamber of Industry, is going to meet President Erdogan for the second time on January 5, and will mainly discuss the new Incentive Law. Umit Ozgumus, who is selected as the representative of the East Mediterrane [...]	2005-01-07 09:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA81	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18-19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 08:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA82	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / CUMHURIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): As Mersin emerges as a center for fuel-oil smuggling, the Investigation Commission of the Turkish Parliament has launched a probe into the matter. The (Turkish) state's losses from a variety of smuggling methods reportedly reached three billi [...]	2005-04-21 06:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA86	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 07:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA87	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25-26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-27 08:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / CUMHURIYET / SABAH (GUNEY): PM Erdogan was not able to resist the demands of MPs on the Incentive Law. Erdogan announced that the scope of the Incentive Law will be expanded and thirteen more cities will be included in the new system. PM Erdogan further added that MPs s [...]	2005-01-07 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA91	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / EKSPRES / BOLGE: Chairman of Adana's Chamber of Commerce Saban Bas said that Adana's target for exports in 2005 is 2 billion dollars. REID [...]	2005-04-29 05:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA93	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28-29, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / EKSPRES / BOLGE: Ali Kavak, Chairman of the Antakya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, stated that Turkish investors, attracted by the lower costs of investment inputs such as labor and electricity, have recently been seeking investment opportunities in Syria. 2. SAB [...]	2005-04-29 13:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA94	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 02, 2005 [...] HURRIYET / YENI SAFAK: The conditions of the sale of 51 percent of TUPRAS (Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation) have been settled. The buyer will reportedly have to pay half of the price immediately and will have the option to pay the other half in two years with a 7 percent [...]	2005-05-03 05:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA96	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 03, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 13:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA

05ADANA97	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 05, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: A Gaziantep University study revealed that Gaziantep province's unemployment figures were higher than the nationwide average. The study says Gaziantep has a 20.3 percent unemployment rate whereas the nationwide unemployment figure is reported to be as 13.8. REID [...]	2005-05-06 05:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA99	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 06, 2005 [...] RADIKAL / SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / ZAMAN / BOLGE: Umit Ozgumus, Chairperson of the Adana Chamber of Commerce, announced that financial losses incurred by industrialists due to frequent blackouts and electricity power failures might be remedied if the industrialists opened legal actio [...]	2005-05-09 05:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3382	ETHIOPIA: CUD COUNCIL DISTANCES ITSELF FROM HAILU [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 21, the CUD, Ethiopia's largest opposition coalition, issued a statement that distances the CUD Council from provocative comments made by Coalition Chairman Hailu Shawel in Washington. The CUD statement notes that Shawel's comments, which included a commitment to [...]	2005-09-23 15:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3383	ETHIOPIA: INFO MINISTER BEREKET SAY GOE OPEN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOE Minister of Information Bereket Simon told Charge Sept. 15 that the GOE would consider steps to restore confidence in Ethiopian democratic institutions, but only after the opposition agrees to participate in Parliament. He welcomed the Ambassadors' Donors Group (ADG) statemen [...]	2005-09-23 15:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3425	ETHIOPIA: CUD'S BERHANU ON OCT. 2 DEMONSTRATION, POSSIBLE STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: CUD leader and Addis mayor-elect Berhanu Nega told Charge Sept. 26 that if the GOE denies permission for the demonstration the opposition has called for Oct. 2, the CUD and UEDF plan to stand down, but instead call an immediate general strike in which people would stay at home. C [...]	2005-09-28 11:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3443	ETHIOPIA: LEADING OPPOSITION COALITION BECOMES UNIFIED PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 04:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET ELEC
05ADDISABABA3444	ETHIOPIA: CHARGE PRESSES MFA FOR GOE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Charge took the opportunity of a summons to the MFA on Sept. 5 to press Deputy Minister Tekeda Alemu on the GOE's response to the current political crisis. Charge argued that while the international community and others urged the opposition to take up its newly-won seats in parlia [...]	2005-09-29 04:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3636	ETHIOPIA: CHARGE PRESSES MFA FOR GOE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Charge took the opportunity of a summons to the MFA on Sept. 5 to press Deputy Minister Tekeda Alemu on the GOE's response to the current political crisis. Charge argued that while the international community and others urged the opposition to take up its newly-won seats in parlia [...]	2005-10-19 13:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3713	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION CUD SPLINTERING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The CUD, Ethiopia's largest opposition coalition, may be splintering over the question of whether or not to take its seats in Parliament. As of October 25, at least 30 MPs-elect out of 109 had defied the party leadership's decision to boycott Parliament. Lidetu Ayalew, one of t [...]	2005-10-27 12:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3748	ETHIOPIA: CUD "LITE" PROTEST ENDS IN GOE CRACK [...] Summary: (C) At least 11 people were killed, reportedly including two policemen, and a similar number injured when riots broke out in the central Mercato and Piazza districts after the CUDP called for a series of street actions. Rock-throwing youth and security forces squared off in a number o [...]	2005-11-01 17:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3757	ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DIPLOMATS CUD RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE, BUT DETAINEES WILL RECEIVE FAIR TRIALS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told members of the Ambassadors Donors Group (ADG),on November 2 that the GOE will not re-open a dialogue with the detained CUD leadership, but left the door open to engaging more moderate opposition members. He assured the donors that the basic h [...]	2005-11-03 12:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3759	ETHIOPIA: ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS SPREAD, AT [...] (C) Summary: Violent street clashes between anti-government demonstrators and squads of security forces spread beyond their initial flashpoints to most parts of the capital Nov. 2-3. Although confrontations occurred both in the vicinity of the Embassy and in Old Airport, where most embassy r [...]	2005-11-03 16:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3761	ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER GIVES HIS VIEW ON [...] (C) I met with Prime Minister Meles on November 2 shortly after an Ambassador Donor Group meeting with the Forign Minister. During this meeting I was able to raise the issues of concern to us: human rights, realease of CUD/P leaders, restrain in the face of protests, and the need to move for [...]	2005-11-03 16:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3780	AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, UK, AND EU SHARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the second consecutive day of a government crackdown on opposition demonstrators in Addis Ababa, AU Commission Chairperson Konare expressed concern about the safety of AU staff and of Ethiopia's ability to weather both domestic unrest and growing tensions with Eritrea. Perhap [...]	2005-11-07 12:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ET AF UNION UNREST
05ADDISABABA3782	ETHIOPIA: MELES SECURITY ADVISOR ON BORDER CRISIS, [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-07 13:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNREST ISLAMISTS
05ADDISABABA3804	UNREPENTANT MELES: NO TURNING BACK AFTER BLOODY [...] SUMMARY: I asked to meet with Prime Minister Meles to follow up on a promising conversation he had with Chairman Konare of the African Union. Meles said that there was no turning back from the recent crackdown on the opposition CUDP: the jailed leaders would be tried for treason; those demons [...]	2005-11-09 09:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3852	VOA'S AMHARIC SERVICE CONDEMNED BY GOE - NEED FOR [...] This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. SUMMARY: On November 8, Charge d'Affaires met with local and London-based Voice of America correspondents. She used the meeting to discuss U.S. policy regarding Ethiopia, the role the VOA is playing in Ethiopia at a time when i [...]	2005-11-15 08:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KPAO PREL ET VOA UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3855	FY04 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ANNUAL SUMMARY [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. In FY04, post provided funding for six (6) Democracy and Human Rights projects totaling USD 74,783.00. Post selected these projects in accordance with the Mission Performance Plan. FY04 projects improved the quality of life for approximately 155,125 Ethiopians in f [...]	2005-11-15 10:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM KDEM SOCI PREL ET
05ADDISABABA3867	ETHIOPIA: CHARGE PRESSES MFA STATE MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge took advantage of a meeting with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu to urge that the GOE to move engage those opposition leaders not imprisoned and prevent further unrest. She called for humanitarian treatment -- and preferably release -- of large numbers [...]	2005-11-16 12:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET UNREST ELEC
05ADDISABABA3915	ETHIOPIA: VOA ON THE HOT SEAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A November 15 meeting with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu provided the opportunity for the Charge to discuss the Government of Ethiopia's concerns regarding reporting by the VOA's Amharic Service, as well as larger issues of GOE press outreach and its relatio [...]	2005-11-22 13:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KPAO PREL ET VOA
05ADDISABABA3954	ETHIOPIA: DIVIDED CUD STRUGGLES TO RECOVER FROM CRACKDOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOE's comprehensive crackdown on the CUD has left remaining leaders of Ethiopia's largest opposition party fearful, divided and so far paralyzed. At least 25 of 60 supreme council members are in jail; many others are under surveillance and afraid to engage in political activit [...]	2005-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3991	ETHIOPIA: PM MELES TELLS DAS YAMAMOTO THAT GOE IS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 11:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA3997	ETHIOPIA: DAS YAMAMOTO TALKS DEMOCRACY, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Don Yamamoto told Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda the GOE had to move faster to strengthen key democratic institutions and to release imprisoned CUD opposition leaders. He and Amb. Huddleston highlighted increasing concern about Ethiopian human rights and democracy a [...]	2005-12-01 13:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ET ELEC
05ADDISABABA4073	ETHIOPIA NAMES COMMISSION TO PROBE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to calls from the international community and its citizens, the GOE named members of a commission of inquiry to probe the June and November electoral-related violence. Members of the new commission approved on December 6 by Ethiopia's parliament include religious lea [...]	2005-12-09 10:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA4075	PM MELES AND PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION AGREE TO [...] (C) Summary: PM Meles told me in a meeting on Dec. 9 that he would personally participate in the new round of political dialogue with Parliamentary opposition leaders, which would begin with three days of talks Dec. 12-14. While initially limited to leaders of the UEDF and OFDM, the PM hoped t [...]	2005-12-09 10:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET ELEC
05ADDISABABA4082	ETHIOPIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Forward movement on democratization in Ethiopia is essential to avoid further political violence as well as a further deterioration in the human rights and political freedoms. An improveme in the political climate also appears to be the most practical and effective way to obtain [...]	2005-12-09 13:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA4097	ETHIOPIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Forward movement on democratization in Ethiopia is essential to avoid further political violence as well as a further deterioration in the human rights and political freedoms. An improvement in the political climate also appears to be the most practical and effective way to obta [...]	2005-12-12 14:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ET ELEC UNREST
05ADDISABABA4181	ETHIOPIAN PM ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT ON UNREST, [...] SUMMARY. In a December 13 address to Parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi focused on the impending prosecution of CUD opposition party members, a newly established commission set to probe the June and December violence, and Ethiopia's commitment to withdraw troops near the borde [...]	2005-12-22 10:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
05ADDISABABA4182	ETHIOPIA: LIVELY DEBATE ON MELES' "STATE OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi addressed Parliament December 13 on the impending prosecution of CUD opposition party members, a newly established commission set to probe the June and December violence, Ethiopia's commitment to pull military forces away from the border wit [...]	2005-12-22 11:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
05ADDISABABA4202	JAILED ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AWAIT TRIAL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 21, seven weeks after being detained by the Government as anti-government demonstrations rocked the capital, senior leadership of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD),along with independent journalists and members of civil society organizations, f [...]	2005-12-23 12:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM ET
05ALGIERS1003	MORE ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON [...] Fouad Boughanem and Reda Belhadjouja have been found guilty of defamation for an article that appeared in 2003 in Le Soir d'Algerie. Each was sentenced to two months in jail and 250,000DA fine (US$3,427). In addition, the newspaper has been fined 250,000DA (US$3,427). Boughamen is the publ [...]	2005-05-18 16:16:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1011	POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" DELIVERS ABDELAZIZ LETTER [...] (C) DCM met with Polisario "Ambassador" to Algiers Mohammed Beissat May 19 at Beissat's request to accept a letter from Polisario Secretary General Abdelaziz to Secretary Rice (original faxed to NEA/MAG) and for a readout SIPDIS on Abdelaziz's May 10-13 visit to the U.S. Abdelaziz's lette [...]	2005-05-20 15:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM OPDC WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1149	STATUS ON JAIL SENTENCES FOR JOURNALISTS [...] There are currently two Algerian journalists in prison, nine sentenced to prison terms and awaiting appeal, and two on trial for defamation. It is perhaps worth noting that all the defamation cases stem from articles written in 2003 or earlier. TWO JOURNALISTS IN PRISON ---------------- [...]	2005-06-05 16:19:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1199	POLISARIO SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS THE NON-VIOLENT [...] (SBU) In a departure from recent sabre-rattling rhetoric, Polisario leader Abdelaziz told a press gathering in Algiers June 11 it was the intent of the Sahrawis to use peaceful means in their struggle for self-determination. Blaming the Government of Morocco for the violence of late May, Abde [...]	2005-06-13 09:41:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PHUM AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1242	MORE JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN NEW "BLACK [...] Three journalists were sentenced June 14 for defamation in separate cases before the local Algiers tribunal. The cartoonist Ali Dilem of Liberte newspaper was sentenced to six months in prison and a DA 250,000 ($3,400) fine, while the journalist Kamel Amarni and the publication director Fouad [...]	2005-06-19 14:22:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1243	ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO MOROCCAN STATEMENT CANCELING [...] (C) Initial Algerian government reaction to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 meeting of the Algerian and Moroccan prime ministers in Rabat has taken the form of comments to the press by unidentified "diplomatic sources close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." These sources, whose c [...]	2005-06-19 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1251	ALGERIAN CRITICISM OF MOROCCO SHARPENS [...] (C) While there has still been no official public response to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 Prime Ministers' meeting in Rabat, an unidentified diplomatic source, clearly reflecting GOA views, has sharpened Algerian criticism of Morocco's move. The official, whom we believe was Min [...]	2005-06-20 18:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1278	ALGERIA TAKING MORE CONCILIATORY TONE TOWARD [...] (C) Algerian FM Bedjaoui, in the GOA's first public remarks concerning Moroccan-Algerian relations since Morocco's cancellation of the prime ministers' meeting in Rabat, has struck a conciliatory tone. Alongside visiting Dutch FM Bot June 22, Bedjaoui called for "cooling things down" and not [...]	2005-06-26 12:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1287	RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...] (U) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented rise in conversions to Christianity, particularly by the Berber population in the Kabylie region. Driving this trend are several factors, in [...]	2005-06-27 16:18:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KISL PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1291	RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...] (SBU) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented rise in conversions to Christianity, particularly by the Berber population in the Kabylie region. Driving this trend are several factors, [...]	2005-06-28 07:57:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF KISL PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1304	AMARI SAIFI AKA ABDERREZAK AL-PARA SENTENCED IN [...] (U) According to Algerian press reports June 25, 2005, the Algerian militant and former number two of the al-Qaida linked Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC),Amari Saifi aka Abderrazak Al-Para, was sentenced in abstentia to life in prison for organizing a terrorist group and for sp [...]	2005-06-29 12:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1358	JULY 3 DISCUSSION OF MOROCCAN-ALGERIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) In an extended exchange July 3 with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir, Ambassador reviewed reftel talking points, expressing strong U.S. disappointment over recent setbacks in Moroccan-Algerian relations, noting that provocative actions from both sides had contributed to the current seri [...]	2005-07-05 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1379	PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA'S INTERVIEW IN THE TUNISIAN [...] (C) Part of the continuing problem between Morocco and Algeria stems from their habit of protesting their own side's innocence while giving highly colored and exaggerated accounts of the other side's actions and statements. To take but one example, Algerian protestations that Bouteflika's let [...]	2005-07-09 16:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS1408	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH VISIT [...] (U) In back to back visits, Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent delegations to Algeria, signaling the GOA's greater openness toward international NGOs and open discussion of human rights issues. AI's delegation visited Algeria May 6-25 and HRW's delegation visited J [...]	2005-07-12 11:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1426	POLISARIO LEADER IS WORKING TO RELEASE MOROCCAN [...] (U) On July 16 Algerian French-language newspapers El Watan, Liberte and Expression, as well as the leading Arabic-language newspaper El Khabar quoted a July 14 article from French newspaper Le Monde stating that Polisario "President" Abdelaziz, on a diplomatic mission to Spain, announced hi [...]	2005-07-16 15:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PBTS AG
05ALGIERS1661	ALGERIA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PLAN [...] (C) Algeria is emerging from a decade of terrorist violence and massive bloodshed beginning in the early 1990's and is now looking to take necessary steps to allow the country to heal its wounds. Much like his 1999 platform of Civil Concord, President Bouteflika's 2004 presidential campaign w [...]	2005-08-10 16:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1702	HIGHLIGHTS OF BOUTEFLIKA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] In President Bouteflika's address to the nation August 14, he outlined his vision of national reconciliation and announced that the national reconciliation referendum will take place September 29. National reconciliation will, if the referendum passes, halt legal proceedings and commute sente [...]	2005-08-15 18:06:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AG
05ALGIERS1753	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA, [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 11:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1765	LUGAR VISIT AFTERMATH [...] (C) Despite some scattered grumbling in the media and elsewhere about U.S. "pressure" and unaddressed humanitarian concerns vis-a-vis the Sahrawis, press coverage of Senator Lugar's humanitarian mission and the unconditional release of all remaining Moroccan prisoners by the Polisario has been [...]	2005-08-21 15:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1768	SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH POLISARIO LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In an August 18 meeting with Senator Lugar, Polisario leader Abdelaziz thanked him, the U.S., and President Bush for their help in releasing to the International Red Cross the final 404 Polisario-held prisoners scheduled to return to their families in Morocco. Abdelaziz hoped th [...]	2005-08-22 05:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1810	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: DO ALGERIANS SUPPORT [...] (C) President Bouteflika is poised to win a strong majority in the September 29 referendum on his proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Through a carefully crafted political and media strategy, he has framed the proposal in a way that makes it hard to oppose; orchestrated a [...]	2005-08-27 09:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1836	DESPITE SOME EARLIER CONCERNS, GOA TAKING POSITIVE [...] (C) Ambassador separately called on Minister-Delegate Messahel and Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir August 27 to express appreciation for Algeria's role in the Moroccan POW release, take a temperature reading, and discuss the way ahead. Both men expressed satisfaction over the success of [...]	2005-08-29 10:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1910	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR URGES U.S. "GESTURE" [...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Beissat told DCM September 6 that there was considerable internal criticism of Polisario leader Abdelaziz following the Lugar mission due to the impression that the Polisario had received nothing in return for releasing the Moroccan prisoners. Beissat urg [...]	2005-09-11 11:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1911	POST LUGAR MISSION: ALGERIAN FM BEDJAOUI ON [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on several topics with FM Bedjaoui, Ambassador reaffirmed President Bush's appreciation for Algeria's help in facilitating the release of the final 404 Moroccan prisoners previously held by the Polisario. Making reference to President Bush's letter to President Bou [...]	2005-09-11 12:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS1914	BELKHEIR ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Ambassador took advantage of a September 10 meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir on other issues to ask about the September 29 referendum on national peace and reconciliation. Without detectable enthusiasm, Belkheir said the goal of the referendum was to move beyond the diviso [...]	2005-09-12 13:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS1956	ALGERIA TO CONTRIBUTE $5 MILLION TO KATRINA RELIEF [...] (SBU) MFA SYG Lamamra told Ambassador, during telephone discussion of other issues late September 21, that Algeria would shortly be contributing $5 million to the relief funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Lamamra said it was the President's intention to inform the U.S. of this contributio [...]	2005-09-21 16:53:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AG
05ALGIERS1958	NEWSPAPER EDITOR COMMENTS ON BENCHICHOU CASE, [...] (C) During a September 19 visit to Oran, DCM and PD staff visited the offices of the high-brow, French-language daily Le Quotidien d'Oran. Le Quotidien's editor in chief, Mohammed Abdou Benabou (strictly protect),offered his views on President Bouteflika's efforts to rein-in the independent [...]	2005-09-21 17:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MARR AG
05ALGIERS1973	ALGERIA POISED FOR POSITIVE REFERENDUM VOTE ON [...] (C) In the leadup to the September 29 referendum on President Bouteflika's proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, the GOA has pulled out all the stops to assure a sizable turnout and overwhelming "yes" vote. From Bouteflika on down, the entire senior leadership has barnstormed [...]	2005-09-27 14:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AG
05ALGIERS1975	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN ALGERIA [...] (C) Having defeated an armed Islamic extremist insurgency over the past thirteen years, Algeria has gained considerable experience in combating extremism. Algerian military and political leaders openly admit now that at the time of the army's intervention to prevent the election of an Islamis [...]	2005-09-27 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID AG
05ALGIERS2059	UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BASTAGLI'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) UN Special Representative to the Secretary General for the Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli briefed Ambassador October 1 on his meetings in the region since taking up his new duties. He expressed appreciation for the U.S. contribution to resolving Western Sahara issues; spoke of the nee [...]	2005-10-05 15:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER AG MO WI UN
05ALGIERS2114	REPORTERS SANS FRONTIERES SOUNDS ALARM ON [...] Portions of this cable are sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The health condition of Mohamed Benchicou, editor-in-chief of the now-defunct French-language daily Le Matin, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment June 14, 2004 for having illegally transferre [...]	2005-10-16 08:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI AG
05ALGIERS2132	MFA RESPONDS SHARPLY TO MOROCCAN ACCUSATIONS OF [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an unusually sharply worded official response October 17 to the October 16 comments of Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou that "strongly condemned Algeria and the Polisario's exploitation of the very complex immigration issue to achieve cheap propaganda [...]	2005-10-18 15:34:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG AG MO
05ALGIERS2149	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON ADJUSTING FOOD AID FOR [...] PolEc Chief delivered points requested reftel October 22 to UNDP Resident Representative Marc Destanne de Bernis (in the absence of an available UNHCR representative) and to WFP Representative and Country Director Marius de Gaay Fortman. PolEc Chief stressed that we stood behind efforts to pro [...]	2005-10-22 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM AG WI
05ALGIERS2194	DESPITE PROBLEMS, ALGERIAN REFORM PROCESS MOVING [...] (C) Under the leadership of President Bouteflika, Algeria has embarked on a process of serious and sweeping reform. The process has been uneven, to be sure, and Algeria has a long way to go before it achieves real democracy, rule of law, habits of transparency, and open markets. Executive pow [...]	2005-10-30 14:59:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON KWMN AG
05ALMATY1081	KAZAKHSTAN: FRACTURED OPPOSITION ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Against the backdrop of the liquidation of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan and a split in Ak Zhol, the majority of the Kazakhstani opposition has united around former Mazhilis speaker Zharmakhan Tuyakbay as their presidential candidate. The parties have formed an electoral bloc [...]	2005-03-23 09:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1130	KAZAKHSTAN'S MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the start of the revolt in southern Kyrgyzstan, international media speculated on how events there might affect their rich neighbor in the north. Many international media relied on the Interfax wire service in their reporting, although Interfax sometimes posted uncorrobor [...]	2005-03-28 04:03:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1215	SHRD REPORT DELIVERED TO MFA [...] Emboff delivered a copy of the report "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record" to Kuat Seksenalinov, head of the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 30. 2. Seksenalinov accepted the report and indicated his familiarity with it, but inquired what "cons [...]	2005-03-31 07:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KZ
05ALMATY1501	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT PASSES REGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a joint meeting of both chambers on April 8, the Kazakhstani Parliament passed a set of amendments to the Elections Law that raise serious concerns about the GOK's political will to support free and fair elections. Although there are some amendments that appear to be an [...]	2005-04-14 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1508	KAZAKHSTAN: BAIMENOV WING OF AK ZHOL RE-REGISTERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alikhan Baimenov has re-registered Ak Zhol in a very short time, thereby confirming his status as the party's sole leader and giving credence to conventional wisdom that the GOK supports him. He nevertheless appears to be taking great pains to underscore the fact that Ak Zhol r [...]	2005-04-14 11:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY153	OSCE FIELD MISSION WEIGHS IN ON DCK CASE [...] (SBU) On January 13, OSCE field officer Bjorn Halvarsson told Astana Poloff that OSCE Ambassador Vikki had delivered a statement on January 11 to Kazakhstani MFA authorities (NFI) on the judicial dissolution of opposition party Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) (See Refs B-C). While Halva [...]	2005-01-13 21:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV PREL PHUM IO KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1595	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation would set new limits on, inter alia, freedom of [...]	2005-04-22 01:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1596	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (U) This cable replaces Almaty 1595. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation woul [...]	2005-04-22 04:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1720	KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 25 roundtable, Kazakhstani human rights activists described for Amb. Minikes a rapidly deteriorating environment in which the GOK is implementing a series of troubling pieces of legislation designed to increase state control over society. With one exception, they b [...]	2005-05-04 11:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1721	KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' MEETING WITH OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 25 roundtable in Almaty, Amb. Minikes heard the views of opposition politicians on Kazakhstan's bid to become the chair of the OSCE in 2009 and the current state of play with regard to respect for human rights and democratic principles in Kazakhstan. Participants di [...]	2005-05-04 11:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1838	KAZAKHSTAN: TROUBLING NGO LAW UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Draft legislation currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani parliament has the potential to severely restrict the activities of NGOs, particularly those receiving foreign assistance. U.S. implementing partners are mobilizing to fight the draft, which legal experts have [...]	2005-05-13 04:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1856	USOSCE AMBASSADOR MINIKES' MEETINGS WITH ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 26, U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Minikes, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, met separately with Deputy Speaker of the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) Dyachenko, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission Zhumabekov, and Minister of Justice Baliyeva. Ambassador Min [...]	2005-05-16 01:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1938	KAZAKHSTANI MFA "DISAPPOINTED" WITH CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 19, Charge briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Volkov on the Department's decision to request a national security interest waiver of Section 578's requirement (Foreign Operations) that Kazakhstan demonstrate significant progress on human rights in order to continue f [...]	2005-05-20 12:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1953	OPPOSITION PAPER OUTMANEUVERS AUTHORITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the information ministry ordered Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan's (DCK) weekly newspaper "Respublika: Business Review" to stop publishing. It revoked the weekly's registration after filing suit in February following Respublica's republication of the transcript of an [...]	2005-05-24 05:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1992	ILO CONFERENCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED; KZ DELEGATION [...] (U) Econoff delivered Reftel A and B demarches and talking points to Askar Akhmetov, Head of the Division for Specialized International Organizations of the Kazakhstani MFA. Akhmetov acknowledged the demarche but did not have an immediate substantive response. 2. (U) Akhmetov informed Econ [...]	2005-05-27 01:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV PHUM BB CU KZ
05ALMATY1993	KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' APRIL 27 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Leading Kazakhstani human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis told Amb. Minikes on April 27 that the deteriorating political and human rights situation in the country was the direct result of the government's paranoia about events in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan. He described a [...]	2005-05-27 07:19:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM POLITICAL
05ALMATY2047	Kazakhstan Proposal for Human Rights and Democracy [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel request on small grants for human rights and democracy projects, Mission is pleased to submit a proposal to establish a "Polyton" discussion club in Astana. At present, there is one venue where Kazakhstan's intelligentsia -- whether members of government, opposition [...]	2005-06-01 12:04:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM EAID PHUM SOCI KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2058	KAZAKHSTAN: WORRISOME NATIONAL SECURITY, NGO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para. 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Troubling legislation is progressing rapidly through Kazahkhkstan's Parliament. If adopted in its current form, the legislation would stifle civil society here, and roll back several fundamental freedoms. Although [...]	2005-06-02 13:01:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2121	KAZAKHSTAN: CONVERSATION WITH UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: POEC chief met with Uzbek human rights activist Lutfullo Shamsiddinov (refs A-C) and his wife on June 2 to discuss their efforts to obtain refugee status in Kazakhstan. Shamsiddinov, who is from Andijon and witnessed the killing of civilians there on May 13, also briefed POEC ch [...]	2005-06-06 14:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ MOPS PHUM UZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY215	INDEPENDENT MEDIA OUTLETS COVETED BY NAZARBAYEV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Media advocates in Kazakhstan report that over the past few weeks, momentum has been building to consolidate ownership of influential media outlets among Nazarbayev loyalists in advance of the presidential elections. A source within the presidential administration revealed tha [...]	2005-01-21 04:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2367	CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION SCHEDULES EXPERIMENTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission announced on June 21 that four district akims will be chosen by local, directly elected legislatures (maslikhats) on August 12. This pattern mirrors the selection of national senators by oblast level maslikhats (Reftel). Until now, akims had been [...]	2005-06-24 04:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2368	SENATE ELECTIONS SET FOR AUGUST 19 [...] Summary: Sixteen seats will be contested in the August 19th Senate elections. A one-month nomination period commenced on June 18. As candidates will be chosen indirectly by the Maslikhats (oblast-level, elected legislatures controlled by pro-Nazarbayev parties) the elections, predictably, wil [...]	2005-06-24 04:27:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2370	SENATE ELECTIONS SET FOR AUGUST 19 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sixteen seats will be contested in the August 19th Senate elections. A one-month nomination period commenced on June 18. As candidates will be chosen indirectly by the Maslikhats (oblast-level, elected legislatures controlled by pro-Nazarbayev parties) the elections, predictabl [...]	2005-06-24 04:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY24	KAZAKHSTAN: DEATH OF PROMINENT BANKER SPARKS RUMORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 19 death of Bank TuranAlem (BTA) president Erzhan Tatishev in a hunting accident has put the local rumor mill into high gear. Despite calming words from representatives of the bank, the second largest in Kazakhstan, the accident has received a great deal of media a [...]	2005-01-04 07:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PHUM KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL
05ALMATY2439	KAZAKHSTAN READY TO ENGAGE ON UZBEK REFUGEES AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 28, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev. Ambassador raised developments surrounding the presence of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. Tokayev said that Kazakhstan is ready to cooperate with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. In talks with Kyrgyz FM Roza Otu [...]	2005-06-30 09:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL KZ UZ KG POLITICAL
05ALMATY2445	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE THIRD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) On June 30, Astana PO met with MFA's Director for Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation Akan Rakhmetulin and delivered reftel demarche, asking Kazakhstan to consider providing temporary refuge to Uzbek asylum seekers in Kyrgyzstan. Rakhmetulin remarked that Foreign Minister Tokayev had [...]	2005-07-01 02:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM KZ UZ KG POLITICAL
05ALMATY2503	DETAINED UZBEK REFUGEE FACING DEPORTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Concerned about governmental retaliation for his role in reporting on the recent events in Andijon, Uzbek human rights observer Lutfullo Shamsudinov fled with his family to Kazakhstan in late May. UNHCR formally determined on June 24 that Shamsudinov was a bona fide refugee, n [...]	2005-07-06 12:08:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SMIG IO UZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2550	UNHCR REPORTS PENDING RELEASE OF UZBEK REFUGEE [...] (SBU) On July 8 at 12:00 pm, UNHCR Protection Officer N.L. Narasimha Rao reported to Embassy that it appears a deal has been struck to release Uzbek refugee Lutfullo Shamsudinov. UNHCR reported that the GOK has agreed to release Shamsudinov if he is directly removed to the airport and then to [...]	2005-07-08 10:40:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SMIG IO UZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2558	KAZAKHISTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER FEARS [...] (C) Summary: Ak Zhol party leader Alikhan Baimenov voiced concern over a tightening of party financing and the possibility of administrative manipulation of presidential elections in a June 23rd meeting with Ambassador Ordway. He admitted increasing prosperity of the electorate but hoped an an [...]	2005-07-08 11:15:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY2985	KAZAKHSTAN: TUYAKBAY ON HARASSMENT OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities are carrying out a large-scale campaign to harass and intimidate the opposition, according to "For a Just Kazakhstan" leader Zharmakhan Tuyakbay. Measures have included surveillance, provocation, violence, and threats/intimidation. Although Tuyakbay's or [...]	2005-08-18 13:06:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3084	KAZAKHSTAN: NGO LAWS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constitutional Council has ruled that pending NGO legislation which had provoked a storm of international criticism is unconstitutional. President Nazarbayev is expected to comply with the ruling and reject the legislation. This is a very positive development, as the legi [...]	2005-08-23 12:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3107	KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS BUREAU ROBBED [...] (SBU) Summary: An August 14 robbery of the Kazakhstani International Bureau for Human Rights resulted in the loss of almost all the organization's databases and temporarily crippled its work. Emergency grants and post's donation of ten excess computers are helping KIBHR get back up and runni [...]	2005-08-25 11:13:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3112	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Summary: In accordance with Ref A, this telegram provides updated data on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. This cable updates Ref B. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kazakhstan's continued eli [...]	2005-08-25 12:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3277	OMNIBUS OF MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the first of a series of bi- monthly cables on developments among Kazakhstan's media. Most of the incidents reported here indicate a pattern of restrictions against editorially independent media in the run-up to the December presidential elections. To their great credit [...]	2005-09-09 10:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3301	KAZAZKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev unofficially kicked off his reelection campaign in a September 1 speech to the fall session of parliament. The President gave a glowing review of social goals he set out in his February address to the nation. His overall theme, stability [...]	2005-09-13 10:56:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY342	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings on January 25 with Head of Presidential Administration Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Senate Speaker Nurtay Abykayev, Ambassador cautioned that recent law enforcement raids targeting democracy NGOs and the dissolution of opposition party Democratic Choice of [...]	2005-01-31 08:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EAID KZ POLITICAL

05ALMATY3431	KAZAKHSTAN: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (S) Summary: Efforts to insure stability by supporting political reform and countering terrorism are at the top of the bilateral U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship, as reflected in the first two performance goal's of the Kazakhstan MPP. Post engages in a continuous dialogue with all levels of the [...]	2005-09-26 08:46:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3450	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) SumQry: Post welcomes the selection of Kazakhstan as an EUR focus country for the democracy promotion strategy (Ref A). Kazakhstan is preparing for what could be its first truly contested presidential race this December, against the backdrop of serious GOK concerns about U.S. intentions a [...]	2005-10-03 14:54:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3453	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION MEDIA UNDER PRESSURE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The risks of doing business with opposition media in the run-up to the December presidential elections became apparent when the Vremya Print majority owner cancelled printing contracts with several opposition newspapers, fearing reprisals against his business interests. The pape [...]	2005-10-04 14:48:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY346	PROCURATOR GENERAL DISCUSSES NGO RAIDS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 24 introductory call on Procurator General Rashid Tusupbekov in Astana, the Ambassador discussed several recent law enforcement raids against USAID implementing partner democratization NGOs (Ref A). The Ambassador cautioned that these GOK actions may have serio [...]	2005-01-31 08:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3603	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 08:34:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY3839	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER FIRED OVER ARREST OF [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Turisbekov was fired over the arrest of an opposition politician just hours before Secretary Rice's arrival here, according to presidential SIPDIS advisor Masimov. Turisbekov will be replaced by deputy PA head Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov, thought to be the initia [...]	2005-10-19 09:05:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3924	ZERO TOLERANCE FOR KAZAKHSTAN'S OPPOSITION PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harassment of opposition print media intensified in the three weeks leading up to start of the official campaign period October 25. While print runs have increased, there have been incidents ranging from confiscation of the entire print run of one paper, to grabbing copies out [...]	2005-11-01 00:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY406	GOK INTERAGENCY TIP WORKING GROUP SHOWCASES WORK ON [...] (U) On January 13, the GOK interagency TIP working group met in Astana to discuss GOK progress in meeting TIP National Plan goals. Minister of Justice Olnasyn Zhumabekov chaired the highly publicized meeting, which included a broad range of participation from the GOK, IOM, OSCE, NGOs and Ast [...]	2005-02-03 07:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG IO KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4076	KAZAKHSTAN: TAZHIN ON ZHAKIYANOV, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Nazarbayev's chief political strategist told the Ambassador on November 4 that he was confident of Nazarbayev's convincing lead in the presidential race, and even somewhat surprised that the opposition had not made a stronger showing to date. Deputy Presidential Admini [...]	2005-11-16 05:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM PREL
05ALMATY409	2004-05 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE [...] (SBU) The following is the draft summary of U.S. strategy and efforts to combat human rights abuses and bolster democracy in Kazakhstan for 2004-05. BEGIN DRAFT STRATEGY TEXT: In Kazakhstan, the United States forcefully advocated support of human rights and democracy, emphasizing that bi [...]	2005-02-03 23:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ELAB KPAO KSEP KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4175	REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a CIS elections monitoring representative, media coverage of presidential campaigns in the first two weeks of November "did not quite correspond" to legal and constitutional norms. State media are honoring the letter, if not the spirit, of the information ministry' [...]	2005-11-25 06:08:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
05ALMATY4412	KAZAKHSTANI ANALYSTS UNCONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIA- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent roundtable to discuss the November 14 military pact between Russia and Uzbekistan, a group of political analysts and academics considered the pact both a hedge against U.S. influence in Central Asia, as well as a signal from Russia that it still has influence in the [...]	2005-12-15 13:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4480	DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN ON REPATRIATED UZBEK [...] (SBU) On the morning of December 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aidar Shakenov, Head of the Americas desk at the MFA. Shakenov had no immediate comment, but said that the message would be passed to the Foreign Minister for his information and action. Poloff emphasized the high level [...]	2005-12-22 14:50:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KG KZ PHUM PREF PREL TK UZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY537	KAZAKHSTAN: EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 roundtable with Kazakhstani opposition politicians, DAS Kennedy discussed the current political environment following flawed parliamentary elections and the opposition's attempts to develop a unified campaign platform and a single presidential candidate. Democrati [...]	2005-02-10 07:11:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY538	KAZAKHSTAN: EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev hosted a working lunch on February 4 for EUR DAS Kennedy, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway. Tokayev's comments after the recent flurry of law enforcement visits to USAID implementing partners tracked with those of other senior Kaz [...]	2005-02-10 07:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY545	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRATIC CHOICE OF KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: A February 9 ruling by an Almaty appeals court resulted in the liquidation of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) and raised serious questions about due process. Although the case can still be appealed to two higher levels of the courts, party leaders and lawyers are pessimist [...]	2005-02-10 08:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY572	ENGAGING THE MEDIA TO DISPEL RUMORS ABOUT U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The election of Viktor Yushchenko as Ukraine's President has intensified suspicions and fueled rumors in Kazakhstan that U.S.-sponsored NGOs are here to support opposition political parties. There are widespread rumors that NGOs such as Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan (SFK),Fr [...]	2005-02-13 23:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY746	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH KARLYGASH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting in Almaty, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy and Karlygash Zhakiyanova discussed the state of jailed Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov's health and increasing pressure on him by settlement colony authorities. Zhakiyanova handed over a [...]	2005-02-23 07:40:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY794	DCK NEWSPAPER SOZ CLOSED BY COURT ORDER [...] (SBU). SUMMARY. Democratic Choice of Kazakshtan's (DCK) newspaper, Soz ("Word"),has been closed down via official court order. On January 31, an inter-district economic court ordered the newspaper to pay the National Security Committee (KNB) 5 million tenge ($38,500) in damages for a Sept [...]	2005-02-28 07:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY956	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Summary. On March 3, Ambassador met with Presidential Administration (PA) Deputy Karim Masimov. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova, PA Chief of the Center for Foreign Policy Nurlan Yermekbayev, Astana PO and Astana USAID officer were also present. Issues discussed incl [...]	2005-03-14 00:52:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PHUM KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY977	Kazakhstan: Procurator General Begins [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Procurator General's Office (PG) for the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan systematically began investigating 33 U.S. Mission implementing partners at the instigation of Mazhilis member E.A. Abilkasimov. Officials from the Procurator's Office were often accompanied by [...]	2005-03-15 08:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN1351	ARAB COUNTRIES LAUNCH GFD INITIATIVE; PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) At a February 6-7 conference in Jordan, representatives of Arab governments formally launched the "Governance for Development in the Arab Countries" (GFD) initiative under the auspices of King Abdullah. The GFD calls for partnerships between Arab states and OECD countries and the UNDP [...]	2005-02-17 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KMPI ECON EINV JO
05AMMAN1353	GOJ-PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS DISPUTE STILL [...] (U) Summary: The professional associations continue to challenge the government's ban on its "political activity" (refs). The like-minded opposition political parties have now taken up the cause, calling for more public freedoms during a sit-in in front of the Parliament building on Februa [...]	2005-02-17 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI JO
05AMMAN1702	EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Amman's contribution below to the annual Trafficking in Persons report is keyed to the instructions found in reftel. --------- Checklist --------- 2. (SBU) A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked men, women, [...]	2005-03-01 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
05AMMAN1783	SUSPECT IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION GETS NEW LAWYER; [...] (U) The State Security Court appointed a new lawyer for Muammar al-Jaghbir, who is being retried for his role in the assassination of USAID officer Laurence Foley. Separately, Jaghbir and Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi were formally charged on March 2 for bombing the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad in 2 [...]	2005-03-03 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO
05AMMAN1785	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS UNDER PRESSURE AS GOJ PUSHES [...] (C) King Abdullah continues to emphasize Jordan's "Amman Message" endorsing a moderate Islam. The GOJ hosted a meeting of international Islamic clerics to plan the agenda for a summer conference based on the Amman Message, which will seek to promote Islamic unity and outline Islam's stand o [...]	2005-03-03 16:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL PHUM KWMN JO
05AMMAN2043	UPDATE ON POLITICAL REFORM IN JORDAN [...] (C) After a hopeful start, a well-publicized push for political reform announced by King Abdullah in late 2003 lost momentum as the GOJ struggled internally with unresolved questions on both the pace and extent of change. Heightened security concerns have given a louder voice to officials war [...]	2005-03-10 17:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI JO
05AMMAN2049	NEW STUDY GAUGES ARABS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE WEST, [...] (U) A new study published by Jordan University's Center for Strategic Studies based on polls conducted in five Arab countries reveals that Arabs tend to distinguish between policy and culture when viewing the West. A negative view of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, not American value [...]	2005-03-13 06:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL KPAL JO
05AMMAN2051	JORDAN: ALI HATTAR SLANDER CASE PROCEEDS [...] (U) Defense witnesses testified on March 7 in the case of Engineers' Association member Ali Hattar, who is accused of slandering the government during a speech he delivered at the Professional Associations complex on December 14 (refs A and B). The lecture, entitled "Why We Boycott America," [...]	2005-03-13 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM JO
05AMMAN2094	JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON CASES [...] Two groups of local extremists charged with targeting U.S., Israeli, and GOJ interests last year appeared before the State Security Court in separate trials on March 7. The court also began the re-trial of Mustafa Siyyam, arrested in Iraq last year, on charges that he plotted to kill a Jorda [...]	2005-03-13 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO
05AMMAN2286	JORDAN: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] Responses to reftel questionnaire on child marriage in Jordan are provided below: 2. The Jordanian government introduced a provisional law in 2001 in the absence of parliament that, among other things, raised the legal marrying age for both men and women to 18 years old. Islamic shari'a [...]	2005-03-20 16:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB ECON PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN JO
05AMMAN2713	DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP A SUCCESS [...] Embassy Amman successfully implemented human rights training for GOJ officials on February 26-27 sponsored by DRL's Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). Working with the Jordanian Foreign Ministry and its Institute for Diplomacy, post held a two-day workshop with 30 participants from 13 dif [...]	2005-04-03 05:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KISL JO
05AMMAN2889	TERRORISM CASES ADVANCE IN JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT [...] (U) Five separate terrorism cases moved forward in Jordan's State Security Court in recent weeks. The prosecution in the case of nine Zarqawi affiliates accused of plotting against the U.S. Embassy and GOJ targets last year called several witnesses. Muammar Jaghbir, accused of involvement [...]	2005-04-07 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO
05AMMAN2890	KING ABDULLAH SWEARS IN NEW CABINET [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in a new cabinet under recently-appointed Prime Minister Adnan Badran on April 7 (refs). Of the 26 ministers (counting Badran),only 11 are hold-overs from the previous cabinet, and four of those have shifted to new ministries. New Deputy Prime Minister Hisham al-Te [...]	2005-04-07 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO PBIO
05AMMAN2915	DEMARCHE ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INVOLVING UN [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 09:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG JO MONUC
05AMMAN2968	JORDANIANS PROTEST REPORTS OF ISRAELI EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Reports that Israeli extremists intended to enter the Haram al-Sharif over the weekend prompted public warnings from King Abdullah that such a move would spark wider unrest in the region. GOJ officials say they are in close contact with Israeli counterparts to avoid re-kindling yet ano [...]	2005-04-12 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN2974	JORDAN: BIOS FOR BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous cabinet, Western-educated Muslim East Bankers dominate the newly-appointed 26-member cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Badran (ref a). We count eight Jordanians of Palestinian origin (West Bankers),compared to only [...]	2005-04-12 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO
05AMMAN3075	ARABIC TRANSLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS POSTED [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-17 11:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM ELAB KPAO KSPR JO
05AMMAN3151	FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) During an introductory call on Foreign Minister Qasrawi on April 19, Charge reviewed important outstanding bilateral issues, emphasizing that they came in the context of our overall excellent relationship. Qasrawi had received a non-paper on these issues prior to the meeting, and in res [...]	2005-04-19 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC CJAN EFIN PHUM MARR JO
05AMMAN3399	JORDAN'S STIFLED (BUT EXPANDING) MEDIA SECTOR [...] (C) Jordan,s media sector has seen rapid expansion recently, driven by government measures to open the broadcast sector to private ownership and a booming advertising market. Private radio has begun broadcasting in Jordan for the first time, while plans are underway for Jordan,s first private [...]	2005-04-28 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM ECON ECPS KMPI JO
05AMMAN3957	DECISION ON RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANTS: JORDAN [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points on May 17 with Foreign Minister Qasrawi and pressed for a quick resolution of the issue. Qasrawi replied that he would discuss this as soon as possible with the Minister of Interior to provide a complete response to our requests. The one outstanding issue, he [...]	2005-05-19 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN4102	DEMARCHE ON ILO BUDGET AND CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR ILO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B demarches to Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Bishar Khassawneh regarding the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva. Khassawneh noted that Jordan shares U.S. concerns over International Labor Organization (ILO) budgetary increases. Poloff urged that the J [...]	2005-05-25 11:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PREL AORC BB CU JO ILO
05AMMAN4105	FY 2006 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM [...] THE FOLLOWING IS MISSION'S SLATE OF FY 2006 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM NOMINEES AS DETERMINED BY THE IV SELECTION COMMITTEE. WE ARE NOMINATING UP TO TWENTY-TWO CANDIDATES. 2. ALL THE NOMINEES LISTED BELOW HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PR [...]	2005-05-25 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI OEXC SCUL JO
05AMMAN4298	DEMARCHE FOR INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF EVENTS IN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ambassador Ziad Majali, head of the Human Rights Directorate of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Majali received the information without substantive comment. HALE [...]	2005-06-01 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CASC KISL JO
05AMMAN4477	ICRC BAGHDAD TO PUSH A "CONFIDENCE-BUILDING" [...] (C) On the margins of the UNRWA Major Donors and Host Nations conference (septel),PRM PDAS Greene met with ICRC Head of Delegation (HOD) Chistoph Beney to express USG concerns that ICRC actions in Baghdad were causing a deterioration in the overall USG-ICRC relationship. Greene asked that Be [...]	2005-06-06 11:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PINS XF IZ ICRC
05AMMAN4487	JORDAN: TERRORISM SUSPECTS THREATEN COURT [...] (U) Several high-profile, emotionally-charged terrorism trials are continuing in Jordan's State Security Court. Azmi Jayusi, the reputed cell leader in a Zarqawi plot to bomb the Jordanian Prime Ministry, intelligence headquarters, and U.S. Embassy in Amman last year, threatened the judge an [...]	2005-06-06 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PHUM JO
05AMMAN4529	JORDAN: DEVELOPMENTS IN TRIAL OF SUSPECTS IN 2002 [...] (U) The highly contentious trial of more than 100 Jordanians charged with involvement in the 2002 disorders in the southern city of Ma'an proceeded in Jordan's State Security Court this week. Eight of the 14 in custody on June 5 retracted their earlier confessions, which they said were extr [...]	2005-06-07 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PGOV PHUM JO
05AMMAN4574	JORDAN: TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered the trafficking in persons (TIP) demarche to Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Bishar Khassawneh on June 7 (refs A and B) and a suggested work plan for improving Jordan's performance on TIP issues. Khassawneh engaged poloff in a candid discussion about the challenges the GOJ [...]	2005-06-08 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OPRC KCRM KWMN SMIG JO
05AMMAN469	SWEDISH EMBASSY IN AMMAN CONTACTED ON DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) Acting PolCouns delivered on January 19 to Jorgen Lindstrom of the Swedish Embassy in Amman the proposed schedule provided in reftel for a visit by a Swedish diplomatic representative to Abu Ghraib and Camp Ashraf. A/PolCouns stressed that a response including the name, passport number an [...]	2005-01-19 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KJUS PREL PTER PHUM KISL IZ
05AMMAN4874	MDA: JORDANIAN STANCE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-16 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JO ICRC
05AMMAN5104	REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: JORDAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Ambassador Ziad Majali, head of the human rights directorate of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, on June 23 to discuss USG priorities for reforming the UN Human Rights Commission (reftel). Majali said that Jordan is very supportive of efforts to reform the UN, especially with [...]	2005-06-27 04:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR UNCHR
05AMMAN5129	MDA DEMARCHE BEFORE JUNE 27 OIC MEETING: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-27 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL JO ICRC
05AMMAN5232	JORDAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION DEPARTMENT A WORK IN [...] (U) Jordan's Family Protection Department (FPD) is making headway in providing quality care abuse victims. The FPD has the backing of Queen Rania and the support of the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). A major project for the FPD, a shelter to house adult women abuse victims, is still not [...]	2005-06-30 09:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM JO
05AMMAN5314	JORDAN: CABINET RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCED [...] As widely anticipated, Prime Minister Badran reshuffled his cabinet on July 3, nearly three months after its initial appointment (refs). The reshuffle resulted in the addition of three new cabinet positions, bringing the total to 29, including Badran. Complete bios of the new ministers and [...]	2005-07-03 13:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PBIO KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO
05AMMAN5555	GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RETURN OF JORDANIAN DETAINEE [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and de facto head of the security services Mohammad Dhahabi in separate meetings over the past week concerning the return of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab (refs). In the final meeting on July 12, Dhahabi offered authoritat [...]	2005-07-12 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN5674	ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN TO JORDAN OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-17 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN5847	AMMAN NOMINATION FOR 2005 WORKER RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Post nominates political officer Jonathan Peccia for the September 21-22 labor diplomacy and worker rights training seminar in Cairo, Egypt (reftel). 2. Information requested reftel follows: Name: Jonathan Peccia Title: Political Officer, Third Secretary Name of Supervisor: Eric Carl [...]	2005-07-21 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AMGT ELAB OTRA JO
05AMMAN5910	JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 13:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER MOPS JO KWAC
05AMMAN5922	JORDAN: BIOS FOR NEW BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Prime Minister Badran's reshuffled cabinet received its vote of confidence from parliament on July 21 (ref A),nearly three weeks after King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers (although three only shifted portfolios) and accepted the resignation of five (ref B). Hisham al-Tel loses the [...]	2005-07-26 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO
05AMMAN6200	JORDAN: NEW UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 12:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JO UNGA
05AMMAN6237	JORDAN SECURITY COURT: TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) Two new cases entered the State Security Court in July. Jordanian extremist Issam al-Barqawi (aka Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi) was released on June 26 and re-arrested a week later by Jordanian authorities on charges of instigating subversive acts. Eight men with links to the Palestinian Is [...]	2005-08-03 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO
05AMMAN627	JORDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY 2004-2005 [...] Post is providing the following report as requested in reftel. ------------------------------- Human Rights Strategy 2004-2005 ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Jordan's respect for human rights remained satisfactory during the year. A human rights commission establis [...]	2005-01-25 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL JO
05AMMAN6353	MORE JORDANIAN REACTION TO PROPOSED UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The head of the Human Rights Directorate of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry is supportive of the U.S. proposal for a new Human Rights Council (HRC) at the UN. However, he held back from fully endorsing all of the details of the proposal, with an eye still on the Arab group's, and [...]	2005-08-08 12:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JO UNGA
05AMMAN6408	DEVELOPING MEDIA FREEDOM IN JORDAN [...] (C) Introduction: A free media sector will play a central role if Jordan is to continue moving toward a more democratic political order. Free media and open information environments are also necessary to sustain economic growth and to raise public confidence in the integrity of the governmen [...]	2005-08-10 03:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PHUM JO
05AMMAN6468	JORDANIAN PRISON HUNGER STRIKES END [...] Summary. Complaining of slow-moving court proceedings in terrorism cases, inmates began a hunger strike July 12 that spread to include, at its peak, 56 prisoners in three Jordanian prisons. By August 5, all of the protesters had ended their strikes. End Summary. 2. On July 12, five inmates [...]	2005-08-14 07:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC JO
05AMMAN6723	JORDAN OFFERS PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Per reftel, acting Pol Chief and refcoord met with Walid Obeidat, the Director of the Jordanian Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 21 to ask that Jordan back the proposal for a diplomatic conference to adopt the new international Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement emblem when Switze [...]	2005-08-21 12:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ JO ICRC
05AMMAN686	BACKGROUND ON DETENTION OF PROFESSIONAL [...] (SBU) Background on the detention of Jordanian Ali Hattar by GOJ authorities follows. 2. (U) After delivering a lecture on December 14, 2004 at the professional associations headquarters in Amman, Hattar was detained and charged with violating Article 191 of the Penal Code for "slandering [...]	2005-01-27 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM IS JO
05AMMAN6898	ROYAL COMMISSION PREPARING TO RELEASE "NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Commission charged by King Abdullah with drafting a National Agenda has nearly completed its work. Commission staff say 80% of the agenda's recommendations are approaching final form. There is still disagreement over a new elections law, however, with traditionalists [...]	2005-08-25 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI JO
05AMMAN6925	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION: [...] Post has contacted appropriate ministries and NGOs per ref A in order to update ref B reporting on the worst forms of child labor in Jordan, and the efforts in place to combat them. The bulk of the information from ref B remains unchanged, and the worst forms of child labor, as defined in ILO [...]	2005-08-28 11:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JO USAID
05AMMAN709	GOJ CLOSES RANKS AGAINST PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) On January 26 police broke up an unlicensed rally at the headquarters of Jordan's professional associations, allegedly beating Islamic Action Front members of parliament. The associations continue to defy the Interior Minister's order that they end their political activities. The gover [...]	2005-01-27 15:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI JO
05AMMAN7438	TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan,s State Security Court (SSC) began new proceedings against a group of 17 charged with planning to attack Americans in Amman and Jordanian intelligence officers. Meanwhile, the defense attorney for one of nine defendants on trial for plotting the April 2004 attempted chemic [...]	2005-09-15 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO
05AMMAN7600	JORDANIAN AL-TAHRIR ACTIVISTS ARRESTED [...] Jordan's state prosecutor charged three men on September 21 with belonging to the illegal Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party). The three men were arrested in July for distributing leaflets among delegates at the First International Conference of Muslim Scholars, a meeting spo [...]	2005-09-25 03:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KISL PTER JO
05AMMAN7708	COMBATING EXTREMISM - JORDAN [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Amman has been working to strengthen local traditions of dialogue, tolerance, and intellectual exchange as foils against extremist ideas - and to help such values emerge where they are absent - for several years. We use a wide panoply of State Department and other USG pro [...]	2005-09-28 05:35:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KDEM KMPI KISL KPAO EAID ECON PHUM PREL JO
05AMMAN7825	JORDAN SEEKS MEMBERSHIP ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post received a diplomatic note dated September 25 from the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, addressed to all missions in Amman, seeking support for the nomination of Jordan for membership on the UN Human Rights Committee for 2007-2009. 2. The GOJ has not yet raised this request with us in other [...]	2005-10-03 07:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL JO UNHRC
05AMMAN7955	REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 12:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05AMMAN8451	LEAHY VETTING COMPLETED FOR JORDANIAN COESPU [...] Per ref, Post has found no indication that the Jordanian COSEPU attendees named below, are implicated in human rights abuses. Additionally, Post has confirmed that they are officers in good standing with the Jordanian Armed Forces. 2. The attendees are: LTC Gassan Al Dalaeen; LTC Salem Ele [...]	2005-10-27 04:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PHUM JO
05AMMAN8935	JORDAN: UN THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-16 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IR JO UNHRC
05AMMAN8982	JORDAN: APPEAL FOR EARTHQUAKE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A demarche November 17 to Ambassador Mohammed Siraj, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department. Siraj said that he would forward our request to the appropriate Jordanian relief organizations, as well as to Jordanian representatives attending the Novembe [...]	2005-11-17 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SENV EAID JO PAK
05AMMAN9040	"AMMAN MESSAGE" INTERFAITH IFTAR PROMOTES [...] Summary. The Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) hosted an interfaith conference on October 31 in Amman. With post financial help, the conference brought together representatives of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism from the U.S. and the Middle East to discuss moderation [...]	2005-11-22 09:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KIRF PREL PHUM KPAO JO
05AMMAN9290	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 - JORDAN [...] Post is planning two events to commemorate Human Rights Day. Both feature former Ambassador Swanee Hunt who will be in Jordan December 9 - 11. Amb. Hunt will participate in programs on women's rights as an integral part of human rights. She has worked with Jordanian and Iraqi women on thes [...]	2005-11-30 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO JO
05AMMAN9295	DETAINEE ABUSE: ICRC ON DETENTION FACILITY ACCESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)'s Iraq mission (based in Amman) plans to seek access to Iraqi detention facilities as well as non-permanent places of detention under MNF-I control over the next three weeks. Iraq ICRC Head of Delegation Karl Mattli told visiting [...]	2005-11-30 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV PINS MOPS IZ JO
05AMMAN9472	URGENT MDA DEMARCHE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-07 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS JO ICRC
05AMMAN9473	Embassy Amman Public Outreach following [...] Embassy Amman's Public Affairs Office conducted outreach activities in support of the goals outlined in reftel. The text of the Secretary's statement of December 5 was posted on the main homepage of the mission website at the top of the page. Post also electronically distributed the Secretar [...]	2005-12-07 17:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO OIIP JO
05AMMAN9515	TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court began proceedings in four separate cases against groups charged with planning to use cyanide to kill bar owners and patrons, illegally entering Syria to attack U.S. forces in Iraq, and plotting to attack U.S. personnel in Jordan. The court said it wo [...]	2005-12-08 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC JO IZ SY
05ANKARA1074	TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based European diplomats confirm our assessment that Turkey's EU candidacy remains adrift more than two months after the EU decided at the December Summit to set a date for accession negotiations. PM Erdogan has yet to name a lead EU negotiator, and since the Summit has tr [...]	2005-02-28 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1097	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...]	2005-03-02 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1169	USG ICTY POLICY [...] We delivered reftel talking points concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to GOT MFA Balkans officials Kasim Cavusoglu and Gizem Sucuoglu. Both said that Turkey had been following this issue for a long time and agreed with the U.S. position, saying that peop [...]	2005-03-04 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI TU
05ANKARA1171	LABOR-RELATED CHALLENGES AND INITIATIVES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-04 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA119	SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points January 7 to Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Department Head Botsali. Botsali said Turkey strongly supports the IMIE. He asked for specific suggestions about the type of help IMIE seeks [...]	2005-01-10 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IZ TU
05ANKARA1231	TURKISH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL SAYS MOST [...] (C) Summary: A close Embassy contact in the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) retired early in frustration after being unable to overcome resistance within the ministry to EU reform; she returned at the insistence of the Justice Minister. The official, an expert on EU law, told us the MOJ Undersecreta [...]	2005-03-08 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1275	MEIN KAMPF - WHAT TODAY'S YOUNG TURKS ARE READING [...] (C) Summary: Mein Kampf has climbed to the top 10 on Turkish bestseller lists, with sales jumping dramatically in the last couple of months. A spokesman for the Jewish community said he has warned publishers that the book could provoke anti-Semitism, and questioned why it is selling at a disc [...]	2005-03-10 10:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1339	EU TROIKA VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEFICIENCIES IN [...] (C) Summary: In a visit overshadowed by media images of police beating demonstrators in Istanbul (septel),the EU Troika visited Ankara March 6-7 to discuss the upcoming accession talks with Turkey. PM Erdogan and FM Gul insisted the GOT remains focused on EU-related reform. However, EU cont [...]	2005-03-11 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1340	EU FURIOUS OVER GOT HANDLING OF POLICE VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based EU diplomats say EU leaders are furious over the GOT's continued poor handling of the violent March 6 police crackdown on International Women's Day demonstrators in Istanbul. FM Gul promised an investigation; however PM Erdogan, Justice Minister Cicek, and other GOT [...]	2005-03-11 17:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1342	PROTESTANTS FACE HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE IN [...] (C) Summary: Since December 2004, New Zealand native Erik Oosterbroek (strictly protect),the leader of one of Tarsus' Protestant communities, has been threatened first verbally (by no less than the town's MHP Mayor) and later physically, when a former Turkish pastor in town - who later reconv [...]	2005-03-14 07:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1472	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA ALLOCATES "157" HOTLINE NUMBER [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news article about TIP in Turkey. 2. (U) Published Thursday, March 10 by the semi-official Anatolian News Agency; http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/: TITLE: Foreign Ministry Allocate [...]	2005-03-15 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1476	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: LOCAL KURDISH BROADCASTING [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's High Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) continues to block Kurdish-language broadcasting at the local level, nearly three years after Parliament initially passed EU-related legislation aimed at lifting restrictions. The manager of a Diyarbakir station told us RTUK deni [...]	2005-03-15 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1511	TURKISH IMAMS DELIVER ANTI-MISSIONARY SERMON [...] (U) Summary: Under instructions from the GOT's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet),imams across Turkey delivered a sermon March 11 depicting Christian missionaries as part of an organized force aiming to "steal the beliefs of our young people and children." The sermon, part of a broade [...]	2005-03-16 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1550	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: GOVERNOR REJECTS CLAIMS OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-17 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1552	CARLIN TALKS TIP TACTICS WITH JUDICIAL OFFICIALS; [...] (U) IIP Speaker Barbara Carlin, Resident Legal Attache in Skopje, Macedonia, brought her expertise on prosecution of human trafficking cases to Turkey to support a Ministry of Justice conference for 50 judges and prosecutors on February 9. The conference, organized by the International Orga [...]	2005-03-17 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG TU OIIP TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1570	WOMEN'S ISSUES IN IRAN [...] SUMMARY. Interviews with several Iranian women active on women's issues from across the political spectrum offered a mixed perspective on the status of women in Iran. Both conservative leaders of women's NGOs and other working women discussed the need for greater independence for Iranian wom [...]	2005-03-18 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CVIS IR

05ANKARA1671	ENCOURAGING EU CONDITIONALITY ON GOTOVINA [...] (C) On March 17 we presented reftel Gotovina demarche to MFA EU Political Affairs Officer Ege Turemen, who agreed that Croatia should cooperate with the ICTY. Turemen expressed concern over press articles that suggested the criticisms against Croatia could spill over and affect Turkish EU ac [...]	2005-03-23 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC HR TU
05ANKARA1672	CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) On March 18 we presented reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Department Head for Disarmament Sabri Ergen, who thanked us and said he appreciated receiving the U.S. point of view as part of the overall picture regarding U.S.-E.U. relations. Ergen did not comment on the text of the demarche. DE [...]	2005-03-23 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CM TU
05ANKARA1673	DEMARCHE REQUEST - UNHCR 61 [...] (C) On March 18 we presented reftel UNHCR 61 demarche to Turkish MFA Department of Human Rights Section Head Nilvana Darama, who thanked us for sharing U.S. views regarding its priorities. Darama confirmed that Turkey supported EU positions on various resolutions and planned to co-sponsor [...]	2005-03-23 09:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
05ANKARA1776	TIP in Turkey: Developments in regional law [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's Mobile Training Team is training law enforcement authorities in the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia on measures to counter human smuggling and trafficking in persons. The foreign ministers of Turkey and Georgia recently signed a protocol on cooperation in anti- traff [...]	2005-03-28 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1777	TIP IN TURKEY: Interior Ministry reports details on [...] (U) During a March 3 meeting with Mehmet Terzioglu, the Interior Ministry's Head of the Department for Foreigners, Borders, and Asylum, we requested information on the following trafficking in persons cases appearing recently in the Turkish media. The response received is provided b [...]	2005-03-28 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1878	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...]	2005-04-01 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1880	MERSIN FLAG INCIDENT OVERSHADOWS GENERALLY [...] (C) Summary: Nevruz celebrations in southeastern Turkey on March 20 and 21 were significantly larger than in previous years and, with some minor exceptions, peaceful. While local authorities in some cases objected to the use of the Kurdish spelling &Newruz,8 officials approved most petitions [...]	2005-04-01 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1883	SOUTHEAST TURKEY: IRF ISSUES IN MALATYA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with a member of the Protestant community in Malatya on March 22 to discuss religious freedom issues. According to British national Angus Reid (please strictly protect),a small group of worshipers are meeting in private homes and are not being prevented by authoritie [...]	2005-04-01 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA1935	MINISTER DECLARES MISSIONARIES "SEPARATIST AND DESTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary: State Minister Aydin, who oversees the GOT's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet),released a statement labeling missionary activities in Turkey "separatist and destructive" and implying that missionaries are part of an organized effort by foreign governments to create divis [...]	2005-04-04 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2061	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - A WEAK LINK IN TURKISH REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turks cite history to argue that Turkey is a model of religious tolerance. They assert that the existence of diverse religious communities in the Ottoman Empire and the acceptance of the Jews who migrated to Istanbul after expulsion from Spain in 1492 proves Turkey is free of rel [...]	2005-04-08 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2074	SOUTHEAST TURKEY: TUNCELI GOVERNOR OKAYS [...] (C) Summary: After allegedly being threatened by Tunceli's Jandarma Commander on February 7 (reftel),Attorney Huseyin Aygun filed charges with the Public Prosecutor against the Commander. Tunceli Deputy Governor Ozkan Demir told poloff in a March 24 meeting that the Tunceli Governor - as the [...]	2005-04-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU
05ANKARA2076	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...]	2005-04-11 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2094	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in the weekly journal Temp [...]	2005-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2095	RE-EVALUATING THE LEAHY AMENDMENT: IMPORTANT STEP [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's increasingly critical contribution to stemming the flow of narcotics into the global supply chain can be strengthened by more U.S. assistance. Up until 1999, we were able to provide this assistance in the form of training, equipment, and demand reduction through the I [...]	2005-04-12 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR SNAR
05ANKARA2097	RELIGIOUS (UN)FREEDOM IN TURKEY: LONG-RESIDENT [...] (U) Summary: Authorities have given a long-resident Amcit Protestant pastor 15 days to depart Turkey because he does not have a work or residence permit. The pastor has been performing missionary work in Turkey for 20 years, and departs the country every three months to renew his tourist visa [...]	2005-04-12 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2192	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Monday, March 21 by Mil [...]	2005-04-18 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2206	MFA BLOCKING PURCHASE OF ABANDONED CHURCH [...] (U) Summary: An American pastor and his wife operate a Protestant "cultural center" in the Mediterranean tourist city of Antalya. Although their work is primarily religious, they hold work permits as owners of the company that runs the center, which includes a cafe and a room where community [...]	2005-04-19 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2242	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...]	2005-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2258	GOT SUMMARILY DEPORTS SYRIAN KURD [...] (U) Summary: The GOT in March summarily deported a Syrian army deserter without allowing the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to review his asylum petition. The Syrian, who was acquitted in a Turkish court on terrorism charges, claimed that because he is a Kurd and a de [...]	2005-04-21 08:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2313	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GOT ANTI-MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN WITH A FILIBUSTERING MINISTER AYDIN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador has emphasized to State Minister Aydin serious U.S. concerns about the GOT's anti-Christian missionary campaign, including a written statement by Aydin defining missionaries as a threat to the State and maligning Christianity. The U.S. has long urged the EU to supp [...]	2005-04-22 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2331	ASSAILANTS FIREBOMB PROTESTANT CHURCH, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE [...] (U) Summary: Unknown actors firebombed a Protestant church in Ankara in the early-morning hours April 21, causing minor damage. The attack followed an email threat to the church from a violent organization responsible for the attempted murder of a human rights activist in 1998. The organizati [...]	2005-04-25 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2349	Update on Van Hotel Case [...] (U) In February, a judge dismissed Amcit Victor Bedoian's civil case challenging the sale of his hotel in Van (reftel). The judge has since issued her reasoning in this case, which boils down to the finding that the hotel manager had written authorization from Bedoian, and was entitled to sel [...]	2005-04-27 06:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV PHUM TU
05ANKARA238	EU/CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-13 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CU PHUM PREL TU
05ANKARA2380	BTC pipeline in Turkey still aiming for late [...] (SBU) Summary: While working to deliver the Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey has pushed Turkey's state pipeline company BOTAS to operate much closer to international standards, it has encountered great difficulty managing the variety of sub-contracts on the job. BOTAS has had to seque [...]	2005-04-27 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM TU BTC
05ANKARA2388	SE TURKEY: SYRIACS CELEBRATES NEW YEAR, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Syriac community in Mardin province expressed to poloff satisfaction about a first-ever (for Turkey) Syriac New Year celebration held on April 1. At the same time, they expressed concern about a property dispute brewing in Bardakci village of Mardin, whe [...]	2005-04-27 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2491	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Wednesday, April 20 in [...]	2005-05-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2525	OCALAN LIKELY TO GET RETRIAL [...] (U) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to rule on May 12 that Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),did not receive a fair trial when he was convicted in 1999. Contacts say such a verdict would likely lead to a retrial in a Turkish co [...]	2005-05-03 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU PKK
05ANKARA2585	SE TURKISH GOVERNORS TONE DEAF ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD CASC TU
05ANKARA2602	GERMAN CHANCELLOR URGES FURTHER GOT REFORM [...] (U) Summary: During his May 3-4 visit to Turkey, German Chancellor Schroeder praised GOT leaders for past reforms and encouraged further progress. He assured PM Erdogan and President Sezer that the EU will keep its commitment to open accession talks with Turkey in October. He said the German [...]	2005-05-06 06:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA2606	BTC PIPELINE IN TURKEY STILL AIMING FOR LATE 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: While working to deliver the Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey has pushed Turkey's state pipeline company BOTAS to operate much closer to international standards, it has encountered great difficulty managing the variety of sub-contracts on the job. BOTAS has had to seque [...]	2005-05-06 08:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM TU BTC
05ANKARA2689	COE EXPERT: TURKISH PRISONS RUN WITH "LOCK DOWN" [...] (C) Summary: A Council of Europe (COE) prison expert says the design of Turkey's high-security F-type prisons meets European standards, but some practices are draconian. Inmates are allowed very little time outside their cells. There is no evidence of systematic torture, but prison officials p [...]	2005-05-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2720	EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MAY 3 MEETING WITH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) Summary: Calling on Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan May 3, EUR DAS Kennedy urged continued GOT focus on trafficking in persons and laid out a suggested plan for bilateral consultations through 2005. Tuygan appeared frustrated with the EU. Kennedy urged Turkey to stay positively engaged with the [...]	2005-05-11 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA2726	TURKEY ON EDGE OVER EXPECTED EUROPEAN COURT OF [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to announce May 12 that Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) did not receive a fair trial in 1999 and is entitled to a retrial. Nationalism is always volatile in Turkey, and an Ocalan retrial c [...]	2005-05-11 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
05ANKARA2750	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES SAY GOT BILL FAILS TO SOLVE [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is reviewing a draft bill designed to address the issue of properties seized by the Turkish State from religious minority communities. Representatives of the Christian and Jewish communities say the bill would have only minimal favorable impact, primarily because it would [...]	2005-05-13 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2782	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...]	2005-05-16 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2821	TURKEY WRESTLES WITH ECHR RULING QUESTIONING DUE [...] (C) Summary: Confusion and attempts to pass the buck among branches of government and between GOT and the Turkish State mark the Turkish reaction to European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that Turkey did not observe due process in interrogating and trying PKK terrorist leader Ocalan in 19 [...]	2005-05-18 10:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2837	ABSENT GOT LEADERSHIP, TURKISH MILITARY LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report heavy Turkish military presence in southeastern Turkey. Adana PO reports that, while rural flows of recruits to the PKK may be occurring, contacts are not seeing a similar phenomenon from urban areas. Absent any Erdogan government strategy for dealing with the [...]	2005-05-19 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM TU
05ANKARA2839	SE TURKEY: DSM EXPERIMENT DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary: DEHAP leaders have yet to realize their hopes of creating a new, national-level, moderate political party from the Democratic Society Movement (DSM) announced last fall. One observer attributes the delay to both the PKK,s popularity and pro-Kurdish politicians, need to recalcula [...]	2005-05-20 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2840	AKP GOVERNMENT WEAKENS PENAL-CODE REFORM BILLS [...] (C) Summary: Attorney contacts say a set of last-minute amendments being reviewed by Parliament would weaken penal-code related reform legislation that lawmakers originally approved in late 2004 to bolster Turkey's EU candidacy. The amendments curtail some of the rights of suspects and detain [...]	2005-05-20 07:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2900	DEMARCHE TO GOT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered reftel A points May 18 to MFA U/S Tuygan, reiterating points raised by EUR DAS Kennedy during her May 3 visit to Ankara. He emphasized that PM Erdogan and FM Gul should be prepared to discuss human rights issues during their upcoming visit to Washington. 2. (C) [...]	2005-05-23 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM US EU TU
05ANKARA3032	GOT INTIMIDATION FORCES CANCELLATION OF [...] (U) This is a joint Ankara-Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Under accusations of treason by GOT and other political leaders, and the threat of prosecution, Bogazici University officials announced May 24 their last-minute decision to cancel a conference at which independent-minded intellectua [...]	2005-05-27 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA3055	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...]	2005-06-01 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3105	FRENCH AND DUTCH "NO'S": MINIMAL INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Ruling AKP and most pundits and media channels say they have taken the French and Dutch "no" votes in stride and opine that the results will not affect Turkey's Oct. 3 start date for EU harmonization. Markets have reacted in a similarly low-key way. However, in the midst of cont [...]	2005-06-03 05:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU EUN EU
05ANKARA3112	HIGH COURT RULES FOR CLOSURE OF TEACHERS' UNION [...] (U) Summary: A Turkish appeals court ruled May 25 for the closure of Egitim Sen, the country's largest teachers' union, on the grounds that the union's bylaw violates the Constitution by advocating education in "mother tongues," which would include Kurdish. The union will appeal the ruling to [...]	2005-06-03 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA3164	CODEL KOLBE VISITS ANKARA, JUNE 2 [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 visit to Ankara, CODEL Kolbe met with FM Gul and Parliament Speaker Arinc. Representative Kolbe reminded both Gul and Arinc of the importance of political leaders speaking out in support of our bilateral relationship. Gul emphasized the "common values" he asserted t [...]	2005-06-06 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU CY PHUM IR
05ANKARA3165	CONGRESSIONAL TURKEY STUDY GROUP/CODEL WEXLER [...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Turkey Study Group visited Turkey May 31 - June 2, meeting with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, CHOD Ozkok, Economy Minster and chief EU negotiator Babacan, DefMin Gonul, Parliament Speaker Arinc. Media coverage was positive, even from normally anti-U.S. outlets. All expr [...]	2005-06-06 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SY CY IZ PHUM
05ANKARA3166	FOLLOW-UP TO ILO DEMARCHES [...] Further to ref A and C demarches, Turkish MFA Head of Multilateral Economic Affairs Department Arar wrote the following in an email to Poloff: "We know the reasons behind the US position on the regular budget of the ILO. However it is difficult to support you on on this subject either, as the [...]	2005-06-06 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ELAB BB PHUM PREL ILO
05ANKARA3178	TURKEY ON 2005 TIP REPORT [...] We met with MFA's 2nd Secretary Ozlem Kural to deliver reftel demarche on June 3. Ms. Kural has newly taken up her position. She opined that the Tier 2 placement is "good" since, in her view, the GOT has worked hard on this issue in the past year. She mentioned that the GOT and the Governme [...]	2005-06-07 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3179	TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR MNF-I DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PINS PTER TU IZ XF
05ANKARA3186	GOT AND IOM LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: The IOM and the GOT, with funding from the U.S., launched a first major multi-country prevention campaign to combat human trafficking across Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova. The campaign includes a toll-free "157" helpline, multi-national multi-media advertising, and passport inserts. [...]	2005-06-08 04:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3189	REACTIONS TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on June 1 to MFA Africa Department Political Officer Melih Teves. Teves declined to provide responses on the Ethiopian post-election period, saying the matter needed further study. On June 6, Teves again declined to comment because his office had not yet rec [...]	2005-06-08 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM ET TU
05ANKARA3191	TURKEY'S SYRIACS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-08 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA3199	CABINET SHUFFLES AND THE LONG SQUEEZE: PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Long rumored to be considering a cabinet re-shuffle, PM Erdogan has made his first move suddenly and in limited fashion. However, more ministers in a cabinet which is still dominated by people loyal to Erdogan's chief internal rival FonMin Gul may be in Erdogan's sights as he tries slo [...]	2005-06-08 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ANKARA331	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...]	2005-01-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3388	TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR MNF-I DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 17:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINS PTER TU IZ XF
05ANKARA3415	MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO SWISS [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Head of International Political Organizations Levent Sahinkaya, who already had in his possession copies of the Swiss Circular Note, the Draft Rules of Procedure and the Draft Third Additional Protocol. Sahinkaya confirmed: -- the Turkish Amb [...]	2005-06-16 07:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ TU ICRC
05ANKARA3490	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]	2005-06-20 06:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3500	TURKISH MFA ON UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA issued one bland statement about Andijon and called in the Uzbek Ambassador shortly after the killings. Although DDG Karslioglu asserts that the Turkish statement was a strong message on human rights, MFA Uzbekistan Department Head doubts that Uzbek diplomats her [...]	2005-06-20 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UZ TU
05ANKARA3637	TURKEY'S EU EFFORT PLAGUED BY LOW MORALE, [...] (C) Summary: Top GOT leaders insist publicly that the rejection of the EU Constitution in France and the Netherlands will not affect Turkey's EU candidacy, though our MFA contacts concede that recent events in Europe have sapped morale. The GOT's recently-appointed lead EU negotiator must org [...]	2005-06-27 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN TU EU
05ANKARA3669	GOT PAPER OUTLINES CONCERNS ON EU "FRAMEWORK" [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has distributed to EU-member-state governments a paper outlining its concerns about the EU's upcoming Framework for Negotiations with Turkey. In the paper, the GOT urges the EU to adopt the Framework before the October 3 start date of Turkey's EU talks, and to avoid addin [...]	2005-06-28 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU BRUSSELS USEU
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3887	REHN WARNS FM GUL THAT FOUNDATIONS LAW "FALLS [...] (C) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn sent a letter to FM Gul warning that the GOT's draft Law on Foundations "falls short of European standards" despite some positive elements. Rehn states that the draft in its current form would lead to numerous cases against Turkey in the European [...]	2005-07-06 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE EU
05ANKARA3998	MAGEN DAVID ADOM (MDA) DEMARCHE: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche June 24 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Head Botsali, who handles OIC matters and was leaving to attend the OIC meeting in Sanaa. He called the subject a technical matter and doubted it would be on the meeting agenda. 2. (C) Botsali called us back Ju [...]	2005-07-08 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL TU ICRC
05ANKARA4031	GOT DISCOURAGES VISIT TO SOUTHEAST BY GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials tried to discourage a German Protestant Church delegation from visiting southeastern Turkey as part of a fact-finding mission on refugee issues. The Turkish press reported that the MFA and national intelligence organization (MIT) sent a letter warning governors not t [...]	2005-07-11 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA411	TURKEY: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, [...] In response to reftel, the following is Mission's contribution to the 2004-5 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record." 2. Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president with limited powers elected by the single-chamber p [...]	2005-01-26 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA4117	TIP IN TURKEY: REACTIONS TO NEW YORK TIMES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Craig Smith's June 27 New York Times article on Slavic women working in Turkey's growing sex trade has received mixed reaction in Turkey. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On June 28 Hurriyet columnist, Kanal D News Director and news magazine host Fatih Altayli wrote that he had reported [...]	2005-07-15 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4149	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Friday, July 1: [...]	2005-07-18 10:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4182	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: UPDATE ON PRO-PKK POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA4245	EUR/SE DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO ADANA: KURDISH [...] (C) Summary:Incoming EUR/SE Dep. Director Baxter Hunt visited Adana on July 19, meeting with local AK Party officials, attorneys and human rights advocates, and 39th Wing officials. AK party officials expressed confidence about the continuing appeal of the party and cited the lack of U.S. act [...]	2005-07-22 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM TU PKK
05ANKARA4316	TRABZON'S COMLEKCI DISTRICT, THE BLACK SEA'S [...] (C) Summary: A June 27 New York Times article by Craig Smith on prostitution in Turkey gives an account of the prostitution situation in the Comlekci District of Trabzon. Prostitution is indeed rampant in Trabzon, as witnessed by PolOffs. What is not clear, however, is if trafficking is equa [...]	2005-07-27 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA4456	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: ALEVI COMMUNITIES SEEK HIGHER [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Alevis in southeastern Turkey of varying ethnic backgrounds recently have offered useful insight into the ongoing Anatolia-wide debate about the future shape of their faith and how they feel that the EU accession process might impact on [...]	2005-08-02 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ANKARA4458	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: POLITICAL TRENDS, PKK, KURDISH [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Southeast Turkey human rights contacts and likely post-DEHAP Kurdish political activists paint different, but equally discouraging, pictures of the region's political trajectory. Longtime Diyarbakir human rights contacts said that they [...]	2005-08-02 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU
05ANKARA4481	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 16-31, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, July 17: [...]	2005-08-02 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA4618	DELIVERANCE OF TIP STRATEGY FOR TURKEY [...] We met August 2 with MFA Asylum and Migration deputy directorate officer Ozlem Kural to deliver the reftel Trafficking in Persons Strategy for Turkey. Kural welcomed the strategies and assured us that Turkey was working diligently on the trafficking issue. MCELDOWNEY [...]	2005-08-08 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4621	TURKEY'S 157 TIP HELPLINE: IT SAVES LIVES [...] Summary: The USG's financing of a trafficking prevention campaign, put into effect by the International Office for Migration (IOM) working closely with the GOT, has demonstrated outstanding results from reclaimed lives to governmental cooperation. Twenty-four victims of trafficking have bee [...]	2005-08-08 10:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4794	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31: [...]	2005-08-16 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA482	TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP REQUIRES ADEQUATE [...] (C) Summary. European Commission social policy sector manager in Ankara Zeynep Aydemir told us EU membership will require Turkey to guarantee full rights for trade unions and to establish a clear legal definition regarding the burden of proof in legal disputes. Aydemir attaches major signific [...]	2005-01-28 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA4842	TURKISH PM'S KURDISH INITIATIVE: SEARCHING FOR [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan is portraying his public extension of a hand to Turkey's Kurds as the democratic alternative to resolving what he calls "the Kurdish problem". However, the ad hoc, undefined nature of his approach and rhetoric have left him vulnerable to charges that he has no real pl [...]	2005-08-17 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU
05ANKARA4951	"ALTERNATIVE" ARMENIAN CONFERENCE RESCHEDULED IN [...] (U) This is a joint AmCon Istanbul/Embassy Ankara message. 2. (C) Summary: A conference at which independent-minded intellectuals will speak about the massacres of Armenians in 1915, canceled in May after Turkish government pressure (ref A),has been rescheduled for September 23-25 in Ist [...]	2005-08-24 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
05ANKARA5107	TURKEY: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Turkey has made a commitment to eliminate child labor as it pursues its EU membership bid. The GOT's short-term goal is to limit and improve the conditions under which children work. The GOT's long-term goal is to increase access to basic and vocational education as a means of improving the [...]	2005-09-01 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
05ANKARA5109	GOT WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY FOLLOWING THROUGH ON [...] (C) Summary: Political observers widely credit PM Erdogan with breaking new rhetorical ground on the Kurdish issue in the context of his recent visit to Diyarbakir. But contacts say they doubt the GOT is prepared to follow through on the initiative. Members of the (PKK-related) Democratic Peo [...]	2005-09-01 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5115	PKK FUNERAL CLASH INDICATES RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) Summary: One demonstrator was found dead following an August 28 clash in Batman between police and a group of PKK sympathizers trying to claim the bodies of six PKK fighters killed by Turkish military forces. Relatives of the victim say he was shot to death by police; the Batman police chi [...]	2005-09-01 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
05ANKARA5140	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005 [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]	2005-09-02 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5163	GOT HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL RESIGNS, OFFICE MAY BE [...] (C) Summary: Vahit Bicak, head of the GOT's Human Rights Presidency, told us he will resign this month, out of frustration over the lack of support for the office from PM Erdogan and other GOT leaders. He said Erdogan informed him that he will not back a plan to create a new, independent huma [...]	2005-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5233	ORHAN PAMUK CASE - CHARGE' TELEGRAPHS USG CONCERNS [...] (C) During a September 7 meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ali Tuygan, CDA McEldowney raised the freedom of speech court case that has been brought against world-renowned author Orhan Pamuk. Pamuk has been charged with "insulting Turks" for written remarks in which he made reference to the Armeni [...]	2005-09-08 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
05ANKARA5281	PM, MINISTER CRITICIZE STATE OF ISLAMIC WORLD [...] (U) Summary: PM Erdogan and State Minister Aydin recently made public statements criticizing the state of the Islamic world and calling on Muslims to uphold the values of their faith. Using strikingly similar language, the GOT leaders said the Islamic world lags behind the West in terms of so [...]	2005-09-09 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5319	TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH
05ANKARA5342	TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...]	2005-09-14 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5351	GOT DENIES IT PLANS TO CLOSE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] (U) The Prime Ministry issued a written statement September 8 denying press reports indicating that the GOT had decided against the creation of an independent human rights institution and was considering closing the existing Human Rights Presidency (reftel). According to the statement, the GO [...]	2005-09-14 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5393	CONTACTS FORESEE CONTINUED CONFLICT IN SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-15 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
05ANKARA5533	TURKEY AND BTC: WAITING FOR OIL AT THE GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Georgia are competing to see which will be the limiting bottleneck for first oil in the BTC pipeline, each side pointing vigorously at the other. As the contest will have contractual ramifications for settling construction delays and cost overruns, it has led to som [...]	2005-09-23 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM EINV TU BTC
05ANKARA5621	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Thursday, September [...]	2005-09-27 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5632	CDA DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH MINISTER AYDIN [...] (U) Summary: CDA emphasized to State Minister Aydin during a September 21 meeting the importance the USG places on religious freedom, and asked if he would join her in efforts to promote religious tolerance in Turkey. Aydin averred that he supports such efforts in principle, but they are poli [...]	2005-09-27 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA589	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 4 of 4 (septel). Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT issued 26 humanitarian visas to allow victims [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA590	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA591	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA592	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...]	2005-02-02 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5932	TURKS BITTER, RESIGNED AS EU DELIBERATES - "IT'S [...] (U) Summary: Turkish leaders across the political spectrum displayed wounded pride and bitter resignation on the eve of the planned October 3 start of EU accession talks. Turkey has done its part, PM Erdogan and FM Gul stressed; the decision now rests with the EU. The public mood has turned [...]	2005-10-03 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU
05ANKARA5948	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, September [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Bu Gun on Saturday, September [...]	2005-10-03 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA6060	GOT: NEW LAW ON THE MENTALLY DISABLED WILL ADDRESS [...] (U) Summary: An international NGO issued a report September 28 asserting that Turkey's treatment of the mentally disabled is "tantamount to torture." The report alleges that Turkish psychiatric institutions employ practices such as shock therapy and physical restraint in ways that violate int [...]	2005-10-06 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE

05ANKARA6229	REHN OFFERS TURKEY FRESH START, URGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Summary: During his October 5-8 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn offered a fresh start in Turkey's EU bid and called on the GOT to continue the reform process that enabled Turkey to open accession negotiations. Rehn pressed PM Erdogan, FM Gul and other GOT leaders to make [...]	2005-10-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE EU
05ANKARA6245	SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY ACTIVIST ON PKK AND GOT'S [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Diyarbakir Human Rights Association President Selahattin Demirtas reflects the views of many Consulate regional contacts regarding recent increased PKK activities in the Southeast. He believes that both the PKK and the military a [...]	2005-10-14 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU PHUM
05ANKARA6294	TURKEY AND BTC: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. As oil creeps through BTC toward the Turkish border, Turkish officials privately expect that a "first oil" ceremony will not be held in Ceyhan until March 2006. Meanwhile, a UK official looking at allegations of human rights abuses by BTC in Turkish villages, was generally [...]	2005-10-17 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PHUM EINV TU GG BTC
05ANKARA6300	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT DISCUSSES JUDICIAL [...] (U) Summary: Tulay Tugcu, newly elected president of Turkey's Constitutional Court, told Charge during an October 7 meeting that she is proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow individual citizens to apply directly to the Court. Tugcu defended the headscarf ban in universities as [...]	2005-10-18 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA6303	ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...]	2005-10-18 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6316	TURKEY: EDUCATION COUNCIL PRESIDENT SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Erdogan Tezic, president of Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK),told Charge during an October 17 meeting that he supports the reopening of the Halki seminary, and believes a solution can be found if Greece and Turkey discuss their respective religious minorities. He said Halk [...]	2005-10-19 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA6318	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...]	2005-10-19 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6401	TURKEY'S SUPPORT TO FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed Turkey's support for the Foundation for the Future October 21 with MFA Policy Planning officer Levent Gumrukcu. Asked about Turkey's likely contribution to the Foundation, Gumrukcu said his office had proposed USD 500,000 and was awaiting Foreign Minister Gul's approv [...]	2005-10-24 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU TU
05ANKARA6446	TURKISH MFA ON AZERBAIJAN ELECTIONS: QUIET [...] (C) Turkey's MFA says it has approached the GOAJ at all levels to express its desire for a free, fair, and transparent elections on November 6, but prefers not to do so publicly. The GOT expects Aliyev to win comfortably even without cheating. Turkey is sending a sizable contingent of offi [...]	2005-10-26 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TU AZ
05ANKARA6447	TURKEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) The ongoing suffering in Pakistan struck a deep chord in Turkey, leading to a broad outpouring of public interest and support for contributing to the earthquake relief effort, epitomized by Prime Minister Erdogan's October 20 visit to the affected area, during which he pledged $150 mill [...]	2005-10-26 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PK
05ANKARA6518	TURKISH MFA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On 31 October 2005, POLCOUNS and POLOFF delivered to Turkish MFA Acting Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Ambassador Aydin Evirgen reftel demarches. Evirgen responded by saying, "we share the same views on Ahmadi-Nejad's statement" and that it was "completely unacceptable." H [...]	2005-10-31 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM IR TU
05ANKARA6540	CONSULATE ADANA TRAVELS TO TUNCELI AND ELAZIG [...] Classified by AmCon Adana Principal Officer Walter S. Reid, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 3. (C) Summary: Officers from Consulate Adana traveled to Tunceli and Elazig provinces October 25 and 26 to discuss PKK movements and human right [...]	2005-11-02 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
05ANKARA6554	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]	2005-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6557	TURKEY COMMITTED TO ASSISTING PAKISTAN BUT [...] (SBU) On November 2, MFA officer Sebnem Incesu reiterated Turkey's commitment to assisting Pakistan. As noted in ref B, Turkey's initial pledge of USD 150 million led the list of international donors in terms of dollar amount. Incesu stated that a final decision regarding what additional ass [...]	2005-11-02 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM TU PK
05ANKARA6625	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Political Counselor Charles O. Blaha, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche and talking points to MFA Head of Human Rights Division Darama on November 9. Darama indicated that she would immediately forward our talking points to [...]	2005-11-09 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL TU
05ANKARA6754	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Milliyet and also reported by [...]	2005-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6763	GOT "SATISFIED" WITH EU REPORTS, DESPITE CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts say the November 9 EU reports on Turkey are acceptable to the GOT, although they have some objections to language relating to Greek Cypriot access to Turkish ports, minority language rights, and religious freedom. GOT leaders have been more supportive of the reports [...]	2005-11-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
05ANKARA6772	JANDARMA INVOLVEMENT IN BOMBING ROCKS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has been rocked by alleged jandarma involvement in a November 9 bombing in the town of Semdinli, in the ethnically-Kurdish southeastern province of Hakkari. After the blast, bystanders caught and severely beat three suspects. Police released two of the three, including a [...]	2005-11-17 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
05ANKARA6818	TURKEY - FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) With respect to other countries cited for generous thanks in ref A, Post notes that Turkey remains first in the line of donors with a plege of $150 million. 2. (SBU) On November 17, MFA Officer Sebnem Incesu reiterated Turkey's commitment to assisting Pakistan for both humanitarian [...]	2005-11-18 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV TU PAK
05ANKARA6930	TURKEY FACES OBSTACLES ON PATH TO EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Now that Turkey has begun EU accession talks, it faces the difficult prospect of meeting EU requirements regarding Cyprus, minority rights, religious freedom, civil-military relations, and freedom of expression. This will require Turkey to open debate on sensitive topics and chan [...]	2005-11-23 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
05ANKARA7067	BTC OIL REACHES TURKEY - CEYHAN IN SPRING 2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BTC first oil crossed the Turkish border from Georgia on November 17. First tanker loading at Ceyhan is expected in spring 2006, which is also the expected timing for a first oil inauguration ceremony. BTC has addressed complaints filed in the formal OECD investment complaint [...]	2005-12-01 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM EINV TU BTC
05ANKARA7098	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki visited Ankara November 30 to December 1 and met President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul and key opposition party leaders. Press coverage was low-key and largely positive. Turkish leaders reportedly gave Mottaki a "clear message," warning that Iran,s nuclear [...]	2005-12-02 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG PHUM ETRD IR TU
05ANKARA7219	URGING TURKS ON PAMUK TRIAL [...] (C) In advance of the December 16 start of the trial of novelist Orhan Pamuk for "insulting Turkishness," DCM met with MFA Deputy Under Secretary (and incoming ambassador to the United States) Nabi Sensoy to push hard for high-level GOT action to demonstrate their commitment to democracy and [...]	2005-12-09 05:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU
05ANKARA7223	TURKISH RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE THANK YOU [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche and talking points to MFA Head of Human Rights Division Nilvana Darama on December 8. Darama indicated that the GOT appreciates U.S. consideration of the sensitivity of the Turkish position. She reiterated that the GOT had to balance EU positions and rela [...]	2005-12-09 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA UNHRC TU
05ANKARA7242	TURKEY UNDER FIRE FOR HIGH-PROFILE SPEECH CASES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish prosecutors have recently opened a number of speech-related cases against high-profile writers and intellectuals, drawing sharp criticism from EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn and others. The number of such cases has actually dropped in recent years. However, political a [...]	2005-12-12 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ANKARA7255	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published in the November 8th edition of Ye [...]	2005-12-12 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7386	ESF FUNDING CRITICAL TO COMBATING TIP IN TURKEY [...] Summary: In FY 2004, we gave the International Office for Migration (IOM) a grant of $600,000 from ESF to assist with their efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey. With that $600,000 ESF allocation, the IOM has made a world of difference in Turkey's fight against traffickin [...]	2005-12-16 08:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA7394	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Thursd [...]	2005-12-16 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7513	THE CHANGING FACE OF POVERTY IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: While the incidence of extreme poverty is very low, nearly 25 percent of Turks live below the World Bank's international poverty line, with poor people increasingly concentrated in large cities. Despite an improving economy, regional disparities in income, together with intern [...]	2005-12-22 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM KWMN TU
05ANKARA7559	IRANIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST IN TURKEY SEEKING [...] (C) Summary: Well-known Iranian Kurdish activist Roya Toloui is currently in Turkey seeking re-settlement in a third country, preferably the U.S. She told us Iranian authorities tortured her in detention after her August arrest for allegedly organizing protests in Iranian Kurdistan. End Summ [...]	2005-12-23 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG PGOV PHUM PTER IR TU
05ANKARA7671	EU DELEGATION OBSERVES DANGEROUS TENSIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Ankara-based EU representatives recently observed what one member described to us as dangerously high tensions in the southeastern province of Hakkari following the November bombing of a bookstore, allegedly by Jandarma officers. Local residents resent what they v [...]	2005-12-30 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ANKARA7676	AMBASSADOR RAISES SPEECH CONCERNS WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador used his initial call on Turkish Justice Minister Cicek December 30 to warn that the recent series of speech-related prosecutions has damaged Turkey's image in the U.S. He said that traditional supporters of Turkey in Washington may not be helpful in the future if the [...]	2005-12-30 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA776	HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD CHAIRMAN RESIGNS AMID FEUD OVER [...] (C) Summary: The chairman and vice chairmen of a GOT human rights board resigned from the body in protest Feb. 7, asserting that the Prime Ministry dismissed them one year before their terms were up. The resignations followed a bitter dispute over the board's taboo-breaking October report on [...]	2005-02-09 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA800	ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS IN IRAN: LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT [...] SUMMARY. Two deacons of the Assyrian Christian church in Iran told Conoff that although Assyrians in Iran do not experience outright harassment, most of the small Assyrian community that remains seek to emigrate due to the lack of economic opportunities. END SUMMARY. FEW ASSYRIANS REMAIN I [...]	2005-02-11 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CVIS IR
05ANKARA814	GOT'S NEW APPROACH TO PROTESTANTS SPARKS BACKLASH [...] (U) Summary: Protestants in Turkey say the GOT has made tentative steps toward a more flexible approach to churches and missionaries, partly due to the influence of the EU process. For example, during Christmas authorities in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir for the first time gave permission for m [...]	2005-02-11 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA900	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM TRAINS EAST EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN [...] (U) On February 4, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) for embassy officials from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Representatives from the embassies of Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekista [...]	2005-02-16 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA902	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 1-10, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Wednesday, February 9 by M [...]	2005-02-17 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA903	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 11-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 13 by the [...]	2005-02-17 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA929	EX-MILITANTS CLAIM KONGRA-GEL "PEACEFUL" [...] (C) Summary: A group of ex-convict PKK militants faxed a letter to the Embassy making reference to the January U.S.-Turkey-Iraq talks on the PKK and claiming that the PKK successor organization Kongra-Gel seeks a peaceful solution to its conflict with the Turkish State. Officials from the pro [...]	2005-02-18 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ASUNCION1019	PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN STIRS THE WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the DOD Military Information Support Team (MIST),Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) recently began using Wanted Posters and media spots in the newspapers and on radio to obtain leads on their Most [...]	2005-08-11 17:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1025	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: --New Mission Chief to Cuba is Pro-Castro --Venezuelan Investment in Paraguay --Drugs, Thugs, Guns and Money --31 Small Economies Discuss Access at WTO --------------------------------------- New Mission Chief to Cuba is Pro-Castro --------------------------------------- 2 [...]	2005-08-13 19:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1044	PARAGUAY INTERIM RESPONSE REGARDING THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 16:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNCHR UNGA
05ASUNCION1053	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 14 [...] (U) Summary: -- Delay in Prosecution of Terrorist Supporter -- Candia is the New Attorney General -- Former Police Officers Imprisoned -- Entry of Cubans Concerns GOP -- New Immigration Security Measures Planned ------------------------------------------- Dela [...]	2005-08-22 18:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1063	PARAGUAY: READOUT OF THE FIRST LADIES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: From July 13-15, Paraguay hosted representatives from 20 countries at technical meetings in preparation of the 13th Western Hemisphere First Ladies Conference. The conference will be held September 28-30 in Asuncion. Delegates debated the Draft Declaration centered around the co [...]	2005-08-23 15:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN PA
05ASUNCION1068	AMEMBASSY ASUNCION TO SEND POLOFF TO DEMOCRACY AND [...] Per reftel, Asuncion plans to send Political Officer Sterling D. Tilley, Jr. to the Democracy and Human Rights Officers Conference scheduled to be held in Washington, DC, on September 26 - 27. Hotel reservations are confirmed at the Key Bridge Marriott. POLOFF will arrive on September 24 at [...]	2005-08-24 20:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OTRA
05ASUNCION1072	PARAGUAY 2005 CHILD LABOR REPORT UPDATE [...] The following responses are an update to the 2004 Child Labor Report (ref. B) The responses are based on input from the Ministry of Children and Adolescents, the Ministry of Education, the International Labor Organization (ILO),and Pro Joven (Pro Youth),a non-governmental organization. 2 [...]	2005-08-25 17:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KWMN PA AID
05ASUNCION1087	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 19:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MOPS PA
05ASUNCION1090	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 21 [...] Summary -- Ambassador Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthen US - GOP Relations -- Negotiating for Oviedo Release -- Cespedes is New Minister of Justice and Labor -- Visit Sparks New Interest in EXIM Financing --------------------------------------------- --------------- ---- Ambassador [...]	2005-08-30 15:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PINR PA
05ASUNCION1095	PARAGUAY: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC WHA [...] (S) The Taiwanese Ambassador to Paraguay took up his assignment this year. The Ambassador has infrequent social contact with him but believes the Taiwanese Ambassador would be amenable to contact on PRC activities. The Polcouns has relatively frequent social and professional contact with th [...]	2005-08-31 15:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	EAGR ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM PREL CH PA
05ASUNCION1107	PARAGUAY: CANDIDATE FOR ECOSOC VACANCY, ASKS FOR U.S. SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-01 21:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CU PA UNGA PHUM
05ASUNCION1120	PARAGUAY: ENTRY OF CUBANS CONCERNS GOP [...] (U) News articles in recent weeks alleged an alarming number of Cuban nationals are entering Paraguay. Confidential sources have confirmed the legal entry of SIPDIS significant numbers of Cubans into Paraguay since May 2005. Carlos Liseras, Director of Immigration, discussed this issue with [...]	2005-09-02 17:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION1121	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 28 [...] (U) Summary -- Smells Like Drugs -- Thousands Receive Medical Care -- Paraguay Interested in FTA - Someday ----------------- Smells Like Drugs ----------------- 2. (U) On August 26, the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) Canine Unit detected and seized 7.3 kilogra [...]	2005-09-02 18:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1144	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary -- Duarte to Veto Public Bank Law -- Deputies Block Investigation of Amambay Governor -- Esso Scores Judicial Victory -- Duarte-Frutos a Candidate for ANR Presidency -- Castiglioni Meets Senate about US-GOP Relations ------------------------------ [...]	2005-09-12 20:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD ECON PA
05ASUNCION1181	PARAGUAY'S RURAL UNREST: A RELATIVE CALM [...] (SBU) President Duarte's about-face and clear message that he would not tolerate road closures or land invasions served the useful purpose of dampening the rural unrest that captured continuous media attention and occasionally disrupted transportation and agricultural operations last year (ref [...]	2005-09-20 11:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAGR ELAB KDEM PA
05ASUNCION1186	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary -- Paraguay Fourth Worst in Wealth Disparities -- Paraguay Rejects Brazilian FM Statement ------------------------------------------- Paraguay Fourth Worst in Wealth Disparities ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) On 9/12, the United Nations Represe [...]	2005-09-20 19:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PA PREL ECON
05ASUNCION1246	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPT. 25 - [...] (U) Summary -- Export Agency Head To Visit Iran -- Death Of Customs Official Leaves Questions -- LOA for INL Funds Signed -- SENAD Agents Arrest Narco-Trafficker in Asuncion -- Paraguay 5th Worst in Global Competitiveness Report -- Asuncion Hosts First Ladi [...]	2005-10-04 19:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PA PREL ECON
05ASUNCION1259	PARAGUAY: URGENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: In support of the Office of Defense Cooperation, Post is requesting an expedited Human Rights Vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the individuals listed below that will be attending DOD sponsored training. All training activities are scheduled to begin on M [...]	2005-10-06 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MOPS PA
05ASUNCION1279	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON MILITARY [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: In support of the Office of Defense Cooperation, Post is requesting an expedited Human Rights Vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the individuals listed below that are attending DOD sponsored training. This list supplements the list transmitted in ref. B. [...]	2005-10-12 15:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MOPS PA
05ASUNCION1294	PARAGUAY ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] (U) On 10/14, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to MFA North America Desk Officer Luis Sosa. Sosa advised that he would forward the points to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ambassador Ceferino Valdez. 2. (C) According to Sosa, there is no kn [...]	2005-10-14 15:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR PA
05ASUNCION1321	UNESCO AND PARAGUAY: US APPEAL UNSUCESSFUL ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 21:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL PHUM SCUL UNESCO
05ASUNCION1328	PARAGUAY HOSTS LATIN AMERICAN FIRST LADIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 28-30, Paraguay hosted the 13th Conference of First Ladies, Spouses, and Representatives of Heads of State and Government of the Americas. The substantive theme of the 13th Conference was "Women and Family." First Ladies from 11 countries attended, including Co [...]	2005-10-24 12:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN PA
05ASUNCION1330	PARAGUAY: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN [...] (U) On 10/18, POLOFF delivered reftel points on the Paraguay TIP Tier 2 Action Plan to Julio Peralta, Director of International Organizations within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Peralta indicated that he would review and discuss the issue with his colleagues at the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]	2005-10-24 12:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL PA
05ASUNCION1332	PARAGUAY: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN [...] (U) On 10/18, POLOFF delivered reftel points on the Paraguay TIP Tier 2 Action Plan to Julio Peralta, Director of International Organizations within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Peralta indicated that he would review and discuss the issue with his colleagues at the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]	2005-10-24 12:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL PA
05ASUNCION1333	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO INITIATE A HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEAHY AMENDMENT, OF THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED BELOW THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO ATTEND DOD SPONSORED TRAINING. A. [...]	2005-10-24 12:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05ASUNCION1334	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO INITIATE A HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEAHY AMENDMENT, OF THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED BELOW THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO ATTEND DOD SPONSORED TRAINING. A. [...]	2005-10-24 12:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05ASUNCION1353	PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 18:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IR PA PTEL
05ASUNCION1385	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCT 30 - [...] (U) Summary: -- President Duarte Visits Japan -- UNCHR Petitions Paraguay -- Eye Patients Travel to Cuba for Treatment -- Miami Vice in Paraguay ----------------------------- President Duarte Visits Japan ----------------------------- 2. (U) On 10/31, President Duarte began a three-day [...]	2005-11-08 13:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PA
05ASUNCION1386	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCT 30 - [...] (U) Summary: -- President Duarte Visits Japan -- UNCHR Petitions Paraguay -- Eye Patients Travel to Cuba for Treatment -- Miami Vice in Paraguay ----------------------------- President Duarte Visits Japan ----------------------------- 2. (U) On 10/31, President Duarte began a three-day [...]	2005-11-08 13:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PA
05ASUNCION1399	PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE AND [...] On 11/8, A/DCM discussed reftel (A) points with the MFA's Director of International Organizations Julio Peralta stressing the importance we attached to support of the resolution on Iran. Peralta consulted with Paraguay's Mission to the UN in New York and later advised of Paraguay's intention [...]	2005-11-10 22:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PA UNHRC
05ASUNCION1413	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOV.06 - [...] (U) Summary: -- SENAD Dismantles Drug Band -- Russia Plans to Open an Embassy in Paraguay -- 35 Percent of Street Children are Victims of Sexual Exploitation -------------------------- SENAD Dismantles Drug Band -------------------------- 2. (U) On 11/08, SENAD agents dismantled a drug [...]	2005-11-15 17:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM SOCI KOCI SNAR PA
05ASUNCION1416	CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN PARAGUAY [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. SUMMARY: Abuse and neglect of Paraguayan children is a constant problem in the country. The number of complaints of mistreated children has increased in recent years with the sexual abuse and exploitation of children cited as the main problems [...]	2005-11-16 14:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KOCI PA
05ASUNCION1431	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOV. 13 - [...] (U) SUMMARY -- Castiglioni Vows To Continue Anti-Crime Fight -- Bishops Say Government Is Corrupt -- Vote on Ambassador to Cuba Postponed, Again -- Venezuelan Official Comes Unhinged --------------------------------------------- Castiglioni Vows To Continue Anti-Crime Fight --------------- [...]	2005-11-21 19:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PA VE
05ASUNCION1441	PARAGUAY: MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 21:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC
05ASUNCION1457	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOV. 20 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Just Can't Sniff Enough -- Impeachment Talk -- TIP Conviction Upheld -- Truth, Justice and the Stroessner Era ----------------------- Just Can't Sniff Enough ----------------------- 2. (U) On 11/20, Agents from the National Antinarcotics Secretariat (SENAD),with the a [...]	2005-11-28 21:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SMIG PA
05ASUNCION1466	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 18:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ODIP PGOV APER KPAO SMIG PA
05ASUNCION1498	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, DEC. 4 - 10 [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- President Signs Tourism Law -- Duarte to Run for Party President; Impeachment Proposal Submitted -- Oviedistas Hold Coordinated Protests --------------------------- President Signs Tourism Law --------------------------- 2. (U) On 12/5, President Duarte signed a new Tou [...]	2005-12-09 17:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PA
05ASUNCION1503	PARAGUAY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE THANK YOU AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 15:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA UNHRC
05ASUNCION173	PARAGUAY TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: --------------- --IADB project moving forward --Japanese Embassy announces bilateral project --NGO Luna Nueva finishes major TIP study --More Paraguayan women rescued in Argentina and Spain --Paraguay and Spain negotiating TIP agreement --President considering decree to establis [...]	2005-02-04 12:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL ELAB ASEC KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION226	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: ---------------- -- Colman Congressional Scandal Continues -- FonMin Meets Canadian leaders -- Paraguay Seeks TIP Extradition from Spain -- Chavez to Visit Paraguay? -- Hijazi Officially Charged -------------------------------------- Colman Congressional Scandal Continues -- [...]	2005-02-11 14:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SMIG ECON PINR PA
05ASUNCION308	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: -------------- --President Duarte and Chilean President Lagos talk security --Supreme Court rejects Barakat appeal --Prosecutors defeat teen prostitution ring --German national arrested for role in TIP ring --Colombian nationals arrested with false Bolivian passports --Fire in n [...]	2005-03-04 14:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN PINR PA
05ASUNCION387	CHILD MARRIAGE--PARAGUAY [...] Per reftel, Law 1/92 stipulates that the minimum age to contract marriage is 16. The law permits marriage at age 14 with judicial authorization. The age is the same for both boys and girls. 2. Teresa Sanchez, legal advisor to the Minister for Children and Adolescents, told PolOff that chi [...]	2005-03-21 11:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN PA
05ASUNCION411	PARAGUAY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO INTRODUCE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On March 17, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez publicly announced the GOP's plans to introduce a Mercosur human rights protocol that would provide for the suspension of any member state that violates human rights. The GOP hopes to garner other members' support for the protocol [...]	2005-03-23 20:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR CU CO PA VE
05ASUNCION416	PARAGUAY PETITIONS UNCHR FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On March 17, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez called on the members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) meeting in Geneva to assist the GOP in prosecuting and punishing criminals responsible for kidnappings, such as in the recent case of former Paraguayan [...]	2005-03-28 09:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KCRM CO PA
05ASUNCION455	CUBA RESOLUTION AT UNCHR: PARAGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-04 15:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PA CU CHR
05ASUNCION511	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS BELARUS RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] (U) On 4/13, UK Charge (representing the EU) and PolCoun met with Acting Foreign Minister Jose Martinez Lezcano urging Paraguay to vote against the no action motion on Belarus and in favor of the resolution before the UNCHR conveying concerns about human rights abuses in Belarus. Martinez c [...]	2005-04-15 15:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO PA PDEM
05ASUNCION533	PARAGUAY WILL NOT SUPPORT RESOLUTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 15:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CU PA UNHCR
05ASUNCION567	PARAGUAY: FM ON VENEZUELA, MONTGOMERY WATSON [...] (U) In a 4/21 meeting, FM Rachid and Ambassador discussed the assault on Paraguay's Ambassador to Venezuela, proper compensation of U.S. firm Montgomery Watson Harza, FTAA progress, status of an Open Skies agreement, Congressional consideration of privileges and immunities for participants i [...]	2005-04-26 20:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PA KICC VZ
05ASUNCION6	G/TIP VISIT REVIEWS PARAGUAY'S EFFORTS [...] Summary: On December 6, 7, and 8, G/TIP Senior Reporting Officer Linda Brown visited Paraguay as part of a four-country tour of South America. In meetings with Embassy officers, GOP officials, and representatives of NGOs, Brown discussed Paraguay's progress in combating trafficking in person [...]	2005-01-04 08:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KCRM PGOV PREL ASEC PA
05ASUNCION612	PARAGUAY ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 15:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM XM PA OAS
05ASUNCION629	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS OAS CONVENTION ON RACISM AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 18:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC PA USOAS
05ASUNCION638	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT INITIATE REVIEW OF AVAILABLE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS/FILES FOR CREDIBLE INFORMATION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING UNITS OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMY: A. BRIGAD [...]	2005-05-11 19:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05ASUNCION649	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 7-13 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Human rights agenda takes center stage this week -- Justice Rienzi re-appointment saga continues -- NDF and Rachid pursue increased trade with Arab countries -- SENAD agents capture narco-pilot wanted in Brazil Human rights agenda takes center stage this week [...]	2005-05-16 12:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ETRD SNAR KCRM PA VE
05ASUNCION699	PARAGUAY ON CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 20:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU PA ILO
05ASUNCION727	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT INITIATE REVIEW OF AVAILABLE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS/FILES FOR CREDIBLE INFORMATION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING UNITS OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMED FORCES AND POL [...]	2005-06-01 21:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05ASUNCION735	PARAGUAY LEANING TOWARD CUBA FOR ILO GOVERNING [...] On 6/2, Julio Peralta, MFA's Director for International Organizations, signaled to polcouns Paraguay was leaning towards supporting Cuba's candidacy for the ILO Governing Body. He advised that Cuba had weighed in early and often pushing its candidacy. Further, Paraguay felt compelled to tak [...]	2005-06-02 23:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU PA ILO
05ASUNCION742	PARAGUAY ON TIP REPORT, NEXT STEPS [...] On 6/2, Polcouns shared with Julio Peralta, the MFA's Director of International Organizations, an advance copy of the 2005 TIP report on Paraguay. Drawing from reftel points, Polcouns noted significant progress Paraguay had made in combating TIP particularly with regard to successful prosecu [...]	2005-06-06 13:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG PA KCRM
05ASUNCION746	PARAGUAY ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) Drawing on points in reftels (A) and (C) Ambassador reached Vice Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano (in absence of Foreign Minister and other Vice Foreign Minister, both of whom were traveling) to press for GOP support for Paolo Carozza. Ramirez noted the arguments in favor of Carozza, but w [...]	2005-06-06 19:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM XM PA OAS
05ASUNCION764	PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE TO ADOPT A THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 15:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA ICRC
05ASUNCION819	PARAGUAY: ADDITIONAL RESPONSE ON SWISS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-27 21:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF IS SZ PA ICRC
05ASUNCION841	MERCOSUR SUMMIT: LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-30 18:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN EFIN EPET ETRD KIPR CU PA KICC VZ

05ASUNCION905	PARAGUAY: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW JUSTICE AND [...] (U) Summary: On July 7, the Ambassador called on Ruben Candia Amarilla to congratulate him on his selection as Paraguay's new Minister of Justice and Labor (reftel). During the meeting, the Ambassador highlighted child labor, prison conditions, and lengthy delays in the Paraguayan judicial sys [...]	2005-07-13 13:35:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ELAB KJUS PA
05ASUNCION913	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 11 - 15 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 18:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KCRM PA PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
05ASUNCION936	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 16 - [...] (U) SUMMARY --------------- --Liberal Party Dissident Elected Comptroller --Customs Trys To Take Control of CD Imports --Protests Against US Troops --Hassan Barakat Has Fled to Beirut ------------------------------------------- Liberal Party Dissident Elected Comptroller ----------------- [...]	2005-07-25 18:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM ETRD PA
05ATHENS1268	MOLYVIATIS FOLLOWS UP ON TIP ISSUES IN GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with Ambassador (following a May 5 Interministerial Council on TIP --the result of Molyviatis's April 29 telcon with U/S Burns),Molyviatis undertook to speed up agreement with Albania on a child repatriation protocol, to provide more comprehensive trafficking [...]	2005-05-09 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN GR TIP
05ATHENS1611	NGOS LOOK FOR MORE COOPERATION ON TIP, GOG ADMITS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During May 23-25 meetings with visiting Foreign Affairs Officer for Southeastern Europe, Suzanne Yountchi, officials from the Ministries of Health (MOH),Justice (MOJ),Public Order (MPO),Foreign Aff [...]	2005-06-10 13:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM GR TIP
05ATHENS2376	GOVERNMENT FINALLY BANS PLANNED RACIST [...] Summary: On September 6 the Greek government said it would ban a planned pan-European "festival" of extreme right-wing political groups, sponsored by the Greek racist, neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. The gathering, scheduled for mid-late September and reportedly to include far-right groups such [...]	2005-09-12 12:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV KCRM GR HRIGHTS
05ATHENS2529	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GREECE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In Greece, the twin threats of extremism and violence stem more from a decades-old, homegrown anti-U.S., anti-NATO, anti-globalization sentiment that is deeply engrained in Greek society than from extremism exported from the Middle East. Domestic terrorist groups and an active a [...]	2005-09-27 13:53:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GR INTERNAL
05ATHENS2635	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF HHS ACF A/S DR. WADE HORN [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the October 8-12 visit of Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, HHS to Greece. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to reiterate our strong commitment to [...]	2005-10-06 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM TBIO EI GR HRIGHTS
05ATHENS2742	GREECE/TIP: NEW SHELTERS OPENED, BUT FEW VICTIMS [...] SUMMARY: The GoG continues to make progress on trafficking in persons (TIP) infrastructure, but has so far protected few victims. Probable causes are inadequate NGO involvement until now in the screening process and limited understanding on the part of the police and TIP victims of the prote [...]	2005-10-20 13:52:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV GR TIP
05ATHENS2759	VIEW FROM ATHENS: MOVING FORWARD ON MINORITY [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Athens welcomes the ideas presented in ref A, and the possibility of progress on minority rights issues between Greece and Turkey. From our side, Ambassador pitched the Halki-Athens mosque connection in July (ref B),to no avail. Unfortunately, the Greeks see this (with som [...]	2005-10-21 15:25:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCI HRIGHTS
05ATHENS2779	AMBASSADOR VISITS IOANNINA, REAFFIRMS CLOSE TIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a full day of meetings with a range of political, diplomatic, community, and NGO leaders in the northwestern Epirus regional capital of Ioannina on October 14, Ambassador emphasized U.S. interest in the region, possibilities for economic development, progress for religious and [...]	2005-10-25 09:37:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF GR AMB
05ATHENS2781	GREECE PLEDGES 1.5 MILLION FOR FOUNDATION [...] (C) Per reftel, Greek Foreign Minister Molyviatis informed Ambassador on October 25 that Greece will pledge 1.5 million USD for the Foundation for the Future. Molyviatis will provide Embassy with a letter confirming Greece's pledge as soon as possible. Looking ahead to the November 11-12 Fo [...]	2005-10-25 10:38:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU XG XF GR AMB
05ATHENS2793	GREECE SUPPORTS BURMA DISCUSSION IN UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 11:21:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM PGOV PHUM GR UNSC
05ATHENS2802	HHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY ADVANCES AGENDA ON TIP AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, shared domestic U.S. policy and his compelling experiences on trafficking in persons, welfare issues, pension reform, and refugee integration during his October 9-11 [...]	2005-10-27 09:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PREL PREF GR TIP
05ATHENS2887	BENEFIT CONCERT FOR HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS [...] SUMMARY: A November 2 benefit concert at the Athens main concert hall raised tens of thousands of Euros, all of which will be donated to the Habitat for Humanity organization in the U.S. to rebuild homes in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, in coopera [...]	2005-11-09 13:44:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GR EVENTS
05ATHENS2898	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GREEK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Greek Assistance to Pakistan earthquake relief and rehabilitation on November 3, 2005 to Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stylianidis. 2. (U) Mr. Stylianidis replied in a letter dated November 4, 2005. Text of letter: Dear Mr. Ambassador, [...]	2005-11-10 11:05:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK PREL GR
05ATHENS2927	GREECE/TIP: RESPONSES FOR INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARIZE THE PROGRESS, OR LACK THEREOF, THE GOG HAS MADE IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE SCREENING AND REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NGOS TO USE IN IDENTIFYING VICTIMS AND DIRECTING VICTIMS TO APPROPRIATE CARE. -The GoG is actively negotiating a "Memorandum of Cooperation" (MOC [...]	2005-11-15 15:37:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM GR TIP
05ATHENS415	AMBASSADOR AND HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSS NARCOTICS, [...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador's February 7 introductory call on Health and Welfare Minister Nikitas Kaklamanis, the Minister requested U.S. assistance in the form of training and consultations with USG experts to combat narcotics and alcohol addiction. On trafficking in persons (TIP),Ambass [...]	2005-02-08 16:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GR AMB
05ATHENS587	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 28 CALL ON DFM STYLIANIDIS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: DFM Evripidis Stylianidis, at a February 28 meeting with Ambassador, pitched the proposed Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline as a cheap and safe way to ship Russian oil to Western Europe and beyond. Ambassador raised the stalled Greece-Albania child repatriation agreement as an i [...]	2005-03-01 16:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG EWWT PHUM GR TU BU RS AMB
05ATHENS589	GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...]	2005-03-01 17:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP
05ATHENS634	ATHENS TIP CONFERENCE RAISES AWARENESS ON NEED TO [...] SUMMARY: An embassy-organized Athens TIP symposium on February 23 raised awareness on the need for better cooperation among law enforcement and justice officials to fight trafficking in Greece. Following the February 15-16 training seminar for Greek judiciary and police officers in Thessalon [...]	2005-03-07 08:56:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PHUM SMIG GR TIP
05ATHENS842	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRYCE'S MARCH 29-30 VISIT TO [...] (U) I want to warmly welcome you to Athens. As you have requested, we have arranged a schedule focused on trafficking in persons. This issue is a high priority for the Embassy. In the short time you have with us, I hope you get a good overview of Greece's efforts to fight this scourge. I l [...]	2005-03-24 16:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM GR VISIT
05BAGHDAD2348	DEPUTY SECRETARY COVERS POLITICAL PROCESS, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rowsch Shaways told Deputy Secretary May 19 that the schedule for development of a new constitution outlined in the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) must be kept. He also said the Committee should include members from outside the Transitional N [...]	2005-06-01 06:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD2367	JOINT US, UK, DANISH DEMARCHE TO MOI ON PRISONER [...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge joined British Charge and Danish Ambassador in a June 1 joint demarche to Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr on allegations of prisoner abuse in Basrah. UK Charge provided an intelligence report implicating the Basrah Police's Internal Affairs Division and Investigations Suppo [...]	2005-06-02 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD2383	US FORCES IN BAGHDAD IMPLEMENT LARGE-SCALE HUMAN [...] (SBU) The U.S. Army's Third Infantry Division (3ID) is running a comprehensive program of practical rule-of-law initiatives to train, monitor, and encourage human rights practices amongst its Iraqi Security Force (ISF) partners in Baghdad (a program list is provided in para 8). Both Post and [...]	2005-06-03 10:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2388	UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN DETAINEES IN COALITION [...] (SBU) In this cable, Post provides an update to Reftel A, which was sent in January 2005 in response to AmConsul Jerusalem's request in Reftel B for information on the status of Palestinian security internees held by Coalition Forces inside Iraq. As of May 31, 2005, Multi-National Force - Ir [...]	2005-06-03 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2395	IST ISSUES WARRANTS FOR TWENTY HVDS APPROVED FOR [...] (S) The Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) has issued arrest warrants for twenty High-Value Detainees (HVDs) whom the USG has approved for release, and against whom the IST had previously indicated it did not intend to pursue charges. Post remains concerned that political pressure may have influence [...]	2005-06-05 06:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PTER PGOV PHUM XF
05BAGHDAD2401	TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR MNF-I DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: Post has been informed that the Government of Turkey wishes to extradite two security internees held by MNF-I inside Iraq, based on GOT suspicion of their involvement in terrorist bombings in Istanbul. MNF-I is willing to transfer these detainees to Iraqi custody to permit an Ir [...]	2005-06-06 08:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PINS PTER TU XF
05BAGHDAD2465	POST REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON UNAMI INTENT TO VISIT [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4-5. 2. (SBU) Post has learned through informal channels that UNAMI has proposed to the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights that UNAMI send a two-person delegation (John Pale, Chief Human Rights Officer, and Rasha al-Kasy, Human Rig [...]	2005-06-10 15:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PREL IZ UN
05BAGHDAD2496	MORE RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN'S MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of State for Women's Affairs Azhar Sheikhly told PolOff on June 9 that the Council of Ministers denied her request to elevate the status of the Women's Ministry (reftel). Transitional National Assembly member (TNA) Faiezah Baba Khan will now raise the issue for TNA con [...]	2005-06-14 05:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PHUM PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2511	STATE MINISTRY REGAINS CONTROL OF NGO REGISTRY, [...] (C/NF) Summary. State Minister Khadim has finally gotten full control of the NGO Registry Office previously managed by the Council of Ministries, and is planning to convene the Second National NGO conference. However, budget constraints and recent talk of eliminating all state ministries has [...]	2005-06-15 06:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD2529	KURDISH IDP ENCLAVE IN NINEWA SLOWLY RECOVERING [...] (C) The Kurdish Yezidi settlement of Mahut in northeast Ninewa, 30 years ago a site of forced re- settlement of Kurds, is today a large village center struggling with the same infrastructure issues as most other Ninewa communities, based on a visit to Mahut on June 13. Kurds largely re-occup [...]	2005-06-15 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV PTER PINS IZ KRG KDP
05BAGHDAD2547	ISLAMIC HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION ALLEGES IRAQI [...] (C) Members of the Islamic Organization for Human Rights (IOHR) told Poloff June 9 that abuse of detainees by Iraqi Police (IP) occurs regularly. The group has investigated at least 25 specific allegations of torture and abuse, compiled into a public report, associated with a group of police [...]	2005-06-16 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2604	SUNNIS SAY THEY NEED ANOTHER DAY TO SETTLE ON [...] (C) Two Sunni Arab leaders told Poloff June 19 that they would need one more day to reach agreement on their nominees for the TNA Constitution Drafting Committee. Iraqi Islamic Party leader Naseer al-Ani assured Poloff the names of 15 nominees and 10 expert consultants would be put forward by [...]	2005-06-19 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD2622	IRAQ FY 06 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] The following is PAS Baghdad's FY 2006 slate of Iraqi International Visitor nominees. PAS is nominating 75 (seventy-five) principal candidates at this time. All have Country Team approval. PAS Baghdad is proposing 33 nominees for Regional and Multi-Regional Programs, and 42 for Iraq- only [...]	2005-06-21 02:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
05BAGHDAD2799	TIME TO BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES OVER SHARI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the July 30 Gender Working group, an Embassy-sponsored forum for women representing all sectors of society to express their views, the only clear consensus among participants was of the pressing need to educate the Iraqi public -- especially women - - regarding their rights a [...]	2005-07-02 08:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PHUM PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2829	RUSAFA PRISON CONDITIONS SURPRISINGLY GOOD [...] (C/REL GBR, AUS) SUMMARY: Iraqi Correctional Service (ICS) Deputy Director General Nadhem Reshid Jebur told EmbOffs during a June 28 visit to the Rusafa men's prison in Baghdad that ICS is serious about instilling a culture of respect for human rights within its organization. New employees ar [...]	2005-07-05 09:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2834	ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETS WITH IRAQI PM, LAW AND [...] (C) On Sunday, June 3, 2005, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Counterterrorism Assistant Director Willie Hulon met with senior MNF-I and Embassy officials, Department of Justice and FBI personnel, Iraq's Prime Minister, senior Iraqi justice leaders, and US military forces recovering [...]	2005-07-06 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PINS IZ PTER
05BAGHDAD2858	ITG FACES STEEP LEARNING CURVE ON DETENTION [...] (C) ITG detainee-transition point-of-contact Sharwan al-Waely met with Embassy and MNF-I representatives on June 5, 2005 to discuss ITG legal authorities to conduct security detentions (see reftel). The conversation with al-Waely indicated that the ITG, despite the USG's repeated briefings t [...]	2005-07-07 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2877	CHARGE MEETS WITH IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge, Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubai expressed optimism that a constitution will be drafted and ratified on time, expressed his opinion that the insurgency will be long and difficult and must be countered with means other than security assets [...]	2005-07-09 07:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD2896	MOI PRESS CONFERENCE MISSES HUMAN RIGHTS MARK AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior SCIRI official and Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr lost an opportunity to reach out to the Sunni Arab community by demonstrating that the MOI is serious about protecting human rights during his July 7 press conference. Jabr said the Ministry's three top priorities are prov [...]	2005-07-11 05:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD2902	DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS HIS BOSS NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING AT HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE ON 04 JULY, IRAQI DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERIOR FOR INTELLIGENCE HUSSEIN ALI KAMAL REPORTED THAT MINISTER OF INTERIOR JABR HAS REPEATEDLY IGNORED ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS OF ABUSE AND TORTURE OF DETAINEES CARRIED OUT BY UNITS OF THE SPECIAL POL [...]	2005-07-11 07:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2909	KURDS' SHAWAYS AND SHIA PARLIAMENTARIAN DAOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with DPM Rosch Shaways and TNA member Qassim Daoud on July 8, the Charge pressed home USG concerns that the constitution might delineate central and regional government revenue and ownership sharing of the nation's natural resources. Charge explained that d [...]	2005-07-11 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2923	IECI AUGUST VOTER REGISTRATION LIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq Chief Electoral Officer Allami believes the start of the voter registration update period might be delayed until August 7. IECI is experienced in handling slight delays in schedule, so this one-week delay should not pose a serious threat [...]	2005-07-12 11:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2943	ACTION REQUEST ON PALESTINIAN DETAINEES [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph (5). 2. (SBU) Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) has provided the Embassy with the following update on the two Palestinian detainees in Coalition custody named in Reftel. This update may be passed to representatives of the [...]	2005-07-13 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2944	US-IRAQI DETAINEE OPERATIONS TRANSITION [...] (C) Embassy and MNF-I representatives held a second meeting with ITG detainee-transition point-of- contact Sharwan al-Waely on July 11, 2005. As noted in Reftel, Mr. al-Waely was reluctant at our July 5 meeting to concede that security internment played a valuable role in the fight against t [...]	2005-07-13 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PTER PINS XF IZ
05BAGHDAD2946	PROPOSALS FOR POSSIBLE UNHCR ASHRAF ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy asks the department to request that US Mission Geneva approach UNHCR to determine whether UNHCR will be willing to undertake any of the actions listed in paragraph (2). -------------- TALKING POINTS -------------- 2. (SBU) MNF-I requests UNHCR assistance in one of the f [...]	2005-07-14 10:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PTER XF IZ ICRC
05BAGHDAD2973	RESPONSE TO INQUIRY ON EGYPTIAN DETAINEES [...] (SBU) The following cable responds to Embassy Cairo's inquiry in reftel regarding six Egyptian nationals believed to be detained by Coalition Forces in Iraq. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) All detainees held by Coalition Forces in Iraq are held on the authority of UNSCR 1546 [...]	2005-07-17 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ EG
05BAGHDAD2980	KURDISTAN PRESIDENT FORGING CONSENSUS AMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kurdistan-Iraq President Massoud Barzani told Charge on July 14 that his regional government had scored recent successes against insurgents in the north, but felt that overall Iraqi security had witnessed only moderate improvement over the past year. He said he was working to [...]	2005-07-18 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2984	AL DUJAIL CASE REFERRED TO IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 17, the chief investigative judge for the Iraqi Special Tribunal ("IST") referred the Al Dujail case to the IST's trial chambers. The case, in which Saddam Hussein is a defendant, will focus on the killing of hundreds of people from the town of Al Dujail. Under the IST [...]	2005-07-18 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD2985	EXECUTIVE PRESSURE ON IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (S) Political pressure on the judges of the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) heightened recently with the attempt - quashed for now - of Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi's supporters on the De-Ba'athification Committee to remove thirteen IST judges. The referral of the IST's first criminal cas [...]	2005-07-19 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XF IZ
05BAGHDAD3004	ITG RELUCTANT TO CONSIDER LEGAL DETENTION [...] (S) Iraqi participation and input improved at the third USG-ITG meeting to discuss legal authorities for the proposed transition of Coalition detention operations to the Iraqi government. Representatives from the Ministries of Human Rights, Interior, Justice, and Ministry of State for Nationa [...]	2005-07-20 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3006	ITG REQUESTS RELEASE OF MEHDI ABDHMED AL-KHALISI [...] (S/NF) MNF-I and Embassy are receiving frequent and fervent requests from Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari, Minister of State for National Security Abd al-Karim al-Anzi, and National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie for the release of detainee Mehdi Abdmehd al-Khalisi (MP#124),currently he [...]	2005-07-20 08:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PHUM PTER PINS PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3010	DISPOSITION OF IRAQI-AMERICAN DETAINEE MOHAMMAD [...] (S) Summary and Action Request. This cable seeks concurrence as to the legal disposition of Iraqi- American national Mohammed Munaf (or Muneef),now held as a security internee by Coalition Forces in Iraq under the authority of UNSCR 1546. (Background: Munaf, a former resident of Romania, was [...]	2005-07-20 11:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PHUM PINS PINR PTER RO IZ
05BAGHDAD3014	WOMEN DEMONSTRATE AGAINST DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (U) PolFSN witnessed a sit-in demonstration on July 19 that was organized and sponsored by the Iraqi Women's Net. (NOTE: The Iraqi Women's Net is a network of more than 75 women's non-governmental organizations (NGO). END NOTE.) The sit-in took place in a tent overlooking the Sheraton and Me [...]	2005-07-20 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV IZ KWM
05BAGHDAD3021	NEW CASES OF APPARENT ABUSES RAISE MORE SUNNI ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sunni community is alleging that the Ministry of Interior's (MoI) Commando Unit is responsible for the deaths of 20 Sunnis in two recent incidents in Baghdad. On July 10, Commandos reportedly took 11 Sunni men from their homes. Their bodies, which showed signs of torture, [...]	2005-07-21 07:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3022	A STATUS REPORT ON CONSTITUTION NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The assassination of two Sunni Arab constitution committee representatives added urgency to negotiations on July 19 and 20. By the end of the day, Sunni Arab delegates had made clear to the Charge that they intend to continue participating in the drafting process. Key figures o [...]	2005-07-21 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3044	KURDISH LEADER BARZANI WANTS WEAK CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Regional Government President Masood Barzani and his advisors want a constitution that purposely leaves the central government weak as a means of ensuring that Kurds do not again suffer from Arab tyranny. Barzani emphasized that he does not agree to references to Islamic [...]	2005-07-22 12:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3068	TALABANI PONDERS HOW TO REACH OUT TO SUNNI ARABS, [...] (C) Summary: President Talabani told Ambassador Khalilzad that the Sunni Arabs have to be brought back into the constitution-drafting process, and agreed with the Ambassador's point that the Iraqi Government should provide security for their negotiators to facilitate that return. Talabani no [...]	2005-07-24 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ TU SY
05BAGHDAD3069	LEGISLATION PROPOSING CHANGES TO IST STATUTE [...] 1. (S) SUMMARY. The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) is actively considering legislative changes to the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) statute. These proposed changes raise significant concerns for the USG, as they either call into question the independence of the IST or threaten to under [...]	2005-07-24 16:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINS PTER MOPS KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD3079	TOP KURDISH LEADER PLEDGES FLEXIBILITY ON KIRKUK [...] (C) On July 21 Kurdish Regional President and KDP leader Masood Barzani told DCM that he wanted to bring the contentious question of appointments to the Kirkuk provincial government to a close. He said the KDP would accept four Arabs and Turkmen for the four positions in dispute: deputy gov [...]	2005-07-25 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD3080	VICE PRESIDENT GHAZI URGES STRONG AMERICAN ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Ghazi al Yawar advocated that the newly arrived Ambassador establish a strong presence at this critical time in Iraq's history. Yawar pledged to address economic development initiatives, promote public outreach on the constitutional referendum and noted the need [...]	2005-07-25 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3092	NORTHERN OIL COMPANY MOVING FORWARD DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13 July, Charge d'Affaires David Satterfield and Emboffs met with North Oil Company (NOC) Director General (DG) Adil Al-Qazzaz to discuss pipeline security and plans for expanding oil production in Northern Iraq. Pipeline attacks and dilapidated infrastructure continue to ham [...]	2005-07-26 13:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EAID PREF PHUM ECIN ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD3105	TNA AND CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE WOMEN GIVE CODEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Women from the Transitional National Assembly, including from the Constitution Committee, told CODEL Shays and Ambassador on June 25 that women's rights would be protected in the draft constitution. They contended that it is a lack of understanding of the precepts of Islam that [...]	2005-07-27 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN IZ
05BAGHDAD3111	IRAQI DPM CHALABI SUPPORTS OUTREACH TO SUNNIS, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi says he supports outreach to the mass of the Sunni population, claims to desire Sunni inclusion in the political process and feels this will reduce tension in Iraq. There is now a plan before the Cabinet, he said, to provide pensions to senior former [...]	2005-07-27 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV KDEM EPET EINV IZ
05BAGHDAD3115	VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE SECURITY PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 06:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3120	SCIRI LEADER AGREES TO COOPERATE ON CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of Iraq's strongest Shia Islamist party, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, pledged to the Ambassador that his party would work in the spirit of consensus in achieving a constitution. It was not their intention to exclude any group. That said, he cautioned, Iraq's Shia want to be t [...]	2005-07-28 11:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3121	SISTANI REPRESENTATIVE TAKES DIM VIEW OF U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: TNA Constitution Committee member and Ayatollah Ali Sistani's aide Ahmad al-Safi complained about American efforts to secure Iraq and decried what he perceives as needless American suspicions of Iraqi Shia in his July 25 meeting with Poloff. Al-Safi and Poloff vigorously deb [...]	2005-07-28 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD3134	WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. TNA member and Chaldean Christian Wijdan Salim told PolOff on July 28 that Iraqi women are generally not far apart in the debate on most issues relating to women's rights and the draft constitution. The biggest point of contention, said Salim, is proposed language that would req [...]	2005-07-29 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN IZ
05BAGHDAD3145	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AGREES ON SUNNI INCLUSION, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador stressed to Deputy Prime Minister Rowsch Shaways on July 28 the importance of meeting the August 15 deadline for the constitution and the necessity of holding elections in December. Shaways accepted Ambassador's argument that Sunni participation was key to the proces [...]	2005-07-30 06:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3147	AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY ON INTERROGATION POLICY [...] (SBU) The Australian Embassy in Baghdad has made the following inquiry, which we understand is related to an Australian parliamentary inquiry: "Between May and October 2004, was there an extant and operative US instruction in Iraq regarding interrogation in existence in addition to the docu [...]	2005-07-30 07:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER AU IZ
05BAGHDAD3148	FRENCH REQUEST TO INTERVIEW COALITION DETAINEE [...] (SBU) We have received a letter from the French Embassy, Baghdad requesting that Judge Philippe Courroye, First Investigating Judge at the Upper Paris Court be permitted to interview Mr. Tariq Aziz, Mr. Taha Yasin Ramadan, and Mr. Amir Rashid al-Tikriti al-Ubaydi, all currently held in Coalit [...]	2005-07-30 07:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER FR IZ
05BAGHDAD3156	BEATING BACK ANY ATTEMPT TO EXTEND CONSTITUTION [...] (C) In a meeting with Poloffs today, Constitutional Committee Chairman Humam Hammudi indicated that he was seriously considering a request to the Transitional National Assembly for a delay of 2-4 weeks in the August 15 constitutional drafting deadline. Hammudi said he had discussed this ide [...]	2005-07-30 18:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3391	CONSTITUTION UPDATE AUGUST 16: NEGOTIATORS PAUSE [...] (C) National Assembly Constitution Committee Chairman Shaykh Humam Hamudi told PolCouns April 16 afternoon that he thought the time deadline to finish the constitution by August 22 will be achievable but tight. There are many disagreements among the negotiators, including whose text was def [...]	2005-08-16 22:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM
05BAGHDAD3410	CONSTITUTION UPDATE: SHIA AND KURDS TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy is trying to bridge the gaps on an agreed constitution text between the Shia Coalition and Kurdish Alliance that control the National Assembly. The major issues still separating Shia Coalition and the Kurdish Alliance are guarantees about sustained national unity, p [...]	2005-08-18 19:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3415	AUGUST 18 LATE NIGHT UPDATE ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) At around 23:00 August 18, following a full day of meetings with key Iraqi constituencies, the Ambassador concluded his evening meeting with Kurdish and Sunni leaders. After receiving the Shi,a counterproposal noted in ref B and discussing it with this group, final compromise appears near [...]	2005-08-19 00:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM
05BAGHDAD3420	KURD/SHIA COMPROMSE ON ELECTION LAW NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to UN/EAD legal advisor Jose Maria Aranas, the Kurds and the Shia are still divided on electoral issues. On August 18, Minister of Planning Barham Saleh reiterated Kurdish preference for a single national district system used in the January election, while Shahristani [...]	2005-08-19 14:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3424	CONSTITUTION UPDATE, AUGUST 19 -- MORE PROGRESS [...] (C) Leaders of the top Iraqi political factions, including representatives of the major Sunni Arab political groups, met at the Ambassador's residence on the morning of August 19. While a line-by-line review slowly progressed, a variety of side-meetings focused on critical issues produced c [...]	2005-08-19 19:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3437	VOTER REGISTRATIONS SLOWLY INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. After a slow start, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) on August 18 reported increased registration activity over the past few days, especially in Maysan, Diyala, Salah ad-Din, and Kirkuk provinces. IECI expects registrations to increase during the remaining te [...]	2005-08-22 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3445	UPDATE ON TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (SBU) Coalition Forces are working with the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) to expedite the trial of two Turkish nationals requested for extradition by Turkey on suspicion of involvement in the Istanbul bombings. (As noted in Reftel, the CCCI has informed Post that it intends to try bot [...]	2005-08-23 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER TU IZ
05BAGHDAD3455	PUSHING THE SHIA AND KURDS TO IMPROVE THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] Summary: After a vigorous debate, Shia and Kurdish political leaders agreed to consider changing the draft constitution to fix our demand for clearly stated individual freedom of religion and to clarify that there should be a goal of no less than 25 percent representation of women in the Nat [...]	2005-08-24 00:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM PINS
05BAGHDAD3470	SUNNI RELIGIOUS LEADER WANTS FEDERALISM AMENDED [...] (C) Summary: At an August 24 meeting with PolOff, the influential former Sunni Waqf (Endowment) leader, Adnan Dulaimi, urged the U.S. to ensure either the removal or the watering down of references to federalism in the draft constitution. Otherwise, he said, Sunnis would not support the text. [...]	2005-08-25 11:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3498	AMBASSADOR URGES SUNNIS TO SUPPORT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) At an August 27 meeting, Ambassador Khalilzad, joined by UK Ambassador Patey, told Sunni leaders that while the Constitution negotiations had required compromises for all parties, the current draft offered a historic opportunity for Sunnis, Shia and Kurds to build a democratic Iraq. The [...]	2005-08-28 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3516	WOMEN ACTIVISTS REACT TO DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Women activists expressed to Ambassador on August 24 their frustration over the new constitution's implications for women's rights. The Ambassador underscored that the U.S. had pushed hard on this issue and achieved some compromise -- the removal of a time limit to the 25 percent [...]	2005-08-29 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3552	SECTARIAN VIOLENCE HAMPERS SUNNI PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The August 25 discovery of the bodies of 36 Iraqis, apparently all Sunni Arabs allegedly taken from their Baghdad homes early on August 24 by men in Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) uniforms, has shaken the Sunni Arab community. Sunni Waqf head Ahmed Abdul Gafur al Samarai told PolCoun [...]	2005-08-30 22:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3558	SUNNI DEPUTY PM: THIS IS THE BEST POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 29 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Abid Mutlak Al-Jaburi (a secular Sunni) thanked the Ambassador for the U.S. role in the constitution drafting process. He said that 90 percent of Iraqis would prefer to live in a secular state, and expressed confidence that Sunnis wi [...]	2005-08-31 12:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3629	SUNNI MODERATE GHAZI AL-YAWR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings on September 1 and 3, the Ambassador, urged Deputy President Ghazi al-Yawr to actively support the new constitution. Al-Yawar was pleased with the latest draft, but stressed that the changes must be put before the Iraqi public. Noting that he had just spoken [...]	2005-09-05 06:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3635	AL-YAWR PLEASED WITH PROGRESS ON TALL'AFAR; AGREES [...] (C) Summary. In separate September 1 and 3 meetings with the Ambassador, Deputy President al-Yawr encouraged Coalition engagement in addressing the situation in Tall'Afar. Ambassador raised ways to mitigate negative Sunni reaction to military engagement in the city. Al-Yawr agreed to the Amba [...]	2005-09-05 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3643	IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY LEADER WEIGHS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In an effort to expand the base of Sunni support for the new constitution, the Ambassador and Embassy staff have engaged those Sunni politicians who -- to varying degrees -- have indicated a readiness to publicly support the current draft in exchange for certain adjustments. Iraqi partici [...]	2005-09-06 06:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3647	IRAQI GOVERNMENT NAMES INTERLOCUTORS ON TALL,AFAR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings this week, the Prime Minister's special advisor Adnan Ali al-Kadhami and TNA member Hassan Seneid pledged to work closely with U.S. government representatives to ensure the welfare of citizens in Tall'Afar. On August 30, Senior SCIRI official Muhammad Taqi al [...]	2005-09-06 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF PREL IZ MARS
05BAGHDAD3714	IRAQ CONSTITUTION: NO FINAL DEAL YET [...] (C) Summary: Top Shia Coalition official and Deputy Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly Hussein Shahristani told Charge September 10 morning that there is not yet a final deal between the Kurds and the Shia Coalition about the draft constitution text. The key sticking point remai [...]	2005-09-10 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3750	SHI'A AND KURDS CONTINUE DEBATE OVER WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Authority over Iraq's water resources has emerged as a temporary stumbling block to concluding the draft constitution. The Kurds want a strong role for regional governments in managing water resources, while the Shi'a insist that the central government have the main authority. [...]	2005-09-12 11:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3753	SUNNI-KURD MEETING IN IRBIL: FEW DECISIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3758	ELECTION LAW PASSES; SHIA-KURDISH MOVE CLOSER ON [...] (C) Senior Shi'a Coalition official and Deputy Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly (TNA) Hussein Ibrahim Saleh al-Shahristani confirmed to Charge on the evening of September 12 that the Shi'a Coalition (and the Najaf clergy) have agreed to language in the draft constitution regarding [...]	2005-09-12 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3804	DRAFT CONSTITUTION GOES FORWARD [...] (C) Iraqi National Assembly Deputy Speaker Shahristani told Charge September 14 evening that he had given the UN earlier that day the official version of the Iraqi draft constitution for public dissemination. Shahristani and Kurdish negotiator Fuad Masum announced this to the press earlier [...]	2005-09-14 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3828	NEW ELECTION LAW HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed the election law September 12. The electoral system for the December elections will consist of 230 seats allotted to 18 governorate electoral districts and another 45 seats distributed nationally as compensatory seats. The voter [...]	2005-09-16 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD3867	ULEMA COUNCIL DECLINES TO CONDEMN ZARQAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: A statement from the Sunni Arab Muslim Ulema Council criticized Zarqawi's call for war against the Shia last week partly on the grounds that it impeded the prospects of the "resistance Jihad project" in Iraq. PolOff used a September 18 meeting with an Ulema Council leader to pres [...]	2005-09-19 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3874	PROPOSED CONFERENCE FOR POLITICAL MODERATES [...] C) Summary. Looking ahead to the December 15 elections, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is planning to launch a new multi-political party entity that is centrist and moderate. There is a kick-off conference planned for later this month, according to Allawi political allies. Allawi's politi [...]	2005-09-19 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PNAT IZ KDEM
05BAGHDAD3926	TWO SUNNI ARAB INDEPENDENTS DISCOUNT CHANCES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Two relative Sunni Arab political independents told us earlier this week that Sunni Arabs likey will vote in force against the draft constitution on October 15. Hatem al-Mukhlis, from Salah ad-Din province, told us that it would be better for the Sunni Arabs to help draft a new [...]	2005-09-22 10:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3932	APPROACHING THE 18-MONTH THRESHOLD FOR DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The internment of certain individuals involved with insurgent and terrorist operations in Iraq will begin to exceed 18 months at the start of 2006. Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Memorandum No. 3 established an 18-month threshold for holding detainees, after which a detai [...]	2005-09-22 14:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XF IZ

05BAGHDAD3942	REFERENDUM PREPARATIONS ON TRACK, IECI TO VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) chairman Izadin Shufig and commissioner Safwat Sidqi told PolOff on September 20 that preparations for the October 15 referendum are on track. With respect to the registration period for political entities, IECI is likely to exten [...]	2005-09-23 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM IZ

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